Top Kultesque Films I've seen
These are movies that I feel inspire to play Kult, or that seem to have been inspired by Kult.
These are all movies I've enjoyed, but what I've ranked them by here is how much I like them in relation to Kult. That means that I have looked for movies that focus on alternate realities, illusions, occultism, conspiracies, artifacts and so on.
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Master Movie List @ The Last Cycle Kult Forums
These are all movies I've enjoyed, but what I've ranked them by here is how much I like them in relation to Kult. That means that I have looked for movies that focus on alternate realities, illusions, occultism, conspiracies, artifacts and so on.
More here:
Master Movie List @ The Last Cycle Kult Forums
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- StarsPeter KrauseJulianna MarguliesPeter JacobsonA detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.This is a great mini-series with a lot of artifacts and an occult plot background. A must-see for any Kult lover.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsKeanu ReevesRachel WeiszDjimon HounsouSupernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.Maybe overacted and overproduced, but bigods, the plot is like torn right out of the pages of a Kult scenario.
- DirectorGregory WidenStarsChristopher WalkenElias KoteasVirginia MadsenAt the scene of a bizarre murder, L.A. homicide detective Thomas Dagget discovers a lethal heavenly prophecy now being fulfilled on earth. In his fight to stop the forces of evil, he finds an unlikely ally in an elementary school teacher.aka God's Army. This is an excellent depiction of the war between good and evil. Epic.
The angel Gabriel (Christopher Walken) comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him. Death Angels' and Archon's messengers everywhere. - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.An excellent movie depicting alternate realities. Humans being held captive is an added bonus.
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.Time, as it is sometimes viewed in Kult. Donnie sees through time & space and is probably an Unwilling Medium
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsBill PullmanPatricia ArquetteJohn RoseliusAnonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.This movie really challenges reality on a personal level
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsRufus SewellKiefer SutherlandJennifer ConnellyA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.Alternate realities, human imprisonment, creatures with powers to control us. I love it.
- DirectorRupert WainwrightStarsPatricia ArquetteGabriel ByrneJonathan PryceWhen a young woman becomes afflicted by stigmata, a priest is sent to investigate her case, which may have severe ramifications for his faith and for the Catholic Church itself.Nothing spells Binah like a Vatican conspiracy. Gnostic ties. Vatican cover-ups. Clergy gone agent. It doesn't get much better than this.
- DirectorChristophe GansStarsRadha MitchellLaurie HoldenSean BeanA woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.A portal into a purgatory!
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.Crating dreams within dreams within dreams.
- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanMichael OntkeanMädchen AmickAn idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.Dreams as they are often viewed in Kult.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJohnny DeppFrank LangellaLena OlinA book broker discovers his latest find may summon Satan.Johnny Depp goes cult investigator as he starts looking for "The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows," a book said to be key to to conjuring Satan himself. Reminds somewhat of Angel Heart.
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsTim RobbinsElizabeth PeñaDanny AielloMourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsLaurence FishburneSam NeillKathleen QuinlanA rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.Portals to Purgatories (sci-fi) / maybe a nepharite's chokehold on a crew.
- DirectorVincenzo NataliStarsNicole de BoerMaurice Dean WintDavid HewlettA group of strangers awaken to find themselves placed in a giant cube. Each one of them is gifted with a special skill and they must work together to escape an endless maze of deadly traps.Look up The Cube in the 1st edition of the rules, it may inspire. Also interesting from a group-perspective.
- DirectorClive BarkerStarsAndrew RobinsonClare HigginsAshley LaurenceA woman discovers the newly resurrected, partially formed, body of her brother-in-law and lover. She starts killing for him to revitalize his body and escape the demonic beings that are pursuing him after he escaped their underworld.Using an artifact to open a portal to purgatory. Nepharites galore.
- DirectorJohn MayburyStarsAdrien BrodyKeira KnightleyDaniel CraigA Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.Guy at mental asylum travels into the future to save himself and people around him
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsSean GulletteMark MargolisBen ShenkmanA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.This is soooo close to being perfect, but still fails quite a bit on the Kultesque-o-meter. The orthodox jew conspiracy and the search for the numbers representing God makes this a great conspiracy movie in kultesque terms.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa BonetA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is hired to find a singer and ends up near a cult.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsLena HeadeyUlrich ThomsenMelvil PoupaudAfter seeing herself drive down the street, Radiologist Gina McVey unravels a mystery centered around a broken mirror.Capgras delusion "is a disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent or other close family member has been replaced by an identical-looking impostor."
Well, what if it was real? - DirectorJames MangoldStarsJohn CusackRay LiottaAmanda PeetStranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.Not easy to explain too much of this without spoiling the movie. Somewhat predictable if you're used to these types of plots, but interesting nonetheless.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.Rule #1 is: Do not talk about Fight Club unless you want to spoil the movie. A great movie on the whole, and also inspirational for Kult.
- DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruisePenélope CruzCameron DiazA self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.A publishers' life becomes completely surreal after a car accident.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisSamuel L. JacksonRobin WrightA man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.Let's say you have character that evolves Powers in Kult. Then this is what might happen.
- DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami KoyamaA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.Tetsuo is taken on a fast path to awakening after crashing into a kid with superhuman powers.
- DirectorYoshiaki KawajiriStarsYûsaku YaraToshiko FujitaIchirô NagaiWhile protecting a signatory to a peace treaty between their peoples, a male human and a female demon discover that their mutual attraction may be the key to unifying their worlds.This city is ruled by lictors, the illusion is very weak. What if everyone knew there were lictors everywhere?
- DirectorWes CravenStarsBill PullmanCathy TysonZakes MokaeAn anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people into zombies.Bill Pullman tries on The Lore of Death for size. Good luck with that.