The Best 'A.V. Club's The New Cult Canon' Movies

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The Fall

2006    Tarsem Singh    Rated R

Drama    Fantasy    Period Film

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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Highlander

1986    Russell Mulcahy    Rated R

Action    Fantasy    Sword-and-Sorcery

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Rounders

1998    John Dahl    Rated R

Buddy Film    Drama    Post-Noir

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Synecdoche, New York

2008    Charlie Kaufman    Rated R

Drama    Mindbender    Psychological Drama

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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Naked

1993    Mike Leigh    Not Rated

Black Comedy    Drama    Psychological Drama

Up by 12 in the past 45 days 12

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47

The Limey

1999    Steven Soderbergh    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Starship Troopers

1997    Paul Verhoeven    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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Point Break

1991    Kathryn Bigelow    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Thriller

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Zodiac

2007    David Fincher    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Docudrama

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House

1977    Nobuhiko Ohbayashi    Not Rated

Avant-garde / Experimental    Comedy    Fantasy

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53

Audition

1999    Takashi Miike    Not Rated

Foreign Language Film    Horror    Sadistic Horror

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54

American Movie

1999    Chris Smith    Rated R

Biography    Documentary    Media Documentary

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Sexy Beast

2000    Jonathan Glazer    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

Up by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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The Vanishing

1988    George Sluizer    Not Rated

Foreign Language Film    Mystery    Psychological Thriller

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57

[REC]

2007    Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza    Rated R

Foreign Language Film    Found Footage Film    Horror

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Wet Hot American Summer

2001    David Wain    Rated R

Comedy    Farce    Parody/Spoof

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Punch-Drunk Love

2002    Paul Thomas Anderson    Rated R

Absurd Comedy    Comedy Drama    Romance

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Pump up the Volume

1990    Allan Moyle    Rated R

Coming-of-Age    Drama    Teen Movie

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