Well, if you get to the remake, it feels like the perfect guide on how not to adapt something, so have fun mulling over the details of what went wrong!
I haven’t seen the original. I just saw that Oldboy was rated highly and went to watch it. Halfway through I was like this is kind of dumb. Why do people like it so much? Then I looked and realized that I wasn’t watching the original.
I wasn’t happy about it
- Evil Bong 1-8
- VelociPastor
- Fifty Shades Trilogy
- 365 Days Trilogy
- Swiped
- Starving Games
- Home Alone 3 & 4
- Meet The Spartans
- Music
- Food Fight!
- Battlefield Earth
- The Amazing Bulk
- Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas
- Airplane Mode
- God’s Not Dead 1, 2, 3, and 4
- The Nut Job 2
- Shark Exorcist
- Finding Jesus
- ThanksKilling 3
- Gooby
- Puppet Master 1-14
- Totem
- Daddy Can’t Dance
- The Sissy
- After
- Truth or Dare
- Knock Knock
- Zoolander No. 2
- The Snowman
- Holmes & Watson
- The Animal
- Zombeavers
- Mac and Me
- Captain America (1990)
- Stuart Little 3
- Children of The Corn 2-11
- Deliha 2
- I.C.U
- Fantastic 4 (2015)
- The Kissing Booth 1-3
- The Bubble
- Sex Tape
- Disney’s Zombies 3
- The Thinning
- Daphne & Velma
- Another Gay Movie
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
- A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
- Trevor and The Virgin 1 & 2
Have fun!
Damn I kinda sorta liked Knock Knock. It’s not good by any means, but there are moments where I had to watch with my hands over my face due to the second hand embarrassment, which as an erotic thriller feels like it achieved its goal lmao.
It's literally fantastic writing. Nobody understands how hard it is to intentionally make something that looks this bad. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is the perfect example of that
Velocipastor is unironcally hilarious. Like, so many spoof/satire movies just rely on goofy concepts and have terrible jokes but Velocipastor has actual good jokes and is so over the top yet under budget. One of my favorite movies.
This is the first time I've seen anyone acknowledge The Thinning films (there are two of them, and both are bad). It feels as if this film is being forgotten (probably for good reasons and probably because of Logan Paul being featured as the lead actor).
UGH I just watched Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The Thirteenth like two weeks ago and it was drainingly unfunny. I thought it might be funny in a low-brow way but it was just grating. Definitely recommend that one as a bad movie.
My grandma made me watch two of them (i think it was the first and second one) and they were lowkey kinda interesting. Cringey and a little preachy? Kinda. But the story was good enough that it was not half bad.
I even have some nonbeliever friends that like the first. But going against your teacher, vs going against the Supreme Court to prove Jesus is the Son of God… there’s a big difference lol
The following are, *in my opinion*, bad films for various reasons.
* Sausage Party - bad because even if you like the stupid premise, it kills its own premise by overplaying and over-relying on it.
* Chaos Walking - bad for various reasons, but primarily it's direction and horrendous writing.
Or take your pick of one of these films: [https://letterboxd.com/intakecinema/films/rated/.5-1.5/by/popular/](https://letterboxd.com/intakecinema/films/rated/.5-1.5/by/popular/)
Edit: Coming back to this after a few hours, I see that this is meant as a learning experience. I think the best approach you could take to learn from bad movies is to take a look at the filmography of a director/writer/actor whose works you love, watch some of their lowest-rated films, and then ask yourself "what went wrong?". I don't think it's very helpful to watch films from creators who consistently make rubbish or whose works never really work for you.
Diana Wynne Jones is one of the most brilliant fantasy authors of the past century. Why they chose to adapt, out of all her intricate and thrilling books, a book she only partially completed before her death, is bizarre to me.
I’d imagine the crew was very excited about the unique opportunity to adapt a work from a loved author, while also having the ability to be creative about decisions since it’s unfinished work. I think what ended up happening is we got a Game of Thrones later seasons fuckup instead.
I think if you want to willingly watch bad films, it's good to stick to some goal where you're bound to see some good movie and some stinkers. Whether it's a director's whole filmography (if it's someone who makes critically renowned movies but has some flops), maybe a studio with a distinct style, the top 10 grossing films of every year, trying to have the first X rows of what's popular this week on LB grayed out on your account, etc.
I think for the truly horrible, 1/2 star deserving films you're going to learn the same lessons pretty quick. But what goes wrong with a 2 star average movie that could have been made better might be more interesting to you.
I want to be a filmmaker. Once, I met Nanni Moretti (one of my favourite filmmakers ever) and I asked him what should I do to become a filmmaker like him. He replied "You have to watch films, a lot of films, good films, bad films, the films you hate and the films you love, And then make a lot practice". Since that, I realised how many good movies I see each time, by seeing my rating curve on letterboxd. Soo I just want to know more films even if they're bad, to improve my knowledge
Alan Moore, the author of Watchmen, has a similar quote, saying essentially: to read bad books as well as good ones, because a really amazing book will make you feel like writing is very hard and it is difficult to share space with the greats… but reading a bad book will make you want to sit down and write because you could do something better than that, easily
Just for the record, a friend of mine met Nanni Moretti to realise he had no idea who chris marker or elem klimov were. He doesn't strike me as the guy who truly watches *that* many films, especially outside the italian/french/american sphere.
I was hesitant to chime in considering I really would never recommend this film to anyone, but reading this I’d say the worst film I’ve ever seen and a very evident example of what not to do in cinematography and script is Alien Vs Predator Requiem- if you want to look at bad franchise films than this is your best best as far as I’m aware.
i feel like there is little need to watch bad films if you want to become a filmmaker, as long as you watch good films and recognise what the successful elements of those films are you’re good to go. you don’t need to “know what not to do” if you know what works in film
Ah, try Liquid Sky in that case. It is not a bad movie. It’s one of my favorites to rewatch. It’s just unlike most other movies I’ve seen. It takes risks and it was made on a small budget. It’s strange and wonderful, but it isn’t for everyone.
Also recommend Badlands, maybe my favorite movie. It’s Terrence Malick’s directorial debut. It has “flaws,” is incredible, and has moments of magic. Read some about the process of making it and that gave some great context.
Yeah I was wondering the same thing but also not really in a way cuz I'm in the same spot as OP where the vast majority of my ratings are high because I purposely pick things that I know I'll probably like. But then again I think that's also because I've watched plenty of bad movies before in my life preletterboxd so I don't feel as bad about it. The filmaker thing makes a lot of sense tho
If you really want to understand filmmaking at its most enthusiastic but deeply incompetent I would look at the work of Neil Breen, or going back the films of Edward D Wood Jr. As an intro to the latter, see Tim Burton’s film Ed Wood, a biopic where he is played by Johnny Depp. Plan 9 From Outer Space is generally seen as his ‘masterpiece’ but the Burton film will add a lot of interesting context, such as the fact that his star Bela Lugosi died halfway through filming, so he used a stand in who is always awkwardly covering the bottom half of his face.
Why do people feel the need to watch more bad movies to even out their ratings on Letterboxd? Review sites like Letterboxd are to help you AVOID bad movies.
That movie, and its sequel, is a strong contender for the worst good movie, or best bad movie or something.
I really enjoy them but they are just so all over the place with what they are going for.
So an excellent recommendation.
This video about them is great: https://youtu.be/uKfdls1fqJE
The Birdemic films are some of the worst you’ll find. Just watch the first though, because they’re all pretty much the same movie done over. Anything by Neil Breen as well.
That is, if you believe there is such a thing as an objectivr good, but there isn't. You could look however for what you like or don't like to see a film, but that doesn't mean it has to be a low rated film necessarily
because they have basic plot, subpar acting, it's a one and done action flick etc., mediocre movie which doesn't leave any lasting impression. Let's take for instance Venom, is it a good movie - no, is it somewhat entertaining - yeah, 2.5 stars for me
Batman and Robin
Morbius (the movie of all time)
Fast 6, 8, 9, X and Tokyo Drift
Superman 4
Suicide Squad (not the James Gunn one)
Justice League (Theatrical)
Catwoman
Halloween Ends
Insidious the red door
Fantastic 4 (2015)
Batman the Killing Joke
Fifty Shades Trilogy
Power Rangers movie
The Mummy (Tom Cruise)
Kick Ass 2
Godzilla vs. Kong
Assassin's Creed
Amazing Spiderman 2
Star Wars episodes 8 and 9
Meg 2 The Trench
The Predator
Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Wonder Woman 1984
Grown Ups and its sequel (masterpieces)
Terminator Genisys
Terminator Dark Fate
Any movie directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
Enjoy this list. :)
Intentionally watching bad movies just to lower your ratings curve is dumb. So many Letterboxd users seem to focus more on the app than actually watching movies
Read my other comment. I have a bigger purpose of watching bad movies. I put my letterboxd rating curve just because that's what made me realise that I don't watch so much bad movies in general
i think the first five minutes of it are funny. if it stuck to that premise and didn’t go the direction of lol this guy talks like he has a mental disability it would be better
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Agreed. Going from a great mystery film with lots of comedy to a film stuffed with cheap references, cameos and thin cultural commentary. If people want an snl sketch instead of a film that’s fine
2025
Lion king remake
Last Airbender
Emoji movie
Human centipede
Suicide squad
Devil all the time (I’m sorry)
Halloween ends and kills
The nun
Meg 2
Transformers the last night
Unhinged
Grudge 2020
47 meters down
Tall girl
All 3 Star Wars prequels (not sorry)
Matrix 3
X men origins
65
Fractured
The hunt (I’m sorry)
Bye bye man
Umma
The turning
The invitation
Night school
Come play
American skin
Lady in the Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, the second Wonder Woman with Kristen Wiig, Ace Ventura, We’re All Going to the Worlds Fair, The Outwaters, The Tree of Life, Braveheart, A Walk to Remember, The Souvenir, Malum
I’d recommend these which range from 1/2 to 1 1/2 ratings:
Biodome = Bad on a generic scale
Batman V Superman & Matrix 4 = Bad on a large scale
Demon Child 666 = Bad on an low scale/indie budget…real indie budget
Crash (2004) = Bad in a pretentious scale
Cure (1997) = Bad in an overrated scale
I found it a boring film that where’s its influences of better films on its sleeve. It’s not badly done (technically), hence, the “overrated scale” concept.
Underdog (2007) Movie about a dog that becomes a superhero. also had the greatest tagline of any movie "one nation... under dog"
Dracula 3000 (2004) Dracula on a spaceship
Soul Man (1986) A white man takes self tanning pills to get an african american scholarship to harvard
Going Overboard, Birdemic: Shock and Terror, The Amazing Bulk, Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, Nazis At The Center Of The Earth, Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid, Undefeatable, 2019: After The Fall Of New York, Lambada, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Pool Party (2007), V-World Matrix, Don’t Touch If You Ain’t Prayed, Bottoms Up.
The Pest with John Leguizamo. That is the most pain I’ve ever endured watching something.
Oh, and if you’re a Dirty Dancing fan, check out the shitheap TV remake.
Southland Tales
A Beautiful Mess, I fucking love it. One of my favorite films. Check out the prequel graphic novel first cause it’s literally the first half of the movie🤌🤌🤌
* Hideaway (1995)
* Double Team (1997)
* Zandalee (1991)
* Mutant Hunt (1987)
* Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
* Top Dog (1995)
* The Assignment (2015)
* After Death (1989)
* Skyscraper (1996)
* Hellbound (1994)
* Drop Zone (1994)
* Microwave Massacre (1979)
Now these are all bad movies that are pretty entertaining in my opinion, you could definitely do worse than this list.
The new rating system has definitely skewed the ratings of a lot of shitty films though, so even some of the worst I've seen will still have around a 2/5 these days.
I also went through a bad movie binge:
Here’s some of the movies:
Twilight
50 Shades Of Grey + sequels
The Kissing Booth + sequels
Paranormal Activity + sequels
365 Days + sequels
Jack & Jill
Cats
Swiped
After + sequels
Truth Or Dare
The VVitch
Hustlers
Daises
SorryTo Bother You
The Accountant
Cinderella 2021
The Kite Runner
Boyhood
Marriage Story
Bodies Bodies Bodies
But you might like some of these movies I don’t know. Depending on your taste. But I hated them.
Here are 25 of some of the worst movies to ever exist. To be exact, "The worst performing movies ranked by TMDB vote averages. (This chart is powered by TMDB data that is updated on a rolling basis.)"
[Screenshot of doom](https://i.ibb.co/8mZhDjz/screencapture-beyond-hd-me-meta-honors-superbads-2023-09-17-14-01-30.png)
Do you not watch bad films OR do you strongly see the positives in things and are someone who rates things very highly?
Maybe you just aren't being hypercritical.
Let me ask you: how do you rate enjoyably bad movies? I rated Fateful Findings a 4.5/5 because it was terrible in every regard, but I can genuinely put it on when I feel terrible and it’ll make my day so much better.
route 666
indigenous
catacombs
america's most haunted
ghosts of war
mind ripper
dark light
club dread
deadcon
slaughterhouse rock
dashcam (dont watch unless you hate yourself)
Nope is an exercise in excruciatingly bad filmmaking praised by vested interests and a desire to purchase cinematic authenticity by both directors and avid fans of it alike.
Why would you do that 😭
Edit: knowledge. I like that!
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Well there's Ghost Ship, I mean it's not bad per se but it's not good either. I love that movie by the way!
Also, Dracula Untold, maybe? Nice cinematography but the other things fall flat.
Once, when I was staying with my grandparents, they asked me to watch a "feel-good" movie called *Country Remedy* with them. I was not prepared for how *awful* this movie was on every level. A plot about a man opening up a doctor's office in the countryside that's so wooden and predictable that you can see straight to the end. Humor that entirely relies on awkwardness, like a man who keeps falling off the doctor's table and hurting himself. Dialogue like "you're a doctor, that means you help sick people." Half of the movie being spent on an unnecessary romance.
Why do you want to move your averages? It's fine to watch modtly good movies, would rather watch good stuff almost exclusivley than what we mostly do which is end up watching a wide range of some good, some grwat, skme mediocre, but also many bad movies
Beautiful Disaster on hulu is so, so bad. I watch a lot of romcoms and i don't mind some of them being bad or cheesy, but they're still enjoyable. Beautiful Disaster is just fucking terrible. nothing even charming about it, just awful from start to finish.
Another movie i watched recently that was awful, Summer 03. good example of how not to make characters. not single person is likable in the movie.
Just start a Mystery Science 3000 marathon and don't forget to rate the movies they watch as movies you've watched. Hundreds of my low rated movies are for that reason alone.
if you’re looking for unenjoyable piles of shit, or movies that absolutely fail at their job, look into poorly reviewed horror films like slenderman or smiley, or poorly reviewed sequels like american psycho 2. if you’re looking for fun films that also happen to suck, try goblin, troll 2, foodfight, or any other films that live in such infamy.
Passengers (2016) is both a waste of a wildly huge budget and has a super creepy and unlikeable romantic lead, Chris Pratt's character does things that make him a genuine monster, yet he's the romantic hero.
Ouija Shark (2020) was made for 300 Canadian dollars. And it's about a shark that comes out of a ouija board. Yeah.
Money Plane (2020) is a very bad movie about a plane where people do crime that feels like it was written by someone who doesn't really know anything about crime.
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The Thirteenth (2000) is a painfully unfunny slasher parody. Just coasting by on bad pop culture references and the occasional SA joke.
Get even/Road to revenge/Champagne and bullets. It has three names because the guy that made it (vanity project) keeps re-editing it. Any cut of it is priceless though. That and Miami Connection. Golden.
I havenot seen it but this title is awesome:
A nimphoid barbarian in dinosour hell. 😄
Some other genuine pices of shit:
Stop or my mom will shoot
Plan nine from outer space
If you've seen the original Oldboy, then watch the 2013 remake. If you haven't, you may be in for one hell of a double feature.
I've seen the original, thanks for the advice.
Well, if you get to the remake, it feels like the perfect guide on how not to adapt something, so have fun mulling over the details of what went wrong!
I haven’t seen the original. I just saw that Oldboy was rated highly and went to watch it. Halfway through I was like this is kind of dumb. Why do people like it so much? Then I looked and realized that I wasn’t watching the original. I wasn’t happy about it
This is the most hilarious-horrible thing ever.
- Evil Bong 1-8 - VelociPastor - Fifty Shades Trilogy - 365 Days Trilogy - Swiped - Starving Games - Home Alone 3 & 4 - Meet The Spartans - Music - Food Fight! - Battlefield Earth - The Amazing Bulk - Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas - Airplane Mode - God’s Not Dead 1, 2, 3, and 4 - The Nut Job 2 - Shark Exorcist - Finding Jesus - ThanksKilling 3 - Gooby - Puppet Master 1-14 - Totem - Daddy Can’t Dance - The Sissy - After - Truth or Dare - Knock Knock - Zoolander No. 2 - The Snowman - Holmes & Watson - The Animal - Zombeavers - Mac and Me - Captain America (1990) - Stuart Little 3 - Children of The Corn 2-11 - Deliha 2 - I.C.U - Fantastic 4 (2015) - The Kissing Booth 1-3 - The Bubble - Sex Tape - Disney’s Zombies 3 - The Thinning - Daphne & Velma - Another Gay Movie - Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth - A Christmas Story 2 (2012) - Trevor and The Virgin 1 & 2 Have fun!
Watch your mouth! VelociPastor is the Citizen Kane of our time
Damn I kinda sorta liked Knock Knock. It’s not good by any means, but there are moments where I had to watch with my hands over my face due to the second hand embarrassment, which as an erotic thriller feels like it achieved its goal lmao.
Excuse me, the disrespect on VelociPastor is uncalled for, it's an easy 5 stars. (Not even lying it's one of 21 films I've given 5 stars lmao)
It's literally fantastic writing. Nobody understands how hard it is to intentionally make something that looks this bad. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is the perfect example of that
Velocipastor is unironcally hilarious. Like, so many spoof/satire movies just rely on goofy concepts and have terrible jokes but Velocipastor has actual good jokes and is so over the top yet under budget. One of my favorite movies.
Puppet Master is pure art, how dare you
how dare you disrespect daddy can’t dance
Yeahhh The Amazing Bulk !!!
HEY! You take Nut Job 2 off there RIGHT. NOW.
Evil Bong is a masterpiece in filmmaking
This is the first time I've seen anyone acknowledge The Thinning films (there are two of them, and both are bad). It feels as if this film is being forgotten (probably for good reasons and probably because of Logan Paul being featured as the lead actor).
UGH I just watched Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The Thirteenth like two weeks ago and it was drainingly unfunny. I thought it might be funny in a low-brow way but it was just grating. Definitely recommend that one as a bad movie.
Velocipastor slander is not tolerated in this household
gods not dead
Nah the first one isn’t even terrible, go watch the 2nd one. Trust me.
My grandma made me watch two of them (i think it was the first and second one) and they were lowkey kinda interesting. Cringey and a little preachy? Kinda. But the story was good enough that it was not half bad.
I even have some nonbeliever friends that like the first. But going against your teacher, vs going against the Supreme Court to prove Jesus is the Son of God… there’s a big difference lol
Yeah good point for sure, I guess I hadnt realized the absurdity in the moment lol
The following are, *in my opinion*, bad films for various reasons. * Sausage Party - bad because even if you like the stupid premise, it kills its own premise by overplaying and over-relying on it. * Chaos Walking - bad for various reasons, but primarily it's direction and horrendous writing. Or take your pick of one of these films: [https://letterboxd.com/intakecinema/films/rated/.5-1.5/by/popular/](https://letterboxd.com/intakecinema/films/rated/.5-1.5/by/popular/) Edit: Coming back to this after a few hours, I see that this is meant as a learning experience. I think the best approach you could take to learn from bad movies is to take a look at the filmography of a director/writer/actor whose works you love, watch some of their lowest-rated films, and then ask yourself "what went wrong?". I don't think it's very helpful to watch films from creators who consistently make rubbish or whose works never really work for you.
I love sausage party
It was made to be enjoyed so I'm glad that there are people that do.
Earwig and the Witch
I'm amazed this was released with Ghibli's name on it
Diana Wynne Jones is one of the most brilliant fantasy authors of the past century. Why they chose to adapt, out of all her intricate and thrilling books, a book she only partially completed before her death, is bizarre to me.
I’d imagine the crew was very excited about the unique opportunity to adapt a work from a loved author, while also having the ability to be creative about decisions since it’s unfinished work. I think what ended up happening is we got a Game of Thrones later seasons fuckup instead.
I think if you want to willingly watch bad films, it's good to stick to some goal where you're bound to see some good movie and some stinkers. Whether it's a director's whole filmography (if it's someone who makes critically renowned movies but has some flops), maybe a studio with a distinct style, the top 10 grossing films of every year, trying to have the first X rows of what's popular this week on LB grayed out on your account, etc. I think for the truly horrible, 1/2 star deserving films you're going to learn the same lessons pretty quick. But what goes wrong with a 2 star average movie that could have been made better might be more interesting to you.
Why would you willingly want to watch a bad movie? Just because of your rating curve?
I want to be a filmmaker. Once, I met Nanni Moretti (one of my favourite filmmakers ever) and I asked him what should I do to become a filmmaker like him. He replied "You have to watch films, a lot of films, good films, bad films, the films you hate and the films you love, And then make a lot practice". Since that, I realised how many good movies I see each time, by seeing my rating curve on letterboxd. Soo I just want to know more films even if they're bad, to improve my knowledge
Go to Netflix or whatever and the first movie you see that you think, “ugh, that looks awful”, and watch that.
Netflix is REALLY good for that!
9/10 Netflix originals would suffice
Alan Moore, the author of Watchmen, has a similar quote, saying essentially: to read bad books as well as good ones, because a really amazing book will make you feel like writing is very hard and it is difficult to share space with the greats… but reading a bad book will make you want to sit down and write because you could do something better than that, easily
Just for the record, a friend of mine met Nanni Moretti to realise he had no idea who chris marker or elem klimov were. He doesn't strike me as the guy who truly watches *that* many films, especially outside the italian/french/american sphere.
I was hesitant to chime in considering I really would never recommend this film to anyone, but reading this I’d say the worst film I’ve ever seen and a very evident example of what not to do in cinematography and script is Alien Vs Predator Requiem- if you want to look at bad franchise films than this is your best best as far as I’m aware.
i feel like there is little need to watch bad films if you want to become a filmmaker, as long as you watch good films and recognise what the successful elements of those films are you’re good to go. you don’t need to “know what not to do” if you know what works in film
Ah, try Liquid Sky in that case. It is not a bad movie. It’s one of my favorites to rewatch. It’s just unlike most other movies I’ve seen. It takes risks and it was made on a small budget. It’s strange and wonderful, but it isn’t for everyone. Also recommend Badlands, maybe my favorite movie. It’s Terrence Malick’s directorial debut. It has “flaws,” is incredible, and has moments of magic. Read some about the process of making it and that gave some great context.
Yeah I was wondering the same thing but also not really in a way cuz I'm in the same spot as OP where the vast majority of my ratings are high because I purposely pick things that I know I'll probably like. But then again I think that's also because I've watched plenty of bad movies before in my life preletterboxd so I don't feel as bad about it. The filmaker thing makes a lot of sense tho
Movie 43
poor james gunn
If you really want to understand filmmaking at its most enthusiastic but deeply incompetent I would look at the work of Neil Breen, or going back the films of Edward D Wood Jr. As an intro to the latter, see Tim Burton’s film Ed Wood, a biopic where he is played by Johnny Depp. Plan 9 From Outer Space is generally seen as his ‘masterpiece’ but the Burton film will add a lot of interesting context, such as the fact that his star Bela Lugosi died halfway through filming, so he used a stand in who is always awkwardly covering the bottom half of his face.
Why do people feel the need to watch more bad movies to even out their ratings on Letterboxd? Review sites like Letterboxd are to help you AVOID bad movies.
Now You See Me - just about the most intolerably smug film ever made (although I haven't seen the sequel...)
That movie, and its sequel, is a strong contender for the worst good movie, or best bad movie or something. I really enjoy them but they are just so all over the place with what they are going for. So an excellent recommendation. This video about them is great: https://youtu.be/uKfdls1fqJE
if you thought the first one was smug just wait till you see the second one
The second one is leagues worse than the first
This is literally one of my favourite movies of all time😭
Nah I love them, especially the 1st one
ah come on those movies are pure fun
Psycho remake and Battlefield Earth
smiley is the most dogshit movie ive ever seen
Sucker Punch, The Boondock Saints, The Master of Disguise, and Rocky V to name a few really bad ones.
Boondocks Saints catching a stray is crazy
Solid picks.
Sucker Punch is that bad?
Some of the visuals are nice, but the storytelling is atrocious.
That's Zack Snyder for you.
Average Snyder movie
I really liked boondock saints when I was like 10 and edgy I went back and yeah it’s pretty shit
Yeah it's like it was written by a 13 year old but Willem Dafoe is the fuckin man
You might be the killer, The out-laws, Cocktail, you people
Spaghettiman
The Birdemic films are some of the worst you’ll find. Just watch the first though, because they’re all pretty much the same movie done over. Anything by Neil Breen as well.
Why would you waste your time on "bad films" or movies you won't like?
Simply because I don't consider that as a waste of time. How can I appreciate and "judge" good films if I don't have a comparison?
That is, if you believe there is such a thing as an objectivr good, but there isn't. You could look however for what you like or don't like to see a film, but that doesn't mean it has to be a low rated film necessarily
to be fair there is a lot of space for generic movies that aren't that bad for entertainment but would fill the 2, 2.5 stars
If they're entertaining in a good way, why would you give them 2/2.5 stars???
because they have basic plot, subpar acting, it's a one and done action flick etc., mediocre movie which doesn't leave any lasting impression. Let's take for instance Venom, is it a good movie - no, is it somewhat entertaining - yeah, 2.5 stars for me
The pursuit of happiness.
WHAT
WHAT was there to like about that one?
Yeah, its messaging is hilariously bad.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Batman and Robin Morbius (the movie of all time) Fast 6, 8, 9, X and Tokyo Drift Superman 4 Suicide Squad (not the James Gunn one) Justice League (Theatrical) Catwoman Halloween Ends Insidious the red door Fantastic 4 (2015) Batman the Killing Joke Fifty Shades Trilogy Power Rangers movie The Mummy (Tom Cruise) Kick Ass 2 Godzilla vs. Kong Assassin's Creed Amazing Spiderman 2 Star Wars episodes 8 and 9 Meg 2 The Trench The Predator Mortal Kombat Annihilation Wonder Woman 1984 Grown Ups and its sequel (masterpieces) Terminator Genisys Terminator Dark Fate Any movie directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer Enjoy this list. :)
I’d poke my eyes out if I had to watch all these… again. Grown ups might be the most pointless movies ever made.
Intentionally watching bad movies just to lower your ratings curve is dumb. So many Letterboxd users seem to focus more on the app than actually watching movies
Read my other comment. I have a bigger purpose of watching bad movies. I put my letterboxd rating curve just because that's what made me realise that I don't watch so much bad movies in general
OP stated they want to watch bad movies because they want to improve their knowledge on film, and in this case, it includes bad ones.
Crank 2, The Purge, The Fundamentals of Caring, The Babysitter, Alien: Resurrection, Sharkboy & Lavagirl and Idiocracy.
idiocracy? you’re tripping
i think the first five minutes of it are funny. if it stuck to that premise and didn’t go the direction of lol this guy talks like he has a mental disability it would be better
Did I stutter? Its messaging is dogshit (America is a mess because poor people are stupid apparently?) and its humour wears thin barely 10 minutes in.
rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien rock and the alien
James Wan’s Malignant. It’s really stupid while being genius in the process.
such a bonkers twist
Anything on Tubi
Hey. Tubi has some good stuff. And weird stuff that’s why it’s my favorite.
just change your rating scale. what’s the point of scoring everything so high. no differentiation.
Barbie
Same
Bullet train
you’re a diesel
found the diesel
Knives out 2 is smug rubbish
Agreed. Loved the first one, second was useless
Agreed. Going from a great mystery film with lots of comedy to a film stuffed with cheap references, cameos and thin cultural commentary. If people want an snl sketch instead of a film that’s fine
2025 Lion king remake Last Airbender Emoji movie Human centipede Suicide squad Devil all the time (I’m sorry) Halloween ends and kills The nun Meg 2 Transformers the last night Unhinged Grudge 2020 47 meters down Tall girl All 3 Star Wars prequels (not sorry) Matrix 3 X men origins 65 Fractured The hunt (I’m sorry) Bye bye man Umma The turning The invitation Night school Come play American skin
Lady in the Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, the second Wonder Woman with Kristen Wiig, Ace Ventura, We’re All Going to the Worlds Fair, The Outwaters, The Tree of Life, Braveheart, A Walk to Remember, The Souvenir, Malum
Watch marvel and dc movies and that should do it
Tell me what you consider good/great first.
My favourites are Spirited Away, Caro Diario, Eyes Wide Shut, Mishima, Chunking Express
I’d recommend these which range from 1/2 to 1 1/2 ratings: Biodome = Bad on a generic scale Batman V Superman & Matrix 4 = Bad on a large scale Demon Child 666 = Bad on an low scale/indie budget…real indie budget Crash (2004) = Bad in a pretentious scale Cure (1997) = Bad in an overrated scale
Cure is certainly not a bad film in literally any sense.
I found it a boring film that where’s its influences of better films on its sleeve. It’s not badly done (technically), hence, the “overrated scale” concept.
And when you’re done with horrible Oscar Crash, you can heal by watching amazing Cronenberg Crash. 😜
Awake (2021) the worst film I've ever watched
Watch Mystery Science Theater 3000
Any VS movie
I unironically LOVE Alien Vs Predator and Freddy Vs Jason
Barbarian Queen
365 Days
Shark tale if you want a bad movie that is enjoyable to watch
Gods of egypt
Fatal deviation, the velocipastor, Ouija Shark. All on YouTube
After (2019) on netflix also, i havent seen them, but im assuming any one the **4 SEQUELS** is also just as trash
I watched all the sequels for Bad Movie binge. Let me tell you. It somehow got worse.
"Begotten" 1990, "Babel" 2006
Plan 9 from Outer Space
An American Carol
Sunday School Musical
“The Giant Claw” (1957) “Spy Today, Die Tomorrow” (1967) “Get Mean” (1975) “Killer Elephants” (1976) “The Norseman” (1978) “The Crazy Beach Hotel” (1983) “Fatal Chase” (1992) “Max and Moritz Reloaded” (2005) “Grizzly II: Revenge” (2020)
Open house
watch any 80s sex comedy. Its dime a dozen at least serviceable.
Mother Riley meets the Vampire (1952) Is this a joke? (2011)
Finding Jesus
2025: The World Enslaved by a Virus The Magic of Children (2016) by Ruth Rieser Daniel Der Zauberer
Underdog (2007) Movie about a dog that becomes a superhero. also had the greatest tagline of any movie "one nation... under dog" Dracula 3000 (2004) Dracula on a spaceship Soul Man (1986) A white man takes self tanning pills to get an african american scholarship to harvard
Going Overboard, Birdemic: Shock and Terror, The Amazing Bulk, Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, Nazis At The Center Of The Earth, Mega Python Vs. Gatoroid, Undefeatable, 2019: After The Fall Of New York, Lambada, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Pool Party (2007), V-World Matrix, Don’t Touch If You Ain’t Prayed, Bottoms Up.
he’s all that
The Pest with John Leguizamo. That is the most pain I’ve ever endured watching something. Oh, and if you’re a Dirty Dancing fan, check out the shitheap TV remake.
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. That, to me, was a snoozefest.
The invitation (2022) Free Guy (2021) Amsterdam (2022) Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
When in Rome
Haunting of the Queen Marry, pretty sure this is the worst movie I've ever seen
if you want a recent film, watch Charlie Day’s directorial debut “Fool’s Paradise”
Southland Tales A Beautiful Mess, I fucking love it. One of my favorite films. Check out the prequel graphic novel first cause it’s literally the first half of the movie🤌🤌🤌
Ghost Rider 2 Rob Zombies Halloween 2 The Benchwarmers Home Sweet Home Alone Holmes and Watson
I'm glad this isn't just what I fucking do
Peace River
- Jeepers Creepers Reborn - Llamageddeon - Birdemic
Watch aliens versus predator Requiem or the most recent Hellboy
The human centipede
Swiped is the classic letterboxd bad film
Evil bong
zombie strippers!
What’s up balloon to the rescue
Just search through lists people have put together on the platform.
* Hideaway (1995) * Double Team (1997) * Zandalee (1991) * Mutant Hunt (1987) * Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) * Top Dog (1995) * The Assignment (2015) * After Death (1989) * Skyscraper (1996) * Hellbound (1994) * Drop Zone (1994) * Microwave Massacre (1979) Now these are all bad movies that are pretty entertaining in my opinion, you could definitely do worse than this list. The new rating system has definitely skewed the ratings of a lot of shitty films though, so even some of the worst I've seen will still have around a 2/5 these days.
I also went through a bad movie binge: Here’s some of the movies: Twilight 50 Shades Of Grey + sequels The Kissing Booth + sequels Paranormal Activity + sequels 365 Days + sequels Jack & Jill Cats Swiped After + sequels Truth Or Dare
The VVitch Hustlers Daises SorryTo Bother You The Accountant Cinderella 2021 The Kite Runner Boyhood Marriage Story Bodies Bodies Bodies But you might like some of these movies I don’t know. Depending on your taste. But I hated them.
Here are 25 of some of the worst movies to ever exist. To be exact, "The worst performing movies ranked by TMDB vote averages. (This chart is powered by TMDB data that is updated on a rolling basis.)" [Screenshot of doom](https://i.ibb.co/8mZhDjz/screencapture-beyond-hd-me-meta-honors-superbads-2023-09-17-14-01-30.png)
Do you not watch bad films OR do you strongly see the positives in things and are someone who rates things very highly? Maybe you just aren't being hypercritical.
Kevin smith. Just all of his films. (Coming from a massive Kevin smith fan)
yo i just saw Jigsaw last night and that shit was fucking garbage
Diary of a wimpy long haul ,aretims fowl ,any uwe boll film
The most watchable bad movie I know of is Road House.
Let me ask you: how do you rate enjoyably bad movies? I rated Fateful Findings a 4.5/5 because it was terrible in every regard, but I can genuinely put it on when I feel terrible and it’ll make my day so much better.
verotika
You can watch Argento’s Dracula 3D to learn how NOT to light a film
Tarzan the Ape Man Letters from Death Row
route 666 indigenous catacombs america's most haunted ghosts of war mind ripper dark light club dread deadcon slaughterhouse rock dashcam (dont watch unless you hate yourself)
Nope is an exercise in excruciatingly bad filmmaking praised by vested interests and a desire to purchase cinematic authenticity by both directors and avid fans of it alike.
Berdemic
Jurassic World Dominion (The plot isn't even about the dinosaurs). Fast 9 (this one is so bad that it's good. It's absolute insanity).
TMNT 2014, Scooby Doo (the love action one from 2000s), the Circle, Me Time
Why would you do that 😭 Edit: knowledge. I like that! --- Well there's Ghost Ship, I mean it's not bad per se but it's not good either. I love that movie by the way! Also, Dracula Untold, maybe? Nice cinematography but the other things fall flat.
Ghosted. It came out this year. Basically a chatgpt movie
Creating Lem Lezar. It’s probably one of the best worst movies ever created + it has predicted 9/11. What‘s not to like?
Once, when I was staying with my grandparents, they asked me to watch a "feel-good" movie called *Country Remedy* with them. I was not prepared for how *awful* this movie was on every level. A plot about a man opening up a doctor's office in the countryside that's so wooden and predictable that you can see straight to the end. Humor that entirely relies on awkwardness, like a man who keeps falling off the doctor's table and hurting himself. Dialogue like "you're a doctor, that means you help sick people." Half of the movie being spent on an unnecessary romance.
Gooby (2009) Goat Story (2008) Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)
2025: The World Enslaved by a Virus (2021)
Why do you want to move your averages? It's fine to watch modtly good movies, would rather watch good stuff almost exclusivley than what we mostly do which is end up watching a wide range of some good, some grwat, skme mediocre, but also many bad movies
Beautiful Disaster on hulu is so, so bad. I watch a lot of romcoms and i don't mind some of them being bad or cheesy, but they're still enjoyable. Beautiful Disaster is just fucking terrible. nothing even charming about it, just awful from start to finish. Another movie i watched recently that was awful, Summer 03. good example of how not to make characters. not single person is likable in the movie.
Watch every DCOM (Disney Channel Original Movie) like I did.
Tall Girl (2019) on Netflix
Every Tubi original movie, I recommend He played me and Diary of a unicorn 😂
Disaster Movie. Out of all of the ______ Movies it has to be the worst. Just full of pop culture references that don't make sense even in context.
Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas
Movie 43 is a movie you have to see to believe.
Battlefield Earth
Samurai Cop
Just start a Mystery Science 3000 marathon and don't forget to rate the movies they watch as movies you've watched. Hundreds of my low rated movies are for that reason alone.
if you’re looking for unenjoyable piles of shit, or movies that absolutely fail at their job, look into poorly reviewed horror films like slenderman or smiley, or poorly reviewed sequels like american psycho 2. if you’re looking for fun films that also happen to suck, try goblin, troll 2, foodfight, or any other films that live in such infamy.
The horror of party beach (1964) It’s my guilty pleasure film. Plus MST3K did an episode on it
Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon… it’s a 10/10 disasterpiece
Passengers (2016) is both a waste of a wildly huge budget and has a super creepy and unlikeable romantic lead, Chris Pratt's character does things that make him a genuine monster, yet he's the romantic hero. Ouija Shark (2020) was made for 300 Canadian dollars. And it's about a shark that comes out of a ouija board. Yeah. Money Plane (2020) is a very bad movie about a plane where people do crime that feels like it was written by someone who doesn't really know anything about crime. Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday The Thirteenth (2000) is a painfully unfunny slasher parody. Just coasting by on bad pop culture references and the occasional SA joke.
Batman and Robin (1997) , Orcs! (2011), Morbius (2022), Uncharted (2022), Catwoman (2004)
Book of Henry is nearly unwatchably bad
Hackers is terrible but also entertaining
good luck chuck is the perfect movie to watch if you want to know how not to make a romcom. Awful sex scenes, misogyny, and not funny.
Get even/Road to revenge/Champagne and bullets. It has three names because the guy that made it (vanity project) keeps re-editing it. Any cut of it is priceless though. That and Miami Connection. Golden.
I havenot seen it but this title is awesome: A nimphoid barbarian in dinosour hell. 😄 Some other genuine pices of shit: Stop or my mom will shoot Plan nine from outer space