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Netflixis the perfect place for cult movies: like DVD and VHS before it, it’s a place where films that didn’t necessarily make a big splash in the cinemas can find the audiences they deserve.
Cult films are the films we watch again and again to try and unpick their appeal, to understand why others tried to suppress them or just to wonder what on Earth the director was thinking.
These are some of our favourite cult films onNetflix. Our choices are based on the current Netflix UK catalogue, but you should find them in other regions too – and if you find that your particular territory doesn’t have them, you can always use one of thebest VPNsto make more streaming content available where you are.
If you’re a cult film fan, the code you need to go straight to the cult section in Netflix UK is7627.
Want even more great recommendations for content to watch right now? Then check out T3’stop 3 Disney Plus action movies to watch in February 2022.
Dune
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The original Dune may be best known for pop star Sting in strange plastic pants, but the 1984 space-and-spice epic is much more interesting than that: it’s even weirder than you’d expect from a David Lynch movie, which is really saying something. It bombed at the box office and Lynch disowned it, but Dune became a cult hit via word of mouth. The 2021 remake is slicker and more accessible but the original is much more ambitious and much more odd: it’s hazy, experimental and often makes you wonder what the hell David Lynch was doing in the editing room. Is the remake a better film? Almost certainly. But if you love cult movies, the original Dune is a lot more fun.
Akira
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The live-action remake keeps getting pushed back – it’s been in development for the best part of 20 years now – but while Marvel favourite Taika Waititi struggles to get the remake made you can enjoy the incredible anime original. The 1988 film takes place in Neo-Tokyo, a post-apocalyptic city of high tech and low-lifes, where teenage biker Tetsuo suddenly develops incredible psychic powers. It’s a powerful and beautiful movie that rewards multiple viewings.
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Fight Club
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Bonus movie: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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When you look at the plot for this cult classic you’d be left scratching your head as to what is the big deal, as it literally is two guys trying to get across North America so one of them can have a Thanksgiving Day dinner with his family.
Of course, it isfar much morethan that, though, with a series of very funny misadventures along the way and a comedy odd-couple dynamic making the movie incredibly watchable.
Steve Martin is on fire in his uptight mode, while the late-great John Candy delivers a classic performance as the good-natured but annoying Del Griffith. And, as ever with Candy, the last act emotional sucker punch is one of his best ever.
For even more great movie recommendations to watch right now be sure to also check out T3’s roundup of thebest new filmson Netflix, as well as topsci-fi,martial arts,action-comedyandanime sci-fitop picks.
Not a Netflix subscriber? Well we’ve also got topDisney+movies towatch right nowas well asgreat films to catchonAmazon PrimeVideo, too.
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