Items18The creator’s order
  1. 1Repo Man (1984)Repo Man (1984) 6.8/10 on IMDbReleased 2 Mar 1984The repossession crew treats a radioactive car as another irritating job, which makes the surrounding lunacy feel oddly matter-of-fact. Alex Cox's punk Los Angeles is held together by deadpan rules and the refusal of almost anyone to behave normally. Follow its working rhythm rather than demanding…0
  2. 2Withnail & I (1987)Withnail & I (1987) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased 19 Jun 1987Two unemployed actors attempt a country escape with the social skills of a minor diplomatic incident. Richard E. Grant's grand indignation and Paul McGann's alarm make even buying supplies feel perilous. The quotability grows out of their dependence on each other, with a genuine sadness under the…0
  3. 3House (1977)House (1977) 7.2/10 on IMDbReleased 26 Aug 1977A haunted piano is only one of the objects that refuses to stay in its proper category. Nobuhiko Obayashi mixes painted backdrops, animation and cheerful schoolgirl poses until a holiday feels like a child's nightmare recalled at adult speed. The older exception here is a good test of whether…0
  4. 4Big Trouble in Little China (1986)Big Trouble in Little China (1986) 7.2/10 on IMDbReleased 30 May 1986Jack Burton speaks like the hero while the people around him do much of the competent work. That mismatch gives Kurt Russell's swagger a comic afterlife beyond the monster fights and underground magic. Enjoy it as a loud, knowingly overconfident adventure, while recognising that its jumble of…0
  5. 5The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) 6.2/10 on IMDbReleased 10 Aug 1984A neurosurgeon, musician and adventurer arrives with an entourage whose shared history the film barely pauses to explain. Peter Weller plays the impossible résumé with useful calm. The attraction is being dropped into a serial already in progress, complete with eccentric loyalties and alarming…0
  6. 6They Live (1988)They Live (1988) 7.2/10 on IMDbReleased 4 Nov 1988The revealing sunglasses turn advertising into blunt orders, but John Carpenter also gives the joke a stubborn physical weight. Roddy Piper's drifter takes time to notice how the city is organised, and the notoriously prolonged alley fight makes persuasion hilariously exhausting. Its following…0
  7. 7Heathers (1989)Heathers (1989) 7.1/10 on IMDbReleased 31 Mar 1989The school hierarchy speaks in a heightened, vicious language that makes ordinary teen-film reassurance impossible. Winona Ryder keeps a recognisable unease inside the cartoon, while Christian Slater makes rebellion dangerously seductive. The appeal is its refusal to let either popularity or…0
  8. 8UHF (1989)UHF (1989) 6.9/10 on IMDbReleased 21 Jul 1989A struggling television station gives Weird Al Yankovic a licence to treat every channel as an entirely different ridiculous film. The sketches are uneven, but their homemade eagerness is part of the invitation: a cheap idea can suddenly become an enormous visual joke. It suits viewers who enjoy…0
  9. 9Tremors (1990)Tremors (1990) 7.2/10 on IMDbReleased 19 Jan 1990The tiny desert community learns the creatures' rules together, turning roofs, rocks and improvised equipment into a satisfying survival game. Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward's argumentative partnership keeps the competence funny. Its durable appeal is unusually easy to share: the monsters are tactile,…0
  10. 10Cemetery Man (1994)Cemetery Man (1994) 7.0/10 on IMDbReleased 25 Mar 1994Rupert Everett's cemetery caretaker has a routine problem with the recently buried, but the film keeps wandering into stranger questions about desire and repetition. The gore has a deliberately florid quality, and the melancholy is too sincere to make it a simple parody. Pick it for a horror comedy…0