When the entire crew of an airplane is crippled with food poisoning, it's up to one ex-war pilot, Ted Striker (Robert Hays,) to land the plane and deliver its ridiculous passengers to safety. Having to contend with his own fear of flying, Striker task is further complicated when he learns that his ex-girlfriend (Julie Hagerty) is one of the flight attendants onboard. Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. With Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Leslie Nielsen and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy. Year: 1980.
Airplane!
Thirty years after a bomb destroys Tokyo, triggering World War III, Neo-Tokyo has been built under Japan's new political system. Kaneda (Cam Clarke), the leader of a biker gang in the desperate, poverty stricken city, must deal with anti-government activists, corrupt politicians, evil scientists and a powerful military leader as he goes on a quest to save his friend, Tetsuo (Joshua Seth). Meanwhile, Tesuo, who has been captured by the Akira Project, is subjected to a number of tests which ultimately cause him to morph into another life form and unleash his supernatural powers upon the city. Directed by Katsuhiro Ôtomo. Categories: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Cult Classics. Year: 1988.
Akira
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) has a perfect wife (Annette Bening) and a perfect house in the perfect neighborhood. Lester, however, is miserable. In the throws of a midlife crisis, Lester watches his marriage dissolve and his own interest grow in one of his daughter's high school friends (Mena Suvari). As his daughter (Thora Birch) develops a friendship with the boy (Wes Bentley) next door and his wife begins an affair, Lester looks deeper inside himself for a cure to his unhappiness. Directed by Sam Mendes. Categories: Drama. Year: 1999.
American Beauty
George (James Brolin) and Kathy (Margot Kidder) Lutz are newly married and couldn't be happier. Together with their three kids, they move into a huge Long Island house. They seem to have made a good life for themselves until strange things begin to happen inside their new home. After a series of disturbing accidents, they call upon the help of a family priest, who is helpless to combat the terrible spirit preying upon this once happy household. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Rod Steiger, Don Stroud and Murray Hamilton. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1979.
The Amityville Horror
Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), a self-centered, sexist news reporter, rules the airwaves in 1970s San Diego. Beloved by the community and comfortable in his position of power, Burgundy's world comes crashing down when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), a strong, opinionated newswoman, sabotages his career and takes over the evening news. Kicked to the curb, Burgandy falls apart, becoming a shell of his former self, until a news emergency gives him one last shot to regain his crown. Directed Adam McKay. With Steve Carell, David Koechner, Paul Rudd and Fred Willard. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy. Year: 2004.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
During the Vietnam War, Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission into Cambodia to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Green Beret who has installed himself as the god of a local tribe. As Willard travels up the river approaching his target, he is faced with the surreal, brutal realities of war and its effects on the minds of men. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, War. Year: 1979.
Apocalypse Now
Bambi is a young deer when a band of hunters kills his mother. As Bambi grows up in the forest alone, he befriends the other animals and enjoys playing in the beautiful wilderness. But, when the hunters comeback, all of Bambi's painful memories return and he must lead his friends to safety in order to fulfill his destiny of becoming the Prince of the Forest. Directed by David Hand. Categories: Cult Classics, Animation, Family, Drama, Classic. Year: 1942.
Bambi
When a former rock star and nightclub owner (Bill Cable) is found murdered, Detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) is put on the case. A recovering alcoholic and drug addict, Curran starts suspecting Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone), an intelligent and manipulative novelist. As Curran becomes more involved with Tramell, everyone becomes a suspect and he realizes that he is in over his head. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. With George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Wayne Knight. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1992.
Basic Instinct
For Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges), bowling and drinking White Russians are a full-time job. When his rug is ruined by nihilist thugs who mistake him for a millionaire with the same name, he takes time out of his busy schedule to set the record straight. Joined by his bowling buddies (John Goodman and Steve Buscemi), the Dude eventually finds himself in the middle of a big mess after a botched ransom delivery. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. With John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore and Tara Reid. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy, Mystery. Year: 1998.
The Big Lebowski
Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is a blade runner, a cop specializing in the termination of replicated humans. When four replicants escape from an offworld colony and make it back to Earth, Deckard is forced out of retirement to take down the rogue creatures. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah. Categories: Cult Classics, Sci-Fi, Drama, Action, Thriller. Year: 1982.
Blade Runner
Jake Blues (John Belushi) is a fun-loving scoundrel fresh out of prison. Joining his brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) on a trip to the small Catholic home where they were raised, Jake is shocked to find the mission in danger of closure unless $5000 in taxes are paid off in less than two weeks. Determined to save their home, the Blues Brothers reform their band and set off on a mission from God. Directed by John Landis. With an all star cast including James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Comedy, Musical. Year: 1980.
The Blues Brothers
Paul Varjak (George Peppard) is a struggling writer who has just moved to New York, hoping to jumpstart his career. He soon becomes entranced by his neighbor, the very confusing Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) who seems to be a coy and graceful socialite in public, yet is much more clumsy and vulnerable in private. Directed by Blake Edwards. With Patricia Neal, Patricia Neal, Martin Balsam , and Mickey Rooney. Categories: Comedy,Drama, Romance, Cult Classics, New York. Year: 1961.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
A jock (Emilio Estevez), a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall), a princess (Molly Ringwald), an outcast (Ally Sheedy) and a criminal (Judd Nelson) all find themselves spending a Saturday stuck in their school's library serving detention. They start out having very little in common, but as the day progresses the five teenagers discover that they are more alike than they ever thought possible. Directed by John Hughes. With Paul Gleason. Categories: Drama, Comedy, Cult Classics. Year: 1985.
The Breakfast Club
Tough San Francisco cop Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen) is assigned to guard a mafia informant by Senator Walter Chalmers (Robert Vaughn), an ambitious politian. The simple assignment is complicated when both of Bullitt's partners and the informant are shot by a hitman. Bullitt sets out to track down the killer and locate the leak that tipped him off, while Chalmers tries to shut down the investigation. Directed by Peter Yates. With Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Duvall. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller and Cult Classics. Year: 1968.
Bullitt
Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) are two bank and train robbers who escape to Bolivia when the Wild West becomes too civilized for their liking. Pursued by a posse willing to follow them over land and sea to bring them to justice, these two gang leaders with a flair for the theatrical aren't about to change their ways anytime soon. Directed by George Roy Hill. With Katharine Ross, Strother Martin. Categories: Cult Classics, Adventure, Crime, Western, History. Year: 1969.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) is a disturbed girl from a broken home. When Tommy Ross (William Katt), the hottest guy in school, asks her to the senior prom, Carrie can't believe her luck. But, when another student decides to publicly humiliate her, Carrie's growing telekinetic powers are unleashed in a fit of rage rising from all the years of torment she has suffered. Directed by Brian De Palma. With Piper Laurie, Amy Irving and John Travolta. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Based on a Novel. Year: 1976.
Carrie
Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is a private detective working the case of a murdered engineer. Hired by Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway), the dead man's wife, Gittes uncovers a real-estate conspiracy involving millions of dollars in undeveloped land. During his investigation, Gittes gets mixed up with Noah Cross (John Huston), the murdered man's one-time business partner and a powerful suspect in this murky case. Directed by Roman Polanski. With Diane Ladd and Perry Lopez. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1974.
Chinatown
In a futuristic and violent Britain, Alex (Malcolm McDowell), a maniacal young killer, and his gang of thugs rape and murder at will, terrorizing anyone unfortuante enough to cross their path. But, when his gang turns on him, Alex is captured by the police and forced to undergo a powerful brainwashing treatment in exchange for shortened jail time. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Patrick Magee. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1971.
A Clockwork Orange
Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a barbarian warrior roaming the land with his band of adventurers. When the evil Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) asks Conan to rescue her kidnapped daughter Princess Jehnna (Olivia d'Abo), Conan agrees in the hope that Taramis will be able to reanimate his dead lover. But, when things do not go as planned, he learns that the dark magic of this tyrannical queen cannot be trusted. Directed by Richard Fleischer. With Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain and Tracey Walter. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Fantasy, Adventure. Year: 1984.
Conan the Destroyer
Luke (Paul Newman) is a troublemaker who ends up in a terrible Southern prison camp working on a chain gang. When he gains the reputation of being a tough man, the warden vows to break him. Despite frequent escape attempts and subsequent abuse by the officers, Luke remains a symbol of freedom and strength for his fellow inmates. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon and Lou Antonio. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama. Year: 1967.
Cool Hand Luke
Jody (Forest Whitaker) is a British soldier captured by an IRA terrorist named Jude (Miranda Richardson). Fergus (Stephen Rea), an IRA terrorist, befriends Jody until the kidnapping goes wrong and heflees to London. There, Fergus finds Dil (Jaye Davidson), Jody's lover, and begins seeing her under a false identity. However, Dil has an incredible secret of her own. Directed by Neil Jordan. With Stephen Rea, Adrian Dunbar and Joe Savino. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Drama, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1992.
The Crying Game
As the walking dead to terrorize the people of earth, one small group of survivors finds themselves trapped in a shopping mall outside of Pittsburgh. Steven (David Emge) and Francine (Gaylen Ross), two TV station employees, team up with Roger (Scott H. Reiniger) and Peter (Ken Foree) as they try to survive the relentless hunger of the dead and the maddening strain of life under siege. Directed by George A. Romero. With David Crawford and David Early. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Drama, Horror. Year: 1978.
Dawn of the Dead
Zombies have taken over the earth, forcing a group of military leaders and scientists into a small underground bunker in a last ditch effort to survive. Tension develops as the scientists begin using the undead in their experiments. Eventually, the soldiers force the scientists into the caves holding their undead subjects. Directed by George A. Romero. With Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato and Anthony Dileo Jr.. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1985.
Day of the Dead
In the year 2000, the stars of a brutal cross-country car race earn points by running down pedestrians. But, when the race's most famous driver, Frankenstein (David Carradine), has a change of heart, he'll have to drive like he's never driven before if he is to outwit his rivals and stop a conspiracy that's trying to shut the race down for good. Directed by Paul Bartel. With Sylvester Stallone. Categories: Action, Sci-Fi, Cult Classics. Year: 1975.
Death Race 2000
A fatalistic American general (Sterling Hayden), convinced that Russia is trying to corrupt the American people, begins a countdown to nuclear holocaust that a council of politicians and generals, including Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, frantically tries to stop. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens and James Earl Jones. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Comedy, War. Year: 1964.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon), along with his wife (Kelly Lynch) and their apprentices, Rick (James LeGros) and Nadine (Heather Graham), function as a family of addicts who rob pharmacies to fuel their ever-growing habits. When they're forced to take their show on the road after things get too hot at home, Nadine eventually overdoses. After that, Bob swears off drugs and tries to rebuild his life, but has to do so without his wife, who's determined to stay hooked. Directed by Gus Van Sant. With James Remar, Max Perlich and William S. Burroughs. Categories: Crime, Drama, Cult Classics. Year: 1989.
Drugstore Cowboy
Elliot (Henry Thomas) is a young boy who discovers a friendly little alien left behind by his companions on a late night visit to Earth. Along with his siblings, Michael (Robert MacNaughton) and Gertie (Drew Barrymore), Elliot bonds with E.T. before learning that he needs to contact his home planet so that he can be picked up. But, when government agents move in, Elliot's connection with E.T. puts his life in danger and the loveable alien's return is put in jeopardy. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Dee Wallace-Stone, Peter Coyote and Sean Frye. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 1982.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
A group of high schoolers growing up in southern California struggle with life and love in the 1970s. Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) attempts to find love through sex. Mark Ratner (Brian Backer) turns to his friend Mike Damone (Robert Romanus) for tips on how to win Stacy over. Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold) works a series of crappy jobs to pay for his dream car. And, Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn), a stoned surfer, coasts through life, always on the lookout for the next party. Directed by Amy Heckerling. With Phoebe Cates, Vincent Schiavelli, Forest Whitaker and Brian Backer. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Cult Classics. Year: 1982.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Renegade journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and his Samoan lawyer, Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro), drive from LA to Las Vegas fuelled by a trunk full of illegal drugs. As Duke covers a convention on drug abuse and a motorcycle race in the desert, the pair sinks deeper and deeper into a frightening psychedelic haze while searching for the American dream. Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci, Mark Harmon and Cameron Diaz. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Cult Classics, Based on a Novel. Year: 1998.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick), a slick, unmotivated high school student, uses an elaborate scheme to convince his parents (Cindy Pickett and Lyman Ward) that he is too sick to go to class. During his free-wheeling day off, Ferris cons his best friend, Cameron (Alan Ruck), into taking his father's beloved Ferrari out for a joyride and execute a plan to get Sloane (Mia Sara), Ferris's girlfriend, out of school. When Principal Ed Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) begins to suspect that Ferris is on the loose, he goes on an all-out search to hunt him down and expose his phony illness. Directed by John Hughes. With Ben Stein, Jennifer Grey and Edie McClurg. Categories: Comedy, Cult Classics. Year: 1986.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The narrator (Edward Norton), a product liability evaluator and insomniac who is addicted to self-help groups, is liberated from his cookie-cutter, mail-order life after meeting Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a sado-masochistic anarchist who runs a nationwide network of fight clubs. As their friendship grows, the narrator discovers that Durden is secretly plotting a series of calculated pranks and terrorist attcks in order to overthrow the capitalist system. As the narrator struggles with a decision between right and wrong, his relationship with a fellow self-helper (Helena Bonham Carter) begins to unravel, along with his grip on reality. Directed by David Fincher. With Meat Loaf, Jared Leto and Zach Grenier. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Action. Year: 1999.
Fight Club
As Michael Coreleone (Al Pacino) sets out to enlarge his family's power through violent takeovers in Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba, his father Vito's (Robert De Niro) early days in Sicily and rise to power in New York are chronicled through flashbacks to important moments in his life. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and John Cazale. Categories: Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 1974.
The Godfather: Part II
Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) wants nothing more than to be part of the high school in-crowd, comprised of a group of girls who are all coincidentally named Heather. The Heathers (Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk and Kim Walker) are a particularly vicious band of girls who make life hell for their female classmates. When Veronica finds herself at the center of their ridicule, she is persuaded by her deviant new boyfriend, Jason Dean (Christian Slater), to pull the ultimate prank, and finds herself entangled in their deaths and the subsequent cover-up. Directed by Michael Lehmann.With Penelope Milford and Patrick Labyorteaux.Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance.Year: 1989.
Heathers
When Dr. Philip Channard (Kenneth Cranham) meets Kirsty Cotton (Ashley Laurence), a patient who claims to have witnessed demonic attacks, he is determined to pull the truth from her and open a portal to hell. Caught in a web of pain and sorrow, Kirsty must follow the doctor into the underworld and try to rescue her father. Directed by Tony Randel. With Clare Higgins, Imogen Boorman and Sean Chapman. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Thriller. Year: 1988.
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
When Larry (Andrew Robinson) and Julia (Clare Higgins) Cotton move into a new house, they have no idea what terror awaits them. Larry's half-brother Frank (Sean Chapman) is trapped upstairs, bodiless and insane. When Julia agrees to help rejuvenate his missing form, she opens the door to a host of evil creatures desperate to possess every human they encounter. Only Larry's daughter Kirsty (Ashley Laurence) can save the day. Directed by Clive Barker. With Oliver Smith. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Fantasy. Year: 1987.
Hellraiser
An alien on the run in America goes on a rampage, killing at will and using the bodies as hosts to target his next victims. The only being powerful enough to stop the carnage is another alien (Kyle MacLachlan), who uses the body of a dead FBI agent to hide among us. As these two extraterrestrial beings duke it out across the country, they leave a trail of death and desctruction in their wake. Directed by Jack Sholder. With Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian and Clarence Felder. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi. Year: 1987.
The Hidden
When 8-year-old Kevin McAllister (Macaulay Culkin) discovers that his family has flown to France for their Christmas vacation without him, he thinks that missing out on presents will be the worst of his problems. Instead, he finds himself in an all-out war with a pair of bone-headed bandits (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern), who plan on robbing his house while his parents are away. Using his imagination and a ton of booby traps, Kevin sets out to bring the criminals to justice and does his best to spread the Christmas spirit. Directed by Chris Columbus. With Catherine O'Hara and John Candy. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy, Crime, Family. Year: 1990.
Home Alone
After moving from New Jersey to California with his mother (Randee Heller), Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) has trouble fitting in at a new school. Things start to look up when he meets a girl named Ali (Elisabeth Shue), but only until her ex-boyfriend, Johnny (William Zabka), and his group of karate goons begin to harass Daniel every time they see him. Seeking a way to defend himself, Daniel eventually meets Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), a wise master who trains Daniel by making him do chores. Seeking to put an end to his feud with Johnny, Daniel convinces Mr. Miyagi to prepare him for a karate tournament, where Daniel's training will be put to the test. Directed by John G. Avildsen. With Martin Kove. Categories: Action, Drama, Family, Sports, Cult Classics. Year: 1984.
The Karate Kid
Humbert Humbert (James Mason), a troubled professor of French literature in his mid-forties, rents a room from sex-starved widow Charlotte Haze (Shelley Winters) and falls in love with her teenage daughter, Lolita (Sue Lyon). After Charlotte is hit by a car and killed, Humbert and Lolita take their disturbing affair on the road, posing as father and daughter to escape suspicion. But, their forbidden love is threatened when they realize they are being followed by a stranger (Peter Sellers) intent on taking Lolita for his own. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Gary Cockrell and Shirley Douglas. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1962.
Lolita
When Lucy Emerson (Dianne Wiest) and her two sons, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim), move to Santa Carla, California, they are unaware of the dark secret that lurks beneath the surface of this beach community. As Michael begins to spend more time with a group of mysterious punk bikers, Sam begins to suspect that his brother's new friends are vampires. Teaming up with a pair of amateur vampir hunters (Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander), Sam sets out to stop Michael's transformation. Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Kiefer Sutherland, Barnard Hughes, Jami Gertz and Edward Herrmann. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Horror, Thriller. Year: 1987.
The Lost Boys
Mad Max (Mel Gibson) is an Australian policeman in a shattered future where vicious biker gangs roam the highways creating havoc. When one of these gangs comes after Max and kills his family, he sets out for murderous vengeance. Directed by George Miller. Directed by George Miller. With Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley and Tim Burns. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure. Year: 1979.
Mad Max
Alone in the desert wasteland, Max (Mel Gibson) ekes out a solitary existence among the devastation of future Australia. When he stumbles upon a gasoline-rich enclave of civilians, he begrudgingly agrees to help protect them from a murderous bike gang eager to get their priceless supply of oil. Directed by George Miller. With Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps and Vernon Wells. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure. Year: 1981.
Mad Max 2
Mad Max (Mel Gibson) is a solitary desert wanderer in a dystopic future Australia. When he is forced to take refuge in Bartertown, the only nearby human outpost that is ruled by a tyrannical mistress (Tina Turner), Max must fight for his life and prevent the deaths of a colony of orphaned children. Directed by George Miller. With Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn, Paul Larsson and George Spartels. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure. Year: 1985.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
When a hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) is contacted by the mysterious rebel leader Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), he learns a terrifying secret: our world is an illusion created by the Matrix, a hyper-intelligent computer network enslaving the human race for their biological energy. Neo must decide whether to join the fight for freedom, or remain in the comforts of a false reality. Deciding to team up with the few humans who have escaped into the real world, including the beautiful and deadly Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), Neo sets out to subvert the forces of the Matrix, led by the sinister Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), and free humanity. Directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. With Joe Pantoliano and Gloria Foster. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi. Year: 1999.
The Matrix
Neo (Keanu Reeves) must master his growing abilities as the Machine Army of the Matrix come closer to reaching Zion, the last real human settlement. As Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) announces the Sentinel's imminent arrival and inspires courage in Zion's people, Neo and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) re-enter the Matrix to visit the oracle and uncover the truth behind the prophecy of the One from the Architect (Helmut Bakaitis). As Zion erupts in battle, an altered Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) assumes human form and Neo must make a difficult choice that will decide the fate of humanity. Directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. With Monica Bellucci and Jada Pinkett Smith. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2003.
The Matrix Reloaded
As the soldiers of Zion battle against the horde of Sentinels swarming into the humans' last remaining settlement, Neo (Keanu Reeves) faces off against Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving), who has gone rogue in an attempt to overthrow the Matrix and gain total control over the world. Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) aid Neo in his quest to contact the Deus Ex Machina, the ultimate power in the Machine world, and negotiate an agreement in order to save both of their civilizations from destruction. Directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski. With Monica Bellucci and Jada Pinkett Smith. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2003.
The Matrix Revolutions
Joe Buck (Jon Voight) is a wild boy from Texas who thinks he can make a living hustling rich women in New York city. He ends up being hustled himself by con man Ratzo Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman), a small, sickly man whose life is proof that the streets are no place for this country boy. The two begin a friendship and struggle to survive as the city chews them up and tries to spit them out. Directed by John Schlesinger. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, New York. Year: 1969.
Midnight Cowboy
When Dracula awakes from an extended hibernation, he sets out to retrieve an amulet that will help him spread his evil over the world. After gathering a team of legenday monsters, including Wolf Man, Gill Man, the Mummy and Frankenstein's monster, Dracula begins to terrorize the citizens of a small town in his quest for total domination. The world's only hope is the Monster Squad, a bunch of kids who love horror movies and meet in a tree house. While the adults in town refuse to believe what is really going on, the Monster Squad uses their movie knowledge to form a plan to defeat the monsters once and for all. Directed by Fred Dekker. With Andre Gower, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr and Jon Gries. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Cult Classics. Year: 1987.
The Monster Squad
As King Arthur (Graham Chapman) attempts to recruit his Knights of the Round Table, he is faced with disruptive peasants, the ridiculously determined Black Knight and empty-headed guards, who dismiss the requests of their mighty leader. Eventually gathering a motley collection of knights with a range of quirks and limited abilities, including John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, Arthur sets out at God's command to retrieve the Holy Grail. During their quest, Arthur and his knights must contend with giants, wizards, the dreaded Knights who say Ni, a killer rabbit and the Legenday Black Beast of Aargh . Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Terry Gilliam and Neil Innes. Categories: Cult Classics, Adventure, Comedy. Year: 1975.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) lives in Idaho with his 32-year-old brother Kip (Aaron Ruell) and his Grandma. While Kip's busy meeting ladies in online chat rooms and his grandma is riding her quad on the sand dunes, Napoleon spends his days drawing magical beasts, working on his computer hacking skills and begrudgingly feeding the family's pet llama. While Grandma is away at the dunes, Uncle Rico (Jon Gries) comes to stay and Napoleon helps his friend Pedro (Efren Ramirez) run for class president. Directed by Jared Hess. With Haylie Duff, Shondrella Avery, Tina Majorino and Diedrich Bader. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Cult Classics. Year: 2004.
Napoleon Dynamite
When radiation from a malfuntioning satellite causes the dead to rise from their graves in search of human flesh, a small group of strangers, including Ben (Duane Jones), Barbara (Judith O'Dea, Tom (Keith Wayne) and Judy (Judith Ridley), barricade themselves inside a small farmhouse and endure the most terrible night of their lives. Directed by George A. Romero. With Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman and Kyra Schon. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1968.
Night of the Living Dead
Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is a normal guy in his thirties, sick of the mindless tasks and bureaucratic nonesense that he's subjected to everyday at his job working for a computer software company. To deal with his depression and endless requests from his boss, Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole), to come in on weekends, Gibbons undergoes hypnotherapy. But, when the hypnotherapist falls over dead before the end of their session, Gibbons stops going to the office and, later, teams up with two of his coworkers to put a virus on their company's network that will allow them to embezzle thousands of dollars. When the plan goes awry, Gibbons has to figure out a way to cover his tracks and explain his erratic behavior to his new girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston). Directed by Mike Judge. With John C. McGinley, Ajay Naidu, David Herman, Diedrich Bader and Stephen Root. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy. Year: 1999.
Office Space
Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) is a dockworker who spends his days dreaming of a better life as a champion fighter. When Malloy witnesses a murder by a couple of thugs working for Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb), the corrupt head of the dockers union, he is compelled to befriend the dead man's sister and is forced into the middle of a legal case that could cost him his life. Directed by Elia Kazan. With Karl Malden, Rod Steiger and Pat Henning. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Romance, Drama, Classic. Year: 1954.
On the Waterfront
Randle Patrick McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a criminal pretending to be crazy, is sent to a mental asylum, where he hopes to serve out the rest of his term away from the harsh realities of prison life. Instead, he must contend with Nurse Mildred Ratched (Louise Fletcher), a stern, oppressive tyrant who has forced her patients into dejected submission. Rebellious by nature, McMurphy becomes a figurehead for his fellow patients and challenges Ratched's authority every chance he gets. Directed by Milos Forman. With William Redfield, Dean R. Brooks, Michael Berryman, Danny DeVito and Christopher Lloyd. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 1975.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Max Cohen (Sean Gullette) is a mathematician who believes that numbers can explain everything in nature. Using his brain and a supercomputer, Max is on the verge of decoding the pattern that lies beneath the stock market. Already beset with intense paranoia and debilitating migraines, Max now finds himself pursed by a powerful Wall Street firm and a Kabbalah sect intent on using his secret code for their own ends. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Mark Margolis. Categories: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Cult Classics, Independent Film. Year: 1998.
Pi
A kind grandfather (Peter Falk) reads a story to his sick grandson (Fred Savage) in the hope that it will help pass the time and raise the boy's spirits. When the Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes), a once simple farm boy, attempts to rescue his love, the beautiful Buttercup (Robin Wright Penn), from the foul Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon), he is joined by two companions, (Mandy Patinkin and Andre the Giant), his former enemies. As the tale of sword fights, vile swamps, kidnappings and true love plays out, the grandfather does his best to finish the story despite being interuppted by his grandson at all the mushy parts. Directed by Rob Reiner. With Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, Billy Crystal and Wallace Shawn. Categories: Cult Classics, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 1987.
The Princess Bride
Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is sick of her life. An officer worker in Arizona, she seizes the chance to take $40,000 from her boss and heads out for her boyfriend (John Gavin) in California. Along the way, she stops at the Bates Hotel, a quiet roadside getaway with a suspicious owner (Anthony Perkins) and a terrifying secret. When she doesn't show up in California, her boyfriend and sister (Vera Miles) journey to the Hotel to investigate. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Martin Balsam, John McIntire and Simon Oakland. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Thriller, Classic. Year: 1960.
Psycho
As Vincent (John Travolta) and Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) take care of some dirty work for their mobster boss, Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), a dangerous romance develops between Vincent and Marsellus's wife, Mia (Uma Thurman), that puts her life in danger. Meanwhile, a down-and-out boxer (Bruce Willis) runs into trouble while trying to leave town after killing an opponent in the ring. And, Jules has an epiphany after being taken hostage by a couple of amateur criminals trying to hold up a diner. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette and Harvey Keitel. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Crime. Year: 1994.
Pulp Fiction
L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) is a professional photographer confined to his house after breaking his leg at a car race. Out of boredom, he starts spying on his neighbors from a window of his apartment, noting their schedules and relationships. When a young woman next door mysteriously disappears, Jeffries suspects foul play and asks his girlfriend Lisa (Grace Kelly) and nurse Stella (Thelma Ritter) to help him investigate. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Categories: Cult Classics, Mystery, Thriller, Classic. Year: 1954.
Rear Window
As Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), a lonely widow, uses prescription diet pills to prepare for a game show appearance that will never come, her son, Harry (Jared Leto), his girlfriend, Marion (Jennifer Connelly), and his best friend, Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), sink deeper and deeper into the vicious grip of heroin addiction. Facing a supply shortage in New York, Harry and Tyrone head out on the road to pull off a drug deal that they hope will be the answer to their prayers. Marion, left alone in her apartment, is forced to sacrifice her morals to score the heroin she so desperately needs. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Christopher McDonald and Suzanne Shepherd. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, New York. Year: 2000.
Requiem for a Dream
Six criminals come together for a diamond store robbery without even knowing each others' names. After screwing up the job and getting two of their allies killed, the four remaining crooks meet back at a warehouse hideaway. Realizing that one of them must be a police informer, they are determined to find out who it is using whatever means are necessary. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn and Edward Bunker. Categories: Cult Classics, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1992.
Reservoir Dogs
Max Fischer's (Jason Schwartzman) entire world revolves around Rushmore, a private school where he sacrifices his studies to engage in an incredible range of extracurricular activities. After learning that his failing grades will most certainly lead to him losing his scholarship, Max's life is further complicated when he falls for Miss Cross (Olivia Williams), a beautiful elementary school teacher. Seeking the help of local industrialist Herman Blume (Bill Murray), Max sets out to keep his place at Rushmore and woo his new love, only to have everything come crashing down around him. Directed by Wes Anderson. With Seymour Cassel, Brian Cox, Luke Wilson, Connie Nielsen and Sara Tanaka. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy, Drama. Year: 1998.
Rushmore
After escaping from Cuba, small time hood Tony Montana (Al Pacino) rises through Miami's violent criminal underworld to gain the power and wealth he so desperately craves. Montanta secures his position as a top druglord by killing gangster Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia) and marrying his mistress (Michelle Pfeiffer). But, his relentless pursuit of power and an astronomical cocaine habit lead Montana to ruin, as a rival gangster competes to take over his empire. Directed by Brian De Palma. With Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Steven Bauer. Categories: Politics, Cult Classics, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1983.
Scarface
Already dealing with the anniversary of her mother's murder, teenager Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) finds herself the target of a vicious killer, who terrorizes her quiet hometown using tactics straight out of Hollywood's scariest films. As more of Sidney's friends and classmates are murdered, tabloid reporter Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) attempts to exploit the story to bring attention to her new book, thinking that the killer must have ties to Prescott's horrific past. With the body count growing by the day, no one is safe and everyone is a suspect. Directed by Wes Craven. With David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy and Drew Barrymore. Categories: Cult Classics, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1996.
Scream
Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) are an iconic Hollywood on-screen couple in film's silent era. When a movie they are working on suddenly becomes a musical, Don is up to the task, but Lina's voice is found lacking. After Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) is brought in to overdub Lamont's lines, a growing romance with Don threatens her blossoming film career. Directed by Stanley Donen. With Donald O'Connor and Millard Mitchell. Categories: Cult Classics, Comedy, Romance, Music, Classic. Year: 1952.
Singin' in the Rain
Samantha (Molly Ringwald) wakes up hopeful on her sixteenth birthday, but, when everyone is distracted with making preparations for her older sister's wedding, she ends up getting completely ignored. Dealing with her crush on the most popular boy in school and the unwanted attention of a dorky freshman (Anthony Michael Hall) leads Samantha and the rest of her classmates to an eventful night at a house party. Directed by John Hughes. With John Cusack and Joan Cusack. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Cult Classics. Year: 1984.
Sixteen Candles
Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a psychologist whose terrifying experience with a troubled patient convinces him to devote his life to helping disturbed children. He focuses on Cole (Haley Joel Osment), a young boy who is able to see anguished dead people inhabiting the world. As Crowe tries to cure Cole's tormenting visions, he moves closer and closer to a terrifying truth about his own life. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. With Toni Collette, Mischa Barton and Olivia Williams. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1999.
The Sixth Sense
When Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), a young farmer on the remote planet of Tatooine, meets Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), the mysterious old hermit reveals that Luke's father was once his pupil and convinces the boy that he too must learn to use the Force of the Jedi to fight against the evil Galactic Empire. As Luke and Obi-Wan set out to save the Rebel Leader, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), they are joined by Han Solo (Harrison Ford), a cocky blockade runner, and his hairy sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). Standing in their way is the powerful Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones), a Sith Lord, who carries out the Emperor's orders from the planet-destroying Death Star. Directed by George Lucas. With Kenny Baker and David Prowse. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 1977.
Star Wars
After a terrible battle on the ice planet Hoth destroys the rebel base there, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) retreats to the planet Dagobah to train with Jedi master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz). Han Solo (Harrison Ford) flees with Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) to Cloud City where they are intercepted by Empire forces and the lethal bounty hunter Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch). As he struggles to master the energy of the Force, Luke must rescue his friends as the Empire moves closer to victory. Directed by Irvin Kershner. With Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels and Alec Guinness. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 1980.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
After recuing Han Solo (Harrison Ford) from the evil crime lord Jabba the Hutt, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) returns to Dagobah to complete his Jedi training with Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz). As Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Han rejoin the Rebels in their mission to destroy the Empire's new Death Star, Luke sets out to take on Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) and the powerful Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid). While Luke battles the dark side of the Force, Leia and Han team up with the loveable Ewoks to destroy the Death Star's shield generator. Directed by Richard Marquand. With Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels and Sebastian Shaw. Categories: Cult Classics, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 1983.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Joe Gillis (William Holden) is a bankrupt screenwriter taking refuge in the mansion home of an out of work silent screen actress (Gloria Swanson). As time passes, Gillis realizes that he is effectively imprisoned in the home, and his best efforts cannot save him from an inevitable and violent end. Directed by Billy Wilder. With Erich von Stroheim and Nancy Olson. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Romance, Film Noir, Classic. Year: 1950.
Sunset Blvd.
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is a disturbed Vietnam vet working as a taxi driver in New York. Unhappy with his life and unable to function normally, Bickle develops an obsession with cleansing the streets of the scum he sees as the reason for the city's decay. As his obsession becomes a reality, Bickle slips more and more into the role of violent avenger in a city that doesn't want him. Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel and Albert Brooks. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Thriller, Crime. Year: 1976.
Taxi Driver
In 1996, a lethal virus wipes out five billion people and forces the survivors into underground hiding. In 2035, James Cole (Bruce Willis), a convict, is forced to travel back in time to 1996 to find the source of the plague and try to stop it. When he is accidentally sent back six years earlier, he is arrested and declared insane. In his institutional prison, he meets a mental case (Brad Pitt) who might have the keys to preventing the disaster. Directed by Terry Gilliam. With Madeleine Stowe. Categories: Cult Classics, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 1995.
Twelve Monkeys
When Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder), the reluctant grandson of the infamous mad scientist, discovers that he has inherited his ancestor's castle, he travels to the creepy Transylvanian estate. There, he discovers his grandfather's journals and is inspired to resume his experients with re-animating the dead. With the help of his new lab assistant Inga (Teri Garr) and his house servants, Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman) and Igor (Marty Feldman), Frankentein succeeds in creating a monster, with hilarious consquences. Directed by Mel Brooks. With Peter Boyle, Kenneth Mars and Madeline Kahn. Categories: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Cult Classics. Year: 1974.
Young Frankenstein