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''See [[:Category:Cult Classic]] for the description that used to be here.''

{{examples|'''MOD: This list was copied from TV Tropes and does not conform to All The Tropes' standards of verifiability. Before adding "Category:Cult Classic" to any of these works, double-check that they actually are Cult Classics, and not [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schlock Schlock], [[Sleeper Hit]]s, or victims of one Troper's [[Small Reference Pools]].'''<br />Possible examples of Cult Classic that have not yet been confirmed to have "Category:Cult Classic" include:}}


== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The works of [[Daniel Clowes]]
** ''[[David Boring]]''
** ''[[Ice Haven]]''
* The works of [[Robert Crumb]]
** ''[[Mr Natural]]''
* The works of [[Peter Bagge]]
** ''[[Comic Book/Hate|Hate]]''
* The works of [[Hart Fisher]]
* ''[[The Book Of Jim]]''
* ''[[The Chuckling Whatsit]]''

== [[Film]] ==
=== 0-9 ===
* ''[[10 to Midnight]]''
* ''[[2019: After the Fall of New York]]''

=== A ===
* ''[[The ABCs of Death]]''
* ''[[Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe]]''
* ''[[Act of Vengeance]]''
* ''[[All Hallows' Eve]]''
* ''[[All Superheroes Must Die]]''

=== B ===
* ''[[The Babadook]]''
* ''[[The Babysitter]]''
* ''[[Bagdad Cafe]]''
* ''[[A Bay of Blood]]''
* ''[[The Beaver Trilogy]]''
* ''[[The Best Of Everything]]''
* ''[[Betty Blue]]''
* [[Kathryn Bigelow]]
** ''[[The Loveless]]''
* ''[[Billy Jack]]''
* ''[[The Black Belly of the Tarantula]]''
* ''[[Black Belt Jones]]''
* ''[[Black Sabbath (film)|Black Sabbath]]''
* ''[[Blood Freak]]''
* ''[[The Blood on Satan's Claw]]''
* ''[[Bloody Bloody Bible Camp]]''
* ''[[Brainscan]]''
* ''[[Bullet in the Head]]''
* ''[[The Burning Moon]]''

=== C ===
* ''[[Cabin Boy]]''
* ''[[Cannibal Apocalypse]]''
* ''[[Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter]]''
* [[John Carpenter]]
** ''[[Body Bags (film)|Body Bags]]''
** ''[[John Carpenter's Vampires]]''
* ''[[Castle Freak]]''
* ''[[Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things]]''
* ''[[Chuck And Buck]]''
* ''[[Coffin Joe]]''
* ''[[Color Me Blood Red]]''
* ''[[Conquest (film)|Conquest]]''
* [[Roger Corman]]
** ''[[A Bucket Of Blood]]''
** ''[[House of Usher]]''
** ''[[The Masque Of The Red Death]]'' (which, along with the above, are actually based on stories by [[Edgar Allan Poe]])
** ''[[The Wild Angels]]''
** ''[[Hells Angels on Wheels]]''
* ''[[Creature with the Atom Brain]]''
* ''[[Cruising]]''

=== D ===
* ''[[Daimajin]]''
* ''[[Dark Angel: The Ascent]]''
* ''[[Dark Night of the Scarecrow]]''
* [[Brian De Palma]]
** ''[[Sisters]]''
** ''[[Dressed To Kill (film)|Dressed To Kill]]''
** ''[[Blow Out]]''
** ''[[Body Double (film)|Body Double]]''
** ''[[Femme Fatale (film)|Femme Fatale]]''
* ''[[Dead or Alive (film)|Dead or Alive]]''
* ''[[The Deadly Spawn]]''
* ''[[Death Rides a Horse]]''
* ''[[Deathdream]]''
* ''[[Deathgasm]]''
* ''[[The Decline Of Western Civilization]]'' (and Part II even moreso)
* [[Jonathan Demme]]
** ''[[Caged Heat]]''
** ''[[Crazy Mama]]''
** ''[[Melvin And Howard]]''
** ''[[Something Wild]]''
* ''[[Demonlover]]''
* ''[[Disco Godfather]]''
* ''[[Divorce, Italian Style]]''
* ''[[Don't Torture a Duckling]]''
* ''[[Dr. Cyclops]]''

=== E ===
* ''[[Eating Raoul]]''

=== F ===
* ''[[Faces Of Death]]''
* ''[[The Final Girls]]''
* ''[[Frankenstein's Bloody Terror]]''
* ''[[Frostbite]]''

=== G ===
* ''[[The Girl Next Door (literature)|The Girl Next Door]]''
* ''[[G Men From Hell]]''
* ''[[God's Gun]]''
* ''[[Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell]]''
* ''[[The Gore Gore Girls]]''
* ''[[Graduation Day]]''
* ''[[Gregory's Girl]]''
* ''[[Grey Gardens]]''
* ''[[Guinea Pig]]''

=== H ===
* ''[[Hack-O-Lantern]]''
* ''[[Hands of the Ripper]]''
* ''[[Harakiri (film)|Harakiri]]''
* ''[[The Harder They Come]]''
* [[Harryhausen Movie|Ray Harryhausen]]
** ''[[It Came from Beneath the Sea]]''
** ''[[One Million Years BC]]''
* [[Todd Haynes]]
** ''[[Superstar The Karen Carpenter Story]]''
** ''[[Safe]]''
** ''[[Far From Heaven]]''
* ''[[Hell of the Living Dead]]''
* ''[[The Hideous Sun Demon]]''
* ''[[Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers]]''
* ''[[Horror Express]]''
* ''[[Hot Rods To Hell]]''
* ''[[Housebound]]''
* ''[[Hush]]''

=== I ===
* ''[[I Am Cuba]]''
* ''[[I Sell the Dead]]''
* ''[[The Iceman]]''
* ''[[The Innkeepers]]''
* ''[[The Invitation]]''
* ''[[It Lives By Night]]''
* ''[[It! The Terror from Beyond Space]]''

=== J ===
* [[Peter Jackson]]
** ''[[Forgotten Silver]]''
* [[Jim Jarmusch]]
** ''[[Permanent Vacation]]''
** ''[[Stranger Than Paradise]]''
** ''[[Down By Law]]''
** ''[[Mystery Train]]''
** ''[[Night On Earth]]''
** ''[[Coffee And Cigarettes]]''
* ''[[Miami Connection]]''
* [[Mike Jittlov]]
** ''[[Fashionation]]''

=== K ===
* ''[[Kagemusha]]''

=== L ===
* ''[[Ladies And Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains|Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains]]''
* ''[[The Last Man on Earth]]''
* ''[[The Leopard Man]]''
* ''[[The Limey]]''
* [[Richard Linklater]]
** ''[[The Newton Boys]]''
* ''[[Lord of Illusions]]''
* ''[[Love Streams]]''

=== M ===
* ''[[The Mack]]''
* ''[[Mad Dog Morgan]]''
* ''[[Madhouse (film)|Madhouse]]''
* ''[[The Man with the Iron Fists]]''
* ''[[The Manson Family]]''
* ''[[Meatball Machine]]''
* ''[[Midnight Madness]]''—Disney's 2nd PG-rated movie<ref>At least two live-action films from the 1950s were rated PG on video release.</ref>
* ''[[Monster Brawl]]''
* ''[[The Monster Club]]''
* ''[[Morvern Callar]]''
* ''[[Mulan: Rise of a Warrior]]''
* ''[[Murder Party]]''

=== N ===
* ''[[The New York Ripper]]''
* ''[[The Night Flier]]''
* ''[[Nightcrawler]]''

=== O ===
* ''[[O Lucky Man]]''

=== P ===
* ''[[Performance]]''
* ''[[Popcorn]]''
* ''[[Pulse]]''

=== R ===
* [[Sam Raimi]]
** ''[[Crimewave]]''
** ''[[A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]''
* ''[[Rawhaed Rex]]''
* ''[[Red Sun (film)|Red Sun]]''
* ''[[Remo Williams The Adventure Begins]]''
* ''[[The Ritual]]''
* ''[[Rivers Edge]]''
* ''[[Robot Holocaust]]''
* ''[[Rolling Vengeance]]''
* [[George A Romero]]
** ''[[Martin (1978 film)|Martin]]''

=== S ===
* ''[[Samurai Cop]]''
* ''[[Saving Christmas (film)|Saving Christmas]]''
* ''[[The Seventh Curse]]''
* ''[[Sherrybaby]]''
* ''[[Shinjuku Triad Society]]''
* ''[[A Shock to the System]]''
* ''[[Society]]''
* ''[[Stitches]]''
* ''[[Stone Cold]]''
* ''[[The Stunt Man]]''

=== T ===
* ''[[TerrorVision]]''
* ''[[The Theatre Bizarre]]''
* ''[[Themroc]]''
* ''[[Thirst (1979 film)|Thirst]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Three Women]]''
* ''[[Tombs of the Blind Dead]]''
* ''[[Torso]]''
* ''[[Tourist Trap (film)|Tourist Trap]]''
* ''[[The Town That Dreaded Sundown]]''
* ''[[Train to Busan]]''
* ''[[Two Lane Blacktop]]''

=== V ===
* ''[[Valerie and Her Week of Wonders]]''
* ''[[Vampires In Havana]]''
* [[Gus Van Sant]]
** ''[[Drugstore Cowboy]]''
** ''[[Last Days]]''
* ''[[V/H/S]]''
* ''[[The Virgin Spring]]''
* ''[[The Void (film)|The Void]]''
* ''[[Volunteers]]''

=== W ===
* ''[[The Wailing]]''
* ''[[Warriors of the Wasteland]]''
* [[John Waters]]
** ''[[Multiple Maniacs]]''
** ''[[Female Trouble]]''
** ''[[Desperate Living]]''
** ''[[Polyester]]''
** ''[[A Dirty Shame]]''
* ''[[What Have You Done to Solange?]]''
* ''[[What We Do in the Shadows]]''
* ''[[Where the Dead Go to Die]]''
* ''[[Wild In The Streets]]''
* ''[[Witchfinder General]]''
* ''[[WolfCop]]''
* ''[[Would You Rather]]''
* ''[[Wyrmwood]]''

== [[Literature]] ==
* The works of [[Philip K. Dick]]{{context}}
* The works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]]{{context}}
* The works of [[Chuck Palahniuk]]{{context}}
* The works of [[Kurt Vonnegut]]{{context}}
* The works of [[Richard Brautigan]]{{context}}
* The works of the Scottish poet [[Robert Burns]]{{context}}
* The works of [[Roger Zelazny]]{{context}}
* [[Gene Wolfe]]'s work
** ''[[The Wizard Knight]]''.
* ''[[American Tabloid]]''
* ''[[Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me]]''
* ''[[No Logo]]''
* ''[[Roadside America]]'' ([http://roadsideamerica.com website])

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Action]]''
* ''[[Angel]]''
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''
* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Batman: The Movie]]'' (with [[Adam West]])
* ''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?]]''
* ''[[Black Books]]''
* ''[[Blake's 7]]''
* ''[[Bottom]]''
* ''[[Carnivale]]''
* ''[[Community]]''
* ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
* ''[[Dead Like Me]]''
* ''[[Deadwood]]''
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[The Equalizer]]'' ''was'' popular at the time of its original airings, but became this over the years. ''MOD: Then it isn't a cult classic by our definition.''
* ''[[The Fast Show]]''
* ''[[Fawlty Towers]]''
* ''[[Flight of the Conchords]]''
* ''[[Frank's Place]]''
* ''[[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace]]''
* ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' - spawned [[John Munch]]'s [[wikipedia:John Munch|Career]]
* ''[[Interceptor]]''- a [[Game Show]] oddly enough.
* ''[[Iron Chef]]''
* ''Jackass''
* ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]''
* ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]''
* ''[[Masters of Horror]]''
* ''[[The Mole (TV series)|The Mole]]''
* ''[[Mr. Show]]''
* ''[[News Radio]]''
* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': The show continues to have a highly dedicated fanbase of gay men of color.
* ''[[Northern Exposure]]''
* ''[[Nowhere Man]]''
* ''[[The Outer Limits]]''
* ''[[Pennies From Heaven]]''
* ''[[Police Squad!]]''
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' Aside from a small fanbase, the rest of the general public never knew the show was [[Long Runner|still around]].
* ''[[Profit]]''
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' is already showing signs.{{context}}
* ''[[Queer as Folk]]''
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]''
* ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]''
* ''[[The Singing Detective]]''
* ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]''
* ''[[Spaced]]''
* ''[[Spitting Image]]''
* ''[[The State]]''
* ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'': The few few seasons were extremely popular and ushered in the rise of [[Reality TV]], but Survivor has become this over time. There was an article from a few years ago{{when}} (I can't recall what site it came from){{verify}} that proclaimed that it has one of the most devoted fandoms in American television.
* ''[[Takeshi's Castle]]''
* ''[[Tales from the Crypt]]''
* ''[[Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!]]''
* ''[[Titus]]''
* ''The [[Tom Green]] Show''
* ''[[Undeclared]]''
* ''[[V (TV series)|V]]'' - The original.
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[The Wire]]''
* ''[[Wonderfalls]]''
* ''[[The Young Ones]]''

== [[Music]] ==
* [[The Art of Noise]]
* [[The Avalanches]]: ''Since I Left You'' (2000)
* [[Pink Floyd|Syd Barrett]]: ''The Madcap Laughs'' (1970)
* [[The Beach Boys]]: ''Pet Sounds'' (1966)
** Brian Wilson: ''SMiLE'' (unreleased until 2004)
* [[Blind Guardian]]: ''Nightfall In Middle Earth'' (1998), etc.
* [[Boogie Down Productions]]: ''Criminal Minded'' (1987)
* [[Brotha Lynch Hung]]: ''Season of The Siccness'' (1992)
* [[Buckethead]]
* [[Kate Bush]]: ''The Dreaming'' (1982)
* The [[Butthole Surfers]]
** ''[[Self-Titled Album|Butthole Surfers]]'' (1983)
** ''Locust Abortion Technician'' (1987)
* [[Cage]]: ''Movies for the Blind'' (2002)
* [[Can]]: ''[[Tago Mago]]'' (1970)
* [[Captain Beefheart]]
** ''[[Trout Mask Replica]]'' (1969)
* [[Company Flow]]: ''Funcrusher Plus'' (1997)
* [[The Cramps]]
* [[Nick Drake]]
** ''Five Leaves Left'' (1969)
** ''Bryter Layter'' (1970)
** ''Pink Moon'' (1971)
* Wild Man Fischer
* [[Freestyle Fellowship]]: ''To Whom It May Concern'' (1991)
* [[Fugazi]]: ''13 Songs'' (1989)
* [[The Fugs]]
* [[The Grateful Dead]]
* [[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds]]
* [[Kool Keith]]
* [[The Legendary Stardust Cowboy]]
* [[MC5]]: ''Kick Out The Jams'' (1969)
* [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]: ''[[Magnum Opus|In The Aeroplane Over The Sea]]'' (1998)
* [[Pavement]]
* [[Psychopathic Records]]:
** [[Anybody Killa]]
** [[Blaze Ya Dead Homie]]
** [[Boondox]]
** [[Insane Clown Posse]]:
*** ''Riddle Box'' (1995)
*** ''The Great Milenko'' (1997)
*** ''The Amazing Jeckel Brothers'' (1999)
** [[Twiztid]]: ''Mostasteless'' (1997)
* [[Reel Life Productions]]
** [[Esham]]
** [[Natas]]
* [[The Residents]]: ''[[Third Reich N Roll]]'' (1976) and ''Commercial Album'' (1980)
* [[The Modern Lovers|Jonathan Richman]]
* [[The Shaggs]]: ''Philosophy Of The World'' (1969)
* Harry Smith's ''An Anthology Of American [[Folk Music]]'' (1952)
* Skip Spence: ''Oar'' (1969)
* [[Talk Talk]]: ''Spirit of Eden'' (1988)
* [[Tenacious D]]
* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]
* [[The Velvet Underground]]{{verify}}
** ''The Velvet Underground & [[Nico]]'' (1967)
** ''White Light/White Heat'' (1968)
** ''[[Self-Titled Album|The Velvet Underground]]'' (1969)
** ''Loaded'' (1970)
* [[Weezer]]: ''Pinkerton'' (1996)
* [[XTC]]: ''Drums and Wires'' (1979)
* [[Frank Zappa]]
** ''[[Freak-Out]]'' (1966)
** ''[[Absolutely Free]]'' (1967)
** ''[[Lumpy Gravy]]''(1967)
** ''[[We're Only in It For The Money]]'' (1968)
** ''[[Uncle Meat]]'' (1969)
** ''[[Hot Rats]]'' (1969)
** ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]'' (1970)
** ''[[200 Motels]]'' (1971)
** ''[[Over-Nite Sensation]]'' (1973)
** ''[[Apostrophe]]'' (1974)
** ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' (1968)
** ''[[Sheik Yerbouti]]'' (1979)
** ''[[Joe's Garage]]'' (1979)
* Arvid Tuba

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
Many tabletop [[RPG]]s are a cult within a cult following,{{verify|reason=MOD: what makes tabletop games automatically 'cult'?}} including;
* ''[[Bunnies and Burrows]]''
* ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)|Call of Cthulhu]]''
* ''[[Deadlands]]''
* ''[[In Nomine]]''
* [[Pinball]] in general.{{verify}}
* ''[[Traveller]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has been the go-to RPG for decades, and has served as the [[Trope Codifier]] for most modern Fantasy and RPG games and media ever since.{{verify}}

==  [[Theatre]] ==
* ''[[13]]''
* ''[[Greater Tuna]]''
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Hair (theatre)|Hair]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' (the off-Broadway production)
* Despite Andrew Lloyd Webber's attempts to disown ''[[Starlight Express]]'', the musical has attracted a small but extremely dedicated fanbase, many members of which dress up as the characters a la ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'', interact with the actors backstage, and travel to cities and overseas to attend as many productions as possible.
* ''The Revels'' productions
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''
* ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]''
* ''[[Rent]]'' You know. Rent-heads, and all.{{verify}}
* ''[[Spring Awakening]]'' has a following who call themselves "The Guilty Ones".

== [[Theme Parks]] ==
* The ''[[Disneyland|Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' ride on which the [[Pirates of the Caribbean|film franchise]] [[The Movie|is based]] is so cult, it attracted a [[Ruined FOREVER|fandom backlash]] before the movie was released over [[Johnny Depp]] and his gold teeth. The resulting kerfuffle only helped sell the film, of course.
* Although it was closed after eight years of operation for scaring the pants off of too many little children, the ''Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter'' at [[Disneyland|Walt Disney World]] has a loyal following who admire the attraction for its dark humor and rich atmosphere.
* ''[[Mr. Toad's Wild Ride]]'' is a bit cult, to the point where Disney made a film based on the ride instead of the book (''The Wind In The Willows''). There are [http://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/toad/ shrines to the attraction] years after it closed down.
** ''Disney's'' film ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' was based on...the book. It came out in 1949, while the ride (and Disneyland itself) are from six years later. The 1996 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's book was then titled ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride'' in the US, presumably so people would make a connection [[Adaptation Displacement|to the Disney ride]].
* ''The Great Movie Ride''.
* ''[[wikipedia:Drachen Fire|Drachen Fire]]'' was a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia. The ride was infamous for being very rough and encountered many problems during its lifetime. It opened in 1992 and closed in 1998; the park attempted to re-open the coaster in 2002 but failed and ended up demolishing it. Despite the ride's many problems, it had/still has a cult following by coaster enthusiasts and fans of the park.

== [[Video Games]] ==
=== 0-B ===
* ''[[3D Dot Game Heroes]]''
* ''[[A Boy and His Blob]]'' (NES version)
* The ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series
** ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]''
** ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]''
** ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth]]''
* ''[[AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity]]'' (or simply ''Aaaaaa'')
* ''[[Aliens vs. Predator]]'' (the [[Beat'Em Up]] by [[Capcom]]; the following games by Rebellion and Monolith Productions are too popular for Cult Classic status)
* ''[[Allegiance]]'' (the Microsoft-developed space combat game/[[Real Time Strategy]] hybrid that is now legal freeware)
* ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'' (a classic case of a game panned by critics but which picked up a devoted following)
** Games by Obsidian tend to attract this, see also ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'' and the ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' expansion ''Mask of the Betrayer''.
* ''[[American McGee's Alice]]''
* ''[[Another World (video game)|Another World, a.k.a. Out of This World]]''
* ''[[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]''
* ''[[Arm Joe!]]'' (a Beat-Em-Up based on ''[http://lesmisgame.com/arm_joe.html Les Miserables]'')
* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]''
* ''[[Azrael's Tear]]''
* ''[[Battlezone (1998 video game)|Battlezone 1998]]'' (the [[Activision]] FPS/RTS hybrid PC games)
* ''[[Betrayal at Krondor]]''
* ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good & Evil]]''
* ''[[Blaster Master]]''
* ''[[Blade Runner]]'' the [http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/BladeRunner/ 2½-D adventure game]
* ''[[Blood]]''
* ''[[Brütal Legend]]''
* ''[[Bunny Must Die]]''
* ''[[Burn:Cycle]]''

=== C-E ===
* ''[[Catherine]]''
* ''[[Castle of the Winds]]''
* ''[[Castle Wolfenstein]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Rondo of Blood]]''
* ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]''
* ''[[Cave Story]]''
* ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]'' games
* ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' and its predecessor ''[[Radical Dreamers]]'' (in contrast to the more mainstream success of ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'')
** ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'', the [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''Cross''.
* ''[[Conker's Bad Fur Day]]''
* ''[[Darklands]]''
* ''[[The Darkness]]''
* ''[[Deadly Rooms of Death]]''
* ''[[Deadly Premonition]]''
* The ''[[Dept. Heaven]]'' series
** ''[[Knights in The Nightmare]]''
** ''[[Riviera: The Promised Land]]''
** ''[[Yggdra Union]]''
* ''[[Digimon World]]'' according to its page here.
* ''[[Dune II]]'' (which still has [[DOSBox]] versions and fan-mods)
* ''[[Elite]]''
* ''[[Enslaved]]'' (While it has just recently been released, it is already managing to attract a small but dedicated fan base.)
* ''[[Eternal Darkness]]''

=== F-H ===
* ''[[F-Zero]]'' on both sides of the pond.
* ''[[Final Fight]]'', and to a lesser degree, its SNES sequels.
* Any ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' game in America [[No Export for You|that has not been localized.]] Even the localized ones could be considered to fall under this, small as the broader ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' fanbase is.
* ''[[Flashback (video game)|Flashback]]''
* ''[[Freelancer]]''
* ''[[Free Space]]'', [[Even Better Sequel|especially]] ''Freespace 2''.
* ''[[Fur Fighters]]''
* ''[[Gabriel Knight]]'' series of [[Adventure Game|adventure games]]
* ''[[Fatal Fury|Garou: Mark of the Wolves]]'': [[SNK]]'s [[Alternate Company Equivalent|answer to]] ''[[Street Fighter III]]'', [[Magnum Opus|it is widely praised as the last great SNK game]] (even those who don't normally touch SNK fighters love ''MotW''). Sadly, SNKP is [[Vaporware|taking forever with the sequel]]...
* ''[[God Hand]]''
* ''[[Gotcha Force]]''
* ''[[Gothic]]'' (Also, the first sequel and expansion)
* ''[[Grabbed By the Ghoulies]]': Liked by [[Rare]] fans and a few others, not particularly popular with the mainstream or critics.
* ''[[Grim Fandango]]''
* ''[[The Guardian Legend]]''
* ''[[Heart of Darkness (video game)|Heart of Darkness]]''
* ''[[Hellsinker]]''
* ''[[Homeworld]]'' series, but [[Even Better Sequel|especially]] ''Homeworld 2''.

=== I-K ===
* ''[[Ico]]''
* ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]''
* ''[[Illusion of Gaia]]'' as well as its [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[Terranigma]]''
** Both are technically regarded as successors to ''[[Soul Blazer]]''.
* ''[[Independence War]]''
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis]]'' known as "[[Fan Discontinuity|Indy 4]]" by its fans
* ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]''
* ''[[Jet Set Radio]]''
* ''[[Jumper (video game)|Jumper]]''
* ''[[Kid Icarus]]''
* ''[[Klonoa]]''
* ''Koala Lumpur: Journey to the Edge''

=== L-N ===
* ''[[Last Blade|The Last Blade]]''
* ''[[The Last Express]]''
* ''[[Legacy of Kain]]''
* A few ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' games which didn't accrue quite the fame and acclaim of the likes of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'' have a dedicated following:
** ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link]''
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''
* ''[[The Longest Journey]]''
** ''Dreamfall: The Longest Journey''
* ''[[Live a Live]]''
* ''[[Loom (video game)|Loom]]''
* ''[[Lufia]]''
* ''[[Lunar]]''
* ''[[MadWorld]]''
* ''[[The Magic of Scheherazade]]''
* ''[[Maniac Mansion]]''
* ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]''
* ''[[Master of Magic]]''
* ''[[Mega Man Legends]]''
** Also ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' and ''[[Mega Man ZX]]''
* ''[[Metal Gear Acid]]''
* ''[[Missile Command]]'' (classic arcade game)
* ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series (so much so that it survived the [[Adventure Game]] crash of '95)
* ''[[Monster Rancher]]''
* ''[[Monster Party]]''
* ''Moraff's [[Roguelike]]s'': ''Moraff's Revenge'', ''Moraff's World'', and ''Dungeons of the Unforgiven'', with ''World'' probably being the most famous of the three.
* The ''[[Mother]]'' trilogy, ''the'' video game cult classics to end all video game cult classics.
** ''[[MOTHER 1]]''/''EarthBound Zero''
** ''[[EarthBound|MOTHER 2]]''/''EarthBound''
** ''[[Mother 3]]''
*** [http://starmen.net/cult/ Lampshaded and parodied to hell and back by STARMEN.net, centre of the fanbase].
* ''Nail 'n Scale'' (With a cult of one, but still...)
* ''[[The Neverhood]]''
* ''[[NieR]]''
* ''[[NiGHTS Into Dreams]]''
* ''[[Night Trap]]''
* ''[[No More Heroes]]''

=== O-Q ===
* ''[[Oddworld]]''
** ''[[Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath]]''
* ''[[Ogre Battle]]''/''[[Tactics Ogre]]''
* ''[[Ōkami|Okami]]''
* ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]''
** ''[[ARMA: Armed Assault|ARMA]]''
* ''[[Oregon Trail]]''
* ''[[Outcast]]''
* ''[[Pac-Man]]'' (an example of something once [[Quality by Popular Vote|hugely popular]] that is now cult)
* ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]''
* ''[[Parappa the Rapper]]''
** And ''[[Um Jammer Lammy]]''
* ''[[Pathologic]]''
* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''
* ''[[Psychonauts]]''
* ''[[Q*bert|Q Bert]]''
* ''[[Quarantine (video game)|Quarantine]]''
* ''[[Quest for Glory]]''

=== R-T ===
* ''[[RBI Baseball]]''
* ''[[Rally Trophy]]''
* ''[[Rayman]]''
* ''Revelations: The Demon Slayer''
** Most of the other old ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games would fall under this as well.
** And most [[Atlus]] games in general.
** ''[[Sky Gunner]]'' anyone?
*** Same applies to ''[[Princess Crown]]''.
*** Or any other game made by ''[[Vanillaware]]''.
* ''[[Rise of the Triad]]''
* ''[[River City Ransom]]''
* ''[[Riviera: The Promised Land]]''
* ''[[Rocket Jockey]]''
* ''[[Terra Nova Strike Force Centauri]]''
* ''[[The Room]] [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/547307 the Game]'' (not to be confused with ''[[Silent Hill 4]]'' or those "[[You Wake Up in a Room|trapped in a room]]" games)
* ''[[Sam and Max Hit The Road]]'' (too soon to say for the Telltale games?)
* ''[[Settlers]]''
* ''[[Shadow Hearts]]''
* ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''
* ''[[Shantae]]''
* ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series and spinoffs over here at least. In Japan it's up there with ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' and ''[[Dragon Quest]]''.
* ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]''
** As well as both versions of ''[[Pirates]]''.
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''
* ''[[Space Channel 5]]''
* ''[[Space Invaders]]'' (classic arcade game, got its own ''[[Futurama]]'' parody)
* ''[[Star Control]]''
** ''[[Star Control II]]''
* ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]''
* ''[[StarTropics]]''
* ''[[Starsiege: Tribes]]''
** And ''[[Starsiege]]'' itself is already ''Earthsiege'' [[Time Skip|in the future!]]
* ''[[Steel Battalion]]''
* ''[[Strider Hiryu|Strider]]'' (both the NES and arcade version, as well as ''Strider 2'')
** ''[[Cannon Dancer|Osman]]'', its [[Spiritual Successor]], is on its way to attaining this status.
* ''[[Suikoden II]]''
** Actually, comparing to other Eastern RPG series, the whole ''[[Suikoden]]'' series is pretty much a cult classic.
* ''[[Syndicate]]''
* ''[[System Shock]]'' and [[So Cool Its Awesome|especially]] [[Even Better Sequel|its sequel.]]
* ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' and ''[[Tactics Ogre]]''
* ''[[The Tale of Alltynex]]'' trilogy.
* The ''[[Tales (series)]]'' has had a couple commercially successful installments in America, to varying extents, but the series overall outside Japan is very much a dedicated niche. Not helped by how many of the games [[No Export for You|don't leave Japan to begin with.]]
** ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''
** ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''
** ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''
* ''[[Tecmo Bowl]]'' (NES) and ''[[Tecmo Super Bowl]]''
* ''[[Thief]]''
* ''[[Time Splitters]]'' (It did sell pretty good, but it was never a huge hit. Nevertheless, it still has a very devoted fan base to this day.)
* ''[[Tomba]]''
* ''[[Toonstruck]]''
* ''[[Transport Tycoon]]''
* ''[[Tumblepop]]''

=== U-W ===
* ''[[Ultima]]'' (also a [[Long Runner]])
* ''[[An Untitled Story]]''
* ''[[Vagrant Story]]''
* ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]''
* ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]''
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]''
* ''[[Wild ARMs]]''
* ''[[The World Ends With You]]''

=== X-Z ===
* ''[[X-COM (Video Game)|X-COM]]''
* ''[[Xenogears]]''
** ''[[Xenosaga]]''
* ''[[Xexex]]'', obscure, but well loved by those who have played it.
* ''[[XIII]]'', the video game adaptation at least
* ''[[Yume Nikki]]''; a strange, little freeware game by un unheard of Japanese creator, too large to be browser-based, and only distributed by the fans. Yet it has created no less than ''two dozen'' fangames (all of which can be seen [http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%82%86%E3%82%81%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8D%E6%B4%BE%E7%94%9F here]), massive amounts of [[Wild Mass Guessing]], and an incredible amount of [[Memetic Mutation]]. And the game's only been released ''as Version 0.1''.
* ''[[Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders]]''
* ''[[Zone of the Enders]]''
* ''[[Zork]]''
=== UNSORTED ===
** [[Interactive Fiction]] in general is a cult ''genre'' comparable to CB radio.
* Same with [[Multi User Dungeon]]s.
* Anything by [[CAVE]].
* Anything by [[Clover Studios]].
** By proxy, the same could be said of most of [[Platinum Games]]' work.
* Anything by Humongous Entertainment.
* Anything by [[Nippon Ichi]], though ''[[Disgaea]]'' is the company's most famous work.
* Anything by [[Suda 51]].
* Anything by [[Treasure]].
* Anything by [[Vanillaware]]. Their ranks are comprised of the same former [[Atlus]] members that worked on the aforementioned ''[[Princess Crown]]'' (in fact, ''[[Odin Sphere]]'' and ''[[Muramasa: The Demon Blade]]'' are [[Spiritual Successor]]s to ''[[Princess Crown]]'').
* Japanese [[Visual Novel]]s in general, i.e, the good ones.
** Then there are the cult classics ''among'' this already niche genre, namely ''[[Brass Restoration]]'', ''[[Narcissu]]'', ''[[True Remembrance]]''...mostly doujin stuff.
* [[Shoot'Em Up|Shmups]] in general, at least in modern gaming (back in the [[The Golden Age of Video Games|Golden Age]], they enjoyed mainstream popularity).
* ''[[Fighters History|Fighter's History]]''
** [[Follow the Leader|In the same vein]], Visco's ''[[wikipedia:Breakers (arcade game)|Breakers.]]'' Ironically, while ''Fighter's History'' was known as '''the''' ''[[Street Fighter II|SFII]]'' copycat ([[Serial Numbers Filed Off|to the point that Capcom filled a lawsuit against them]]), it was ''Breakers'' that had a larger number of [[Captain Ersatz]]es [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMjjKS5Csk on the roster.] Regardless, both titles were good enough to receive sequels (''Fighter's History Dynamite'' and ''Breakers Revenge'') and possess dedicated followings despite having fallen into obscurity.
* All of the titles made by Ukrainian developer Deep Shadows count.
** ''[[Boiling Point: Road to Hell]]''
** ''White Gold: War in Paradise'' and
** ''[[The Precursors]]'' (The last two [[No Export for You|only released in Eastern Europe]], though [[Fan Translation|fan translations are available]])
* ''[[The Great Giana Sisters]]'' and its DS remake.

== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Homestuck]]''
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]''
* ''[[Lobo (web series)|Lobo]]''
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony:]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR9qtgIi3Rw#t=2m10s Fighting Is Magic]''
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Special Edition]]''
* ''[[The Terrible Secret of Animal Crossing]]''
* ''[[Mario Paint]]''
* ''[[Robot Unicorn Attack (Sugar Wiki)|Robot Unicorn Attack]]'' made [[unicorn]]s [[Real Men Wear Pink|cool again]].
* [[That Guy With The Glasses]]
** [[The Nostalgia Critic]]
** [[Atop the Fourth Wall]]
** [[The Nostalgia Chick]]
** [[The Spoony Experiment]]
** [[The Cinema Snob]]
** [[Phelous]]
** [[Obscurus Lupa Presents]]
* [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]

== [[Western Animation]] ==
=== A-E ===
* Lots of cartoons on ''[[Adult Swim]]'', thanks to its timeslot.{{verify|reason=MOD: What does the timeslot have to do with being or not being a cult classic?}} Examples that have retained a cult following include:
** ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' and ''[[Stoner Flick|Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters]]''
** ''[[The Boondocks]]''
** ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''
** ''[[Metalocalypse]]''
** ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]''
** ''[[Squidbillies]]''
** ''[[Superjail]]''
** ''[[Frisky Dingo]]''
** ''[[12 oz. Mouse|Twelve Ounce Mouse]]''
** ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''
* ''[[Adventure Time]]'' was the cult phenomenon of 2010 before ''My Little Pony'' came out.<ref>(and is even somewhat competitive with fans of the latter, the two shows having [http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/eea56677aac932ce248640d2c54c9222/113648%20-%20Adventure_Time%20animated%20creepy%20hands%20Lyra.gif very little]{{Dead link}} in common)</ref>
* ''[[The Adventures of Mark Twain]]''
* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]''
* ''[[Aeon Flux]]''
* ''[[American Dad]]''
* ''[[Archer]]''
* The cartoons of [[Tex Avery]]{{verify}}
* [[Ralph Bakshi]]{{verify}}
** ''[[Fritz the Cat (animation)|Fritz the Cat]]''
** ''[[Heavy Traffic]]''
** ''[[Coonskin]]''
** ''[[Wizards]]''
** ''[[The Lord of the Rings (animation)|The Lord of the Rings]]''
** ''[[American Pop]]''
** ''[[Hey Good Lookin']]''
** ''[[Fire and Ice (animation)|Fire and Ice]]''
** ''[[Cool World]]''
* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Peanuts|Charlie Brown...]]'' animated specials and the [[The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show|Saturday morning cartoon]]:{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
** ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''
** ''[[It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]''
** ''[[You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown]]'' (1985)
** ''[[This Is America, Charlie Brown]]'' (miniseries) and feature films:
** ''[[A Boy Named Charlie Brown]]''
** ''[[Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown]]''
** ''[[Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown]]''
** ''[[Snoopy Come Home]]'' Usually remembered for being ridiculously depressing.
* The cartoons of [[Bob Clampett]]{{verify}}
* ''[[Clerks the Animated Series]]''
* ''[[Clone High]]''
* ''[[The Critic]]''
* ''[[Daria]]''
* [[DiC]] had a few series considered this, some of which can be found elsewhere on this page.
* The ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'' cartoon.
* ''[[Doug]]'' (While the Disney version was considered more successful, [[Nickelodeon]]'s are still considered this){{verify}}
* ''[[Drawn Together]]''
* ''[[Duckman]]''
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (animation)|Dungeons and Dragons]]''

=== F-J ===
* ''[[Fantastic Planet]]'' ("La Planète Sauvage")
* ''[[Felidae]]''
* ''[[Freakazoid!]]''
* ''[[Freak Show]]''
* ''[[Futurama]]'' (Not as popular in the mainstream as ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', but still has an obsessive cult following){{verify|reason=The given reason is not sufficient for the work to be considered a cult classic}}
* ''[[Garfield: His 9 Lives]]''
* ''[[Gumby]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' (premiered in the Festival of Sick and Twisted Animation)
* ''[[The Haunted World of El Superbeasto]]''
* ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' (Turning into this; even eight years after the last episode aired, devoted followers are trying to convince Nickelodeon let the show have a proper finale)
* ''[[The Hobbit (animation)|The Hobbit]]''{{verify}}
* ''[[Home Movies]]''
* ''[[Invader Zim]]''
* The cartoons of [[Chuck Jones]]{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}

=== K-O ===
* ''[[KaBlam!]]''
* ''[[Kirikou and The Sorceress]]'' (French film, based on African folk tale)
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]''{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
* ''[[Mission Hill]]''
* ''[[Mister T (animation)|Mister T]]'' (animated)
* ''[[Monkey Dust]]''
* ''[[The Mouse and His Child]]''
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' ascended to the [[Ascended Meme|upper echelons of cult status]] in little more than a year.{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious, and the reason given does not match our definition of cult classic}}
* ''[[The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat]]''
* ''[[The Oblongs]]''

=== P-T ===
* ''[[PJ Katie's Farm]]''
* ''[[The Plague Dogs]]'' <small>([[Covers Always Lie|"a special kind]] of [[Nightmare Fuel|movie magic]] from the makers of ''[[Watership Down]]"'')</small>
* ''[[Popeye]]'' (original shorts){{verify}}
* ''[[Quasi at the Quackadero]]''
* ''[[Recess]]''
* ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]''{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
** [[John Kricfalusi]] also did the music video for ''[[Tenacious D|Tenacious D: ---- Her Gently]]''
* ''[[The Ripping Friends]]''
* ''[[Rock and Rule]]''
* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' and its spinoff, ''[[Dudley Do-Right]]''.{{verify}}
* ''[[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rankin/Bass]]'' films in general, in part thanks to [[Nostalgia Filter]].
** ''[[The Hobbit (animation)|The Hobbit]]'' (1977)
** ''[[The Return of the King (animation)|The Return of the King]]'' (1980) Where there's a whip...
** ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]: [[The Movie]]''{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]''
* ''[[The Secret of Kells]]'' (Cartoon Saloon in general is beginning to have this)
* ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]''
* ''[[Song of the South]]''
* ''[[South Park]]''{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious}}
* ''[[Sonic Sat AM|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (a.k.a ''SatAM'')
* ''Todd MacFarlane's [[Spawn]]''
* ''[[Swat Kats]]''
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' was decently popular for a while, but was widely bashed by a lot of comic and superhero fans for its more unusual style, and turned into the [[Butt Monkey]] of [[Cartoon Network]]. However, even years after its cancellation, it still has a fiercely loyal fanbase.{{verify|reason=The reason given does not match our definition of cult classic}}
* ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler]]''
* ''[[ThunderCats (1985 series)|ThunderCats]]''

==  Entire Media ==
* [[Toku]]satsu{{verify|reason=This claim is extremely dubious, and is probably based on Small Reference Pools. 'Not popular in the USA' is not the same as 'Not popular'.}}
* [[Video Games]] used to fall under this, being seen as the exclusive domain of children and nerds. In the last decade, however, the success of products like the [[Nintendo Wii]] and iPhone App Store, as well as franchises like ''[[Halo]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'', ''[[Madden NFL]]'', ''[[Call of Duty]]'' and ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', have made video games a much more commonplace and socially acceptable pastime. Still, most games apart from big-name franchises remain relatively obscure in mainstream popular culture.
* [[Gamebooks]] have a small, but incredibly devoted following of readers, authors, bloggers, and programmers who kept the medium alive and thriving to this day.

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