What’s your favorite cult movie? Everyone has a different pick, and most people probably have different ideas of how to define a “cult” movie. There are plenty of movies out there that have devoted followings, and sometimes those followings get so big that it seems like everyone’s a member. At this point, who hasn’t seen The Big Lebowski? Is there anyone out there who hasn’t watched The Shawshank Redemption or The Rocky Horror Picture Show? The following movies are our picks for the top ten new cult movies that are actually worth watching. So when you’ve worn out your Clerks DVD or decided to cancel your regular viewing of Harold and Maude, reach for one of these films instead!

10. World’s Greatest Dad

(2009)

Unlike most movies on this list, the cult for World’s Greatest Dad is still forming, but it’s easy to see why it’s picking up a devoted following. An extremely black comedy written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait and starring Robin Williams, it certainly doesn’t sound like a movie that’s worthy of your time. But when a movie deals with the death of a child in a way that’s both hilarious and touching, you know you’ve got something special on your hands. After his son dies in an embarrassing masturbation accident, William’s character stages the scene to look like a suicide and inadvertently turns his boy into the most popular (yet deceased) kid in school. What’s not to love?

Quote: You guys didn’t like Kyle. That’s okay. I didn’t either. I loved him. He was my son. But he was also a douchebag.

9. Primer

(2004)

We won’t bother to even attempt explaining what Primer is about. Frankly, we’re not sure we could if we tried. All you need to know is that a small team of filmmakers with a budget of around $7000 produced what is one of the most intelligent, mind-bending sci-fi movies in decades and one of the most complex time-travel films ever. Writer/director/producer Shane Carruth is a former mathematician and engineer, so to say that Primer is a thinking man’s sci-fi film is probably underselling it.

Quote: What’s worse, thinking you’re being paranoid or knowing you should be?

8. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

(2005)

Lethal Weapon writer Shane Black made his directorial debut with Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and created an instant cult classic. A comedic film noir starring Robert Downy Jr. as a petty crook turned actor turned wannabe private eye, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang marries a classic detective story plot with whip-smart dialogue, perfect casting and hilarious comic timing. As great as RDJ is as main character Harry, he nearly has the show stolen out from under him by Val Kilmer as Gay Perry, the grumpy, sarcastic homosexual detective.

Quote: This isn’t good cop, bad cop. This is fag and New Yorker. You’re in serious trouble.

7. Oldboy

(2003)

What if someone locked you up for 15 years without explaining why, and then one day just as mysteriously let you out? That’s the setup for Oldboy, the second film in directory Chan-wook Park’s thematically linked “Revenge Trilogy.” Oldboy is a shocking, brutal film that’s likely to leave you unsettled at the end, as the answers you’re eventually granted to protagonist Dae-Su Oh’s incarceration definitely won’t be what you expect. It’s debatable which scene is the most shocking: when Dae Su confronts an army of goons with a hammer, or when he eats a live octopus. A Hollywood remake has been threatened for years, but watch the film once and you’ll understand why that will probably never happen.

Quote: If they had told me it was going to be fifteen years, would it have been easier to endure?

6. The Iron Giant

(1999)

Before he joined up with animation powerhouse Pixar, Brad Bird directed one of the most beautiful, touching animated films ever, The Iron Giant. Based on a book by poet Ted Hughes, The Iron Giant takes place in the late 1950s and tells the tale of a young boy named Hogarth who befriends a giant robot from space. “You are who you choose to be” is a major theme of the film, making it much deeper than your average kids’ movie. As with most movies with something legitimate to say, it tanked at the box office. Fortunately, it found new life on home video and is now considered a modern animated classic.

Quote: I am not a gun.

5. The Boondock Saints / Overnight

(1999/2003)

Depending on who you ask, The Boondock Saints is either a balls-out action movie or an extremely straight-faced parody thereof. Either way, the story of two brothers who start killing mafia goons because they believe they’re doing God’s work struck a chord with many viewers, especially the young and the angry. The instant success of writer/director Troy Duffy apparently turned him into a world-class douchebag, a story that’s chronicled in another cult favorite, the appropriately titled documentary Overnight. Duffy didn’t work again until the recent Boondock Saints sequel, a movie that was apparently seen by only a fraction of the original film’s audience.

Quote: And shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be.

4. Troll 2

(1990)

The oldest movie on this list, Troll 2 still qualifies as a “new” cult classic thanks to the recent following it developed online. It’s one of the most stunningly horrible movies you’ll ever see, but unlike so many films that gain a following for their terribleness, something about it is incredibly charming. It’s so insane and silly that it’s incredibly unpredictable – it has ghosts, popcorn sex, plant people and not a single troll – the cheap-looking monsters are in fact goblins. A new documentary about the popularity of Troll 2 is coming to theaters this summer. Fittingly, it’s called Best Worst Movie.

Quote: Do you see this writing…? Do you know what it means…? Hospitality. And you can’t piss on hospitality!

3. Let the Right One In

(2008)

Could Let the Right One In be the best vampire movie of all time? Some critics think so, although it certainly wasn’t the biggest vampire flick of 2008 (that would be Twilight). The plot of the film is simple: a young, troubled boy meets a strange girl who only comes out at night. It’s touching, funny, genuine and terrifying – a difficult task for any movie. This gorgeous Swedish film is being remade for American audiences, but watch the original and you’ll see why Let the Right One In is one of the most acclaimed horror films in decades.

Quote: I’m twelve. But I’ve been twelve for a long time.

2. Donnie Darko

(2001)

The second movie on this list about time travel, Donnie Darko is probably the biggest “disaffected teen” cult movie since Heathers. The hallucinogenic story of young Donnie Darko has become a favorite of emo kids anywhere, thanks to its brooding central figure and the world-altering importance he carries. If you haven’t seen it, don’t be afraid of the movie because of its self-important fans – it’s actually a pretty good movie by a talented filmmaker. Unfortunately, writer/director Richard Kelly may have let the success of Donnie Darko go to his head; his next movie was the bewildering catastrophe Southland Tales, a film that’s developed its own cult following, primarily because of how bad it is.

Quote: Do you believe in time travel?

1. Office Space

(1999)

How could any movie other than Office Space take the number one slot? Sure, it’s over ten years old at this point and so popular it hardly feels like a “cult” film anymore – it’s a cult film that broke through to a mainstream audience. The success of Office Space is entirely due to fans who convinced their friends to watch it, who in turn told their friends and so on. In that regard, it’s the perfect example of a cult movie. A box-office flop, Office Space found a second life on the then-new format of DVD, growing and growing in popularity as the years went by. This simple story of a fed-up office worker has sold millions of copies, inspired a real-life line of red Swingline staplers, and been named one of Entertainment Weekly’s best comedies of the last 25 years. Not bad for a film that barely made $10 million dollars in theaters.

Quote: And I said, I don’t care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I’m, I’m quitting, I’m going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they’ve moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were married, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn’t bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it’s not okay because if they take my stapler then I’ll set the building on fire…