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A cult classic is a work of fiction, usually a film or television show, that is extremely popular with a select audience, but may or may not be successful at the time of its original release. A cult classic may or may not enjoy mainstream success. Some examples of cult classics and their creators are listed below:
Films
- Alien series
- Animal House
- Apocalypse Now
- Back to the Future
- Barbarella
- The Blues Brothers
- Casablanca
- Dancer In The Dark
- The Goonies
- The Godfather
- Gone With The Wind
- Mad Max series
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Newsies
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Star Wars
- Scarface
- The Terminator
- Titanic
- Tron
- The Wizard of Oz
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- and films by Mel Brooks, John Waters, Terry Gilliam, Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Jackson
TV
- The A-Team
- Animaniacs
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Caillou
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Doctor Who
- Dora the Explorer
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- The Fairly OddParents
- Family Guy
- Futurama
- The Golden Girls
- The Goodies
- I Love Lucy
- Invader Zim
- Magnum PI
- MacGyver
- The Monkees
- My So-Called Life
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Pee-wee's Playhouse
- Outer Limits
- The Prisoner
- Ren and Stimpy
- Rugrats
- Scooby-Doo
- Seinfeld
- The Simpsons
- Sledge Hammer!
- South Park
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Star Trek
- Teletubbies
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Thirtysomething
- Twilight Zone
- Twin Peaks
- The West Wing
- The X-files
- The Young Ones
- Warriors
Books
Music
- The Beatles
- The Beach Boys
- Grateful Dead
- Led Zeppelin
- Elvis Presley
- The Rolling Stones
- The Who
- Frank Zappa
Video Games
- Bahamut Lagoon, import classic
- Chrono Trigger
- Dragon Quest series
- EarthBound
- Final Fantasy series
- Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu, import classic
- The Legend of Zelda series
- Metroid series, especially in the United States
- Ninja Gaiden
- River City Ransom, unpopular at the time of original release
- Secret of Mana
- Seiken Densetsu 3, import classic
- Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio Tachi no Banka, import classic
- Soul Blazer
- Super Mario Bros. series
- Star Ocean, import classic
- Tales of Phantasia, import classic
- Terranigma, import classic for the United States
- TradeWars 2002
- Xenosaga series