One of the things about cult films is they take on there own personality. While sometimes it is derived purely from the style of the director other times it is just built on content that has a life of its own. Although they seem to be easily recognizable, we believe not all viewers recognize them purely from the titles or shelf shopping. Now keep in mind these films run the gamut from dark comedy to offbeat horror, so we thought only to list our personal favorites. Ones that never get old & ones we have seen time and time again.

A Bit About Cult Movies

We like the classification that Wikipedia posts which sums it up.
"Cult film is a colloquial term for a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of this small group (however, there are a few exceptions.) Some cult movies have gone on to transcend their original cult status and have become recognized as classics, others are of the "so bad it's good" variety, and are destined to remain in obscurity. Cult films often become the source of a thriving, obsessive, and elaborate subculture of fandom, hence the analogy to cults. However, not every film with a rabid fan-base is necessarily a cult film. The term cult film implies a certain level of obscurity, and widely popular, mainstream movies are not considered to be cult films.

Cult Movies - further info reprinted from wikipedia

A cult film is a movie that attracts a devoted group of followers or obsessive fans, despite having failed on its initial release. The term also describes films that have remained popular over a long period of time amongst a small group of followers. In many cases, cult films may have failed to achieve mainstream success on original release although this is definitely not always the case. Whilst they may only have a short cinema release cult films often enjoy ongoing popularity due to myriad VHS, LaserDisc and DVD releases. In some cases, these films tend to enjoy long runs on video, thus being issued in video "runs" with more copies than other movies. The box office bomb Office Space (1999) managed to financially redeem itself when word-of-mouth made it a popular video rental. Harold and Maude (1971) was not successful financially at the time of its original release in 1971, but has since nevertheless earned a huge cult following and has become successful following its video and DVD releases. This has also happened with The Big Lebowski (1998), among others. Many cult films were independently made and were not expected by their creators to have much mainstream success. Carnival of Souls (1962), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Pink Flamingos (1972), Basket Case (1982), The Evil Dead (1981) and its sequels, and Eraserhead (1977) have all been commonly acknowledged as having become cult films. Sometimes the audience response to a cult film is somewhat different from what was intended by the film makers. Many films that become cult contain unusual elements. Cult films usually offer something different or innovative in comparison to more mainstream films but cult films can also be popular across a wide audience.

A film can be both a major studio release and a cult film, particularly if despite its affiliation with a major studio, it failed to achieve broad success on either the theatrical or home video markets but was championed by a small number of dedicated film fanatics who seek out lesser-known offerings, which can also be said about Freddy Got Fingered. It is also true that the content of certain films (such as dark subjects, alienation, transgressive content, or other controversial subject matter) can also decide whether or not a film is a "cult film", regardless of the film's budget or studio affiliations. An example may be Paul Verhoeven's big budgeted, highly sexualized Showgirls (1995), initially intended to be a drama film about the rise of a Las Vegas stripper, that flopped both critically and commercially. Today, it is a favorite of gay audiences and audiences in general have considered it to be a comedy thanks to frequent midnight madness. According to activist writer Naomi Klein, ironic enjoyment of the film initially arose among those with the video before MGM, the film's chief marketer, capitalized on the idea. MGM noticed the video was performing all right, since "trendy twenty-somethings were throwing Showgirls irony parties, laughing sardonically at the implausibly poor screenplay and shrieking with horror at the aerobic sexual encounters.

Cult Movies - What are they really?

Cult films have often been a subjective classification. For instance a film Like "Napoleon Dynamite", that starts out with a cult following and then becomes widely popular and a part of the mainstream, still has that cult edge in its presentation. Some films have never even made it to DVD and yet are passed around for ages. Often they stay alive through bootleg circles until the film gets properly released. Often these cult films come from independent releases, but not always. We don't think being independent automatically means cult. Also it's important to point out that sometimes the directors themselves just create films with these offbeat edges to them. Kubrick and Lynch are great examples. While at times that films are abstract, punk, strange or offbeat we just think of them as inventive. They truly provide a certain cinematic experience that you can't get from watching "Superman", "the Gladiator" or "Twister"   

Some of the titles we'll be exploring fall easily into the "Dark" category, but not as easily into the "Horror" category. Proof of this lies in film titles like "Eyes wide Shut", "Blue Velvet" "Vanilla Sky" and even "Very Bad Things"

So the purpose of this section is to reveal as many of these titles as we come across

Side note: This list is not by all means complete, We still have many more to add...in which will be added soon! The ones that didn't get added,....well they might be a cult film its just it didn't appeal to us for one reason or another. Also we believe the term "cult film" is subjective. Like for instance "Halloween" may be a cult film to some, but to us its just horror.

- BoneDigger