Cult classic
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A cult classic is a work (e.g. a movie or TV show) or group of works (e.g. songs by a certain band) that may not achieve widespread mainstream popularity but does attract devoted, even fanatical, attention from a select group. See cult film, cult televison, cult radio and cult following for related topics.
Some examples of cult classics and their creators are listed below:
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Films
- Barbarella
- BASEketball
- Bebe's Kids
- Chasing Amy
- Clerks
- A Clockwork Orange
- Dancer In The Dark
- Donnie Darko
- The Five Heartbeats
- The Goonies
- The Last Dragon
- Mad Max series
- Mallrats
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life
- Monty Python's The Life Of Brian
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Newsies
- Office Space
- Orgazmo
- Plan 9 From Outer Space
- Reefer Madness
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- They Live
- Tremors series (and first movie)
- Tron
- UHF
TV
- The A-Team
- Alf
- Animaniacs
- Clerks The Animated Series
- Clone High
- Cowboy Bebop
- Doctor Who
- Dinosaurs
- Freaks and Geeks
- Gary And Mike
- Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust
- The Goodies
- Invader Zim
- Inuyasha
- The Monkees
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- My So-Called Life
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Northern Exposure
- Pinky and the Brain
- Outer Limits
- The Adventures of Pete and Pete
- The Prisoner
- Ren and Stimpy
- Sledge Hammer!
- Star Trek
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- The Critic
- The Tick
- Twin Peaks
- The Young Ones
- Undergrads
- Wallace and Gromit
- Warriors
- Wonder Showzen
Books
- Douglas Adams
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Hunter S. Thompson
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Frank Herbert
- George Orwell
- Aldous Huxley
Music
- Grateful Dead
- Phish
- Frank Zappa
- Captain Beefheart
- Sleep
- Polaris
- Queensryche
- Crusading Otter
- Cake
- The Presidents of the United States of America
- Primus
- Sunny Day Real Estate
- Richard Cheese
- The Residents
Video Games
- Bahamut Lagoon
- Chrono Trigger
- Dragon Quest series
- EarthBound
- Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu
- Metroid series
- Ninja Gaiden
- River City Ransom
- Secret of Mana
- Seiken Densetsu 3
- Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio Tachi no Banka
- Silent Hill Series
- Soul Blazer
- Star Ocean
- Tales of Phantasia
- Terranigma
- TradeWars 2002
- Xenosaga series
- Age of Empires series