These 10 Movies Were Desperate To Be Cult Classics but Fell Flat on Their Face

It's a difficult task to pin down what exactly makes a cult classic. Certain elements are rarely absent: a subculture created purely out of an intense love for the movie in question, high rewatchability and quotability, midnight screenings, nostalgia, and little "winks" to those in the know about other cult gems. It's an expansive, imperfect formula, but a formula nonetheless—and, like any filmmaking formula, it has attracted the attention of many studio suits and filmmakers over the years, particularly in recent history.