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Favorite "Cult" or indie movie

mrgreen4242

mrgreen4242

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So, since my Primer thread went nowhere, I'd like to hear what everyone's favorite cult or indie movie is? Primer is my favorite recently, but there's a bunch of others. I'm always surprised to see Shawshank Redemption on "top 10 cult movie" lists... I wouldn't call that a cult film... but, I'm a fan of Reservoir Dogs, Dr. Strangelove, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (of course), Evil Dead, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Memento... I'm sure there's tons I'm missing. So what do you guys like that maybe many of us haven't' seen or heard of before?
 
My favorites would be:
Harold and Maude (of course)
Godzilla
Fight Club
Wet Hot American Summer (the funniest, most ridiculous movie I have ever seen)

EDIT: and How could I forget Monsturd? That's definitely as cult as it gets.
 
My one favorite, meaning the one I can watch day after day....

The Mack

It's tough picking my favorite cult movie.

I recently saw a flick called "Fukushû suruwa wareniari" (Vengeance is Mines) and I must say wow, if you get the chance check it out.
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
My favorites would be:
Harold and Maude (of course)
Godzilla
Fight Club
Wet Hot American Summer (the funniest, most ridiculous movie I have ever seen)

EDIT: and How could I forget Monsturd? That's definitely as cult as it gets.
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Fight Club is very possibly my favorite movie of all time. I didn't think to include it in a cult movie list because I thought it was quite popular, but maybe it's just because I've made everyone I know watch it...

Thanks for mentioning Wet Hot America Summer... hear dood things abotu it, promptly forgot about it, but now added to my Netflix queue.
 
MegaForce.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai

Beastmaster

Time Bandits

Blade Runner

Wait, what is counted as an Indie?
 
millerj123 said:
Wait, what is counted as an Indie?
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That's a good question. Wikipedia defines a Cult film as "a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans."

I would personally say an indie movie is a film financed by the people involved in creating, and not a studio. They are often later bought and released by a studio, however. Others might say an indie picture is one that is made by a small studio rather than one of the large Hollywood companies.
 
mrgreen4242 said:
That's a good question. Wikipedia defines a Cult film as "a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans."

I would personally say an indie movie is a film financed by the people involved in creating, and not a studio. They are often later bought and released by a studio, however. Others might say an indie picture is one that is made by a small studio rather than one of the large Hollywood companies.
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You're mixing cult and indie together. They're different, albeit similar, genres.
 
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Zoolander (cult movie)
Blow-Up
Pulp Fiction
Waking Life
The 5 Obstructions
The Diving Bell + The Butterfly
Amores Perros
La Jetée
Amelie
Idiocracy
City Of God
 
UHF

great thread, as if I needed a way to find more movies for my netflix queue... 🙂
 
Dark Star, 1973, John Carpenter. Beach ball with claws. Self-aware planet-destroying bombs. Existentialism. Necromancy. Mmm mmm good stuff.

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cult-Raising Arizona

indie-Bottle Rocket

Both are frickin' hilarious and you can watch them over and over and still find new stuff to laugh at.
 
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