# What are your favorite movies that are so bad they're good? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617 "2010-02-04T01:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/41 "2010-02-04T18:34:29Z")
[Mortal Kombat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_%28film%29)! Cheesy '90s soundtrack, lame-to-decent martial arts, laughable but not-taking-itself-seriously acting, and Cary Tagawa! I love that film more than I reasonably should. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/42 "2010-02-04T18:45:06Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > **Robocop** - “Dick…YOUR FIRED!!!” HEY HEY HEY! The OP said BAD movies! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/43 "2010-02-04T18:45:47Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I’m straight, but… Your namesake from _Midnight Cowboy_ (decidedly not a “so bad” movie) would have said just the same thing. Per the OP, I’ll add [Battle Beyond the Stars](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080421/), a Star Wars wannabe starring Richard “John Boy” Thomas. Awful, yet wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/44 "2010-02-04T18:54:49Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I love Xanadu. Roller-skating Muses, Olivia Newton-John, ELO, the Tubes, the cartoon sequence…just love it. Pay no attention during the dialogue. Seconded! I love this movie. Also: the cartoon The Last Unicorn. Cheesy, but brings a tear to my eye anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/45 "2010-02-04T19:02:10Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > [Mortal Kombat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_%28film%29)! Cheesy '90s soundtrack, lame-to-decent martial arts, laughable but not-taking-itself-seriously acting, and Cary Tagawa! I love that film more than I reasonably should. I love MK as well. It’s got just enough plot to keep the story going from fight to fight. Christopher Lambert and Linden Ashby (along with Cary) are both very awesome in the movie. Unfortunatley, Bridgette Wilson is in it and she can’t fight and her acting is pretty weak. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/46 "2010-02-04T19:10:07Z")
**Cat Man** : Weird type of person. I wonder who could’ve done it? **Star Child** : Good question, Cat Man. What do you compute, Space Ace? **Space Ace** : Insufficient data at the moment, Star Child. **Cat Man** : We better look into it. **The Demon** : _{growls}_ ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/47 "2010-02-04T19:13:14Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Your namesake from _Midnight Cowboy_ (decidedly not a “so bad” movie) would have said just the same thing. > > Per the OP, I’ll add [Battle Beyond the Stars](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080421/), a Star Wars wannabe starring Richard “John Boy” Thomas. Awful, yet wonderful. It’s more a SF version of _The Magnificent Seven_. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/48 "2010-02-04T19:25:33Z")
How about “Big Trouble in Little China” with Kurt Russell? ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/49 "2010-02-04T19:26:03Z")
**Rock ‘n’ Roll High School** Of course, it might have been The Ramones that made this movie great, but it’s also chock-full of typical Roger Corman so-bad-it’s-goodness. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/50 "2010-02-04T19:27:22Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s more a SF version of The Magnificent Seven. Quite right – it even has Robert Vaughn playing the same role he played in **The Magnificent Seven**. there are two versions – in one the Valkyrie wears a _lot_ fewer clothes. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/51 "2010-02-04T19:33:50Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Your namesake from _Midnight Cowboy_ (decidedly not a “so bad” movie) would have said just the same thing. Well, I ain’t a f’real cowboy… ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/52 "2010-02-04T19:40:49Z")
I will second Kiss Meets Phantom; third Xanadu. I will also add, Dr. Detroit, Starhops, Frankenhooker, Lust in The Dust, and Bad Santa. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/53 "2010-02-04T19:43:16Z")
I should also give a shout out to _Cobra_ if for no other reason than the scene where Sylvester Stallone cracks open a beer before confronting the bad guy in the supermarket. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/54 "2010-02-04T19:57:15Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > The follow-up line is even better in context, but not quite as quotable: > > Rae: What happened to Sully? > Arnold: I let him go. Here’s the scene in its entiriety. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RMkXY6MN96E/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/RMkXY6MN96E?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque I also like the line, “What is important is gravity.” ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/55 "2010-02-04T21:02:59Z")
I own Batman and Robin on Blu-ray. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/56 "2010-02-04T21:12:54Z")
_Joe vs. The Volcano_, it’s sappy, corny and has a ridiculous plot. Most of the cast consider it the worst movie they ever made but despite all that Hanks, Ryan and Bridges rock it anyway. Who on this planet couldn’t identify with Joe Banks about his job? ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/57 "2010-02-04T22:59:18Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > Oh hellz yeah! I adore this movie. You forgot, though, the ridiculous national stereotypes (the stupid American biker-looking dude, the Japanese guy must be a sumo, the African fighter who has to act like a monkey). And Bolo Yeung is just too awesome to not be on the list. And the totally pointless “police chasing Frank Dux” plotline. Damnit, I meant to include the racial/national stereotypes in my checklist. Good catch! ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/58 "2010-02-04T23:07:21Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I also like the line, “What is important is gravity.” I’ll just add some stuff, since this is what I came in here to mention: The 60’s yellow porsche that Sully is driving inexplicably at one point turns into a 70’s model, with enormous spoiler, for a few seconds. After Ahnold kills Sully and walks over to it on its side, flips it over, and drives away in it, it’s undamaged. And how can we forget Ahnold throwing a large blunt pipe THROUGH the bad guy’s body? And then steam comes out, while Ahnold says “Let off some steam, Bennett.” BTW, Bennett was played by the guy who was the mohawk baddie from **Road Warrior**. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/59 "2010-02-04T23:17:23Z")
What’s the body count in “Commando” when Ah-nold assaults the bad guy’s complex? I counted 56 the last time I watched it. Did I miss a few dozen? “The Core” is more enjoyable than it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617/60 "2010-02-04T23:26:34Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > **Horror Express.** Hey now! That’s not bad-good! That’s good-good! Or at least good-bad-good…or…something. A surprisingly effective, creepy little movie. Telly is over the top, but I’m fairly sure he was supposed to be. I, too, am fond of it :). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-movies-that-are-so-bad-theyre-good/527617.md?page=4)