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cult film

cult film noun: a film that has acquired a cult following.

Noun

cult film (plural cult films)

  1. A film that has acquired a cult following.
    • As John Waters once said, nobody wants to direct a cult film because that invariably means birthing a failure. Cult films are adopted orphans and what defines them is the intensity of their fandom ‘beyond all reason’, as J. P. Telotte, quoting Andrew Sarris, put it in one of the first academic...2016, I.Q. Hunter, Cult Film as a Guide to Life, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 3
    Synonyms:
    cult movie
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cult, film.

Synonyms of cult film

  • cult movie

Forms of cult film

pluralcult films

Questions about cult film

What does cult film mean?
Cult film means a film that has acquired a cult following.
What part of speech is cult film?
Cult film is a noun.
What is the plural of cult film?
The plural of cult film is cult films.

Words near cult film in the dictionary

  1. culshie
  2. culshies
  3. cult
  4. cult 45
  5. cult archaeology
  6. cult film
  7. cult films
  8. cult follower
  9. cult followers
  10. cult following
  11. cult followings

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