rawlinson
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I kind of tried to set boundaries on what is and what isn't cult early on, it didn't work. Then Evil Bill posted a link to the Wikipedia definition of cult films, and I posted this.
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ORIGINAL: rawlinson
Have a look at this Wiki definition Evil Bill provided
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Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences. Many cult movies have gone on to transcend their original cult status and have become recognized as classics; others are of the "so bad it's good" variety and are destined to remain in obscurity. Cult films often become the source of a thriving, obsessive, and elaborate subculture of fandom, hence the analogy to cults. However, not every film with a devoted fanbase is necessarily a cult film. Usually, cult films have limited but very special, noted appeal. Cult films are often known to be eccentric, often do not follow traditional standards of mainstream cinema and usually explore topics not considered in any way mainstream—yet there are examples that are relatively normal. Many are often considered controversial because they step outside standard narrative and technical conventions.
Then if you think your films fit, feel free to vote for them. That's a really useful general guideline for what's eligible. I'm not going to rule against anything, so anything you might have wanted to vote for that I said no to, have a look against those guidelines and see if you think it should be in. If you do, and enough other people agree, then it'll get in. If they don't, then it won't make the cut anyway. This is what I did with the horror list and apart from Gimli forcing The Muppets into the list, it all worked out well. 
But basically.
Films that didn't get big enough to really appeal to the mainstream, films that have offbeat styles, films that tackle subjects that don't often appear in the mainstream, films with a limited appeal to the mainstream.
Films that aren't mainstream.
A lot of the titles voted for are really more geek films than cult films. And there's definitely an argument that a lot of the films that have done really well in this poll aren't cult films any more because everyone has seen them now.
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