The 20 Best Bad Movies of the Past 20 Years

1. oezicomix
   May 2nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm

   great list, but one more should definitely be included, starring the HOFF in tight pants in outer space, running senselessly around studio planets alongside stella star, bikini-clad interstellar babe, fighting evil count zarth arn and his giant flying fist... hope i didn't give away too much...!?

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzfuNSpP0RA

   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079946/

2. Woogie
   May 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm

   What a stupid article. A bunch of the movies weren't "bad" to start with. Then they put garbage like Hudson Hawk on there which was just BAD.

   And Snakes on a Plane was just terrible except for about one 5 second line from Sam Jackson.

3. Rainbow Stalin
   May 2nd, 2009 at 4:10 pm

   Yeah, not a great article. Far from being universally regarded as a "bad" movie, doesn't Starship Troopers actually have a pretty sizeable cult following? (Also, I think that I would argue that its minimal resemblance to the Heinlein novel is a credit, not a debit.) I enjoyed Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow quite a bit. I didn't know that that was considered a "bad" movie.

   I'm not going to argue that it's any kind of neglected masterpiece or anything, but I've never understood all of the hatred toward Waterworld. I can't really see myself ever sitting down and watching the whole thing again, but it's a perfectly acceptable big, dopey action movie. I would probably watch it on an airplane if I had nothing else to do.

4. earbox
   May 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pm

   Yeah, well...they can't even be bothered to spell "Aykroyd" correctly.

5. wilfbelf
   May 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm

   1 incredible movie. 2 words.

   THE ROOM.
   it trumps all.

6. Frau
   May 2nd, 2009 at 7:02 pm

   Solar Babies?
   When rollerblading was trendy and hip.

   Oh It scrapes past the twenty year mark. Dang.

7. Johnny Cat
   May 2nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm

   This list is all over the place in terms of "Bad". On viewing the SoAP reference, I was inspired, but including avant garde stuff like the last two, and unknowns like Poultergeist: Night of the Chicken Dead was off the mark.
   Agree with most of the list though. Cool World was cool, but I never, ever want to see it again.

8. Denara
   May 2nd, 2009 at 11:41 pm

   Can't Hardly Wait was THE movie the summer before senior year... I refuse to aknowledge anything about it being "bad". I just hear a reference and slip into nostalgia.

   I don't pretend it's anything unique, but it captures that perfect time between realizing such a huge experience is behind you yet so much that will define you is ahead... the article's author is either way too old or too young, cause yeah, it's a bit of a product of it's time. =P How dare they not be part of the classes of 1998-2000!

9. Reechard
   May 3rd, 2009 at 3:56 am

   It's missing my favorite, bad movie of all times Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie if you haven't already.

10. oezicomix
    May 3rd, 2009 at 8:04 am

    ah, crossed the 20 year mark, i didn't even pay attention... still, the hoff in space!

11. Gadget Sleuth
    May 3rd, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    No list like this is complete with the Chuck Norris materpiece, The Octagon. Some of the most painful-to-listen-to dialogue ever written, yet good enough to be really bad.

12. Geekazoid
    May 3rd, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    Give me a break, Point Break? The Long Kiss Goodnight? Captain Sky?

    These movies rocked!

    Looks like the author was struggling to find enough filler! Though I agree with a lot of it like Hudson Hawk and those two Costner turkey's, truly dreadful.

13. renderanything
    May 3rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    I had completely forgotten about Robot Jox until today.

    Of course, every list of this type is subjective to the audience compiling it and will not agree entirely with the audience reading it. I'd have put in a vote for Manos: the Hands of Fate myself.

14. renderanything
    May 3rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm

    Whoops, forgot the 20 years thing too.

15. Chris Johnston
    May 4th, 2009 at 8:19 am

    "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot"? That movie should never be on a "Best" list of ANY sort!

    I'd have replaced that with Dolph Lundgren's "I Come In Peace"!

16. GQ
    May 5th, 2009 at 5:02 am

    I really like Equilbrium. I had written it off as a Matrix-wannabe but its actually very enjoyable.

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