List of cult films: W

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

FilmYearDirectorSource
Waiting for Guffman1996Christopher Guest[1]
Wake in Fright1971Ted Kotcheff[2]
A Walk to Remember2002Adam Shankman[2]
Waking Life 2001 Richard Linklater [3]
Walden (also known as Diaries, Notes, and Sketches)1968Jonas Mekas[4]
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story2007Jake Kasdan[1]
Walk on the Wild Side1962Edward Dmytryk[5]
Walkabout1971Nicolas Roeg
Walker1987Alex Cox[6]
Walking and Talking1996Nicole Holofcener[7]
Wall Street1987Oliver Stone[7]
Wanda, the Sadistic Hypnotist (also known as The Sadistic Hypnotist)1969Greg Corarito[8]
The Wanderers1979Philip Kaufman[9]
The War Game1966Peter Watkins[8]
War of the Colossal Beast1958Bert I. Gordon[10]
The War of the Worlds1953Byron Haskin[8]
WarGames1983John Badham[11]
Warlock1989Steve Miner[12]
Warning Sign1985Hal Barwood[10]
The Warriors1979Walter Hill[13][14][15][1][8][5]
The Wasp Woman1959Roger Corman[10]
Watchmen2009Zack Snyder[16]
The Watcher in the Woods 1980 John Hough [17]
Watership Down 1978 Martin Rosen and John Hubley [18]
Waterworld1995Kevin Reynolds[8]
Wattstax1973Mel Stuart[19]
Wave Twisters2001Eric Henry and Syd Garon[20]
Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees1991David Blair[21]
Wayne's World1992Penelope Spheeris[22][23]
The Way of the Gun2000Christopher McQuarrie[24]
We Are Still Here2015Ted Geoghegan[25]
We Can't Go Home Again1973Nicholas Ray[8]
Wednesday's Child (also known as Family Life)1971Ken Loach[4]
Weekend1967Jean-Luc Godard[8][5]
Weekend at Bernie's1989Ted Kotcheff[26]
Weird Science1985John Hughes[27][28]
Welcome Home Brother Charles (also known as Soul Vengeance)1975Jamaa Fanaka[14][8]
Welcome to the Dollhouse1995Todd Solondz[8][5]
Werckmeister Harmóniák (Werckmeister Harmonies)2000Béla Tarr[29]
Werewolf of London1935Stuart Walker[30]
The Werewolf of Washington1973Milton Moses Ginsberg[31]
Werewolf Woman (also known as The Legend of the Wolf Woman)1976Rino Di Silvestro[31]
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (also known as New Nightmare)1994Wes Craven[8]
Westworld1973Michael Crichton[10][5]
Wet Hot American Summer2001David Wain[32][1]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?1962Robert Aldrich[8]
What Have You Done to Solange?1972Massimo Dallamano[33]
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?1969Lee H. Katzin[5]
What's Up, Tiger Lily?1966Woody Allen and Senkichi Taniguchi[5]
When Harry Met Sally...1989Rob Reiner[8]
What We Do in the Shadows2014Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi[34][35]
When We Were Kings1996Leon Gast[5]
What's Opera, Doc?1957Chuck Jones[36]
When a Stranger Calls 1979 Fred Walton [37]
When Night Is Falling1995Patricia Rozema[8]
Where's Poppa?1970Carl Reiner[13]
Where the Boys Are1960Henry Levin[38]
Where the Wild Things Are2009Spike Jonze[39]
White Chicks2004Keenen Ivory Wayans[40][41][42]
White Dog1982Samuel Fuller[6][27]
White Heat1949Raoul Walsh[43]
White Mischief1988Michael Radford[44]
White Zombie1932Victor Halperin[30][5]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit1988Robert Zemeckis[45]
Who Killed Captain Alex? 2010 Nabwana Isaac Geoffrey Godfrey [46]
The Wicker Man1973Robin Hardy[47][48][8][5]
The Wicker Man2006Neil LaBute[49]
The Wild Angels1966Roger Corman[8]
Wild at Heart1990David Lynch[8][5]
The Wild Bunch1969Sam Peckinpah[13][8][5]
Wild Guitar1962Ray Dennis Steckler[50]
Wild in the Streets1968Barry Shear[8]
The Wild One1953László Benedek[8][5]
Wild Seed1965Brian G. Hutton[51]
Wild Side1995Donald Cammell[52]
Wild Style1983Charlie Ahearn[15]
Wild Things1998John McNaughton[53]
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?1957Frank Tashlin[54]
Willard2003Glen Morgan[55]
William Winckler's Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove (also known as Frankenstein vs. the Creature from Blood Cove)2005William Winckler[30]
Willow1988Ron Howard[56]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory1971Mel Stuart[43]
Willy's Wonderland2021Kevin Lewis[57]
Wings of Desire1987Wim Wenders[15][8]
Wir Wunderkinder (Aren't We Wonderful?)1958Kurt Hoffmann[58]
Wise Blood1979John Huston[5]
Witchboard1986Kevin S. Tenney[59][60]
Witchcraft Through the Ages (also known as Häxan)1922Benjamin Christensen[14][51][61][8][30]
Witchfinder General (also known as The Conqueror Worm)1968Michael Reeves[13][14][8][5]
The Witches1990Nicolas Roeg[62]
Withnail and I1987Bruce Robinson[14][15][61][48][5]
Witness1985Peter Weir[2]
The Wiz1978Sidney Lumet[15]
The Wizard1989Todd Holland[63]
The Wizard of Oz1939Victor Fleming[13][14][8][5]
The Wizard of Speed and Time1979Mike Jittlov[64]
Wizards1977Ralph Bakshi[65][66]
Wniebowzięci (The Ascended)1973Andrzej Kondratiuk[67]
WolfCop2014Lowell Dean[68]
Wolf Creek2005Greg McLean[69]
Wolfen1981Michael Wadleigh[31]
The Woman in Black2012James Watkins[70]
The Women 1939 George Cukor [71]
A Woman Under the Influence1974John Cassavetes[5]
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown1988Pedro Almodóvar[15][5]
Wonderland1999Michael Winterbottom[72]
Woodstock1970Michael Wadleigh[8]
World's Biggest Gang Bang1995John T. Bone[8]
The World's Greatest Sinner1962Timothy Carey[51]
The Wormwood Star1956Curtis Harrington[51]
WR: Mysteries of the Organism1971Dušan Makavejev[8]
Wrestlemaniac2006Jesse Baget[73]
Wristcutters: A Love Story2006Goran Dukić[74]
Wuthering Heights1939William Wyler[43]
Wyrmwood2014Kiah Roache-Turner[75]

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