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

Film Year Director Source
Rabid 1977 David Cronenberg [1]
Rabbit of Seville 1950 Chuck Jones [2]
Rabbit's Moon 1950 Kenneth Anger [3]
Race with the Devil 1975 Jack Starrett [3][4]
Radioactive Dreams 1985 Albert Pyun [5]
Rad 1986 Hal Needham [6]
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 Richard Williams [7]
The Raid: Redemption 2011 Gareth Evans [8]
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg [3]
The Rain People 1969 Francis Ford Coppola [9]
The Rainbow Thief 1990 Alejandro Jodorowsky [3]
Raising Arizona 1987 The Coen Brothers [10]
Rambo: First Blood Part II 1985 George P. Cosmatos [3]
The Rape of the Vampire (also known as Le Viol du Vampire) 1968 Jean Rollin [3]
The Rapture 1991 Michael Tolkin [11]
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale 2010 Jalmari Helander [12]
Rat Race 2001 Jerry Zucker [13]
Ravenous 1999 Antonia Bird [14]
Raw Meat (also known as Death Line) 1972 Gary Sherman [15]
Rawhead Rex 1986 George Pavlou [16]
Razorback 1984 Russell Mulcahy [4]
Re-Animator 1985 Stuart Gordon [17][18][3][4]
Re-Entry 1964 Jordan Belson [3]
Real Genius 1985 Martha Coolidge [19]
Reality Bites 1994 Ben Stiller [20]
Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock [3]
Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Nicholas Ray [9][21][3][4]
REC 2007 Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza [22]
Red Dawn 1984 John Milius [4]
Red Hot Riding Hood 1943 Tex Avery [23]
The Red Shoes 1948 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger [9]
Red Sun 1971 Terence Young [24]
Redline 2009 Takeshi Koike [25][26]
Reefer Madness (also known as Tell Your Children) 1936 Louis J. Gasnier [9][17][21][27][18][3][4]
The Reflecting Skin 1990 Philip Ridley [28]
Remake 2003 Dino Mustafić [29]
Rembètiko 1983 Costas Ferris [30]
Remember My Name 1978 Alan Rudolph [31]
Renaissance 2006 Christian Volckman [4]
Reno 911!: Miami 2007 Robert Ben Garant [32][33]
Rejs (The Cruise) 1970 Marek Piwowski [34][35][36][37]
Rękopis Znaleziony w Saragossie (The Saragossa Manuscript) 1965 Wojciech Has [38][39]
Repo! The Genetic Opera 2008 Darren Lynn Bousman [40]
Repo Man 1984 Alex Cox [17][18][41][3][4]
The Reptile 1966 John Gilling [15]
Reptilicus 1961 Poul Bang [42]
Repulsion 1965 Roman Polanski [4]
Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky [4]
Requiescant (also known as Kill and Pray ) 1967 Carlo Lizzani [4]
Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino [3][4]
Resident Evil 2002 Paul W. S. Anderson [3]
Restless Natives 1985 Michael Hoffman [43]
El Retorno de Walpurgis (also known as The Return of Walpurgis and Curse of the Devil) 1973 Carlos Aured [44]
The Return of the Living Dead 1985 Dan O'Bannon [3]
Return of the Secaucus 7 1980 John Sayles [45]
Return to Oz 1985 Walter Murch [46]
Revenge of the Nerds 1984 Jeff Kanew [47]
Revolver 2005 Guy Ritchie [48]
Ride Lonesome 1959 Budd Boetticher [3]
Ride the High Country 1962 Sam Peckinpah [49][3]
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky 1991 Lam Ngai Kai [50]
Ringu (Ring) 1998 Hideo Nakata [17][3][4]
The Ring 2002 Gore Verbinski [27]
Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks [9][3]
Rita of the West (also known as Crazy Westerners) 1967 Ferdinando Baldi [3]
Rita, Sue and Bob Too 1987 Alan Clarke [51][52]
The Ritz 1976 Richard Lester [53]
River's Edge 1986 Tim Hunter [54]
The Road Warrior (also known as Mad Max 2) 1981 George Miller [49][27][3]
Roadgames 1981 Richard Franklin [55]
Road House 1989 Rowdy Herrington [18]
The Road to El Dorado 2000 Don Paul and Eric "Bibo" Bergeron [56]
Roar 1981 Noel Marshall [57][58][59]
Robin Hood 1973 Wolfgang Reitherman [60]
Robin Hood: Men in Tights 1993 Mel Brooks [61]
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991 Kevin Reynolds [62]
Robinson Crusoe on Mars 1964 Byron Haskin [41]
RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven [3]
Robot Monster 1953 Phil Tucker [3][1]
The Rock 1996 Michael Bay [63]
Rock & Rule 1983 Clive A. Smith [64]
Rock 'n' Roll High School 1979 Allan Arkush [9][18][3]
Rock Around the Clock 1956 Fred F. Sears [3]
Rock, Rock, Rock! 1956 Will Price [3]
Rocker 1972 Klaus Lemke [65]
Rockers 1978 Theodoros Bafaloukos [66]
The Rocketeer 1991 Joe Johnston [18]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Jim Sharman [9][17][21][18][67][3][15][4]
Roger & Me 1989 Michael Moore [68]
Le Roi de Coeur (King of Hearts) 1967 Philippe de Broca [69]
Rok Ďábla (Year of the Devil) 2002 Petr Zelenka [70]
Roller Boogie 1979 Mark L. Lester [31]
Rollerball 1975 Norman Jewison [4]
Rolling Thunder 1977 John Flynn [71]
Rolling Vengeance 1987 Steven Hilliard Stern [72]
Romance 1999 Catherine Breillat [3]
Romanzo Criminale 2005 Michele Placido [73]
Rome, Armed to the Teeth (also known as The Tough Ones) 1976 Umberto Lenzi [17]
Romper Stomper 1992 Geoffrey Wright [4]
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 1997 David Mirkin [18]
The Room 2003 Tommy Wiseau [17][21][18][3]
Rope 1948 Alfred Hitchcock [4]
Rose Hobart 1936 Joseph Cornell [3]
Rosemary's Baby 1968 Roman Polanski [27][3][4]
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead 1989 Tom Stoppard [74]
Rounders 1998 John Dahl [75]
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 Wes Anderson [76]
RRR 2022 S. S. Rajamouli [77]
Ruby Gentry 1952 King Vidor [78]
Rude Boy 1980 Jack Hazan and David Mingay [79][80][81]
Rudy 1993 David Anspaugh [82]
The Rules of Attraction 2002 Roger Avary [83]
The Ruling Class 1972 Peter Medak [84]
Rumble Fish 1983 Francis Ford Coppola [4]
Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) 1998 Tom Tykwer [21][27]
Run of the Arrow 1957 Samuel Fuller [4]
Runaway 1984 Michael Crichton [85]
Runaway Nightmare 1982 Mike Cartel [86][87][88][89]
The Running Man 1987 Paul Michael Glaser [90]
Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro (Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro) 1979 Hayao Miyazaki [91]
Rushmore 1998 Wes Anderson [21][18][4]
Russkij Kovcheg (Russian Ark) 2002 Alexander Sokurov [92][93]
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 1978 Eric Idle, Gary Weis [94][95]

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