View Full Version : O/T — DVDs with cult followings
Alright, so I know this is off-topic from DVD deals, but I need help. I'm piecing together a news story on movies that have either been reborn on DVD or have established cult followings after being released on DVD. So far my list is limited to:
Donnie Darko
Super Troopers
The Crow
Requiem For A Dream
Any other additions? Suggestions?
munch
03-07-2005, 01:20 PM
I'm not sure if this counts but Napoleon Dynamite kind of fits in this category. It became huge after its release on DVD.
ctice44
03-07-2005, 01:21 PM
Also:
Nightmare Before Christmas
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Clerks
that's all I could think of for now
Scorch
03-07-2005, 01:21 PM
I'm not sure if this counts but Napoleon Dynamite kind of fits in this category. It became huge after its release on DVD.
and deserves to ROT IN HELL! It's a shame a piece of shit like that can become so insanely popular.
The Crow is awesome..
Pulp Fiction!
magilacudy
03-07-2005, 01:23 PM
Top Secret!
Bah, I know I know more but I can't think of any else at the moment.
Machine
03-07-2005, 01:24 PM
I remember reading about how much more popular Brother Bear was on DVD than it was in the theater. Apparently, its success was because of the commentary track by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, which was basically them recreating their Bob & Doug McKenzie characters.
Napolean Dynamite.... good one
Nightmare Before Christmas gets added to the list as well
munch
03-07-2005, 01:27 PM
I'm not sure if this counts but Napoleon Dynamite kind of fits in this category. It became huge after its release on DVD.
and deserves to ROT IN HELL! It's a shame a piece of shit like that can become so insanely popular.
The Crow is awesome..
Pulp Fiction!
Maybe it will rot in hell, GOSH!!!!
I love Napoleon Dynamite. i thought it was refreshingly unique.
I'm not sure about Pulp Fiction. It had a huge following in the theaters and the enthusiasm carried over into the DVD. if anything Reservoir Dogs is more akin to this category.
cdeener
03-07-2005, 01:28 PM
You didn't post this to the right spot you should have put in the Off-Topic Discussion.
Another set of movies would be all of Kevin Smith's films outside of Jersey Girl.
Jay and Silent Bob: Strike Back
Dogma
Chasing Amy
Mallrats
and my personal favorite Clerks
As much as I would love to include Pulp Fiction, it did have a comfortable ride at the box office. But it's one of my favorite DVDs and its the model for what all collector's edition DVDs should strive to be.
cdeener
03-07-2005, 01:30 PM
Matter of fact you can't beat Monty Python and the Holy Grail. That has got to be the funniest movie I have seen in my life. "I, fart in your general direction"
Nirvanaguy777
03-07-2005, 01:33 PM
You didn't post this to the right spot you should have put in the Off-Topic Discussion.
Another set of movies would be all of Kevin Smith's films outside of Jersey Girl.
Jay and Silent Bob: Strike Back
Dogma
Chasing Amy
Mallrats
and my personal favorite Clerks
Jersey Girl
Vulgar
A Better Place
The Drawing Files
An Evening with Kevin Smith
Clerks Animated
Mr Unoriginal
03-07-2005, 01:33 PM
I'd say the Matrix. Sure it was very popular in the theaters, but to me this was pretty much the must have DVD for almost every house when DVDs started to really replace VHS.
mtxbass1
03-07-2005, 01:38 PM
Re-Animator.
ctice44
03-07-2005, 01:39 PM
I'd also go with:
Austin Powers
Breakfast Club
Clockwork Orange
Evil Dead (all three)
Princess Bride
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Scarface
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
I'll let you know if I can think of any more
Edit: Oops, forgot Office Space
Doylerulez
03-07-2005, 01:40 PM
Army of Darkness/Evil Dead
munch
03-07-2005, 01:41 PM
I'd also go with:
Austin Powers
Breakfast Club
Clockwork Orange
Evil Dead (all three)
Princess Bride
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Scarface
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
I'll let you know if I can think of any more
Oops, forgot Office Space
Office Space yeah, but pretty much no for the rest. Maybe the Evil Dead's, but even then that is pushing it.
Machine
03-07-2005, 01:42 PM
Another great cult movie is Harold & Maude - although like many of the movies being mentioned it was a cult hit before the DVD format even existed so it really doesn't fit in with your article.
Office Space — man, can't believe I didn't already have that one. Thanks.
Another great cult movie is Harold & Maude - although like many of the movies being mentioned it was a cult hit before the DVD format even existed so it really doesn't fit in with your article.
Yeah, that would be a good one if the format was different. My co-worker had the idea for DVDs in specific because she wanted to put Frank the Bunny from Donnie Darko on the cover of our newspaper's entertainment section this week.
Nirvanaguy777
03-07-2005, 02:15 PM
Oh shit I forgot Kids and The Dead Poet Society.
Go, Idle Hands, Boondock Saints, Swingers, Rules of Attraction, American History X, Donnie Darko, and Old School all come to mind.
jer0009
03-07-2005, 02:45 PM
Blue velvet
Usual Suspects
javeryh
03-07-2005, 02:47 PM
I'd say Office Space, The Matrix (no one saw it in the theater and the franchise is huge), Austin Powers (ditto), Rushmore... I'll think of some more later...
munch
03-07-2005, 02:48 PM
The Matrix (no one saw it in the theater and the franchise is huge)...
I saw it in the theater :D
DocBledsoe
03-07-2005, 02:56 PM
The Big Lebowski and O'Brother Where Art Thou - really anything by the Cohen Brothers or Kevin Smith.
javeryh
03-07-2005, 05:13 PM
The Matrix (no one saw it in the theater and the franchise is huge)...
I saw it in the theater :D
So did I but I also saw Johnny Mnemonic so obviously I'll see just about anything with a scifi theme and starring Keanu Reeves...
RaekwonThaChef
03-07-2005, 05:25 PM
Just about anything by Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky....I'll think of more.
EDIT: Oh yeah, someone mentioned Cohen Brothers, forgot them.
zewone
03-07-2005, 05:28 PM
Spun? At least the meth kids like it.
hiccupleftovers
03-07-2005, 05:33 PM
I'm not sure if this counts but Napoleon Dynamite kind of fits in this category. It became huge after its release on DVD.
and deserves to ROT IN HELL! It's a shame a piece of shit like that can become so insanely popular.
The Crow is awesome..
Pulp Fiction!
Agreed. Napoleon Dynamite is such a piece of shit movie that I can never believe the huge amount of praize that it recieves is true. That movie sucked .
kaji7p56
03-07-2005, 05:35 PM
Pitch Black. It sold so well on DVD that they made a sequel (Chronicles of Riddick) based on the sales.
Trakan
03-07-2005, 05:48 PM
Pitch Black
hardwo0d
03-07-2005, 05:54 PM
Fight Club
Snatch
Army of Darkness (Evil Dead)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Trainspotting
THE STONED AGE
kaji7p56
03-07-2005, 06:06 PM
Pitch Black
*ahem*
jlkeeton
03-07-2005, 06:07 PM
Pink Flamingos... you have to have a strong stomach to watch it through the end :-). Most John Waters films have a cult following, but this is his most famous/infamous with the 'surprise' ending :-).
Fight Club
Snatch
Army of Darkness (Evil Dead)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Trainspotting
THE STONED AGE
TRAINSPOTTING! Good call!
Odibil
03-07-2005, 08:18 PM
Although they are somewhat similar, I don't see this thread as movies that grossed more on DVD than they did in the box office, or even movies that didn't bank at the box office. I see it as movies that have created a large [cult] following -- especially once they hit DVD/VHS -- regardless of the money they've made.
My list would include, but is not limited to:
Army of Darkness
Being John Malkovich
Big Lebowski, The
Big Trouble in Little China
Boondock Saints
Breakfast Club, The
Clerks / Mallrats / Chasing Amy / Dogma / Jay and Silent Bob Stike Back
Crow, The
Dawn of the Dead
Donnie Darko
Fight Club
Goonies
Grease
Half Baked
Labrynth, The
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Napoleon Dynamite
Night of the Living Dead
Nightmare Before Christmas, The
Lord of the Rings
Lost Boys, The
Office Space
Princess Bride, The
Requiem for a Dream / Pi
Reservoir Dogs
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rushmore
Saturday Night Fever
Scarface
Shaun of the Dead (in the UK)
Snatch
Spinal Tap
Star Wars
Trainspotting
Of course, most of these movies had cult followings long before they were released on DVD or VHS. I'll leave it to you to pick which ones were reborn once they hit DVD.
regisphilbi0
03-07-2005, 08:40 PM
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Napoleon Dynaimte. Two of my favorite movies ever.
yeldarb367
03-07-2005, 09:49 PM
Scarface. It seems like right when everyone wanted it they took it out of print. Then when it was re-released as an anniversary edition everybody jumped on it.
Frank_Sinatra
03-08-2005, 12:36 AM
showgirls just came out with a big box set. austin powers. the last boyscount did way better on video than the box-office.
WAJedi
03-08-2005, 12:45 AM
Boondock Saints. Go buy it now. One of my favorite movies of all time. Also, see Equilibrium. That is pretty good as well.
rcannon
03-08-2005, 01:19 AM
Tom Green was on Howard Stern one time, his Freddy Got Fingered has made him more money since being on DVD then it ever did in the theaters.
projecteightysix
03-08-2005, 01:50 AM
freddy got fingered is friggin hilarious.
neocisco
03-08-2005, 02:00 AM
I'd say Office Space, The Matrix (no one saw it in the theater and the franchise is huge), Austin Powers (ditto), Rushmore... I'll think of some more later...
The Matrix did about $170 million in domestic box office alone. That definitely disqualifies it from cult status.
O Brother Where Art Thou? would be a great addition. I was working at Blockbuster when it was released on DVD and we couldn't keep it in stock up to 8 months after it came out.
CokeCola
03-08-2005, 02:49 AM
I'll just reiterate these:
Austin Powers
Fight Club - Only made $37 million at the box office.
And as a hope for the future:
Bubba Ho-Tep
jimbodan
03-08-2005, 02:53 AM
American Psycho!
TheUnsane1
03-08-2005, 02:58 AM
3 pages and no mention of Mel Brooks films?
Spaceballs
History of the World Part 1
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
KrazyKefka
03-08-2005, 03:56 AM
Wild Zero
Duo_Maxwell
03-08-2005, 04:05 AM
Didn't the Crow have a cult following much before the DVD?
Didn't the Crow have a cult following much before the DVD?
Yeah, the comic had a cult following.
boojiboy7
03-08-2005, 12:11 PM
I love Napoleon Dynamite. i thought it was refreshingly unique.
Refreshingly unique? only if you never watched a wes anderson movie. God, it was like the makers of ND wanted andersons c*ck so bad they had to make a 2 hour shite fest devoted to him, onl somehow managing to miss the point of every one of his movies.
munch
03-08-2005, 12:14 PM
I love Napoleon Dynamite. i thought it was refreshingly unique.
Refreshingly unique? only if you never watched a wes anderson movie. God, it was like the makers of ND wanted andersons c*ck so bad they had to make a 2 hour shite fest devoted to him, onl somehow managing to miss the point of every one of his movies.
sorry, disagree. Wes Andersen seems to deal with entirely different subject matter. Plus, Wes Andersen's humor is a lot darker than anything on Napoleon Dynamite. I don't think the two are commensurable at all.
strayfoxx
03-08-2005, 12:31 PM
I love Napoleon Dynamite. i thought it was refreshingly unique.
Refreshingly unique? only if you never watched a wes anderson movie. God, it was like the makers of ND wanted andersons c*ck so bad they had to make a 2 hour shite fest devoted to him, onl somehow managing to miss the point of every one of his movies.
sorry, disagree. Wes Andersen seems to deal with entirely different subject matter. Plus, Wes Andersen's humor is a lot darker than anything on Napoleon Dynamite. I don't think the two are commensurable at all.
I don't have a remark about your post, its just nice to see the word commensurable used in a sentence...
Good stuff guys and thanks a lot... you've just made my life a whole lot easier.
soulwish2003
03-08-2005, 12:49 PM
Evil Dead flicks have a hardcore following... and I'm shocked that Office Space did not get mentioned in the first few posts.
Machine
03-08-2005, 12:49 PM
The first DVD players came out in late 1996. I don't think you should include movies that came out before that time since VHS is what made those movies into cult hits - not DVD. That leaves out Monty Python, early Kevin Smith, early Cohen brothers, almost all Mel Brooks, and lots of other things that have been suggested.
soulwish2003
03-08-2005, 12:50 PM
3 pages and no mention of Mel Brooks films?
Spaceballs
History of the World Part 1
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
I think these sort of lost the 'cult following'... no one really talks about them much anymore.
ScottieBaio
03-08-2005, 12:58 PM
About half of the movies listed are not "cult" movies.
Duo_Maxwell
03-08-2005, 02:10 PM
About half of the movies listed are not "cult" movies.
And most of the other half developed a cult following before dvd.
Mookyjooky
03-08-2005, 02:16 PM
A Troma film, or a John Waters film is a cult following....all of these were just really good films that did moderatly well in the theatres...
PS: This topic was done 2 months ago.
A Troma film, or a John Waters film is a cult following....all of these were just really good films that did moderatly well in the theatres...
PS: This topic was done 2 months ago.
PS: I wasn't writing a story two months ago
GuilewasNK
03-09-2005, 12:17 PM
Jackie Chan's City Hunter.
The mere fact he is shown dressed as Chun Li elevates it to cult status.
Also, Munch has the best sig image EVER.
dnxthx
03-09-2005, 12:20 PM
The Wicker Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/)
thatstoobad
03-09-2005, 01:16 PM
i'm pretty sure that ghost world gained a lot of popularity once it hit dvd.