Wow, seeing Donnie Darko and Pulp fiction on this list really makes me wish that we had kept these films to ourselves and not tried to get anyone else to watch them. Donnie Darko is our worst victim, since only a certain type of personality will really appreciate it anyways yet of course I had to go out and preach its greatness to people who would obviously think that it's "just dumb." Next thing you know, it's on a list of cult films which is like... humiliating in some abstract way to those of us who accidentally created a grassroots word-of-mouth marketing movement when it came out, knowing full well that maybe 3% of the nation would not think that is is dumb and "terrible."
I really think we should burn all historical documents that showed Pi is a masterpiece that is also now a "cult classic." Doing so will save many people from seeing something that they will no doubt feel is terrible and stupid. Movies like Pi (i.e. "cult classics"), along with Donnie Darko (which is apparently a cult classic now) didn't make any money for a reason - the consensus said throw popcorn at the screen when they were released. The few of us rejects who these films really struck a chord with kept their names alive, and unfortunately now we have Director's cut re-releases at the check out aisle in Best Buy being bought by people who didn't give a shit about the plot then and probably will give less of a shit now.
i really can't think of a bad cult classic - but going through a list of what is playing at major theaters at any given second will yield 100+ movies that are all making $15-$100 million that are absolute monstrosities which, despite having such an apparent impact on the American public based on sheer success, will be forgotten forever while Donnie Darko will be bought for ages. Funny.