Ben Affleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jennifer Garner, and Colin Farrell in Daredevil (2003)

Jeff Imada and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

Amy Seimetz in A Horrible Way to Die (2010)

An unpleasant (or rich , or a troublemaker ) person , various people he annoys who become suspects , a detective - police or amateur , who brings all the suspects together at the end - with or without saying "I bet you're wondering why I brought you all here " . Not all murder films fit the formula , these are ones that do .

Nicolas Bro, Sofia Helin, Maria Kulle, Thure Lindhardt, Reuben Sallmander, and Sonja Richter in The Bridge (2011)

Can there even be a thing like 'nearly good B-pictures'? At first I wasn't so sure either. But after years of watching B-movies, more often than not I stumbled across a B-picture which I wouldn't exactly consider to be a good (or even brillant) one. On the other hand it didn't reach the absolute bottoms of z-grade moviedom that connoisseurs of this kind of pictures are used to either. It was simply a movie which, in terms of B-pictures, was competently done, had all those ingredients we love so much in this kind of movies, yes, possibly it was even done bad for all the right reasons. But nevertheless, it didn't click with me, didn't offer that special something which makes B-pictures so enjoyable. What you can expect on this list are B-pictures which are not bad per se, they are more like near misses which can still offer plenty for the B-movie fan. Especially if you are a fan of a certain subgenre, actor or whatever. So have fun browsing through the nearly, but not quite, good B-pictures of the 1930s. 

If you're up to it, don't hesitate to leave a comment.

PS: The movies are sorted by year and not necessarily by my preference. This list is by no means complete as I will add new worthwhile films as I stumble across them.

George Arliss, Alice Joyce, and H.B. Warner in The Green Goddess (1930)

Conway Tearle and Virginia Valli in The Lost Zeppelin (1929)

Movies, Shorts and TV Shows In My Personal Collection (in progress)

Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald in San Francisco (1936)

Keri Jo Chapman in It's in the Water (1997)

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