List of cult films: R

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

FilmYearDirectorSource
Raakh 1989 Aditya Bhattacharya [1]
Rabid 1977 David Cronenberg [2] [3]
Rabbit's Moon 1950 Kenneth Anger [4]
Race with the Devil 1975 Jack Starrett [4] [5]
Rachel Getting Married 2008 Jonathan Demme [6]
Radio On 1979 Christopher Petit [6]
Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese [6]
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg [4]
The Railway Children 1970 Lionel Jeffries [6]
The Rain People 1969 Francis Ford Coppola [7]
The Rainbow Thief 1990 Alejandro Jodorowsky [4]
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (or simply Aag)2007 Ram Gopal Varma [1] [4]
Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 George P. Cosmatos [4]
Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa [6]
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (also known as Escaped Murderer from Hiroshima Prison)1974 Sadao Nakajima [8]
The Rape of the Vampire (also known as Le Viol du Vampire)1968 Jean Rollin [4]
The Rapture 1991 Michael Tolkin [6]
Rashomon 1950 Akira Kurosawa [9]
Raw Meat (also known as Death Line)1972 Gary Sherman [10]
Razorback 1984 Russell Mulcahy [5]
Re-Animator 1985 Stuart Gordon [11] [12] [4] [5]
Re-Entry 1964 Jordan Belson [4]
Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock [4]
Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Nicholas Ray [7] [13] [4] [5] [6] [9]
Red Dawn 1984 John Milius [5] [6]
Red Dust 1932 Victor Fleming [6]
The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger [7] [6]
Reefer Madness (also known as Tell Your Children)1936 Louis J. Gasnier [7] [11] [13] [14] [12] [4] [5] [6]
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical 2005 Andy Fickman [6]
La Reine Margot (also known as Queen Margot)1994 Patrice Chéreau [6]
Rembrandt 1936 Alexander Korda [6]
Remember My Name 1978 Alan Rudolph [15]
Rendez-vous 1985 André Téchiné [6]
Renaissance 2006 Christian Volckman [5]
Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox [11] [12] [16] [4] [5] [6]
The Reptile 1966 John Gilling [10]
Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski [5]
Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky [5] [6]
Requiescant (also known as Kill and Pray)1967 Carlo Lizzani [5]
Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino [4] [5] [6] [9]
Resident Evil 2002 Paul W. S. Anderson [4]
El Retorno de Walpurgis (also known as The Return of Walpurgis and Curse of the Devil)1973Carlos Aured [17]
The Return 2003 Andrey Zvyagintsev [6]
Return of Daimajin 1966 Kenji Misumi [8]
The Return of the Living Dead 1985 Dan O'Bannon [4] [6]
The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 Terence Fisher [9]
Rhymes for Young Ghouls 2013 Jeff Barnaby [3]
Ride Lonesome 1959 Budd Boetticher [4] [9]
Ride the High Country 1962 Sam Peckinpah [18] [4]
Ride in the Whirlwind 1966 Monte Hellman [6]
Rififi 1955 Jules Dassin [6]
Ring 1998 Hideo Nakata [11] [4] [5] [6] [8]
The Ring 2002 Gore Verbinski [14]
Ring 2 1999 Hideo Nakata [19]
Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks [7] [4]
Rita of the West (also known as Crazy Westerners)1967 Ferdinando Baldi [4]
The Road 2009 John Hillcoat [6]
Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes [6]
The Road Warrior (also known as Mad Max 2)1981 George Miller [18] [14] [4]
Road House 1989 Rowdy Herrington [12]
Roar 1981 Noel Marshall [3]
Roaring Fire 1981 Norifumi Suzuki [8]
Robinson Crusoe 1954 Luis Buñuel [6]
Robinson Crusoe on Mars 1964 Byron Haskin [16]
RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven [4] [6]
Robot Monster 1953 Phil Tucker [4] [2] [6]
Rock 'n' Roll High School 1979 Allan Arkush [7] [12] [4] [6]
Rock Around the Clock 1956 Fred F. Sears [4]
Rock, Rock, Rock! 1956Will Price [4]
The Rocketeer 1991 Joe Johnston [12]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman [7] [11] [13] [12] [20] [4] [10] [5] [6] [9]
Roller Boogie 1979 Mark L. Lester [15]
Rollerball 1975 Norman Jewison [5]
Rolling Family 2004 Pablo Trapero [6]
Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler [6]
Le Roman d'un tricheur (also known as Confessions of a Cheat and The Story of a Cheat)1936 Sacha Guitry [9]
Romance 1999 Catherine Breillat [4]
Romance & Cigarettes 2005 John Turturro [6]
Rome, Armed to the Teeth (also known as The Tough Ones)1976 Umberto Lenzi [11]
Rome, Open City 1945 Roberto Rossellini [6]
Romper Stomper 1992 Geoffrey Wright [5]
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 1997 David Mirkin [12] [6]
Ronin 1998 John Frankenheimer [6]
The Room 2003 Tommy Wiseau [11] [13] [12] [4]
Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock [5] [3]
Rose Hobart 1936 Joseph Cornell [4]
Rosemary's Baby 1968 Roman Polanski [14] [4] [5] [6]
Rosetta 1999 Dardenne brothers [6]
Roxie Hart 1942 William A. Wellman [6]
The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1969 Irving Lerner [6]
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson [6]
Rumble Fish 1983 Francis Ford Coppola [5]
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)1998 Tom Tykwer [13] [14]
Run of the Arrow 1957 Samuel Fuller [5]
Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson [13] [12] [5] [6]

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