# Stupid little movies you love from the 90's-early 2000's **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 4, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100 "2020-05-04T01:54:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/81 "2020-05-06T22:25:28Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > _So I married an Axe Murderer_ - 1993. Gets surprisingly little love for being a Mike Myers film, and is a bit cheesy, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. Amanda Plummer does a great turn as the sister-in-law. That was a great, funny little film. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/82 "2020-05-06T22:34:10Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > _US Marshals_ - the poor relation of _The Fugitive_. Still has plenty of Tommy Lee Jones wisecracks though, so what’s not to like? This one was on AMC the other day. It was the first time I’d watched it since it came out in the theater, and it was actually a lot better than I remember it being. Along with Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pantoliano had some great moments in it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/83 "2020-05-06T23:04:41Z")
Dodgeball - 2004 Very stupid, but piss-pants hi-larious. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/84 "2020-05-06T23:08:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Mystery Men gets a big thumbs up for me. > > If you want to get your crazy serial killer groove on, how 'bout [The Stepfather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepfather_(1987_film)) (1987, I hear that there was a remake in the two thousands but I’ve never seen it) and, for something really harrowing, [Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry:_Portrait_of_a_Serial_Killer)? Oops! Wrong decade. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/85 "2020-05-07T01:05:56Z")
Little Nicky (2000). Not well-regarded by most, I thought Adam Sandler did a brilliant job portraying someone utterly unfamiliar with Earthly life (“I got hit by a lot of metal with some lights on the front.” “That’s a train, son.”), and I loved the various elements of the movie’s Hellish millieu woven together (Rodney Dangerfield as Grandpa Lucifer, Hitler’s daily punishment). Also, “You turned a Coke…into a Pepsi.” ---
**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:** [May 7, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/86 "2020-05-07T04:01:21Z")
> [@Dark\_Sponge](#): > > Dark City (1998) is one of the few movies I enjoy enough to watch it over again every couple years… Yes! Great film, and with one of the most absolutely perfect endings of all time. I almost wept. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/87 "2020-05-07T05:54:17Z")
I came in to offer [Hawks](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097487/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_5) (with [Janet McTeer](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005216/?ref_=tt_cl_t3)!), but I see it was from 1988. I guess I watched it in the early '90s, but maybe not. Some movies from late '80s-early '90s are starting to blur together time-wise for me. ☹ ---
**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:** [May 7, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/88 "2020-05-07T07:32:53Z")
I have a soft spot for _Major Payne_ (1995). Peak Damon Wayans. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/89 "2020-05-07T18:01:07Z")
I agree with many that have been listed: Office Space Tremors Kingpin Old School (my favorite of the Will Ferrell, some-Wilson-brother movies) Dodgeball (I still reference “the ocho” whenever the opportunity arises) I’ll add: Defending Your Life The Chronicles of Riddick Easily the best, most polished B-movie to come along in some time. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/90 "2020-05-07T19:20:43Z")
Two from 2002: Big Trouble, starring Tim Allen and based on a Dave Barry novel (that I have not read). A comedy about various people in and around Miami. And there’s a bomb on a plane, which is why the release was delayed; it was originally set to premiere on September 21, 2001. Nicholas Nickleby. One of many film versions, this one starred Charlie Hunnam and Christopher Plummer. It’s only a couple of hours long, so it’s not a complete telling of the lengthy novel (which, again, I have not read) but I thought was nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/91 "2020-05-07T19:42:05Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > \*\*A Shane Black screenplay and a great starring role by the perennially underrated Geena Davis. Pair it up with [Kiss Kiss Bang Bang](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373469/) with Val Kilmer and a return-to-form Robert Downey, Jr. > > Stranger Yes to both! I love _Big Trouble_, but the book was actually funnier, so I was a little disappointed in the movie when I first saw it. As my memories of the book fade, I like the movie more and more. Was going to mention _Adventures in Babysitting_ but, sadly, it’s 1987. _Tremors_ is **the** perfect genre movie. I’m also a big fan of _Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion_. Janeane Garofalo was really good in it. And it was a real surprise to see who Sandy Frink grew up to be. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/92 "2020-05-08T02:03:02Z")
> **[Dirty Pretty Things movie review (2003) | Roger Ebert](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dirty-pretty-things-2003)** > > The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and finds the source of the trouble: A human heart, stuck in the pipes. He asks about the recent occupants of the room, but nobody seems to know anything, not even the helpful hooker who... > **[Good Advice](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_advice)** > > When his mistress's publisher husband deliberately misleads him, philandering banker Ryan Turner (Charlie Sheen) loses his job on a doomed deal. Soon, his writer girlfriend, Cindy Styne (Denise Richards), dumps him and leaves town. But the... > **[Vanilla Sky](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vanilla_sky)** > > Tom Cruise and Cameron Crowe reunite after ---
**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:** [May 8, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/93 "2020-05-08T03:31:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > …Big Trouble, starring Tim Allen and based on a Dave Barry novel (that I have not read). A comedy about various people in and around Miami. And there’s a bomb on a plane, which is why the release was delayed; it was originally set to premiere on September 21, 2001… I was underwhelmed by the film, although it does have a great deadpan Patrick Warburton line: “Was that a goat?” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/94 "2020-05-08T04:56:09Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Yes to both! > > I love _Big Trouble_, but the book was actually funnier, so I was a little disappointed in the movie when I first saw it. As my memories of the book fade, I like the movie more and more. > > Was going to mention _Adventures in Babysitting_ but, sadly, it’s 1987. > > _Tremors_ is **the** perfect genre movie. I’m also a big fan of _Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion_. Janeane Garofalo was really good in it. And it was a real surprise to see who Sandy Frink grew up to be. 🙂 \*Big Trouble \* had a great cast. Tim Allen, Renee Russo, Ben Foster, DJ Qualls, Patrick Warburton, a young Zooey Deschanel (though, admittedly, she doesn’t have much to do in the film), Andy Richter, and the great Stanley Tucci. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/95 "2020-05-08T11:36:30Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > …The best Zombie movies from then: > [Night of the Comet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Comet) … **Night of the Comet** was released in 1984, so out of bounds date-wise. But it’s a fun movie. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/96 "2020-05-08T11:48:16Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > “Rock Star” starring Mark Wahlberg as a tribute performer who becomes lead singer of his favorite heavy metal band. Loosely based on the similar tale of the guy who became lead singer for Judas Priest after Rob Halford left the band. I’ve always been a sucker for these sorts of rise-and-fall showbiz stories. Also, it’s great seeing Dominic West (aka McNulty from “The Wire”) in long curly mane and full hair metal regalia. Good choice… it also has Jennifer Aniston and a absolute killer soundtrack! There’s also a bunch of cameos. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/97 "2020-05-08T11:51:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > … > _Blade_ was silly, portentous, schlocky vampire-fighting fun (didn’t see any of the sequels). > … Good call on **Blade**. One of those movies where, if it pops up on cable TV, I have to watch it to the end. ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100/98 "2020-05-08T11:58:04Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > … > If you want to get your crazy serial killer groove on, how 'bout [The Stepfather](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepfather_(1987_film)) (1987, I hear that there was a remake in the two thousands but I’ve never seen it) … Great early role for Terry O’Quinn before he became a (sorta) TV star on “Lost”. And I had a big crush on Jill Schoelen back then. I guess she dropped out of the biz in the mid-90s. ---
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> [@cormac262](#): > > …I’ll add: > …The Chronicles of Riddick Easily the best, most polished B-movie to come along in some time. On a related note, I enjoyed _Pitch Black_. ---
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**Dream Lover** , an erotic thriller starring James Spader and Madchen Amick. The plot is pretty dumb, but the film more than makes up for it with style, steaminess, the drop-dead beautiful Ms. Amick, and a very satisfying killer ending I didn’t see coming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-movies-you-love-from-the-90s-early-2000s/853100.md?page=6)