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
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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
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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:
Bad:
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)