The term “cult favorite” usually refers to a film which did not receive a favorable initial release but over time, it garners a devoted and loyal fan base – a cut following of the film.
In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cult, like: clique, band, veneration, obsessive, ritual, school, devotion, followers, cultism, hero worship; see admiration and worshipadmiration.
Friends and The Office really did a great job of building a cult following. Ones that are still alive and bustling to this day. Despite being shelved, both shows still bring in new fans, which of course become fanatics. Netflix, Amazon Prime, and other providers allow people to binge shows in one go.
In the taxonomy of film, cult cinema is something of a super-class, not a genre, but it still needs careful definition. Genres and subgenres of film show predictable traits and self-contained boundaries, at least as much as print media genres do.
Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. Despite this the film has enjoyed critical and commercial success over the years, and has since become a cult film. In 2002, Quentin Tarantino listed it as the 10th best film of all time in a Sight and Sound poll.
A cult brand refers to a product or service that has a relatively small but loyal customer base that verges on fanaticism. A cult brand, unlike more traditional brands, has customers who feel a sense of self-ownership or vested interest in the brand's popularity and success.
An instant cult classic. Drive is visually stunning, has a well written story, great soundtrack which are all perfectly crafted by Nicolas Winding Refn. Drive is a masterpiece and is definitely worth your time!
The Best Cult Classic Movies of All Time That Everyone's Been Begging You To Watch
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Movieclips Classic Trailers.
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail. MovieclipsPROMO.
- The Room. The Prince Charles Cinema.
- Blade Runner. Movieclips Classic Trailers.
- Fight Club.
- Friday.
- The Big Lebowski.
- Pulp Fiction.
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film with a cult following, obscure or unpopular with mainstream audiences, and often revolutionary or ironically enjoyed. Cult films are defined as much by audience reaction as they are by content.
With this poetic dialogue Quinton Tarantino has made his own genre by the sheer style of writing and acting of the film. Pulp Fiction has created a cult following along with his other movies that captures audiences. Tarantino's writing brings to life his dynamic characters with his use of method writing.
Kill Bill Volume 1, which has just gone on release across the UK, has all the hallmarks of 1970s cult films. Plus - they were both films that inspired critical adulation, but did not do so well at the box office - only becoming truly popular through video and DVD. It was the stuff cult movies are made of.
It doesn't seem possible for a TV show to reach cult classic status while it is still airing, yet that was a feat met and conquered by Dan Harmon's Community during its six-season run.
Classic films are films that are "of lasting worth or timeless quality." They are well-made with great acting, music, and dialogue. Their attention to historical details, costuming, and scenery are well thought out and done right.
ChapStick, llamas, and tater tots are just a few things that appear in Napoleon Dynamite, a cult film shot for a mere $400,000 that went on to gross $44.5 million. In 2002, Brigham Young University film student Jared Hess filmed a black-and-white short, Peluca, with his classmate Jon Heder.
In the practice of religion, a cult image or devotional image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity, person, spirit or daemon (not to be confused with demon) that it embodies or represents.
