Cult classic
A cult classic is a work of fiction, usually a film or television show, that is extremely popular with a select audience, but may or may not be successful at the time of its original release. 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
- Alien series
- Animal House
- Apocalypse Now
- Back to the Future
- Barbarella
- Bebe's Kids
- Blade Runner
- The Blues Brothers
- Casablanca
- Dancer In The Dark
- The Five Heartbeats
- The Goonies
- The Godfather
- Gone With The Wind
- The Last Dragon
- Mad Max series
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Newsies
- Office Space
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Star Wars
- Scarface
- The Terminator
- Titanic
- Tron
- The Wizard of Oz
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- and films by Mel Brooks, John Waters, Terry Gilliam, Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Peter Jackson
TV
- The A-Team
- Animaniacs
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Caillou
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Doctor Who
- Dora the Explorer
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- The Fairly OddParents
- Family Guy
- Futurama
- The Golden Girls
- The Goodies
- I Love Lucy
- Invader Zim
- King of the Hill
- Magnum PI
- MacGyver
- The Monkees
- My Mother the Car
- My So-Called Life
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Northern Exposure
- Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Pinky and the Brain
- Outer Limits
- The Prisoner
- Ren and Stimpy
- Rugrats
- Scooby-Doo
- Seinfeld
- The Simpsons
- Sledge Hammer!
- South Park
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Star Trek
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Teletubbies
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Thirtysomething
- Twilight Zone
- Twin Peaks
- The West Wing
- The X-files
- The Young Ones
- Warriors
Books
Music
- The Beatles
- The Beach Boys
- Grateful Dead
- Led Zeppelin
- Elvis Presley
- The Rolling Stones
- Rush
- The Who
- Frank Zappa
Video Games
- Bahamut Lagoon, import classic
- Chrono Trigger
- Dragon Quest series
- EarthBound
- Final Fantasy series
- Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, import classic
- The Legend of Zelda series
- Metroid series, especially in the United States
- Ninja Gaiden
- River City Ransom, unpopular at the time of original release
- Secret of Mana
- Seiken Densetsu 3, import classic
- Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio Tachi no Banka, import classic
- Soul Blazer
- Super Mario Bros. series
- Star Ocean, import classic
- Tales of Phantasia, import classic
- Terranigma, import classic for the United States
- TradeWars 2002
- Xenosaga series