The New Cult Canon
By: Greg S.
I’m a fan exploring cult followings and always interested in finding new gems so needless to say this column featured in The A.V. Club by critic Scott Tobias has come in handy. While I certainly don’t like all of these films (and neither does Tobias for that matter, in some cases he questions the film’s status) they almost always make for an interesting discussion. I’ll also continue to update the list with the new entries.
Here’s The Cult Canon Home Page: http://www.avclub.com/features/the-new-cult-canon/
Lastly of course these are mostly pretty contemporary films, for those in search of a cult cinema from previous generations check out my ‘101 cult movies you must see before you die list’.
Enjoy.
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01Richard Kelly
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02David Fincher
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03Lucky McKee
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04Steven Soderbergh
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05George Sluizer
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06Tsui Hark
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07James Gunn
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08Russell Mulcahy
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09Gaspar Noé
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10Terry Gilliam
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11Michael Winner
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12Paul Verhoeven
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13Howard Franklin
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14Hal Hartley
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15Steven Soderbergh
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16Neil Marshall
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17Kathryn Bigelow
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18Hayao Miyazaki
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19Ti West
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20James Nguyen
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21John Dahl
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22Martha Coolidge
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23Daniel Minahan
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24Nicolas Winding Refn
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25Nicolas Winding Refn
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26Nicolas Winding Refn
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27Kathryn Bigelow
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28Brad Anderson
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29Pascal Laugier
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30Jonathan Lynn
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31Nobuhiko Obayashi
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32Stephen Chow
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33Olivier Assayas
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34Mary Harron
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35Vincent Gallo
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36Joe Dante
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37Michael Lehmann
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38Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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39Kim Jee-woon
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40Bruce A. Evans
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41Béla Tarr
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42Werner Herzog
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43John Woo
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44James Foley
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45Joss Whedon
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46Charlie Kaufman
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47Tarsem Singh
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48Tomas Alfredson
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49Rémy Belvaux
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50Darren Aronofsky
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51Jake Kasdan
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52Wes Anderson
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53Terry Zwigoff
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54Lars von Trier
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55Lars von Trier
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56Lars von Trier
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57Lars von Trier
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58Lars von Trier
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59Lars von Trier
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60Lars von Trier
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61Neil LaBute
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62Todd Haynes
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63John Cameron Mitchell
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64John Fawcett
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65Sam Raimi
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66Jean-Pierre Melville
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67Joseph Ruben
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68Fatih Akin
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69Jared Hess
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70Richard Linklater
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71Stuart Gordon
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72Léos Carax
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73Quentin Tarantino
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74David Cronenberg
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75Mike Leigh
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76Tim Burton
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77Louis C.K.
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78David Lynch
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79Sam Raimi
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80David O. Russell
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81Christopher McQuarrie
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82Tommy Wiseau
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83Trey Parker
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84Rian Johnson
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85Joel Coen
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86Guy Maddin
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87Sylvain Chomet
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88Jan Švankmajer
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89Satoshi Kon
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90Brian De Palma
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91Stanley Kubrick
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92Claudio Fragasso
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93Harold P. Warren
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94Roman Polanski
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95Jonathan Demme
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96Abel Ferrara
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97Atom Egoyan
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98Wong Kar-wai
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99Gregg Araki
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100Peter Jackson
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101Claire Denis
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102Michael Haneke
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103Rob Zombie
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104Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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105Takashi Miike
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106Mike Judge
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107John Dahl
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108Gus Van Sant
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109Jim Jarmusch
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110David Wain
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111David Fincher
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112Roy Andersson
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113Park Chan-wook
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114Chris Smith
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115Rowdy Herrington
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116John McNaughton
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117Paul Thomas Anderson
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118Kinji Fukasaku
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119Mikhail Kalatozov
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120Roger Avary
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121Errol Morris
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122Darren Aronofsky
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123Daniel Myrick
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124George Miller
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125Shane Carruth
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126Kevin Smith
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127John Carpenter
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128Olivier Assayas
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129George Armitage
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130Takeshi Kitano
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131Jonathan Glazer
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132Paul Verhoeven
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133Troy Duffy
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134Lynne Ramsay
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135Gaspar Noé
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136Taylor Hackford
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137Wes Anderson
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138Shane Black
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139Tony Kaye
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140Alexandre Bustillo
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141Edgar Wright
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142Scott Sanders
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143Luis Llosa
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144Tom Six
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145Michael Ritchie
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146Peter Greenaway
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147Richard Linklater
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148Jody Hill
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149Peter Jackson
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150Adam Resnick
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151Iain Softley
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152Takashi Miike
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153Robert Bierman
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154Jay Levey
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155Kenneth Lonergan
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156Bong Joon-ho
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157Akiva Schaffer
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158Andy Wachowski
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159Wes Craven
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160Christopher Nolan
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161Jaume Balagueró
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162Allan Moyle
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163Ben Stiller
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164John Woo
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165Gus Van Sant
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166Michael Tolkin