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If You Haven't Watched These Cult Classics on Netflix Yet, Now's the Time
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Ah, the cult classic: those films with incredibly devoted fans that may not be super mainstream or even well-known at all, but are so quotable and have become staples in their genre. We’re talking the campy horror films, the classic satires, and the movies that you know every single word to because you’re one of those diehard fans who’s been watching it for decades. Netflix currently has a category devoted to cult films, so we pulled out a few of our favorites and added a few more so you can finally start watching some of these movies you may never have seen before.
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Child's Play
It’s the ultimate creepy-doll horror film that spawned numerous sequels and still terrorizes people decades later.
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Airplane!
This classic movie isn’t just a parody of an airplane flight disaster, but has also been parodied plenty of times in sketch shows, stage shows, and more.
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Burlesque
What could be better than Cher and Christina Aguilera in a film together? This movie about a young woman with big dreams (Aguilera) who heads to LA to be a burlesque dancer low-key deserves all your attention.
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Drive
This Ryan Gosling film – where he’s quite literally a silent driver on a mission – may have won quite a bit of critical acclaim when it was released in 2011, but it’s still one of his lesser-watched films.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
All of the Monty Python films are works of campy satirical art, but this one about King Arthur’s Court is especially hilarious.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) has to defeat all of Ramona’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) exes to win her heart in this slightly ridiculous but very fun action film.
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Shaft
Shaft is a classic action movie on all accounts. This film tells the story of a private eye who goes up against mobsters and the mafia.
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Snowpiercer
If you thought Parasite was well-down, go watch this previous Bong Joon-ho sci-fi work of art that stars Chris Evans battling Tilda Swinton at the end of times.
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Soul Plane
It’s Snoop Dogg at his finest. The early-2000s film sees Snoop, Kevin Hart, Method Man, and more flying the friendly skies on the most ridiculous ride ever – the soul plane.
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Spaceballs
If you’re a Star Wars fan and haven’t watched Spaceballs, our question is: How and why not? Even if you aren’t a Star Wars fan, this fun parody from the 1980s will have you in stitches.
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Starship Troopers
If there was ever a movie that was so campy, so hilarious, and so off the wall, it’s Starship Troopers. It’s the alien movie you can’t help but love because it’s so bad it’s amazing.
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The Karate Kid
Guaranteed you still quote this movie and imitate the karate moves you learned from this actually beautiful movie about standing up for yourself.
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Candyman
If you want a classic ’90s gore film, try this one with Virginia Madsen searching for a killer creature known as the Candyman.
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Clueless
Cher (Alicia Silverstone) goes on a journey of self-discovery and finding out what it means to be a genuinely good person in what is quite possibly the most quotable chick flick of the ’90s. It’s a movie that’s only grown in popularity over the past two decades and earned a classic cult-like following.
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The Evil Dead
Head back to the ’80s with one of the most beloved zombie movies with all the right ingredients for a proper horror film, including a scary cabin in the woods.