Another essential element of cult cinema is that it can come from anywhere on the planet.

This approach made it an instant cult hit, which it has remained to this day.

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9’Who Killed Captain Alex?'

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It’s one of the most enjoyable movies that have ever come out of the African continent.

Akira’s influence on not just anime but international cinemaincluding Hollywoodcan’t be overstated.

Indeed,Trainspottingisperhaps the most popular British cult classic ever.

Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui looking at the camera in ‘La haine’

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2’Oldboy' (2003)

Country: South Korea

South Korean cinema is absolutely outstanding.

After being released, he finds that he must track down his captor in five days.

It’s a silent film where a hypnotist uses a somnambulist to commit murders.

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Caligariand its reception were the birth of cult cinema.

Of course, there’s the fact that over a century later,Dr.

As film academia grew in the mid-20th century,Dr.

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Caligariled the charge in the birth of this beautiful phenomenon known as cult cinema.

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Tenoch, Julio, and Luisa all sitting on the beach together in ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’ (2001)

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A distressed woman with blood on her face in Perfect Blue (1997)

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A man riding on horseback through the desert in El Topo (1970)

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Shotaro Kaneda riding his motorcycle to a skidding halt in Akira

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Max Rockatansky walking down a lonely highway holding a gun in Mad Max 2- The Road Warrior’

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Ewan McGregor as Mark Renton, smoking a cigarette next to Sick Boy, Tommy, and Spud in ‘Trainspotting’

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A man hugging someone and smiling in Oldboy

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

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