Better than they have the right to be
There is absolutely no reason why these movies should be as brilliant as they are.
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- DirectorJim SharmanStarsTim CurrySusan SarandonBarry BostwickA newly-engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must seek shelter at the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-n-Furter.A movie that has endured despite being objectively ridiculous.
Decades since I first saw it, and I'm still finding new details to impress me. - DirectorJohn McPhailStarsElla HuntMalcolm CummingSarah SwireA zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.A zombie Christmas musical? Why not?
BECAUSE IT'S AN INSANE IDEA, that's why! How can this be so amazing?!? - DirectorMaria SchraderStarsMaren EggertDan StevensSandra HüllerIn order to obtain research funds for her studies, a scientist accepts an offer to participate in an extraordinary experiment: for three weeks, she is to live with a humanoid robot, created to make her happy.It's not that I expected it to be horrible. I just didn't expect it to get a 10-star rating from me, and be my favorite movie of the year.
- DirectorKinka UsherStarsBen StillerJaneane GarofaloWilliam H. MacyA group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillain threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.An invisible boy who can't be invisible if people look at him, and a guy who's super power is farting... There's no way it should be this good.
- DirectorsTerry GilliamTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleKing Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.Do I really need to explain why this is on the list?
- CreatorMax LandisStarsSamuel BarnettElijah WoodHannah MarksHolistic detective Dirk Gently investigates cases involving the supernatural.Everything is connected.
- DirectorMarjane SatrapiStarsRyan ReynoldsGemma ArtertonAnna KendrickA likable guy pursues his office crush with help from his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date.No no no no no no no no no no... Okay. Yes.
- DirectorPaco CabezasStarsAnna KendrickSam RockwellTim RothA girl falls for the "perfect" guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he's a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.I was expecting a fun movie, but I wasn't expecting it to become one of my favorite movies of all time.
- DirectorsMatt Bettinelli-OlpinTyler GillettStarsSamara WeavingAdam BrodyMark O'BrienA bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.WHY was this so good? I mean, I can't even describe it without making it sound terrible, even if I give spoilers. It just IS.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayAdam DriverTilda SwintonThe focus is on the sleepy small town of Centerville where the dead become undead.I mean, it sucks... Except that it's amazing and wonderful, even if it doesn't end well for the characters.
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligottAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.It takes Sam Rockwell to make a movie with a cast this small be this good.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsMike MyersDana CarveyRob LoweTwo slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.30 years later and somehow, what could have been JUST fart-joke laughs has maintained a cultural relevance and quotability that ranks it far better than a feature-length SNL sketch should achieve.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppWinona RyderDianne WiestThe solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.The premise alone should mean this movie is terrible, but it's endearing and enduring.
- DirectorRon UnderwoodStarsKevin BaconFred WardFinn CarterNatives of a small isolated town defend themselves against strange underground creatures which are killing them one by one.Okay, the actor list is great, but it is about desert slug things that attack people and are quickly named "graboids" by the characters... No... This definitely shouldn't be this good.
- DirectorMike FlanaganStarsKaren GillanBrenton ThwaitesKatee SackhoffA recently released inmate from a mental asylum learns from his sister that the murders he was convicted of committing were actually orchestrated by a supernatural entity, the Lasser Glass mirror.Okay, so I do have a bit of a phobia about mirrors in general, but even with that this movie shouldn't be so impactful and mesmerizing. The casting/writing/acting/etc. on this movie is so on-point that the making of it must have been a 'perfect storm' of media production because it's too perfect. With a budget of only $5Mil this movie gave me chills that couldn't be bought by movies costing 10 or 20 times as much.
- DirectorMatthias HoeneStarsRasmus HardikerHarry TreadawayMichelle RyanA gang of bank robbers fight their way out of a zombie-infested London.Just by the name you can tell how campy this movie is, and you're not wrong, but it's still amazing.
- DirectorDavid BeairdStarsBill PaxtonLinda KozlowskiTim CurryTelevangelist's congregation gets taken hostage by woman seeking revenge for stolen inheritance. Black comedy exposing corrupt preachers.Child of darkness... You should watch this movie.
- DirectorMichael GiacchinoStarsGael García BernalLaura DonnellyHarriet Sansom HarrisFollows a lycanthrope superhero who fights evil using the abilities given to him by a curse brought on by his bloodline.Marvel just wanted us to know they didn't forget about Manthing.
- DirectorIvan ReitmanStarsDavid DuchovnyOrlando JonesJulianne MooreTwo college professors team up with a fire-fighting cadet and a government scientist to combat an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.That's not how the periodic table works...
- DirectorFran Rubel KuzuiStarsKristy SwansonDonald SutherlandPaul ReubensFlighty teenage girl Buffy Summers learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.I'm pretty sure Paul Reubens is still dying to this very day.
- DirectorAlexandre AjaStarsKaya ScodelarioBarry PepperMorfydd ClarkGigantic alligators swarm around a young woman and her father as floodwaters engulf their home.Heeeeere gator gator gator...
- DirectorsJustin BensonAaron MoorheadStarsAaron MoorheadJustin BensonCallie HernandezAs kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.Once the movie is over, you'll want to watch it again.
- DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsTim RobbinsPaul NewmanJennifer Jason LeighA naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.You know... For kids.
- DirectorTom StoppardStarsGary OldmanTim RothRichard DreyfussTwo minor characters from the play 'Hamlet' stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.The coin flipping scene should have been longer.
- DirectorJordan GallandStarsJake HoffmanDevon AokiJohn VentimigliaA director hires a playwright who is actually a vampire with a feud to settle.Every moment of this film was terrible, except for the shadow on the wall in the first minute. The result? Perfection. Shakespeare as it should be.
