Stupid little movies you love from the 90's-early 2000's

That was a great, funny little film.

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.

Dodgeball - 2004

Very stupid, but piss-pants hi-larious.

Oops! Wrong decade. Sorry.

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.”

Yes! Great film, and with one of the most absolutely perfect endings of all time. I almost wept.

I came in to offer Hawks (with Janet McTeer!), 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. :frowning:

I have a soft spot for Major Payne (1995). Peak Damon Wayans.

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.

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.

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. :slight_smile:

I was underwhelmed by the film, although it does have a great deadpan Patrick Warburton line: “Was that a goat?”

*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.

Night of the Comet was released in 1984, so out of bounds date-wise. But it’s a fun movie.

Good choice… it also has Jennifer Aniston and a absolute killer soundtrack! There’s also a bunch of cameos.

Good call on Blade. One of those movies where, if it pops up on cable TV, I have to watch it to the end.

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.

On a related note, I enjoyed Pitch Black.

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.