# ...and how many of the IMDB Bottom 100 movies have you seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412 "2005-08-10T06:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/61 "2005-08-10T16:05:13Z")
I’ve seen 20. Some, like the Power Rangers and Mortal Kombat and 3 Ninjas because my boys wanted to see them, but most because I enjoy cheesy movies every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/62 "2005-08-10T16:07:25Z")
Two, _Santa Claus Conquers the Martians_ and _Surf Nazis Must Die!_ which is actually kinda good in a campy bad kinda way. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/63 "2005-08-10T16:40:40Z")
On a second reading I have to think the list is suspect. Any list of really bad movies that doesn’t include **Zardoz** (Sean Connery wears a red diaper and the worst hair piece ever made) is lacking. ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/64 "2005-08-10T17:04:51Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > On a second reading I have to think the list is suspect. Any list of really bad movies that doesn’t include **Zardoz** (Sean Connery wears a red diaper and the worst hair piece ever made) is lacking. Seconded! Other notable absences: - Plan 9 from Outer Space - Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/65 "2005-08-10T17:05:07Z")
1. 2.4 Baby Geniuses (1999) 3,405 2. 2.8 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) 4,625 3. 2.8 Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) 1,541 4. 2.9 Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988) 5,391 I should have given up on _Police Academy_ after the third one. I thought _Baby Geniuses_ was okay, and at the time I thought _Smokey and the Bandit_ was hilarious (I was in my young teens, what can I say?) I had wanted to see some of the others on the list, but now I am glad that I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/66 "2005-08-10T17:07:35Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > Seconded! > > Other notable absences: > > - Plan 9 from Outer Space > - Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter _Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter_ is **awesome** and entertaining under its own merits, and more importantly it’s exactly the film the filmmakers intended to make. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/67 "2005-08-10T17:09:36Z")
I’ve seen bits and pieces (or MST3K versions) of six of the films on the list, but none of them in their original, commentary-free form. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/68 "2005-08-10T17:14:04Z")
None. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/69 "2005-08-10T17:24:24Z")
Am I the only one who’s seen Cool as Ice? Anyone? (At least it’s the only one I’ve seen, and it was in high school, and my friends and I rented it for kitch value, and we laughed through it) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/70 "2005-08-10T17:28:22Z")
Zero. Dodged a bullet on one, though – I saw “Crossroads” in the list and at first I thought it was the one with Ralph Macchio, which I \*have \* seen. I guess I must be living right. (Or maybe not? :dubious: ) ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/71 "2005-08-10T17:50:26Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > _Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter_ is **awesome** and entertaining under its own merits, and more importantly it’s exactly the film the filmmakers intended to make. You know, you’re right. I take it back. When the gang watched this low-budget-and-revelling-in-it flick there was a newcomer amongst us who - get this - just doesn’t think MST3K is funny. He was almost literally screaming to shut this movie off. I think this tainted my enjoyment. On reflection, if someone granted me the chance to not have watched it I would vehemently resist (would that I could for Master of Disguse, Battlefield Earth, and Matrix Revolutions)! Bad on purpose is hard to do well. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/72 "2005-08-10T17:51:05Z")
Oop. I’d forgotten I’d seen Baby Geniuses. So, 38 for me, with another two as “may have seen them, can’t really recall.” 1. 1.5 ‘Manos’ the Hands of Fate (1966) 9,211 2. 1.6 The Skydivers (1963) 847 3. 1.6 The Final Sacrifice (1990) 776 4. 1.6 Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996) 1,030 5. 1.7 Future War (1997) 1,805 6. 1.7 Space Mutiny (1988) 1,949 7. 1.7 Tangents (1994) 909 8. 1.7 The Wild World of Batwoman (1966) 1,255 9. 1.7 Quest for the Delta Knights (1993) 662 10. 1.8 Hobgoblins (1987) 2,126 11. 1.8 The Creeping Terror (1964) 643 12. 1.8 Girl in Gold Boots (1969) 979 13. 1.8 Ator l’invincibile 2 (1984) 784 14. 1.9 Nuevos extraterrestres, Los (1983) 1,166 15. 1.9 Eegah (1962) 1,408 16. 1.9 Werewolf (1996) 1,136 17. 1.9 Uomo puma, L’ (1980) 938 18. 2.0 Soultaker (1990) 731 19. 2.1 The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964) 809 20. 2.2 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) 5,716 21. 2.2 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) 2,034 22. 2.3 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996) 2,396 23. 2.3 The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) 1,007 24. 2.3 Leonard Part 6 (1987) 2,328 25. 2.4 Baby Geniuses (1999) 3,405 26. 2.4 Mitchell (1975) 1,330 27. 2.5 Chairman of the Board (1998) 788 28. 2.5 Robot Monster (1953) 810 \*58. 2.5 2001: A Space Travesty (2000) 2,269 29. 2.6 Jaws: The Revenge (1987) 5,822 30. 2.7 Teen Wolf Too (1987) 2,364 31. 2.8 The Real Cancun (2003) 1,625 32. 2.8 Rollerball (2002) 5,756 33. 2.8 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) 4,625 \*75. 2.8 Captain America (1991) 1,500 34. 2.8 The Master of Disguise (2002) 4,248 35. 2.9 Mannequin: On the Move (1991) 1,325 36. 2.9 Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988) 5,391 37. 3.1 Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) 1,341 38. 3.1 Problem Child 2 (1991) 3,855 ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/73 "2005-08-10T17:54:29Z")
1. Five of them were MST3K, two of them were Police Academy movies, one was _Battlefield Earth_. Where the hell is _Highlander 2_? It’s worse than either _Bolero_ or _Gymkata_! And yes, I’ve seen _Gymkata_. But the worst movie ever is still _Armageddeon_. Michael Bay delendia est. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/74 "2005-08-10T17:58:22Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Zero. > > Dodged a bullet on one, though – I saw “Crossroads” in the list and at first I thought it was the one with Ralph Macchio, which I \*have \* seen. > > I guess I must be living right. (Or maybe not? :dubious: ) Had the same dread myself until I noticed the date. When I first saw it (Macchio’s) in the 80’s (?) I thought it was good, but suspect that now I’d be hard pressed to rate it high enough to be too far from the Bottom 100. Who was it faking Macchio’s playing? I want to say Ry Cooder but that doesn’t feel right. There were a couple of others with titles that I did see, but the date let me off the hook. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/75 "2005-08-10T17:58:33Z")
> [@Nature's Call](#): > > You know, you’re right. I take it back. When the gang watched this low-budget-and-revelling-in-it flick there was a newcomer amongst us who - get this - just doesn’t think MST3K is funny. He was almost literally screaming to shut this movie off. I think this tainted my enjoyment. Yeah, where’s the list of Bottom 100 Movie **Watchers**? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/76 "2005-08-10T21:20:24Z")
Only one. Tarzan the Ape Man. But it was in the theater! ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/77 "2005-08-10T21:28:34Z")
Just one, thank Og. Captain America. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/78 "2005-08-10T21:43:26Z")
‘Manos’ the Hands of Fate Mitchell Jaws: The Revenge Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Teen Wolf Too Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Shanghai Surprise Captain America Gymkata Mannequin: On the Move Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach Spice World Tarzan, the Ape Man Street Fighter Surf Nazis Must Die Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Rhinestone ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/79 "2005-08-10T21:56:36Z")
Nine, including MST3K episodes that I’ve seen in their entirety. Probably another dozen if you count movies of which I’ve only seen 20 minutes, and all of that dozen if from MST3K. I think MST3K films, bad as many of them are, are unfairly represented on the list because unlike many bad movies that fade into obscurity, lots of people have seen them. I mean, even without Mike & 'bots I would have gotten more enjoyment out of Space Mutiny than I did from Raising Cain. **shudder** There is no way It’s Pat belongs on the list. It was no Citizen Kane, but it was a perfectly serviceable stupid comedy about two androgyns finding love. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412/80 "2005-08-10T22:31:20Z")
1. I haven’t seen Bolero, but surely Tarzan has to fall into the same category! Although I may not have been all that young when I saw it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-how-many-of-the-imdb-bottom-100-movies-have-you-seen/316412.md?page=5)