# List 5 GOOD Movies and 5 BAD Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252 "2008-04-21T17:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ro\_Carter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Ro\_Carter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ro_Carter)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/21 "2008-04-21T20:53:00Z")
Good: Original Star Wars Trilogy Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade/Temple of Doom/Raiders of the Lost Ark The Illusionist That Thing You Do! Band of Brothers (Does this count? If not, I replace it with the Disney version of Robin Hood) Bad: Manos, the Hands of Fate Alien from LA Napoleon Dynamite Elf The Lizzie McGuire Movie ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/22 "2008-04-21T21:43:57Z")
Here’s a dirty summary as of Post #21 No effort to remove or combine duplicates. Copy/paste operation only. Somebody with programming skills might have some fun in comparing these titles with the IMDB Top 250 and Bottom 100 or even getting the IMDB rating for the “good” and “bad” SDMB movies. Maybe even ranking this list. Otherwise, it’s a handy reference of a so-far list. GOOD Movies: Cool Hand Luke The Godfather Blade Runner Schindler’s List No Country For Old Men Unforgiven Saving Private Ryan Groundhog Day Aliens Lord of the Rings Superman I Superman II Superman III Superman Returns Beavis & Butt-head Do America Citizen Kane Elephant Man Last Emoeror Deerhunter Apocalyse Now Goonies, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan, Amadeus Sling Blade Shakespeare in Love Unforgiven The Postman(yeah yeah yeah…so what. I like it) No Country for Old Men One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest High Fidelity Sense and Sensibility Fargo A Man for All Seasons The Seven Samurai Spartacus Forbidden Planet 1776 1. Pulp Fiction/ Clerks (tie) 2. Battle Royale (but the Book/Manga was WAAAY better) 3. Hot Fuzz/Sean of the Dead (tie) 4. Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure 5. Stranger than Fiction 6. Butch Cassady And the Sundance Kid It’s a Wonderful Life The Best Years of Our Lives Stripes Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn Ghostbusters Duck Soup Citizen Kane City Lights The General (Buster Keaton) Crash (Oscar winner) Round Midnight The Conversation Silver Streak 9 to 5 The Breakfast Club Terminator 2 Star Wars Back to the Future Boondock Saints The Blues Brothers Big Night A Fish Called Wanda The Magnificent Seven Blazing Saddles Road to Perdition The Incredibles Enter the Dragon Brick Serenity Cannibal! the Musical Original Star Wars Trilogy Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade/Temple of Doom/Raiders of the Lost Ark The Illusionist That Thing You Do! Band of Brothers (Does this count? If not, I replace it with the Disney version of Robin Hood) The Breakfast Club Stranger Than Fiction (Emma was awesome) 1776 Fargo Schindler’s List =============================================== BAD Movies: Posse Instant Justice Harlem Nights The Island of Dr. Moreau Rhinestone Hear No Evil Mixed Nuts Nothing But Trouble Full Fathom Five The Seeker Superman IV Look Who’s Talking Too Wag the Dog Beverly Hillbillies Bedazzled (newer version) Judge Dredd Twins Bride of Chucky G.I. Jane Mommie Dearest Batman and Robin, Batman Forever, Alien versus Predator Epic Movie Superbad (I don’t know what all the fuss was about. It’s unmemorable) White Chicks Little Man I am Legend Rambo Rope Dreamcatcher Cold Creek Manor Elektra The Road to Wellville Bulletproof Monk The Giant Claw Tales from the Past (aka Gallery of Horrors, aka Dr. Terror’s Gallery of Horrors – not to be confused with Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors) The Eliminators Jake Speed Young Doctors in Love 1. BloodRayne 2. The Village 3. Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan 4. Son of the Mask 5. Kazaam! Star Trek V, The Final Frontier Taps Curse of the Pink Panther Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Son of the Mask Alien Battlefield Earth Mitchell Killers from Space The Wild World of Batwoman. For Love of the Game 27 Dresses Gladiator Hidalgo Batman and Robin Dirty Dancing White Chicks Alien 3 Night at the Museum Chasing Amy Starcrash Krull Mousehunt Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie The Prophecy 3: The Ascent Mortal Kombat: Annihilation The Stupids The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Varsity Blues Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style Manos, the Hands of Fate Alien from LA Napoleon Dynamite Elf The Lizzie McGuire Movie ================================================== Bad, but with Redeeming Value Plan Nine from Outer Space Robot Monster Starship Troopers Angry Red Planet ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/23 "2008-04-21T22:22:03Z")
**Good:** Repo Man The Outlaw Josie Wales Natural Born Killers Caveman Bad Lieutenant **Bad:** Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Cool World The Sixth Sense The Crawling Eye Hook ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/24 "2008-04-21T23:27:39Z")
5 Good Movies: L.A. Confidential The Usual Suspects Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3:10 to Yuma The Pianist 5 Crappy Movies: Sphere The Lost World The Newton Boys I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead Mercury Rising ---
**Author:** ![fervour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@fervour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fervour)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/25 "2008-04-21T23:41:18Z")
It’s hard to narrow it down to 5. Good: After Hours Brazil What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Run Lola Run Bad: The Hollywood Knights A River Runs Through It Message in a Bottle Spanglish Flubber I was glad to see some of my favorites already listed: Blade Runner, A Fish Called Wanda. . . ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/26 "2008-04-21T23:44:02Z")
Good: Dr. Strangelove The Haunting (1963) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes The Station Agent Little Big Man Bad: Lucky Number Slevin Syriana The Trial of Billy Jack The Matrix Reloaded Scarface ---
**Author:** ![Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Intravenus\_De\_Milo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intravenus_De_Milo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/27 "2008-04-22T03:13:11Z")
Good: Princess Mononoke The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Contact This Is Spinal Tap Monsters, Inc. Bad: The Day After Tomorrow How the Grinch Stole Christmas (live-action version) Rat Race Snow Dogs The Core ---
**Author:** ![Pollux\_Oil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Pollux\_Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pollux_Oil)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/28 "2008-04-22T04:17:08Z")
Good: 1. Dogma 2. True Romance 3. Sin City 4. Reservoir Dogs 5. American Beauty Bad: 1. Bloodrayne 2. Wing Commander 3. The Hunted ( the Tommy Lee Jones/Benicio Del Toro version) 4. Aliens vs. Predator 5. The Chronicles of Riddick ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/29 "2008-04-22T14:36:22Z")
Trying not to duplicate: **The Good** : Mysterious Skin The Color Purple Pan’s Labyrinth The Accused Airplane! **The Bad** : The Golden Compass The Wedding Planner The Time Machine (2002) Eating Out Event Horizon **The Ugly** : What the Bleep Do We Know? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/30 "2008-04-22T14:56:37Z")
Good The Re-Animator Accepted The Rocketeer Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Hot Fuzz Bad Double Dragon Bulletproof Monk Superman Returns Any of the American Pie movies Napoleon Dynamite ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/31 "2008-04-22T15:02:25Z")
Trying not to repeat any previous submissions… Good _Breaker Morant Dark City True Lies Memento Trading Places_ Bad _Liquid Sky_ Pink Flamingos Superman 3 Return to the Planet of the Apes The Glimmer Man \* \*So gawdawfully bad it could stand alone here; it really is as bad as any other five rancidly bad movies combined. ---
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(Just five?) **Good:** _Casablanca_ (1942) _12 Angry Men_ (1957) _Beauty and the Beast_ (1991) _Star Wars_ (1977) _Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle_ (2004) **Bad:** _Envy_ (2004) _Monster-in-Law_ (2005) _Plan 9 from Outer Space_ (1959) _Rent_ (2005) _Wind Dancer_ (1993) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/33 "2008-04-22T15:42:56Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] \*So gawdawfully bad it could stand alone here; it really is as bad as any other five rancidly bad movies combined. [/QUOTE] Oh, come on. Can a movie that contains the line “My cunt has teeth!” be all that bad? _crickets chirp_ Good: Rounders Pleasantville Queens Logic The Conversation Apocolypse Now Bad: The Yin and Yang of Mr. Go Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine Jurassic Park II Prophecy Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/34 "2008-04-22T17:32:03Z")
**Good Movies** _Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Confessions of a Dangerous Mind The Incredibles Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Spider-Man 2_ **Bad Movies** _Rush Hour Godzilla_ Bad Boys Mr. Deeds Star Trek: Nemesis\* \*1998 ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/35 "2008-04-22T22:46:42Z")
Good Pulp Fiction Gattaca Monsoon Wedding Saving Private Ryan Soylent Green Bad Kill Bill Me, You and Everyone We Know Shrek House of the Dead Closer ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/36 "2008-04-23T09:10:23Z")
Good: Aguirre, Wrath of God Wings of Desire Time of the Gypsies Metropolis 12 Angry Men Bad: American Pie Red Dawn Hostel Antz A Few Good Men ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/37 "2008-04-23T10:25:05Z")
Good _Yellow Submarine Lair of the White Worm Straight to Hell Boys Don’t Cry Casino Royale_ (the sixties version, with David Niven) Bad _Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery Splash! The Rescuers Roadhouse The Last Action Hero_ ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/38 "2008-04-23T17:16:24Z")
**Good** Imitation of Life Lord of War Showgirls The Searchers Midnight Express (racism aside) **Bad** Never Been Kissed 13 Blood Diamond Meet the Fokers History of Violence ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/39 "2008-04-23T20:49:57Z")
The question is too broad, I need a theme. **Good** One Hour Photo Insomnia Good Will Hunting Good Morning, Vietnam Dead Poets Society **Bad** Man of the Year Death to Smoochy Flubber FernGully: The Last Rainforest Moscow on the Hudson ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252/40 "2008-04-23T21:34:44Z")
Trying not to duplicate. Good Little Nemo Jersey Girl Joe Dirt 5th Element Highlander (the first) Bad Gigli Beverly Hills Ninja The Flintstones (the second movie) Signs Pearl Harbor (2001) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-5-good-movies-and-5-bad-movies/446252.md?page=3)