History Main / CultClassic

* ''{{Irreversible}}''
* ''{{Ishtar}}''

** ''HeavenlyCreatures''

** ''NightOnEarth''

** ''{{Amelie}}''

** ''{{Micmacs}}''

** ''PathsOfGlory''

** ''[[TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey 2001: A Space Odyssey]]''

* ''KungFuHustle''

* ''LittleNicky''
* ''TheLostBoys''
* ''TheLostSkeletonOfCadavra''

* ''MomAndDadSaveTheWorld''

* ''Ms45''
* ''MysteryMen''

* ''{{Primer}}''

** ''{{Crimewave}}''

* ''RemoWilliamsTheAdventureBegins''
* ''RepoMan''
* ''RepoTheGeneticOpera''

* ''ReturnToOz''

*** ''ElMariachi''
*** ''{{Desperado}}''
*** ''OnceUponATimeInMexico''

** ''SinCity''
** ''PlanetTerror''

* ''{{Sherrybaby}}''
* ''ShockTreatment'' (a "sequel" to ''Rocky Horror'')

* ''{{Showgirls}}''

* The works of IsaacBaranoff

The air that every {{Geek}} breathes, a Cult Classic is a film or other work which has a small but devoted fanbase. Some Cult Classics are obscure commercial failures at the time of their premiere which have [[VindicatedByHistory since then]] successfully attracted a fanbase, even to the extent of becoming moneyspinners. Although this is the common public perception to a Cult Classic, some Cult movies were in fact box-office successes at the time but maintained a cult following long after public interest has moved onto the next flavour of the month. It's probably for this reason that some films with a strong cult following (eg ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'') are sometimes wrongly assumed to have been unsuccessful at their time of release.

The air that every {{Geek}} breathes, a Cult Classic is a film or other work which has a devoted, even if sometimes small, fanbase. Some Cult Classics are obscure commercial failures at the time of their premiere which have [[VindicatedByHistory since then]] successfully attracted a fanbase, even to the extent of becoming moneyspinners. Although this is the common public perception to a Cult Classic, some Cult movies were in fact box-office successes at the time but maintained a cult following long after public interest has moved onto the next flavour of the month. It's probably for this reason that some films with a strong cult following (eg ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'') are sometimes wrongly assumed to have been unsuccessful at their time of release.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

* These days, ''all of literature''.

* The medium as a whole everywhere except Japan. It's been getting up there in mainstream pop-culture, though.

* Comics in general.

* ''KirikouAndTheSorceress'' (French film, based on African folk tale)

** ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Especially the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]], the fans of which have become a sort of a "cult within a cult".

* ''Manga/SailorMoon''

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''

** ''TheSilenceOfTheLambs''

* ''SouthlandTales''

* ''SpaceJam''

* ''SpiderBaby''

* ''SnoopyComeHome'' Usually remembered for being ridiculously depressing.

* ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld''

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' was decently popular for a while, but was widely bashed by a lot of comic and superhero fans for its more unusual style, and turned into the ButtMonkey of Creator/CartoonNetwork. However, even years after its cancellation, it still has a fiercely loyal fanbase.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''

** ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. Especially the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]].

** Its spinoffs too, but ''Series/{{Torchwood}} probably gets the edge due to its DarkerAndEdgier nature.

** ''LupinTheThird''

** ''FromHell''

* ''{{Gothic}}'' (Also, the first sequel and expansion)

* ''[[InfraMan Infra-Man]]''

* ''FantasticPlanet'' ("La Planète Sauvage")
* ''{{Felidae}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. It only lasted two seasons [[note]] Plus one non-canonical one made after Disney fired [[GregWeisman the original creator]] [[/note]] and it's been off the air since 1997, but a small, devoted group of fans was organizing conventions up until 2009. Fan demand even managed to get the show briefly resurrected as a comic book series about nine years after it was cancelled.

** ''LikeAVelvetGloveCastInIron''

* ''BunnyMustDie''

* ''MonsterParty''

* ''TerraNovaStrikeForceCentauri''