List 5 GOOD Movies and 5 BAD Movies

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

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

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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

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Bad, but with Redeeming Value

Plan Nine from Outer Space
Robot Monster
Starship Troopers
Angry Red Planet

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

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

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. . .

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

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

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

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?

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

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.

(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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)