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This is a list of cult films organized alphabetically by name. See List of cult films for main list.

FilmYearDirectorSource
À ma sœur! (also known as Fat Girl)2001 Catherine Breillat [1]
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg [1] [2]
Aag 2007 Ram Gopal Varma [1]
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1953 Charles Lamont [2]
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (also known as Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein)1948 Charles Barton [2]
Above the Law 1988 Andrew Davis [2]
The Abyss 1989 James Cameron [1]
The Accused 1988 Jonathan Kaplan [2]
Ace in the Hole 1951 Billy Wilder [3] [2]
The Acid Eaters 1968 Byron Mabe [1]
Across 110th Street 1972 Barry Shear [4] [2]
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes 1971 Stan Brakhage [1]
Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor [2]
The Addiction 1995 Abel Ferrara [3]
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1989 Terry Gilliam [1] [2]
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie 1972 Bruce Beresford [2]
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 W. D. Richter [5] [6] [3] [2]
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 Stephan Elliott [5] [1] [3] [2]
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley [2]
The Aerial 2007 Esteban Sapir [2]
The Affairs of Anatol 1921 Cecil B. DeMille [2]
Afghan Stories 2002 Taran Davies [2]
After Hours 1985 Martin Scorsese [7] [2]
L'Age d'Or1930 Luis Buñuel [1]
The Age of Stupid 2009 Franny Armstrong [2]
Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog [8] [1] [3] [2]
Airplane! 1980 Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker [2]
Airport '77 1977 Jerry Jameson [2]
Akira 1988 Katsuhiro Otomo [9] [1] [3] [2]
Alakazam the Great 1960Taiji Yabushita and Daisaku Shirakawa [2]
Alferd Packer: The Musical (also known as Cannibal! The Musical)1993 Trey Parker [1]
Alfie 1966 Lewis Gilbert [2]
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1944 Arthur Lubin [1]
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974 Rainer Werner Fassbinder [5] [2]
Alice 1988 Jan Švankmajer [5] [2]
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 Martin Scorsese [2]
Alice in Acidland 1969 Donn Greer [1]
Alice, Sweet Alice 1976 Alfred Sole [10]
Alice's Restaurant 1969 Arthur Penn [1]
Alien 1979 Ridley Scott [1]
Aliens 1986 James Cameron [1]
Alive 1993 Frank Marshall [2]
All About Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz [8] [1] [3] [2]
All About My Mother 1999 Pedro Almodóvar [2]
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 Lewis Milestone [2]
All That Heaven Allows 1955 Douglas Sirk [1]
All That Jazz 1979 Bob Fosse [2]
All That Money Can Buy (also known as The Devil and Daniel Webster)1941 William Dieterle [2]
All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula [2]
Alligator 1980 Lewis Teague [3]
Allures 1961 Jordan Belson [1] [2]
Almost Famous 2000 Cameron Crowe [3]
Alone in the Dark 1982 Jack Sholder [3]
Alone, Life Wastes Andy Hardy 1998 Martin Arnold [1]
Alphaville 1965 Jean-Luc Godard [1] [3] [2]
Altered States 1980 Ken Russell [11] [3]
Alucarda 1978 Juan López Moctezuma [2]
The Amazing Colossal Man 1957 Bert I. Gordon [12]
The Amazing Transparent Man 1960 Edgar G. Ulmer [1]
Amazon Women on the Moon 1987Multiple [5]
Amélie 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet [2]
The American Friend (also known as Der amerikanische Freund)1977 Wim Wenders [11] [3]
American Gigolo 1980 Paul Schrader [2]
American Graffiti 1973 George Lucas [2]
An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli [2]
American Pie 1999 Paul Weitz [2]
American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron [6] [1]
American Splendor 2003 Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini [2]
An American Werewolf in London 1981 John Landis [13] [3] [2]
Amerika 1987 Donald Wrye [2]
Der amerikanische Freund (also known as The American Friend)1977 Wim Wenders [11]
Amityville 3-D 1983 Richard Fleischer [10]
Amores perros 2000 Alejandro González Iñárritu [3] [2]
Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger [3] [2]
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay [2]
And God Created Woman 1956 Roger Vadim [7]
The Anderson Tapes 1971 Sidney Lumet [2]
Andrei Rublev 1966 Andrei Tarkovsky [2]
The Andromeda Strain 1971 Robert Wise [3]
Andy Warhol's Bad 1977 Jed Johnson [8]
An Angel at My Table 1990 Jane Campion [2]
Angel Heart 1987 Alan Parker [1] [3] [2]
Angel of Vengeance (also known as Ms .45 and Ms. 45)1981 Abel Ferrara [9]
The Angry Red Planet 1959 Ib Melchior [12]
Animal House (also known as National Lampoon's Animal House)1978 John Landis [2]
The Animatrix 2003Multiple [1]
Annie 1982 John Huston [1]
Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen [13] [1] [2]
The Anniversary 1968 Roy Ward Baker [1]
Antichrist 2009 Lars von Trier [2]
Antonia's Line 1995 Marleen Gorris [2]
Antonio das Mortes 1969 Glauber Rocha [1]
Antropophagus 1980 Joe D'Amato [1]
The Apartment 1960 Billy Wilder [2]
Apartment Zero 1988 Martin Donovan [3]
Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola [2]
The Appaloosa 1966 Sidney J. Furie [2]
April Captains 2000 Maria de Medeiros [2]
The Arena 1974 Steve Carver [1]
The Aristocrats 2005 Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza [2]
Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay [2]
Army of Darkness 1992 Sam Raimi [3] [2]
Army of Shadows 1969 Jean-Pierre Melville [2]
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 Frank Capra [3]
Ashes and Diamonds 1958 Andrzej Wajda [2]
Ashes of Time 1994 Wong Kar-wai [1]
The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston [2]
The Asphyx (also known as The Horror of Death and Spirit of the Dead)1972Peter Newbrook [10]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 Andrew Dominik [2]
Assault on Precinct 13 1976 John Carpenter [1] [3]
Astro Boy (Mighty Atom, the Brave in Space)1963 Osamu Tezuka [1]
The Astro-Zombies 1968 Ted V. Mikels [10]
The Astronaut Farmer 2006 Michael Polish [2]
Asylum 1972 Roy Ward Baker [2]
At Close Range 1986 James Foley [3]
At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul 1964 José Mojica Marins [14]
¡Átame! (also known as Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!)1989 Pedro Almodóvar [1]
Atlantic City 1980 Louis Malle [2]
The Atomic Submarine 1959 Spencer Gordon Bennet [12]
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1958 Nathan H. Juran [10] [3] [2]
Attack of the Crab Monsters 1957 Roger Corman [1] [2]
Attack of the Giant Leeches 1959 Bernard L. Kowalski [12]
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes 1978John DeBello [5] [2]
Audition 1999 Takashi Miike [1] [2]
Audrey Rose 1977 Robert Wise [10]
Australia 2008 Baz Luhrmann [2]
Auto Focus 2002 Paul Schrader [2]
Avatar 2009 James Cameron [1]
Awakening of the Beast 1970 José Mojica Marins [1]
Awakenings 1990 Penny Marshall [2]
The Awful Truth 1937 Leo McCarey [2]

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