List of cult films: W

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

Film Year Director Source
W.R. - Misterije Organizma, W.R (WR: Mysteries of the Organism) 1971 Dušan Makavejev [1]
Waiting... 2005 Rob McKittrick [2]
Wake in Fright 1971 Ted Kotcheff [3]
Walkabout 1971 Nicolas Roeg [4]
Walker 1987 Alex Cox [5]
Walking and Talking 1996 Nicole Holofcener [6]
Wall Street 1987 Oliver Stone [6]
The Wanderers 1979 Philip Kaufman [7]
WarGames 1983 John Badham [8]
Warlock 1989 Steve Miner [9]
The Warriors 1979 Walter Hill [10]
Watchmen 2009 Zack Snyder [11]
The Waterboy 1998 Frank Coraci [12]
Waterworld 1995 Kevin Reynolds [13][14]
Wattstax 1973 Mel Stuart [15]
The Wave 2015 Roar Uthaug
Wave Twisters 2001 Eric Henry and Syd Garon [16]
Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees 1991 David Blair [17]
Wayne's World 1992 Penelope Spheeris [18][19]
The Way of the Gun 2000 Christopher McQuarrie [20]
Weird Science 1985 John Hughes [21][22]
Welcome to the Dollhouse 1995 Todd Solondz [23]
Werckmeister Harmóniák (Werckmeister Harmonies) 2000 Béla Tarr [24]
Westworld 1973 Michael Crichton [25][26]
Wet Hot American Summer 2001 David Wain [27]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 Robert Aldrich [28]
What We Do in the Shadows 2014 Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi [29][30]
What's Opera, Doc? 1957 Chuck Jones [31]
What's Up, Tiger Lily? 1966 Woody Allen and Senkichi Taniguchi [32][33]
Where's Poppa? 1970 Carl Reiner [10]
Where the Boys Are 1960 Henry Levin [4]
Where the Wild Things Are 2009 Spike Jonze
White Chicks 2004 Keenen Ivory Wayans [34][35][36]
White Dog 1982 Samuel Fuller [5][21]
White Heat 1949 Raoul Walsh [37]
White Mischief 1988 Michael Radford [38]
White Zombie 1932 Victor Halperin [39][40]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis [41]
The Wicker Man 1973 Robin Hardy [37]
The Wicker Man 2006 Neil LaBute [42]
The Wild Angels 1966 Roger Corman [31]
Wild at Heart 1990 David Lynch [43]
The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Peckinpah [10][44][45]
Wild Guitar 1962 Ray Dennis Steckler [46]
Wild in the Streets 1968 Barry Shear [18][47]
The Wild One 1953 László Benedek [48][49]
Wild Style 1983 Charlie Ahearn [50]
Wilder Napalm 1993 Glenn Gordon Caron [51]
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? 1957 Frank Tashlin [52]
Willard 2003 Glen Morgan [53]
Willow 1988 Ron Howard [54]
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Mel Stuart [37][55]
Wir Wunderkinder (Aren't We Wonderful?) 1958 Kurt Hoffmann [56]
Witchboard 1986 Kevin S. Tenney [57][58]
Witchfinder General (also known as The Conqueror Worm) 1968 Michael Reeves [10][59]
The Witches 1990 Nicolas Roeg [60]
Withnail and I 1987 Bruce Robinson [6][61]
The Wiz 1978 Sidney Lumet [62]
The Wizard 1989 Todd Holland [63]
The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming [10][64]
The Wizard of Speed and Time 1979 Mike Jittlov [65]
Wizards 1977 Ralph Bakshi [66][67]
Wniebowzięci (The Ascended) 1973 Andrzej Kondratiuk [68]
WolfCop 2014 Lowell Dean
Wolf Creek 2005 Greg McLean [69]
Wonderland 1999 Michael Winterbottom [70]
The World's Greatest Sinner 1962 Timothy Carey [71][72][73]
Wristcutters: A Love Story 2006 Goran Dukić [74]
Wuthering Heights 1939 William Wyler [4]

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