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''See [[:Category:Cult Classic]] for the description that used to be here.''
{{examples|Examples'''MOD: This list was copied from TV Tropes and does not conform to All The Tropes' standards of verifiability. Before adding "Category:Cult Classic" to any of these works, double-check that they actually are Cult Classics, and not [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schlock Schlock], [[Sleeper Hit]]s, or victims of one Troper's [[Small Reference Pools]].'''<br />Possible examples of Cult Classic that have not yet been confirmed to have "Category:Cult Classic" include:}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The medium as a whole everywhere except Japan (especially in North America).
* ''[[Akira]]'', a.k.a. THE definitive cult anime in the English-speaking world. Released in Japan to relatively little fanfare in 1988, it gradually began to pick up popularity in the US and UK during the 90s as the dubbed VHS tapes were circulated among schoolboys, students, sci-fi and animation fans, until by 2001 it was such an underground phenomenon that the US distributor reportedly spent over $1 million on a film restoration and new dub for its DVD release, and recent months have seen large portions of the Internet (even outside the anime fan community) in an uproar over a controversial proposed Hollywood adaptation. It is often credited with single-handedly creating the overseas market for [[Seinen|adult-targeted]] anime and paving the way for other international hits like ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]''.
* Early Anime:
** ''[[Astro Boy (anime)|Astro Boy]]''
** ''[[Battle of the Planets]]''
** ''[[Speed Racer]]''
** ''[[Star Blazers]]''
* The works of [[Satoshi Kon]]
** ''[[Perfect Blue]]''
** ''[[Millennium Actress]]''
** ''[[Paprika]]''
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' (about as mainstream as anime can get in Japan, but a cult phenomenon in the West, even among anime fans)
* ''[[Berserk]]'' Is very well known in the manga fandom for it's high quality, but it still defines this trope because of it's ultra violent, semi pornographic and all out grimdark nature that keeps it from ever becoming mainstream.
* The Canadians and a fair amount of Americans love ''[[Spider Riders]]''.
* In the United States, practically every well-respected anime that aired on [[Adult Swim]] last decade has developed a cult following as a result. Many of these have eventually become mainstream, as have many of Toonami's (see below) anime programs.
** ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''
** ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''
** ''[[Trigun]]''
** ''[[Wolf's Rain]]''
** ''[[FLCL]]''
** ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]''
** ''[[The Big O]]''
** ''[[Outlaw Star]]''
** ''[[Inuyasha]]''
** ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''
** ''[[Eureka Seven]]''
** ''[[Lupin III]]''
** ''[[Paranoia Agent]]''
** ''[[Detective Conan]]'' (AKA Case Closed)
** ''[[Blue Gender]]''
** ''[[Bleach]]''
** ''[[Code Geass]]''
** ''[[Death Note]]''
** ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', already a cult phenomenon since the 90s, experienced a [[Newbie Boom|resurgence in popularity]] after being aired on the network.
** And the mother of all anime cults: ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.
* Before Adult Swim, there was [[Toonami]], which (aside from mainstream hits like ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Naruto]]'') also created a devoted cult following for the likes of:
** ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''
** ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''
** ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''
* ''[[Chirin no Suzu|The Ringing Bell Of Chirin]]'' (a dark film about a [[Chibi]] [[Mood Whiplash|little lamb]])
* ''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Excel Saga]]''
* ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)||Ghost in The Shell]]'' (anime films)
* ''[[Giant Robo]]''
* ''[[Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin]]'' and
* ''[[Ginga Densetsu Weed]]'''
* ''[[Hyakko]]''
* ''[[Kurau Phantom Memory]]''
* ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'', a.k.a. "the greatest anime that will [[No Export for You|never leave Japan]]".
* ''[[My-HiME]]''
* ''[[Guyver]]''
* ''[[Nekojiru Sou]]'', being also [[Widget Series]].
* ''[[SD Gundam Force]]''
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''
** Utena's professed spiritual successor ''[[Star Driver]]'' is shaping up to be this as well.
* Among American audiences, ''Teknoman'' (the English adaptation of ''[[Tekkaman Blade]]''). Despite its [[Macekre|questionable quality]], fans loved it to the point that ''Tekkaman Blade II'' was frowned on despite staying more faithful to the source material.
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''
* ''[[Wandering Son]]''. Even despite the anime and its intentional reaction, it has changed little in popularity.
* ''[[RahXephon]]''
* ''[[One Piece]]'' for America. After 4Kids' [[Cut and Paste Translation]] drew away most of its potential audience, Funimation's significantly more faithful dub has been working to gradually win them back. A rare case in that it's not as lesser known in most other countries (''especially'' [[Cash Cow Franchise|not Japan]]).
:::The [[Bowdlerized]] 4Kids dub itself is probably more of your standard Camp Classic since [[So Bad It's Good|its compellingly awful quality]] [[Bile Fascination|makes for good entertainment]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDTFtS1GuE See the comparison.]
* ''[[Slayers]]'' was once very, very popular when it was released in America in the late 90's.<ref>(namely for its [[Action Girl|female protagonist]], appeal to both genders, and it was one of the few dubs made at the time that ''wasn't'' [[Macekre]]d.)</ref> Due to its fourth and fifth seasons [[Uncancelled|being held off for an unGodly long time]], the fanbase shrunk, and now it's more or less this trope, but fans old and new still ''love'' it.
* ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]'', a cult series even within anime fandom.
* ''[[Baccano!]]''
* ''[[The Animatrix]]'', an anime [[Adaptation Expansion]] of ''[[The Matrix]]'' series, is fairly little-known in most circles but has a devoted following of sci-fi and animation fans, many of whom consider it to be better than the film that inspired it (or at least [[Contested Sequel|its sequels]]).
* ''[[Monster Rancher (anime)|Monster Rancher]]'', an underrated gem among [[Mons]] series.
* Anime movies as a whole tend to be this. ''[[Arashi no Yoru ni]]'', ''[[5 Centimeters Per Second]]'', ''[[Tekkon Kinkreet]]'', ''[[Akira]]''..
* ''[[Pokémon (manga)|Pokémon]]'' manga as a total, even ''[[Pokémon Special]]''.
* ''[[Afganisu-tan]]''
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
* ''[[wikipedia:Dash! Yonkuro|Dash! Yonkuro!]]'' and ''[[Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!!|Bakusou Kyoudai Let's and Go]]'' didn't get an exported to America, and they were forgotten after the shows ended, though there are still group of people in Europe and Asia who read/watch these anime and play their mini-4wds, which is what these series encouraged them to in the first place.
* ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]'' was popular in France and the UK, but it has a cult following around the world, primarily in the US and Japan (the latter of which it was made in ''and bombed'' with audiences, preventing the creation of later seasons).
* ''[[Wild Knights Gulkeeva]]''
* The ''Toei'' season of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', erroneously referred to by fans as "Season/Series Zero."
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' tends to be seen as this in certain parts of the world.
* Some light novels later adapted to manga and anime, such as ''[[Gate]]'' and ''Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist'' have become this.
* ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]'', both for the original novels and their myriad adaptations.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The works of [[Isaac Baranoff]]
** ''[[Horndog]]''
** ''[[Soft Desire]]''
** ''[[Here Wolf]]''
* ''[[Cherry Comics]]''
* The works of [[Daniel Clowes]]
** ''[[Eightball]]''
** ''[[Ghost World]]''
** ''[[Like a Velvet Glove Cast In Iron]]''
** ''[[David Boring]]''
** ''[[Ice Haven]]''
* The works of [[Robert Crumb]]
** ''[[Fritz the Cat (comics)|Fritz the Cat]]''
** ''[[Mr Natural]]''
* The works of [[Peter Bagge]]
** ''[[Comic Book/Hate|Hate]]''
* The works of [[Hart Fisher]]
*The works of [[Frank Miller]]
**''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]''
**''[[Ronin (comics)|Ronin]]''
**''[[Sin City]]''
* The works of [[Alan Moore]]
** ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' (reboot)
** ''[[V for Vendetta]]''
** ''[[Promethea]]''
** ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]''
** ''[[From Hell]]''
** ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''
* The works of [[Jhonen Vasquez]]
** ''[[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]]''
** ''[[I Feel Sick]]''
** ''[[Squee (comics)|Squee]]''
* The works of Harvey Pekar
** ''[[American Splendor]]''
* ''[[Black Hole]]''
* ''[[The Book Of Jim]]''
* ''[[The Books of Magic]]''
* ''[[Cerebus]]''
* ''[[The Chuckling Whatsit]]''
* ''[[The Crow]]''
* ''[[Fables]]''
* ''[[Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid On Earth]]''
* ''[[Liberty Meadows]]''
* ''[[Love and Rockets]]''
* ''[[Mad|MAD Magazine]]''
* ''[[Omaha the Cat Dancer]]''
* ''[[Persepolis]]''
* ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)|Preacher]]''
* ''[[The Sandman]]''
* ''[[Savage Dragon]]''
* ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]''
* ''[[Transmetropolitan]]''
* ''[[Valiant Comics]]''
* ''[[Madman (Comic Book)|Madman]]''
* ''[[Hitman (Comic Book)|Hitman]]''
== [[Film]] ==
=== 0-9 ===
* ''[[10 to Midnight]]''
* ''[[30 Days of Night]]''
* ''[[976-EVIL]]''
* ''[[1941]]''
* ''[[2019: After the Fall of New York]]''
=== A ===
* ''[[The ABCs of Death]]''
* ''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]''
* ''[[Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter]]''
* ''[[Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe]]''
* ''[[Absurd]]''
* ''[[Act of Vengeance]]''
* ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]''
* ''[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]''
* ''[[After Hours]]''
* ''[[Aguirre, the Wrath of God]]''
* ''[[Akira]]''
* ''[[Alexander Nevsky]]''
* ''[[Alice, Sweet Alice]]''
* ''[[All Hallows' Eve]]''
* ''[[All Superheroes Must Die]]''
* ''[[All the Boys Love Mandy Lane]]''
* ''[[Alligator]]''
* ''[[Alone in the Dark (2005 film)|Alone in The Dark]]''
* ''[[American Psycho]]''
* ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]''
* ''[[The Amityville Horror]]''
* ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]''
* [[Wes Anderson]]
** ''[[Bottle Rocket]]''
** ''[[Rushmore]]''
** ''[[The Royal Tenenbaums]]''
** ''[[The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou]]''
** ''[[The Darjeeling Limited]]''
** ''[[The Fantastic Mr. Fox]]''
* ''[[The Anthropophagus Beast]]''
* ''[[Antichrist]]''
* ''[[The Apple]]''
* [[Darren Aronofsky]]
** ''[[Pi]]''
** ''[[Requiem for a Dream]]''
** ''[[The Fountain]]''
** ''[[Black Swan]]''
* ''[[Attack of the 50 Foot Woman]]''
* ''[[Attack of the Giant Leeches]]''
* ''[[Attack of the Killer Tomatoes]]''
* ''[[Audition]]''
=== B ===
* ''[[The Babadook]]''
* ''[[The Babysitter]]''
* ''[[The Bad Seed]]''
* ''[[Bagdad Cafe]]''
* ''[[Barbarella]]''
* ''[[Basic Instinct]]''
* ''[[Batman: The Movie]]''
* ''[[The Battle of Algiers]]''
* ''[[Battle Royale]]''
* ''[[Battleship Potemkin]]''
* ''[[A Bay of Blood]]''
* ''[[The Beastmaster]]''
* ''[[The Beaver Trilogy]]''
* ''[[The Best Of Everything]]''
* ''[[Betty Blue]]''
* ''[[The Beyond]]''
* ''[[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls]]''
* ''[[Big Money Hustlas]]''
* [[Kathryn Bigelow]]
** ''[[The Loveless]]''
** ''[[Near Dark]]''
** ''[[Point Break]]''
** ''[[Strange Days]]''
* ''[[Billy Jack]]''
* ''[[The Bird with the Crystal Plumage]]''
* ''[[Birdemic|Birdemic: Shock And Terror]]''
* ''[[Bitch Slap]]''
* ''[[The Black Belly of the Tarantula]]''
* ''[[Black Belt Jones]]''
* ''[[The Black Cauldron]]''
* ''[[Black Christmas]]''
* ''[[Black Dynamite]]''
* ''[[The Black Hole]]''—Disney's 1st PG-rated movie<ref>At least two live-action films from the 1950s were rated PG on video release.</ref>
* ''[[Black Sabbath (film)|Black Sabbath]]''
* ''[[Black Sunday (film)|Black Sunday]]''
* ''[[Blacula]]''
* ''[[Blade Runner]]''
* ''[[The Blob]]''
* ''[[Blood and Black Lace]]''
* ''[[Blood Feast]]''
* ''[[Blood Freak]]''
* ''[[The Blood on Satan's Claw]]''
* ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]''
* ''[[Bloody Bloody Bible Camp]]''
* ''[[The Blues Brothers]]''
* ''[[The Boondock Saints]]''
* ''[[A Boy and His Dog]]''
* ''[[Brain Donors]]''
* ''[[Brainscan]]''
* ''[[Brick]]''
* ''[[Bride of the Monster]]''
* ''[[Bubba Ho-Tep]]''
* ''[[Buffalo '66|Buffalo Sixty Six]]''
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
* ''[[Bullet in the Head]]''
* ''[[The Burning]]''
* ''[[The Burning Moon]]''
* [[Tim Burton]]
** ''[[Pee-wee's Big Adventure]]''
** ''[[Beetlejuice]]''
** ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]''
** ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''
** ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]''
** ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''
** ''[[Sleepy Hollow (Film)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
** ''[[Big Fish]]''
** ''[[Corpse Bride]]''
** ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''
** ''[[Frankenweenie]]''
* ''[[But I'm a Cheerleader]]''
=== C ===
* ''[[Cabin Boy]]''
* ''[[Cabin Fever (film)|Cabin Fever]]''
* ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]''
* ''[[Cannibal Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[Cannibal Ferox]]''
* ''[[Cannibal Holocaust]]''
* ''[[Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter]]''
* ''[[Carnival of Souls]]''
* [[John Carpenter]]
** ''[[Dark Star]]''
** ''[[Assault on Precinct 13]]''
** ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]''
** ''[[The Fog]]''
** ''[[Escape from New York]]''
** ''[[The Thing (film)|The Thing]]''
** ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]''
** ''[[Prince of Darkness]]''
** ''[[They Live!]]''
** ''[[Body Bags (film)|Body Bags]]''
** ''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]''
** ''[[John Carpenter's Vampires]]''
* ''[[Cast a Deadly Spell]]''
* ''[[Castle Freak]]''
* ''[[Cat's Eye (1985 film)|Cat's Eye]]''
* ''[[Cemetery Man]]''
* ''[[Un Chien Andalou]]''
* ''[[Child's Play (film)|Child's Play]]''
* ''[[Children of the Corn]]''
* ''[[Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things]]''
* ''[[Chinatown]]''
* ''[[Chopping Mall]]''
* ''[[A Christmas Story]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]'' films
* ''[[Chuck And Buck]]''
* ''[[Citizen X]]''
* ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]''
* [[The Coen Brothers]]
** ''[[Blood Simple]]''
** ''[[Raising Arizona]]''
** ''[[Miller's Crossing]]''
** ''[[Barton Fink]]''
** ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''
** ''[[Fargo]]''
** ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' (to the point that there are at ''least'' two Lebowskifest conventions a year. The first cult film of the internet era.) Also it is the basis of the totally not [[Parody Religion]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudeism Dudeism]
** ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]''
** ''[[The Man Who Wasn't There]]''
** ''[[No Country for Old Men]]''
** ''[[A Serious Man]]''
* ''[[Coffin Joe]]''
* ''[[Coffy]]''
* ''[[Color Me Blood Red]]''
* ''[[Commando (film)|Commando]]''
* ''[[Conquest (film)|Conquest]]''
* ''[[Constantine]]''
* ''[[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover]]''
* ''[[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]]''
* [[Roger Corman]]
** ''[[A Bucket Of Blood]]''
** ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'' (1960, but the remake could also be considered one as well)
** ''[[House of Usher]]''
** ''[[The Masque Of The Red Death]]'' (which, along with the above, are actually based on stories by [[Edgar Allan Poe]])
** ''[[The Wild Angels]]''
** ''[[Hells Angels on Wheels]]''
* [[Wes Craven]]
** ''[[The Last House on the Left]]''
** ''[[The Hills Have Eyes]]''
** ''[[Swamp Thing (film)|Swamp Thing]]''
** ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''
** ''[[The Serpent and the Rainbow]]''
** ''[[Shocker]]''
** ''[[The People Under the Stairs]]''
** ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]''
* ''[[Creature with the Atom Brain]]''
* ''[[The Creeping Terror]]''
* ''[[Critters]]''
* [[David Cronenberg]]
** ''[[Shivers]]''
** ''[[The Brood]]''
** ''[[Scanners]]''
** ''[[Videodrome]]''
** ''[[The Dead Zone]]''
** ''[[The Fly]]''
** ''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]''
** ''[[Naked Lunch]]''
** ''[[eXistenZ]]''
** ''[[Spider (film)|Spider]]''
** ''[[A History of Violence]]''
** ''[[Eastern Promises]]''
* ''[[Cronos]]''
* ''[[Cruising]]''
* ''[[Cube]]''
=== D ===
* ''[[Daimajin]]''
* [[Joe Dante]]
** ''[[Piranha]]''
** ''[[The Howling]]''
** ''[[Gremlins]]'' (and the sequel to an even greater extent)
** ''[[Innerspace]]''
** ''[[Matinee]]''
** ''[[The Burbs]]''
* ''[[Dark Angel: The Ascent]]''
* ''[[The Dark Crystal]]''
* ''[[Dark Night of the Scarecrow]]''
* ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (the original - see [[Klaatu Barada Nikto]]).
* [[Brian De Palma]]
** ''[[Sisters]]''
** ''[[Phantom of the Paradise]]''
** ''[[Carrie]]''
** ''[[The Fury]]''
** ''[[Dressed To Kill (film)|Dressed To Kill]]''
** ''[[Blow Out]]''
** ''[[Scarface]]''
** ''[[Body Double (film)|Body Double]]''
** ''[[Raising Cain]]''
** ''[[Carlitos Way|Carlito's Way]]''
** ''[[Femme Fatale (film)|Femme Fatale]]''
* ''[[Dead Heat]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive (film)|Dead or Alive]]''
* ''[[The Deadly Spawn]]''
* ''[[Death Race 2000]]''
* ''[[Death Rides a Horse]]''
* ''[[Death Wish 3]]''
* ''[[Deathdream]]''
* ''[[Deathgasm]]''
* ''[[The Decline Of Western Civilization]]'' (and Part II even moreso)
* ''[[Deep Red]]''
* ''[[Deliverance]]''
* [[Jonathan Demme]]
** ''[[Caged Heat]]''
** ''[[Crazy Mama]]''
** ''[[Melvin And Howard]]''
** ''[[Stop Making Sense]]''
** ''[[Swing Shift]]''
** ''[[Something Wild]]''
** ''[[Married to the Mob]]''
** ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''
* ''[[Demolition Man]]''
* ''[[Demoni]]''
* ''[[Demonlover]]''
* ''[[The Descent (film)|The Descent]]''
* ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]''
* ''[[Dirty Work]]''
* ''[[Disco Godfather]]''
* ''[[Divorce, Italian Style]]''
* ''[[Django]]''
* ''[[Dog Soldiers]]''
* ''[[Dolemite]]''
* ''[[Donnie Darko]]'' (the first film of [[Turn of the Millennium|the 2000s]] to inspire ongoing midnight screenings a la ''Rocky Horror'')
* ''[[Don't Open Till Christmas]]''
* ''[[Don't Torture a Duckling]]''
* ''[[Doomsday]]''
* ''[[Dr. Cyclops]]''
* ''[[Dr. Mabuse the Gambler]]''
* ''[[Dragonheart (film)|Dragonheart]]''
* ''[[Dredd]]''
* ''[[The Driller Killer]]''
* ''[[Drive (film)|Drive]]''
* ''[[Drive Angry]]''
* ''[[Drop Dead Fred]]''
* ''[[Duck Soup]]''
* ''[[The Dungeonmaster]]''
=== E ===
* ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]''
* ''[[Easy Rider]]'' (1969 - big on release, cult later)
* ''[[Eating Raoul]]''
* ''[[Empire Records]]''
* ''[[End of Days]]''
* ''[[Enemy Mine (film)|Enemy Mine]]''
* ''[[Enter the Dragon]]''
* ''[[Enter the Void]]''
* ''[[Escape 2000]]''
* ''[[Equilibrium]]''
* ''[[Equinox]]''
* ''[[Event Horizon]]''
** ''[[Pandorum]]'' (a [[Spiritual Successor]] to the above, is becoming this)
* ''[[Evil Alien Conquerors]]''
* ''[[Evilspeak]]''
* ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]''
=== F ===
* ''[[Faces Of Death]]''
* ''[[Falling Down]]''
* ''[[Fantastic Planet]]'' (1973, [[Deranged Animation|animated]])
* ''[[Feast]]''
* ''[[Felidae]]'' (1994, animated)
* ''[[Fight Club]]''
* ''[[The Final Girls]]''
* ''[[Fire and Ice (animation)|Fire and Ice]]''
* ''[[Five Deadly Venoms]]''
* ''[[The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T]]'' (live-action Dr. Seuss, 1953)
* ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]''
* ''[[The Fly (1958 film)|The Fly]]''
* ''[[The Food of the Gods]]''
* ''[[Forbidden Planet]]''
* ''[[Forbidden Zone (film)|Forbidden Zone]]''
* ''[[Frankenhooker]]''
* ''[[Frankenstein's Bloody Terror]]''
* ''[[Freaked]]''
* ''[[Freaks]]''
* ''[[Freddy Got Fingered]]''
* ''[[Freeway]]''
* ''[[Friday (film)|Friday]]''
* ''[[Fright Night]]'' (the original 1985 film)
* ''[[From Beyond]]''
* ''[[Frostbite]]''
=== G ===
* ''[[Gamera]]''
* ''[[Ghost World]]''
* ''[[Ghoulies]]''
* ''[[The Giant Claw]]''
* [[Terry Gilliam]]
** ''[[Jabberwocky]]''
** ''[[Time Bandits]]''
** ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]''
** ''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]''
** ''[[The Fisher King]]''
** ''[[12 Monkeys]]''
** ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''
** ''[[Tideland]]''
** ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]''
** And ''The Man Who Shot Don Quixote'', in all likelihood.{{verify}}
* ''[[Ginger Snaps]]''
* ''[[Girl, Interrupted]]''
* ''[[The Girl Next Door (literature)|The Girl Next Door]]''
* ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'' (the cult is small, but still measurable)
* ''[[Glen or Glenda]]''
* ''[[G Men From Hell]]''
* ''[[God's Gun]]''
* ''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]''
* ''[[Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell]]''
* ''[[Good Burger]]''
* ''[[The Goonies]]''
* ''[[The Gore Gore Girls]]''
* ''[[Gozu]]''
* ''[[Graduation Day]]''
* ''[[The Great Dictator]]''
* ''[[The Great Race]]'' (a small cult again, but still here)
* ''[[Gregory's Girl]]''
* ''[[Grey Gardens]]''
* ''[[Grizzly]]''
* ''[[Guest From the Future]]'' (mainstream in former USSR, cult elsewhere)
* ''[[Guinea Pig]]''
* ''[[Gutterballs]]''
* ''[[Gymkata]]''
=== H ===
* ''[[Hack-O-Lantern]]''
* ''[[Hackers]]''
* ''[[Hair (theatre)]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Half Baked]]''
* ''[[Hands of the Ripper]]''
* ''[[The Happiness of the Katakuris]]''
* ''[[Harakiri (film)|Harakiri]]''
* ''[[Hard Boiled]]''
* ''[[Hard Candy]]''
* ''[[The Harder They Come]]''
* ''[[Hardware (film)|Hardware]]''
* ''[[Harold and Maude]]''
* [[Harryhausen Movie|Ray Harryhausen]]
** ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]''
** ''[[It Came from Beneath the Sea]]''
** ''[[Earth vs. the Flying Saucers]]''
** ''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]''
** ''[[Jason and the Argonauts]]''
** ''[[One Million Years BC]]''
** ''[[The Golden Voyage of Sinbad]]''
** ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Hatchet (film)|Hatchet]]''
* ''[[Hausu]]''
* ''[[Hawk the Slayer]]''
* [[Todd Haynes]]
** ''[[Superstar The Karen Carpenter Story]]''
** ''[[Poison]]''
** ''[[Safe]]''
** ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]''
** ''[[Far From Heaven]]''
** ''[[I'm Not There]]''
* ''[[Head]]''
* ''[[Heathers]]''
* ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]''
* ''[[Heavy Metal (animation)|Heavy Metal]]''
* A lot of films by Harmony Korine, particularly ''[[Gummo]]''
* ''[[Heavy Metal Parking Lot]]''
* ''[[The Hebrew Hammer]]''
* ''[[Hedwig and The Angry Inch]]''
* ''[[Hell of the Living Dead]]''
* ''[[Hellraiser]]''
* ''[[Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer]]''
* ''[[Heroic Trio]]''
* ''[[The Hideous Sun Demon]]''
* ''[[High and Low]]''
* ''[[Highlander]]''
* ''[[The Hitcher]]''
* ''[[Hobo with a Shotgun]]''
* ''[[Hocus Pocus (film)|Hocus Pocus]]''
* ''[[Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers]]''
* ''[[The Holy Mountain]]''
* ''[[Horror Express]]''
* ''[[Horror of Dracula]]''
* ''[[Hot Rods To Hell]]''
* ''[[House (film)|House]]''
* ''[[House of 1000 Corpses]]''
* ''[[The House of the Devil]]''
* ''[[The House of Yes]]''
* ''[[House on Haunted Hill]]''
* ''[[Housebound]]''
* ''[[Howard the Duck (film)|Howard the Duck]]''
* ''[[The Human Centipede]]''
* ''[[The Hunger]]''
* ''[[Hush]]''
=== I ===
* ''[[I Am Cuba]]''
* ''[[I Come in Peace (film)|I Come in Peace]]''
* ''[[I Drink Your Blood]]''
* ''[[I Heart Huckabees|I Heart Huckabee's]]''
* ''[[I Sell the Dead]]''
* ''[[I Spit on Your Grave]]''
* ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]''
* ''[[The Iceman]]''
* ''[[Idle Hands]]''
* ''[[In Bruges]]''
* ''[[The Infernal Affairs Trilogy]]''
* ''[[Inferno (1980 film)|Inferno]]''
* ''[[Inframan|Infra-Man]]''
* ''[[The Innkeepers]]''
* ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''
* ''[[The Invitation]]''
* ''[[Irma Vep]]''
* ''[[The Iron Giant]]''
* ''[[Irreversible]]''
* ''[[Ishtar]]''
* ''[[It Lives By Night]]''
* ''[[It! The Terror from Beyond Space]]''
=== J ===
* ''[[Jack Frost (1997 film)|Jack Frost]]''
* [[Peter Jackson]]
** ''[[Bad Taste]]''
** ''[[Meet the Feebles]]''
** ''[[Braindead]]''
** ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''
** ''[[Forgotten Silver]]''
** ''[[The Frighteners]]''
* [[Jim Jarmusch]]
** ''[[Permanent Vacation]]''
** ''[[Mystery Train]]''
** ''[[Night On Earth]]''
** ''[[Dead Man (film)|Dead Man]]''
** ''[[Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai]]''
** ''[[Coffee And Cigarettes]]''
* ''[[Jennifer's Body]]''
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
* [[Jean Pierre Jeunet]]
** ''[[Delicatessen]]''
** ''[[The City of Lost Children]]''
** ''[[Amelie]]''
** ''[[A Very Long Engagement]]''
** ''[[Micmacs]]''
* ''[[Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter]]''
* ''[[Joe Versus the Volcano]]''
* ''[[Miami Connection]]''
* [[Mike Jittlov]]
** ''[[The Wizard of Speed and Time (short)|The Wizard of Speed and Time]]'' (original short)
** ''[[The Wizard of Speed and Time (film)|The Wizard of Speed and Time]]'' (full-length film)
** ''[[Fashionation]]''
* [[Mike Judge]]
** ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head|Beavis And Butt-head Do America]]''
** ''[[Office Space]]''
** ''[[Idiocracy]]''
** ''[[Extract]]''
* ''[[Just Before Dawn]]''
=== K ===
* ''[[Kagemusha]]''
* [[Lloyd Kaufman]]
** ''[[The Toxic Avenger]]''
** ''[[Class of Nuke 'Em High]]''
** ''[[Troma's War]]''
** ''[[Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.]]''
** ''[[Tromeo and Juliet]]''
** ''[[Terror Firmer]]''
** ''[[Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead]]''
* ''[[Kickboxing Academy]]''
* ''[[Kids]]''
* ''[[Killer Condom]]''
* ''[[Killer Klowns From Outer Space]]''
* ''[[The Killing of Satan]]''
* ''[[Killing Zoe]]''
* ''[[Kin-dza-dza!|Kin-Dza-Dza]]''
* ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''
* ''[[Krull]]''
* ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]''
* [[Stanley Kubrick]]
** ''[[The Killing (film)|The Killing]]''
** ''[[Paths of Glory]]''
** ''[[Lolita]]''
** ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]''
** ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
** ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''
** ''[[Barry Lyndon]]''
** ''[[The Shining]]''
** ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]''
** ''[[Eyes Wide Shut]]''
* ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]''
=== L ===
* ''[[Labyrinth]]''
* ''[[Ladies And Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains|Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains]]''
* ''[[Lady Snowblood]]''
* ''[[The Lair of the White Worm]]''
* ''[[Lake Placid]]''
* ''[[The Last Dragon]]''
* ''[[The Last Man on Earth]]''
* ''[[The Last Seduction]]''
* ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]''
* ''[[Legend (1985 film)|Legend]]''
* ''[[The Leopard Man]]''
* ''[[Leprechaun (film)|Leprechaun]]''
* ''[[Lesbian Vampire Killers]]''
* ''[[Let the Right One In]]''
* ''[[The Limey]]''
* [[Richard Linklater]]
** ''[[Slacker]]''
** ''[[Dazed and Confused]]''
** ''[[Before Sunrise]]''
** ''[[The Newton Boys]]''
** ''[[Waking Life]]''
** ''[[A Scanner Darkly]]''
* ''[[Little Nemo]]''
* ''[[Little Nicky]]''
* ''[[Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]''
* ''[[Lord of Illusions]]''
* ''[[The Lost Boys]]''
* ''[[The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra]]''
* ''[[Love and Basketball]]''
* ''[[Love Exposure]]''
* ''[[Love Streams]]''
* [[David Lynch]]
** ''[[Eraserhead]]''
** ''[[The Elephant Man]]''
** ''[[Dune]]''
** ''[[Blue Velvet]]''
** ''[[Wild at Heart]]''
** ''[[Twin Peaks]]: [[The Movie|Fire Walk With Me]]''
** ''[[Lost Highway]]''
** ''[[Mulholland Drive]]''
** ''[[Inland Empire]]''
=== M ===
* ''[[M]]''
* ''[[The Mack]]''
* ''[[Mad Dog Morgan]]''
* ''[[Mad Max]]''
* ''[[The Mad Monster]]''
* ''[[Madhouse (film)|Madhouse]]''
* ''[[Madman (film)|Madman]]''
* ''[[Man Bites Dog]]''
* ''[[The Man From Nowhere]]''
* ''[[The Man Who Fell to Earth]]''
* ''[[The Man Who Saves the World]]''
* ''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]''
* ''[[Maniac (1980 film)|Maniac]]''
* ''[[Manos: The Hands of Fate]]''
* ''[[The Manson Family]]''
* ''[[Martyrs]]''
* ''[[Master of the Flying Guillotine]]''
* ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]''
* ''McBain'' (not the [[The Simpsons (animation)|Rainier Wolfcastle]] films)
* ''[[Meatball Machine]]''
* ''[[Medium Cool]]''
* ''[[Men Behind the Sun]]''
* ''[[Metropolis]]''
* ''[[Midnight Madness]]''—Disney's 2nd PG-rated movie<ref>At least two live-action films from the 1950s were rated PG on video release.</ref>
* ''[[The Millennium Trilogy]]''
** ''[[The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo]]''
** ''[[The Girl Who Played With Fire]]''
** ''[[The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest]]''
* ''[[Misery]]''
* ''[[Mom and Dad Save The World]]''
* ''[[Mommie Dearest]]''
* ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]''
* ''[[Monster Brawl]]''
* ''[[Monster in the Closet]]''
* ''[[The Monster Club]]''
* ''[[The Monster that Challenged the World]]''
* [[Monty Python]]
** ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]''
** ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]''
** ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]''
* ''[[Moon]]''
* ''[[Morvern Callar]]''
* ''[[The Most Dangerous Game]]''
* ''[[Ms. 45]]''
* ''[[Mulan: Rise of a Warrior]]''
* ''[[Murder Party]]''
* ''[[My Bloody Valentine (film)|My Bloody Valentine]]''
* ''[[Mystery Men]]''
=== N ===
* ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]''
* ''[[The New York Ripper]]''
* ''[[Newsies]]''
* ''[[The Night Flier]]''
* ''[[Night of the Comet]]''
* ''[[Night of the Creeps]]''
* ''[[Night of the Demon]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Night of the Demon (1980 film)}|Night of the Demon]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Night of the Demons]]''
* ''[[Night of the Lepus]]''
* ''[[Night Watch (novel)|Night Watch]]''
* ''[[Nightbreed]]''
* ''[[Nightcrawler]]''
* ''[[Nosferatu]]''
=== O ===
* ''[[Oldboy]]''
* ''[[Oliver and Company]]''
* ''[[O Lucky Man]]''
=== P ===
* ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]''
* ''[[ParaNorman]]''
* [[Trey Parker and Matt Stone]]
** ''[[Baseketball]]''
** ''[[Orgazmo]]''
** ''[[Cannibal! The Musical]]''
** ''[[South Park|South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]''
** ''[[Team America: World Police]]''
* ''[[The Passion of Joan of Arc]]''
* ''[[Peeping Tom (film)|Peeping Tom]]''
* ''[[Performance]]''
* ''[[Phantasm (film)|Phantasm]]''
* ''[[Phenomena (film)|Phenomena]]''
* ''[[Pieces (film)|Pieces]]''
* ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''
* ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''
* ''[[Pootie Tang]]''
* [[Alex Proyas]]:
** ''[[The Crow]]''
** ''[[Dark City]]''
** ''[[Knowing]]''
* ''[[Popcorn]]''
* ''[[Popeye (film)|Popeye]]'' (the [[Live Action Adaptation|live action]] film)
* ''[[Primer]]''
* ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]''
* ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''
* ''[[Léon: The Professional]]''
* ''[[Prom Night]]''
* ''[[The Prowler]]''
* ''[[Pulse]]''
* ''[[Pumpkinhead]]''
* ''[[The Punisher (1989 film)|The Punisher]]''
* ''[[Puppet Master (film)|Puppet Master]]''
* ''[[Putney Swope]]''
=== R ===
* [[Sam Raimi]]
** ''[[Evil Dead]]'' (and sequels, ''especially'' number II)
** ''[[Crimewave]]''
** ''[[Darkman]]''
** ''[[The Quick and the Dead]]''
** ''[[A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]''
** ''[[Drag Me to Hell]]''
* ''[[Ran]]''
* ''[[Rawhaed Rex]]''
* ''[[Real Genius]]''
* ''[[Re-Animator]]''
* ''[[Red Sun (film)|Red Sun]]''
* ''[[Reefer Madness]]''
* ''[[Remo Williams The Adventure Begins]]''
* ''[[Repo Man]]''
* ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]''
* ''[[The Ring]]''
* ''[[The Ritual]]''
* ''[[Rivers Edge]]''
* ''[[Road House]]''
* ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]''
* ''[[Return of the Living Dead]]''
* ''[[Return to Oz]]''
* ''[[Robot Holocaust]]''
* ''[[Robot Monster]]''
* [[Robert Rodriguez]]
** ''[[El Mariachi]]'' trilogy
*** ''[[El Mariachi]]''
*** ''[[Desperado]]''
*** ''[[Once Upon a Time In Mexico]]''
** ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]''
** ''[[The Faculty]]''
** ''[[Sin City]]''
** ''[[Planet Terror]]''
** ''[[Machete]]''
* ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]''
* ''[[Rolling Thunder (film)|Rolling Thunder]]''
* ''[[Rolling Vengeance]]''
* [[George A Romero]]
** ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''
** ''[[The Crazies]]''
** ''[[Dawn of the Dead (film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''
** ''[[Martin (1978 film)|Martin]]''
** ''[[Creepshow]]''
** ''[[Day of the Dead]]''
** ''[[Land of the Dead]]''
* ''[[The Room]]'' - almost exclusively shown at midnight screenings where people throw spoons at the screen.
* ''[[Rubber]]''
* ''[[Runaway (1984 film)|Runaway]]''
=== S ===
* ''[[Samurai Cop]]''
* ''[[Santa Claus (film)|Santa Claus]]''
* ''[[Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]''
* ''[[Scarecrows]]''
* ''[[The Screaming Skull]]''
* ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''
* ''[[Secretary]]''
* ''[[A Serbian Film]]''
* ''[[Saving Christmas (film)|Saving Christmas]]''
* ''[[Serenity]]''
* ''[[The Seventh Curse]]''
* ''[[Shaft]]'' (original film)
* ''[[Shakes the Clown (Film)]]''
* ''[[Shallow Grave]]''
* ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''
* ''[[Sherrybaby]]''
* ''[[Shinjuku Triad Society]]''
* ''[[A Shock to the System]]''
* ''[[Shock Treatment]]'' (a "sequel" to ''Rocky Horror'')
* ''[[Shock Waves]]''
* ''[[Showgirls]]''
* ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]''
* ''[[Silent Night, Deadly Night]]''
* ''[[Singles]]''
* ''[[Six-String Samurai]]''
* ''[[Slap Shot]]''
* ''[[Sleepaway Camp]]''
* [[Kevin Smith]]
** ''[[Clerks]]''
** ''[[Mallrats]]''
** ''[[Chasing Amy]]''
** ''[[Dogma]]''
** ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]''
** ''[[Clerks II]]''
** ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]''
* ''[[Snakes on a Plane]]''
* ''[[Snatch]]''
* ''[[Society]]''
* ''[[Southland Tales]]''
* ''[[Spaceballs]]''
* ''[[Space Mutiny]]''
* ''[[The Specials]]''
* ''[[Spider Baby]]''
* ''[[Stage Fright Aquarius]]''
* ''[[Starcrash]]''
* ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]''
* ''[[Step Brothers]]''
* ''[[The Stepfather]]''
* ''[[Strait Jacket]]''
* ''[[The Strangers]]''
* ''[[Stay Tuned]]''
* ''[[Stitches]]''
* ''[[Stone Cold]]''
* ''[[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter]]''
* ''[[Streets of Fire]]''
* ''[[Street Trash]]''
* ''[[Strike Commando]]''
* ''[[Student Bodies (film)|Student Bodies]]''
* ''[[The Stunt Man]]''
* ''[[Sucker Punch]]''
* ''[[Suicide Club]]''
* ''[[Super Fly]]''
* ''[[Super Fuzz]]''
* ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros]]''
* ''[[Surf Nazis Must Die]]''
* ''[[Suspiria]]'
* ''[[Swingers]]''
* ''[[Switchblade Sisters]]''
=== T ===
* ''[[A Tale of Two Sisters]]''
* ''[[Tales from the Crypt (film)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
* ''[[Tales from the Hood]]''
* ''[[Tank Girl (film)|Tank Girl]]''
* [[Quentin Tarantino]]
** ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]''
** ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''
** ''[[Jackie Brown]]''
** ''[[Kill Bill]] I and II''
** ''[[Death Proof]]''
** ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
* ''[[Teenagers from Outer Space (film)|Teenagers from Outer Space]]''
* ''[[Tenebre]]''
* ''[[Terror Train]]''
* ''[[TerrorVision]]''
* ''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]''
* ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''
* ''[[The Theatre Bizarre]]''
* ''[[Theatre of Blood]]''
* ''[[Themroc]]''
* ''[[Thirst (1979 film)|Thirst]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Thirst]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The 36th Chamber of Shaolin]]''
* ''[[The 13th Warrior]]'': Although it was panned by critics and one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, this movie nonetheless has a sizable fan following.
* ''[[This Island Earth]]''
* ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]''
* ''[[Threads]]''
* ''[[Three Women]]''
* ''[[Thriller - A Cruel Picture]]''
* ''[[Time After Time]]''
* ''[[Titan A.E.]]''
* ''[[Tokyo Gore Police]]''
* ''[[Tombs of the Blind Dead]]''
* ''[[The Toolbox Murders]]''
* ''[[El Topo]]''
* ''[[Torso]]''
* ''[[Tourist Trap (film)|Tourist Trap]]''
* ''[[The Town That Dreaded Sundown]]''
* ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]''
* ''[[Train to Busan]]''
* ''[[Trainspotting]]''
* ''[[Trancers]]''
* ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Treasure Planet]]''
* ''[[Tremors]]''
* ''[[Trick 'r Treat]]''
* ''[[Trilogy of Terror]]''
* ''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]''
* ''[[Troll (film)|Troll]]''
* ''[[Troll 2]]''
* ''[[The Troll Hunter]]''
* ''[[TRON]]''
* ''[[True Romance]]''
* ''[[Turbo Kid]]''
* ''[[Twice Upon a Time (1983 film)|Twice Upon a Time]]''
* ''[[200 Motels]]''
* ''[[Two Lane Blacktop]]''
* ''[[Two Thousand Maniacs!]]''
=== V ===
* ''[[Valerie and Her Week of Wonders]]''
* ''[[Valley of the Dolls]]''
* ''[[Vampire Hunter D]]''
* ''[[The Vampire Lovers]]''
* ''[[Vampires In Havana]]''
* ''[[Vampire's Kiss]]''
* ''[[Vampyros Lesbos]]''
* [[Gus Van Sant]]
** ''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]''
** ''[[My Own Private Idaho]]''
** ''[[To Die For]]''
** ''[[Gerry]]''
** ''[[Elephant]]''
** ''[[Last Days]]''
** ''[[Paranoid Park]]''
* ''[[Vanishing Point]]''
* ''[[Vase de Noces]]''
* ''[[Versus]]''
* ''[[V/H/S]]''
* ''[[The Virgin Spring]]''
* ''[[Virtuosity]]''
* ''[[The Void (film)|The Void]]''
* ''[[Volunteers]]''
=== W ===
* ''[[The Wailing]]''
* ''[[The Wall]]''
* ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]''
* ''[[Warriors of the Wasteland]]''
* [[John Waters]]
** ''[[Multiple Maniacs]]''
** ''[[Pink Flamingos]]''
** ''[[Female Trouble]]''
** ''[[Desperate Living]]''
** ''[[Polyester]]''
** ''[[Hairspray]]''
** ''[[Cry-Baby]]''
** ''[[Serial Mom]]''
** ''[[Pecker]]''
** ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]''
** ''[[A Dirty Shame]]''
* ''[[What Have You Done to Solange?]]''
* ''[[American Tabloid]]''
* ''[[Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me]]''
* ''[[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas]]'': <small>[[Long Title|A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream]],</small> another case where both the original book and the movie are cult in their own right. (link goes to the work page for a film of the same name)
* ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' (link goes to the work page for a film of the same name)
* ''[[No Logo]]''
* ''[[Roadside America]]'' ([http://roadsideamerica.com website])
* ''[[The Rum Diary]]'' (link goes to the work page for a film of the same name)
* ''[[Youth in Revolt]]'' (link goes to the work page for a film of the same name)
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Dead Like Me]]''
* ''[[Deadwood]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[The Equalizer]]'' ''was'' popular at the time of its original airings, but became this over the years. ''MOD: Then it isn't a cult classic by our definition.''
* ''[[The Fast Show]]''
* ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' Aside from a small fanbase, the rest of the general public never knew the show was [[Long Runner|still around]].
* ''[[Profit]]''
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' is already showing signs.{{context}}
* ''[[Queer as Folk]]''
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]''
* ''[[Undeclared]]''
* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' - The original.
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[The Wire]]''
* ''[[Wonderfalls]]''
* [[Tenacious D]]
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]
* [[The Velvet Underground]]{{verify}}
** ''The Velvet Underground & [[Nico]]'' (1967)
** ''White Light/White Heat'' (1968)
* [[Weezer]]: ''Pinkerton'' (1996)
* [[XTC]]: ''Drums and Wires'' (1979)
* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
* [[Frank Zappa]]
** ''[[Freak-Out]]'' (1966)
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
Many tabletop [[RPG]]s are a cult within a cult following,{{verify|reason=MOD: what makes tabletop games automatically 'cult'?}} including;
* ''[[Bunnies and Burrows]]''
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)|Call of Cthulhu]]''
* ''[[Deadlands]]''
* ''[[In Nomine]]''
* [[Pinball]] in general.{{verify}}
* ''[[Traveller]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has been the go-to RPG for decades, and has served as the [[Trope Codifier]] for most modern Fantasy and RPG games and media ever since.{{verify}}
== [[Theatre]] ==
* ''[[13]]''
* ''[[Greater Tuna]]''
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Hair (theatre)|Hair]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' (the off-Broadway production)
* Despite Andrew Lloyd Webber's attempts to disown ''[[Starlight Express]]'', the musical has attracted a small but extremely dedicated fanbase, many members of which dress up as the characters a la ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', interact with the actors backstage, and travel to cities and overseas to attend as many productions as possible.
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''
* ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]''
* ''[[Rent]]'' You know. Rent-heads, and all.{{verify}}
* ''[[Spring Awakening]]'' has a following who call themselves "The Guilty Ones".
== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== A-E ===
* Lots of cartoons on ''[[Adult Swim]]'', thanks to its timeslot.{{verify|reason=MOD: What does the timeslot have to do with being or not being a cult classic?}} Examples that have retained a cult following include:
** ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' and ''[[Stoner Flick|Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters]]''
** ''[[The Boondocks]]''
* ''[[American Dad]]''
* ''[[Archer]]''
* The cartoons of [[Tex Avery]]{{verify}}
* [[Ralph Bakshi]]{{verify}}
** ''[[Fritz the Cat (animation)|Fritz the Cat]]''
** ''[[Heavy Traffic]]''
** ''[[Fire and Ice (animation)|Fire and Ice]]''
** ''[[Cool World]]''
* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Peanuts|Charlie Brown...]]'' animated specials and the [[The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show|Saturday morning cartoon]]:{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
** ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''
** ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]''
** ''[[Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown]]''
** ''[[Snoopy Come Home]]'' Usually remembered for being ridiculously depressing.
* The cartoons of [[Bob Clampett]]{{verify}}
* ''[[Clerks the Animated Series]]''
* ''[[Clone High]]''
* [[DiC]] had a few series considered this, some of which can be found elsewhere on this page.
* The ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'' cartoon.
* ''[[Doug]]'' (While the Disney version was considered more successful, [[Nickelodeon]]'s are still considered this){{verify}}
* ''[[Drawn Together]]''
* ''[[Duckman]]''
* ''[[Freakazoid!]]''
* ''[[Freak Show]]''
* ''[[Futurama]]'' (Not as popular in the mainstream as ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', but still has an obsessive cult following){{verify|reason=The given reason is not sufficient for the work to be considered a cult classic}}
* ''[[Garfield: His 9 Lives]]''
* ''[[Gumby]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' (premiered in the Festival of Sick and Twisted Animation)
* ''[[The Haunted World of El Superbeasto]]''
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' (Turning into this; even eight years after the last episode aired, devoted followers are trying to convince Nickelodeon let the show have a proper finale)
* ''[[The Hobbit (animation)|The Hobbit]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Home Movies]]''
* ''[[Invader Zim]]''
* The cartoons of [[Chuck Jones]]{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
=== K-O ===
* ''[[KaBlam!]]''
* ''[[Kirikou and The Sorceress]]'' (French film, based on African folk tale)
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]''{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
* ''[[Mission Hill]]''
* ''[[Mister T (animation)|Mister T]]'' (animated)
* ''[[Monkey Dust]]''
* ''[[The Mouse and His Child]]''
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' ascended to the [[Ascended Meme|upper echelons of cult status]] in little more than a year.{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious, and the reason given does not match our definition of cult classic}}
* ''[[The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat]]''
* ''[[The Oblongs]]''
* ''[[PJ Katie's Farm]]''
* ''[[The Plague Dogs]]'' <small>([[Covers Always Lie|"a special kind]] of [[Nightmare Fuel|movie magic]] from the makers of ''[[Watership Down]]"'')</small>
* ''[[Popeye]]'' (original shorts){{verify}}
* ''[[Quasi at the Quackadero]]''
* ''[[Recess]]''
* ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]''{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
** [[John Kricfalusi]] also did the music video for ''[[Tenacious D|Tenacious D: ---- Her Gently]]''
* ''[[The Ripping Friends]]''
* ''[[Rock and Rule]]''
* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' and its spinoff, ''[[Dudley Do-Right]]''.{{verify}}
* ''[[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rankin/Bass]]'' films in general, in part thanks to [[Nostalgia Filter]].
** ''[[The Hobbit (animation)|The Hobbit]]'' (1977)
** ''[[The Return of the King (animation)|The Return of the King]]'' (1980) Where there's a whip...
** ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]: [[The Movie]]''{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]''
* ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'' (Cartoon Saloon in general is beginning to have this)
* ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''
* ''[[Song of the South]]''
* ''[[South Park]]''{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
* ''[[Sonic Sat AM|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (a.k.a ''SatAM'')
* ''Todd MacFarlane's [[Spawn]]''
* ''[[Swat Kats]]''
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' was decently popular for a while, but was widely bashed by a lot of comic and superhero fans for its more unusual style, and turned into the [[Butt Monkey]] of [[Cartoon Network]]. However, even years after its cancellation, it still has a fiercely loyal fanbase.{{verify|reason=The reason given does not match our definition of cult classic}}
* ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]''
* ''[[ThunderCats (1985 series)|ThunderCats]]''
== Entire Media ==
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* [[Video Games]] used to fall under this, being seen as the exclusive domain of children and nerds. In the last decade, however, the success of products like the [[Nintendo Wii]] and iPhone App Store, as well as franchises like ''[[Halo]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'', ''[[Madden NFL]]'', ''[[Call of Duty]]'' and ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', have made video games a much more commonplace and socially acceptable pastime. Still, most games apart from big-name franchises remain relatively obscure in mainstream popular culture.
* [[Gamebooks]] have a small, but incredibly devoted following of readers, authors, bloggers, and programmers who kept the medium alive and thriving to this day.
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