Cult Classic Movies Word Search: Pulp Fiction, Big Lebowski and Donnie Darko

Films that found their true audience after release. A Clockwork Orange (1971), Eraserhead (1977) and Blue Velvet (1986); Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994) from Tarantino; Trainspotting (1996); The Big Lebowski and Rushmore (1998); Fight Club (1999); and Donnie Darko (2001), a box-office flop that became a DVD favorite.

Every title is written as one word, so "Clockwork Orange" stretches 15 letters.

Cult Classics & Indie Film Vocabulary: 10 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down, and diagonally; 4 of the 10 read backwards. The longest word is Clockwork Orange, with 15 letters.

Big Lebowski: The Big Lebowski, the Coen brothers' 1998 comedy about "the Dude".
Blue Velvet: Blue Velvet, David Lynch's dark 1986 mystery.
Clockwork Orange: A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film of the Anthony Burgess novel.
Donnie Darko: Donnie Darko, the 2001 cult film about a troubled teen and a giant rabbit.
Eraserhead: David Lynch's strange 1977 debut, a classic of midnight screenings.
Fight Club: Fight Club, David Fincher's 1999 film.
Pulp Fiction: Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino's 1994 crime film.
Reservoir Dogs: Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino's 1992 debut.
Rushmore: Rushmore, Wes Anderson's 1998 comedy.
Trainspotting: Trainspotting, Danny Boyle's 1996 Scottish film.

How to Solve the Cult Classics & Indie Film Word Search

"Clockwork Orange", 15 letters, crosses the whole grid on a diagonal from corner to corner; "Big Lebowski" and "Rushmore", with the only M, are diagonal too. "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" read across. "Blue Velvet" and "Trainspotting" run upward. "Donnie Darko" reads backwards. "Eraserhead" and "Fight Club" run down.

Cult Film Discussion Ideas

Ask what turns a flop into a cult classic.
Match each film to its director.
Design a midnight-screening poster for one of them.