List of cult films: R

This is a list of cult films organized alphabetically by name. See List of cult films for main list.

Film Year Director Source
Raakh 1989 Aditya Bhattacharya [1]
Raaz 2002 Dino Morea [2][3][4]
Rabid 1977 David Cronenberg [5]
Rabbit's Moon 1950 Kenneth Anger [6]
Race with the Devil 1975 Jack Starrett [6][7]
Rachel Getting Married 2008 Jonathan Demme [8]
Radio On 1979 Christopher Petit [8]
Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese [8]
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg [6]
The Railway Children 1970 Lionel Jeffries [8]
The Rain People 1969 Francis Ford Coppola [9]
The Rainbow Thief 1990 Alejandro Jodorowsky [6]
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (or simply Aag) 2007 Ram Gopal Varma [1][6]
Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 George P. Cosmatos [6]
Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa [8]
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (also known as Escaped Murderer from Hiroshima Prison) 1974 Sadao Nakajima [10]
The Rape of the Vampire (also known as Le Viol du Vampire) 1968 Jean Rollin [6]
The Rapture 1991 Michael Tolkin [8]
Rashomon 1950 Akira Kurosawa [11]
Raw Meat (also known as Death Line) 1972 Gary Sherman [12]
Razorback 1984 Russell Mulcahy [7]
Re-Animator 1985 Stuart Gordon [13][14][6][7]
Re-Entry 1964 Jordan Belson [6]
Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock [6]
Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Nicholas Ray [9][15][6][7][8][11]
Red Dawn 1984 John Milius [7][8]
Red Dust 1932 Victor Fleming [8]
The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger [9][8]
Reefer Madness (also known as Tell Your Children) 1936 Louis J. Gasnier [9][13][15][16][14][6][7][8]
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical 2005 Andy Fickman [8]
La Reine Margot (also known as Queen Margot) 1994 Patrice Chéreau [8]
Rembrandt 1936 Alexander Korda [8]
Remember My Name 1978 Alan Rudolph [17]
Rendez-vous 1985 André Téchiné [8]
Renaissance 2006 Christian Volckman [7]
Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox [13][14][18][6][7][8]
The Reptile 1966 John Gilling [12]
Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski [7]
Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky [7][8]
Requiescant (also known as Kill and Pray) 1967 Carlo Lizzani [7]
Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino [6][7][8][11]
Resident Evil 2002 Paul W. S. Anderson [6]
El Retorno de Walpurgis (also known as The Return of Walpurgis and Curse of the Devil) 1973 Carlos Aured [19]
The Return 2003 Andrey Zvyagintsev [8]
Return of Daimajin 1966 Kenji Misumi [10]
The Return of the Living Dead 1985 Dan O'Bannon [6][8]
The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 Terence Fisher [11]
Ride Lonesome 1959 Budd Boetticher [6][11]
Ride the High Country 1962 Sam Peckinpah [20][6]
Ride in the Whirlwind 1966 Monte Hellman [8]
Rififi 1955 Jules Dassin [8]
Ring 1998 Hideo Nakata [13][6][7][8][10]
The Ring 2002 Gore Verbinski [16]
Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks [9][6]
Rita of the West (also known as Crazy Westerners) 1967 Ferdinando Baldi [6]
The Road 2009 John Hillcoat [8]
Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes [8]
The Road Warrior (also known as Mad Max 2) 1981 George Miller [20][16][6]
Road House 1989 Rowdy Herrington [14]
Roaring Fire 1981 Norifumi Suzuki [10]
Robinson Crusoe 1954 Luis Buñuel [8]
Robinson Crusoe on Mars 1964 Byron Haskin [18]
RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven [6][8]
Robot Monster 1953 Phil Tucker [6][5][8]
Rock 'n' Roll High School 1979 Allan Arkush [9][14][6][8]
Rock Around the Clock 1956 Fred F. Sears [6]
Rock, Rock, Rock! 1956 Will Price [6]
The Rocketeer 1991 Joe Johnston [14]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman [9][13][15][14][21][6][12][7][8][11]
Roller Boogie 1979 Mark L. Lester [17]
Rollerball 1975 Norman Jewison [7]
Rolling Family 2004 Pablo Trapero [8]
Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler [8]
Le Roman d'un tricheur (also known as Confessions of a Cheat and The Story of a Cheat) 1936 Sacha Guitry [11]
Romance 1999 Catherine Breillat [6]
Romance & Cigarettes 2005 John Turturro [8]
Rome, Armed to the Teeth (also known as The Tough Ones) 1976 Umberto Lenzi [13]
Rome, Open City 1945 Roberto Rossellini [8]
Romper Stomper 1992 Geoffrey Wright [7]
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 1997 David Mirkin [14][8]
Ronin 1998 John Frankenheimer [8]
The Room 2003 Tommy Wiseau [13][15][14][6]
Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock [7]
Rose Hobart 1936 Joseph Cornell [6]
Rosemary's Baby 1968 Roman Polanski [16][6][7][8]
Rosetta 1999 Dardenne brothers [8]
Roxie Hart 1942 William A. Wellman [8]
The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1969 Irving Lerner [8]
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson [8]
Rumble Fish 1983 Francis Ford Coppola [7]
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) 1998 Tom Tykwer [15][16]
Run of the Arrow 1957 Samuel Fuller [7]
Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson [15][14][7][8]

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