Top 50 Cult Movies
by Entertainment Weekly



Part 2


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The Top 50 Cult Movies
by Entertainment Weekly
Part 2 (ranked)


  1. Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
    "It's Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and he's a wild man, so bug off!"
  2. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
    "They kill for one reason: They kill for food!"
  3. The Wiz (1978)
    "Ease on down the road."
  4. Clerks (1994)
    "I'm not even supposed to be here today."
  5. The Harder They Come (1973)
    "Don'... f--- ... wit' ... me."
  6. Slap Shot (1977)
    "Old-time hockey!"
  7. Re-Animator (1985)
    "You steal the secret of life and death, and here you are trysting with a bubbleheaded coed!"
  8. Grey Gardens (1976)
    "In dealing with me, the relatives didn't know that they were dealing with a staunch character...S-T-A-U-N-C-H."
  9. The Big Lebowski (1998)
    "The Dude abides."
  10. Withnail & I (1987)
    "I demand to have some booze!"
  11. Showgirls (1995)
    "I'm not a whore, I'm a dancer!"
  12. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
    "I've never seen anything like it before...and I hope I never see anything like it again."
  13. They Live (1988)
    "I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass...I'm all out of bubble gum."
  14. The Best of Everything (1959)
    "Here's to men! Bless their clean-cut faces and dirty little minds!"
  15. Barbarella (1968)
    "I'd better adjust my tongue box."
  16. Heathers (1989)
    "Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast or something?"
    "Hey Ram, doesn't this cafeteria have a no-fags-allowed rule?"
  17. Rushmore (1998)
    "She's my Rushmore, Max."
  18. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
    "...No matter where you go, there you are."
    "Laugh-a while you can Monkey-Boy!!"
  19. Love Streams (1984)
    "Life is a series of suicides, divorces, promises broken, children smashed, whatever."
  20. Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)
    "I will not wear that hip-hugger thing. Mother. It makes me look really fat."
  21. Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)
    "I am the Wrath of God!"
  22. Walking and Talking (1996)
    "Do we really have to listen to this vagina music all the way there?"
  23. The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years (1988)
    "I'm the happiest son-ofabitch, motherf---er there ever was."
  24. Friday (1995)
    "It's Friday... You ain't got s--- to do."
  25. Faces of Death, Vol. 1 (1978)
    "Banned in 46 countries!" (Tagline)


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