Danny Peary Cult Movies List

Danny Peary (born 1949) is a renowned American film critic, who published three influential books about "Cult Movies" in the early 1980s. Each book provides analytical essays about the plot and themes of all the films listed. Peary's books did a lot to attract attention to cult movies in the mainstream media and are often used as a reference guide. Many of the films he elevated to cult movie status are now considered Cult Classics.

Sadly, Peary hasn't released any newer editions since 1981.

The First Edition:
 * Andy Warhol's Bad (1977)
 * Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
 * Behind the Green Door (1972)
 * Billy Jack (1971)
 * Burn (1969)
 * Caged Heat (1974)
 * Dance Girl Dance (1940)
 * Deep End (1971)
 * Detour (1946)
 * Emmanuelle (1974)
 * Greetings (1968)
 * The Harder They Come (1973)
 * The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
 * I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958)
 * I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
 * It's a Gift (1934)
 * Johnny Guitar (1954)
 * King of Hearts (1967)
 * Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
 * Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
 * Lola Montes (1955)
 * Man of the West (1958)
 * Outrageous (1977)
 * Pandora's Box (1929)
 * Performance (1970)
 * Petulia (1968)
 * Pink Flamingos (1973)
 * Pretty Poison (1968)
 * The Rain People (1969)
 * The Red Shoes (1948)
 * The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
 * The Scarlet Empress (1934)
 * Shock Corridor (1963)
 * Sylvia Scarlett (1936)
 * The Tall T (1957)
 * Tarzan And His Mate (1934)
 * Trash (1970)
 * Two for the Road (1967)
 * Two Lane Blacktop (1971)
 * Where's Poppa (1970)
 * The Witchfinder General (1968)
 * The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Second Edition (1980):
 * Der Amerikanische Freund (1977)
 * Beat the Devil (1954)
 * Blood Money (1933)
 * Children of Paradise (1945)
 * Cutter's Way (1981)
 * Daughters of Darkness (1971)
 * The First Nudie Musical (1976)
 * The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1977)
 * High School Confidential (1958)
 * Massacre at Central High (1976)
 * Morgan (1966)
 * Pretty Baby (1978)
 * Wuthering Heights (1939)

Third Edition (1981):
 * Body Heat (1981)
 * Chilly Scenes of Winter (1982)
 * Choose Me (1984)
 * Five Million Years to Earth (1968)
 * Imitation of Life (1959)
 * In a Lonely Place (1950)
 * Liquid Sky (1983)
 * Martin (1978)
 * The Naked Kiss (1964)
 * Napoleon (1927)
 * New York, New York (1977)
 * One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
 * Over the Edge (1979)
 * Psycho (1960)
 * The Road Warrior (1981)
 * Seconds (1966)
 * Sons of the Desert (1933)
 * The Stunt Man (1980)
 * Walkabout (1971)
 * Where The Boys Are (1960)