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Entertainment Weekly's Top Cult Movies of All Time

In May 2003, Entertainment Weekly published a list of the top 50 Cult Movies of All Time, as chosen by their editors, followed by 11 bonus picks by readers, and the one movie they named a "new cult classic." "Cult" movies are now practically mainstream, but here's the list just the same.
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1
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
2
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   79%
3
Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
4
Harold and Maude (1971)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
5
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
6
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
7
Repo Man (1984)
Repo Man (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
8
Scarface (1983)
Scarface (1983)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
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9
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
10
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
11
Five Deadly Venoms
Five Deadly Venoms
12
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   66%
13
Brazil (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Eraserhead (1977)
Eraserhead (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
15
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
16
The Warriors (1979)
The Warriors (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
17
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
18
Hard Boiled (1992)
Hard Boiled (1992)
19
Evil Dead II (1987)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
20
The Mack (1973)
The Mack (1973)
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21
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
22
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Un Chien Andalou (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
Akira (1988)
Akira (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
24
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   65%
25
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
26
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
27
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
28
The Wiz (1978)
The Wiz (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   30%
29
Clerks (1994)
Clerks (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
30
The Harder They Come (1972)
The Harder They Come (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
31
Slap Shot (1977)
Slap Shot (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
32
Re-Animator (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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33
Grey Gardens (1975)
Grey Gardens (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
34
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
35
Withnail & I (1987)
Withnail & I (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
36
Showgirls (1995)
Showgirls (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   19%
37
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
38
They Live (1988)
They Live (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
39
The Best of Everything (1959)
The Best of Everything (1959)
40
Barbarella (1968)
Barbarella (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   73%
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