List of cult films: R

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

FilmYearDirectorSource
Raakh1989Aditya Bhattacharya[1]
Rabid 1977David Cronenberg[2][3]
Rabbit's Moon1950Kenneth Anger[4]
Race with the Devil1975Jack Starrett[4][5]
Rachel Getting Married2008Jonathan Demme[6]
Radio On1979Christopher Petit[6]
Raging Bull1980Martin Scorsese[6]
Raiders of the Lost Ark1981Steven Spielberg[4]
The Railway Children1970Lionel Jeffries[6]
The Rain People1969Francis Ford Coppola[7]
The Rainbow Thief1990Alejandro Jodorowsky[4]
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (or simply Aag)2007Ram Gopal Varma[1][4]
Rambo: First Blood Part II1985George P. Cosmatos[4]
Ran1985Akira Kurosawa[6]
The Rapacious Jailbreaker (also known as Escaped Murderer from Hiroshima Prison)1974Sadao Nakajima[8]
The Rape of the Vampire (also known as Le Viol du Vampire)1968Jean Rollin[4]
The Rapture1991Michael Tolkin[6]
Rashomon1950Akira Kurosawa[9]
Raw Meat (also known as Death Line)1972Gary Sherman[10]
Razorback1984Russell Mulcahy[5]
Re-Animator1985Stuart Gordon[11][12][4][5]
Re-Entry1964Jordan Belson[4]
Rear Window1954Alfred Hitchcock[4]
Rebel Without a Cause1955Nicholas Ray[7][13][4][5][6][9]
Red Dawn1984John Milius[5][6]
Red Dust1932Victor Fleming[6]
The Red Shoes1948Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger[7][6]
Reefer Madness (also known as Tell Your Children)1936Louis J. Gasnier[7][11][13][14][12][4][5][6]
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical2005Andy Fickman[6]
La Reine Margot (also known as Queen Margot)1994Patrice Chéreau[6]
Rembrandt1936Alexander Korda[6]
Remember My Name1978Alan Rudolph[15]
Rendez-vous1985André Téchiné[6]
Renaissance2006Christian Volckman[5]
Repo Man1984Alex Cox[11][12][16][4][5][6]
The Reptile1966John Gilling[10]
Repulsion1965Roman Polanski[5]
Requiem for a Dream2000Darren Aronofsky[5][6]
Requiescant (also known as Kill and Pray)1967Carlo Lizzani[5]
Reservoir Dogs1992Quentin Tarantino[4][5][6][9]
Resident Evil2002Paul W. S. Anderson[4]
El Retorno de Walpurgis (also known as The Return of Walpurgis and Curse of the Devil)1973Carlos Aured[17]
The Return2003Andrey Zvyagintsev[6]
Return of Daimajin1966Kenji Misumi[8]
The Return of the Living Dead1985Dan O'Bannon[4][6]
The Revenge of Frankenstein1958Terence Fisher[9]
Rhymes for Young Ghouls2013Jeff Barnaby[3]
Ride Lonesome1959Budd Boetticher[4][9]
Ride the High Country1962Sam Peckinpah[18][4]
Ride in the Whirlwind1966Monte Hellman[6]
Rififi1955Jules Dassin[6]
Ring1998Hideo Nakata[11][4][5][6][8]
The Ring2002Gore Verbinski[14]
Ring 21999Hideo Nakata[19]
Rio Bravo1959Howard Hawks[7][4]
Rita of the West (also known as Crazy Westerners)1967Ferdinando Baldi[4]
The Road2009John Hillcoat[6]
Road to Perdition2002Sam Mendes[6]
The Road Warrior (also known as Mad Max 2)1981George Miller[18][14][4]
Road House1989Rowdy Herrington[12]
Roar1981Noel Marshall[3]
Roaring Fire1981Norifumi Suzuki[8]
Robinson Crusoe1954Luis Buñuel[6]
Robinson Crusoe on Mars1964Byron Haskin[16]
RoboCop1987Paul Verhoeven[4][6]
Robot Monster1953Phil Tucker[4][2][6]
Rock 'n' Roll High School1979Allan Arkush[7][12][4][6]
Rock Around the Clock1956Fred F. Sears[4]
Rock, Rock, Rock!1956Will Price[4]
The Rocketeer1991Joe Johnston[12]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show1975Jim Sharman[7][11][13][12][20][4][10][5][6][9]
Roller Boogie1979Mark L. Lester[15]
Rollerball1975Norman Jewison[5]
Rolling Family2004Pablo Trapero[6]
Roman Holiday1953William Wyler[6]
Le Roman d'un tricheur (also known as Confessions of a Cheat and The Story of a Cheat)1936Sacha Guitry[9]
Romance1999Catherine Breillat[4]
Romance & Cigarettes2005John Turturro[6]
Rome, Armed to the Teeth (also known as The Tough Ones)1976Umberto Lenzi[11]
Rome, Open City1945Roberto Rossellini[6]
Romper Stomper1992Geoffrey Wright[5]
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion1997David Mirkin[12][6]
Ronin1998John Frankenheimer[6]
The Room2003Tommy Wiseau[11][13][12][4]
Rope1948Alfred Hitchcock[5][3]
Rose Hobart1936Joseph Cornell[4]
Rosemary's Baby1968Roman Polanski[14][4][5][6]
Rosetta1999Dardenne brothers[6]
Roxie Hart1942William A. Wellman[6]
The Royal Hunt of the Sun1969Irving Lerner[6]
The Royal Tenenbaums2001Wes Anderson[6]
Rumble Fish1983Francis Ford Coppola[5]
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)1998Tom Tykwer[13][14]
Run of the Arrow1957Samuel Fuller[5]
Rushmore1998Wes Anderson[13][12][5][6]

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