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Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film set during the Vietnam War. The plot revolves around two US Army special operations officers, one of whom, Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) of MACV-SOG, is sent into the jungle to assassinate...
Initial release date:
- 1979
Tagline:
- The Horror. . . The Horror. . .
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American musical comedy film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Erica Gavin, Edy Williams, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, and Michael Blodgett. Directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Roger Ebert,...
Initial release date:
- Jun 17, 1970
Tagline:
- This time...they've really gone ,
- more…
Big Trouble in Little China
Big Trouble in Little China (also known as John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China) is a 1986 American action comedy, directed by John Carpenter. It stars Kurt Russell as truck driver Jack Burton, who helps his friend Wang Chi (Dennis Dun)...
Initial release date:
- Jul 2, 1986
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Tagline:
- It's all in the reflexes! ,
- more…
Blade Runner
Blade Runner is a 1982 American sci-fi film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is based loosely on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric...
Initial release date:
- 1982
Tagline:
- Man has made his match ... now it's his problem. ,
- more…
Blood Simple
Blood Simple. is a 1985 neo-noir crime film. It was the directorial debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, and the first major film of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, who later became a noted director. The film's title derives from Dashiell Hammett's novel...
Initial release date:
- Jan 18, 1985
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet is a 1986 American mystery film written and directed by David Lynch, that exhibits elements of both film noir and surrealism. The film features Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern. The title Blue Velvet is...
Initial release date:
- 1986
type:
View entire collection »Tagline:
- It's a strange world.
Brazil
Brazil is a 1985 film directed by Terry Gilliam. It was written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and stars Jonathan Pryce. The film also features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm....
Initial release date:
- 1985
Tagline:
- It's only a state of mind. ,
- more…
Cecil B. Demented
Cecil B. Demented is a 2000 darkly comic cult film written and directed by John Waters. It stars Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Michael Shannon, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The title (which is also Dorff's character's name)...
Initial release date:
- Aug 11, 2000
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Cherry 2000
Cherry 2000 is a 1987 science fiction cult film starring Melanie Griffith and David Andrews.
In 2017, business executive Sam Treadwell's (David Andrews) beloved "perfect sex machine," the "Cherry 2000" android (Pamela Gidley), short circuits during...
Initial release date:
- Feb 5, 1987
Tagline:
- Until He Meets The Real Thing. ,
- more…
Dead Man
Dead Man is a 1995 American Western film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Crispin Glover, John Hurt, Michael Wincott, Lance Henriksen, and Robert Mitchum (in his final role). The...
Initial release date:
- 1995
Detour
Detour (1945) is a film noir cult classic that stars Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake and Edmund MacDonald. The movie was adapted by Martin Goldsmith and Martin Mooney (uncredited) from Goldsmith's novel and was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The 68...
Initial release date:
- 1945
Tagline:
- He went searching for love... but Fate forced a DETOUR to Revelry... Violence... Mystery!
Drawing Restraint 9
Drawing Restraint 9 (2005) is a project by visual artist Matthew Barney consisting of a feature length 35mm film, large-scale sculptures, photographs, drawings, and books. The Drawing Restraint series consists of 16 numbered components and related...
Initial release date:
- Jul 1, 2005
El Topo
El Topo (The Mole) is a 1970 Spanish language allegorical, cult western movie and underground film, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy...
Initial release date:
- 1970
Tagline:
- The Definitive Cult Spaghetti Western
Eraserhead
Eraserhead is a surrealistic film written and directed by David Lynch, and released in 1977. In 1971, Lynch moved to Los Angeles to pursue an MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) degree at the AFI Conservatory. At the Conservatory, Lynch began working on his...
Initial release date:
- 1977
Tagline:
- In Heaven Everything Is Fine. ,
- more…
Following
Following is a 1998 neo-noir film directed by Christopher Nolan. It tells the story of a young man who follows strangers around the streets of London and is drawn into a criminal underworld when he fails to keep his distance. The film was made on a...
Initial release date:
- Apr 3, 1999
Forbidden Zone
Forbidden Zone is a 1982 musical comedy film based upon the stage performances of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. The film stars Hervé Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell and members of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, and features appearances...
Initial release date:
- 1980
Tagline:
- A chaotic musical fantasy.
Hackers
Hackers is a 1995 American thriller film directed by Iain Softley and starring Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller, Renoly Santiago and Matthew Lillard. The screenplay, written by Rafael Moreu, is highly influenced by the hacker and cyberpunk...
Initial release date:
- Sep 15, 1995
Tagline:
- You thought your secrets were safe. You were wrong. ,
- more…
Hair
Hair is a 1979 film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same title about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center. The hippies introduce him to their environment...
Initial release date:
- 1979
Tagline:
- Let the sun shine in . . . all over again!
Heavenly Creatures
Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 drama film directed by Peter Jackson and written with his partner Fran Walsh. It is based on the notorious 1954 Parker-Hulme murder, committed by two teenage girls in Christchurch, New Zealand. The film stars Melanie...
Initial release date:
- 1994
Tagline:
- The true story of a crime that shocked a nation. ,
- more…
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a 2001 American musical film based on the stage musical of the same title about a fictional rock and roll band fronted by an East German transsexual singer. The film was adapted and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, who...
Initial release date:
- Jul 20, 2001
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) is a film noir drama produced and directed by Robert Aldrich starring Ralph Meeker. The screenplay was written by A.I. Bezzerides, based on the Mickey Spillane Mike Hammer mystery novel Kiss Me, Deadly. Kiss Me Deadly is often...
Initial release date:
- 1955
Tagline:
- Blood red kisses! White hot thrills! Mickey Spillane's latest H-bomb! ,
- more…
Kronos
Kronos (Ravager of Planets) is a 1957 color science fiction film directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Jeff Morrow and Barbara Lawrence. The film is also known as Kronos, Destroyer of the Universe. In the years since its release, Kronos has been widely...
Initial release date:
- 1957
Tagline:
- World-Destroying Monster!
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 American independent comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess and stars Jon Heder as Napoleon Dynamite. The film was Jared Hess's first full-length feature and is partially adapted from his...
Initial release date:
- Jun 11, 2004
Office Space
Office Space is a 1999 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes work life in a typical 1990s software company, focusing on a handful of individuals who are fed up with their jobs. The film's sympathetic portrayal of...
Initial release date:
- Feb 19, 1999
Tagline:
- Work sucks. ,
- more…
One Body Too Many
One Body Too Many is a 1944 cult film directed by Frank McDonald, starring Bela Lugosi and Jack Haley.
Initial release date:
- Nov 24, 1944
Tagline:
- A shudder a second! A laugh a minute! ,
- more…
Phantom of the Paradise
Phantom of the Paradise is a 1974 musical film written and directed by Brian De Palma. The story is a loosely adapted mixture of The Phantom of the Opera, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Faust and also briefly references Frankenstein and The Cabinet...
Initial release date:
- Oct 31, 1974
Tagline:
- He Sold His Soul for Rock and Roll. ,
- more…
Pi
π (also known as Pi) is a 1998 black-and white American psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky, who won the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open...
Initial release date:
- 1998
Tagline:
- 3.141592654 ,
- more…
Quadrophenia
Quadrophenia is a 1979 British film, loosely based around the 1973 rock opera of the same name by The Who. The film stars Phil Daniels in the leading role as a Mod named Jimmy. The film also stars Toyah Willcox, Mark Wingett, Leslie Ash, Ray...
Initial release date:
- Sep 14, 1979
Tagline:
- Hell On Wheels! ,
- more…
Repo Man
Repo Man is a 1984 cult film directed by Alex Cox. It was produced by Jonathan Wacks and Peter McCarthy, with executive producer Michael Nesmith, and stars Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton.
Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez), a young punk rocker...
Initial release date:
- Mar 2, 1984
type:
Tagline:
- A repo man is always intense... but only a fool gets killed for a car. ,
- more…
Santa Sangre
Santa Sangre is a 1989 Mexican-Italian surrealist cult film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky and written by Claudio Argento, Roberto Leoni and Jodorowsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.
The film...
Initial release date:
- 1989
Short Cuts
Short Cuts is a 1993 drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver. Substituting a Los Angeles setting for the Pacific Northwest...
Initial release date:
- Oct 1, 1993
Tagline:
- From two American masters comes a movie like no other.
Sid and Nancy
Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy: Love Kills) is a 1986 British film directed by Alex Cox. The film portrays the life of Sid Vicious, bassist of the seminal punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It stars Gary Oldman as Vicious and Chloe Webb as...
Initial release date:
- Nov 7, 1986
Tagline:
- Love kills.
Silent Running
Silent Running is a 1972 environmentally-themed science fiction film, directed by Douglas Trumbull, who had previously worked as a special effects supervisor on such science fiction films as 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Andromeda Strain.
Silent...
Initial release date:
- Mar 10, 1972
Tagline:
- Amazing companions on an incredible adventure... that journeys beyond imagination! ,
- more…
Sorcerer
Sorcerer is a 1977 action-adventure film, produced and directed by William Friedkin, starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal and Amidou. It is the second remake of the 1953 French film Le Salaire de la Peur (Wages of Fear).
Sorcerer...
Initial release date:
- Jun 21, 1977
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Tagline:
- Not a film about the supernatural.
Sordid Lives
Sordid Lives was a 2000 independent film, written and directed by Del Shores, which performed poorly at the box office. The movie is based on Shores' play of the same name and includes elements of his life, according to the director's DVD commentary...
Initial release date:
- 2008
Tagline:
- A black comedy about white trash.
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (鉄男: Tetsuo) is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto produced by Japan Home Video. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikingly-filmed fantasy shot in the same low-budget,...
Initial release date:
- 1998
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! (often shortened to Buckaroo Banzai) is an American surreal science fiction film that has reached cult film status. It was released in 1984, directed and produced by W. D. Richter, and...
Initial release date:
- Aug 15, 1984
Tagline:
- You can't see them...but they can see you. ,
- more…
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 American comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges stars as Jeffrey Lebowski, an unemployed Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler, who is referred to and also refers to himself as "The Dude".
The...
Initial release date:
- 1998
Tagline:
- Times like these call for a Big Lebowski. ,
- more…
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth is a 1976 British science fiction film directed by Nicolas Roeg, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, about an extraterrestrial who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which...
Initial release date:
- 1976
type:
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride is a 1987 American film, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by William Goldman, combining comedy, adventure, romance, and fantasy.
The film was directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by Goldman. The story is presented in...
Initial release date:
- 1987
Tagline:
- Scaling the Cliffs of Insanity, Battling Rodents of Unusual Size, Facing torture in the Pit of Despair. - True love has never been a snap. ,
- more…
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 British musical comedy film that parodies science fiction and B-movie horror films. It was directed by Jim Sharman. The film is an adaptation of the British musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show....
Initial release date:
- 1975
Tagline:
- Action-packed...lotsa larfs & sex...gorgeous gals...thrills & chills...Transylvanian parties...romance ,
- more…
The Way of the Gun
The Way of the Gun is a 2000 American film, directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Ryan Phillippe, Benicio del Toro, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, and James Caan. It is considered a cult film. To date, this is the only film that...
Initial release date:
- Sep 8, 2000
Two-Lane Blacktop
Two-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by Monte Hellman, starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird. Esquire magazine declared the film its movie of the year for 1971, and even...
Initial release date:
- Jul 7, 1971
Tagline:
- You can never go fast enough...
Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls is the title of a best selling novel by Jacqueline Susann, published in 1966. It is widely considered one of the most commercially successful novels of all time. The "dolls" within the title is a slang term for downers,...
Initial release date:
- Dec 15, 1967
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point is a 1971 action-road movie directed by Richard C. Sarafian; starring Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, and Dean Jagger.
Vanishing Point is notable for its scenery from filming locations across the American Southwest and its social...
Initial release date:
- Jan 15, 1971
Tagline:
- It's the maximum trip... at maximum speed. ,
- more…
