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1001 Movies You Must Avoid Until You Die

posted 15 years ago by peter1-8
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You know the book "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die"? Let's write a counterpart to it, "1001 Movies You Must Avoid Until You Die".

I'll start it off:

1. 10,000 BC
2. 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
3. 88 Minutes
4. The Adventures of Pluto Nash
5. Alien: Resurrection
6. All About Steve
7. Alone in the Dark
8. Along Came a Spider
9. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
10. Anatomy of Hell
11. Anus Magillicutty
12. Are We Done Yet?
13. Ax ‘Em
14. Baby Geniuses
15. Baise-moi
16. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
17. Barney’s Great Adventure
18. Basic Instinct 2
19. Batman & Robin
20. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
21. The Beast of Yucca Flats
22. Bio-Dome
23. The Black Gestapo
24. Blackwoods
25. BloodRayne
26. Bloodsucking Freaks (A.K.A. The Incredible Torture Show)
27. The Brown Bunny
28. Caligula
29. Captivity
30. The Cat in the Hat
31. Catwoman
32. Christmas with the Kranks
33. The Conqueror
34. The Creeping Terror
35. Daddy Day Camp
36. Daniel - Der Zauberer
37. Date Movie
38. Deck the Halls
39. Dirty Love
40. Disaster Movie
41. Don’t Go in the Woods
42. Dungeons & Dragons
43. Epic Movie
44. Exit to Eden
45. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
46. Fat Slags
47. FeardotCom
48. The Fog (2005 remake)
49. Freddy Got Fingered
50. From Justin to Kelly
51. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
52. Ghosts of Mars
53. The Giant Claw
54. The Giant Spider Invasion
55. Gigli
56. Glen or Glenda
57. Glitter
58. Godzilla (1998 American remake)
59. Grease 2
60. The Happening
61. Happily N’Ever After
62. Heaven’s Gate
63. Highlander II: The Quickening
64. The Hillz
65. Hobgoblins
66. Home Alone 4
67. The Hottie & the Nottie
68. House of the Dead
69. Howard the Duck
70. Howling III
71. I Know Who Killed Me
72. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
73. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
74. Inchon
75. Ishtar
76. It’s Pat
77. Jaws: The Revenge
78. Kazaam
79. A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
80. Lady in the Water
81. Laserblast
82. Leonard Part 6
83. Lesbian Vampire Killers
84. The Love Guru
85. Mac and Me
86. The Man Who Saves the World (A.K.A. Turkish Star Wars)
87. Manos: The Hands of Fate
88. The Master of Disguise
89. Material Girls
90. Meet the Spartans
91. Mommie Dearest
92. Monkeybone
93. Monster a-Go Go
94. Myra Breckinridge
95. National Lampoon’s Gold Diggers
96. The Neverending Story III
97. Norbit
98. North
99. Pearl Harbor
100. Pinocchio (2002 live-action remake)
101. Pledge This!
102. The Postman
103. Return to the Blue Lagoon
104. Robot Monster
105. Rocky V
106. Rollerball (2002 remake)
107. The Room
108. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
109. Santa with Muscles
110. The Scarlet Letter
111. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
112. Showgirls
113. The Skydivers
114. Son of the Mask
115. Speed 2: Cruise Control
116. Spice World
117. The Star Wars Holiday Special
118. Staying Alive
119. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
120. Striptease
121. Super Mario Bros.
122. SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2
123. Superman III
124. Superman IV: Quest for Peace
125. Supernova
126. Swept Away
127. Terminator: Salvation
128. The Thing with Two Heads
129. They Saved Hitler’s Brain
130. Thomas and the Magic Railroad
131. Thunderbirds
132. Titanic: The Legend Goes On
133. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
134. Troll 2
135. Ultraviolet
136. The Underground Comedy Movie
137. Urotsukidoji III: Return of the Overfiend
138. Urotsukidoji IV: Inferno Road
139. Valiant
140. The Village
141. Who’s Your Caddy?
142. The Whole Ten Yards
143. The Wicker Man (2006 remake)
144. Wild Wild West
145. The Wild World Of Batwoman
146. Wing Commander
147. Xanadu
148. Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie
149. The Zodiac
150. Zombie Nation
151. Zoom

Let's try to get a full 1001. And not Plan 9 From Outer Space, that's too good.

[–] CapnKaos 15 years ago

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with a lot of your choices here. It's not that I think they're good movies, but because they're such awful drek that you just have to see them.

I've seen most of the movies you've listed here and will also say that I own about half of them although I'm still looking for cut-rate copies of "Son of the Mask", "Master of Disguise" and "Bloodrayne". For all the terrible these movies contain, they still have a certain putrid charm that must be seen to be believed.

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[–] town_plagiarist 15 years ago

I agree, Plan 9 From Outer Space was too good compared to the rest of these. Why, Plan 9 got 4/10 from me, because it was at least somewhat entertaining despite being awful. The following fifty movies are unentertaining (or worse) AND bad:

101) 8 Mile
102) Anger Management
103) Babe: Pig in the City
104) BEN AND ARTHUR
105) Beowulf
106) Caddyshack II
107) City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
108) Crank
109) Delta Farce
110) Dracula: Dead and Loving It
111) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
112) Garfield
113) Ghost Dad
114) GODSEND
115) G.I. Jane
116) I, Robot
117) Johnny Mnemonic
118) Kuffs
119) Lakeview Terrace
120) Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
121) Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
122) LITTLE MAN
123) Mannequin 2: On the Move
124) Mazes and Monsters
125) Ninja Cheerleaders
126) Pearl Harbor
127) Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow
128) Poltergeist III
129) PRIVATE BENJAMIN
130) RICHIE RICH
131) Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
132) Shrek 2
133) Shriek if you Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th
134) Signs
135) Southland Tales
136) Spy Hard
137) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
138) S. Darko
139) The Good Son
140) The Skulls 3
141) The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
142) The Tuxedo
143) Toys
144) Transporter 2
145) Vampire in Brooklyn
146) Waxwork 2: Lost in Time
147) White Chicks
148) Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
149) Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
150) Year of the Dog

[–] CyberVerm 15 years ago

Man wishmaster 2 has that scene where the guy tells the lawyer "go fu.. yourself" and he actualy does... you can't have it on your list, it's worth watching just for that

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[–] town_plagiarist 15 years ago

OK. Then replace it with Air Bud: Golden Receiver.

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[–] town_plagiarist 15 years ago

Wow. How did I miss Robocop 3? It's one of the "sickening six" that I gave a 1/10 rating to. Terrible, TERRIBLE film!

On the other hand, I kinda liked The Happening. It was patently ridiculous, but it was meant to be. And there was something inherently satisfying about watching John Leguisamo's character prepare to kill himself.

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[–] town_plagiarist 15 years ago

The other five movies are Disaster Movie, Little Man, Monster a-Go Go, Godsend and AI: Artificial Intelligence.

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[–] Lammy85 15 years ago

I agree about removing "Expelled". It was pretty well done, but controversial. Also, it was a documentary, not a movie.

Man, now I'm curious about most of these movies!

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[–] johnsonium 9 years ago

You have several good movies on this list. Your taste is suspect.

[–] maximwessel 15 years ago

From that list I have seen :

Batman & Robin
Battlefield Earth
Date Movie
Epic Movie
Highlander II
In the Name of the King : A Dungeon Siege Tale
The Love Guru
Meet the Spartans
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Village
Zodiac

I thought Zodiac was very good!(or was it a different Zodiac?)
Higlander II had its moments
I had a blast watching Dungeon Siege.
You forgot Doom

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[–] scotthendo 15 years ago

Santa with Muscles
Loser

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[–] caseyskates 15 years ago

Someone should add "The Apple" to this list. Or not, since it's so bad it's fascinating. What other film would show the "future" of 1994 as being a place where disco queens ruled the world and forced people to put triangles on their heads and dance? What other film would show a man in gold underwear dancing with people in cheap Party City costumes and telling a chick to eat a volleyball? And what other film would show God taking the hippies away in his flying Rolls Royce?

I also respectfully nominate Rhinestone, since Sly singing country causes me pain.

[–] Tom_Cruises_Testicles 15 years ago

39. Heaven's Gate

Heaven's gate was an expensive flop and most of the critics who bad mouthed it later changed their minds. In fact, most of the bad reviews were not about the quality of the movie but about the excess of hollywood and a backlash to the new management at UA after Arthur Krim left and started Orion pictures. Most of these critics also went back when Heaven's Gate came out and decided to change their reviews for The Deer Hunter calling that a horrible film.

The Deer Hunter survived because its initial response was positive. Heaven's Gate didn't because people only remember their first impressions of the film(which barely got any theater play due to the scathing reviews). Both films also rewrote history which got a lot of attention at time.

It is far from a bad movie and you are mistaken to place it in this list. It's a pretentious and excessive piece of cinema, but its still good and enjoyable to any person who appreciates art house films. Its period detail, cinematography, and musical score are exceptional.

And most of the performances are great in it, especially with that cast: Christopher Walken, Kris Kristofferson, Isabella Huppert, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Willem Dafoe(his first film), Brad Dourif, Joseph Cotton, Jeff Bridges, Mickey Rourke,etc.

The movie is notorious for ruining Cimino's career(he never recovered) and bankrupting United Artist(which isn't true actually. UA was owned by Transamerica which was prosperous enough to write off the budget. The company was sold because MGM offered them a great price, Despite a few hits like Raging Bull, the Bond Film, and That years ROCKY film, none of their movies made profit and UA was down effecting the Transamerica Stock. While Heaven's Gate publicity for being a flop didn't help the company, its not possible it bankrupted it).

If you're just an average film goer, i probably wouldn't recommend the film. If you are a cinema Lover, Heaven's Gate should be on a list for movies you must see because its best qualities rise above its faults.

And also since 30 years as passed, people now are more likely to judge the film itself and not how the press it received.

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[–] hellostrangerlotr 15 years ago

I know The Village sucks, but it has an exceptionally amazing music score. =P

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[–] rlsuth 15 years ago

> 21. Caligula

The first time I saw this film, I nearly threw up, and stopped watching halfway through. Then I read about him in some history books and re-watched it. Knowing the history really helped me appreciate how good this film really was.

[–] DutchieVanHell 15 years ago

I always liked Caligula.

[–] chainsawaccident 15 years ago

alien resurrection????? Sure isn't the best of the Alien Quadrilogy, but it has some cool effects and sure beats the avps.

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[–] ericsandifer 15 years ago

She's So Lovely

[–] aworlddrivenbyfear 15 years ago

166. X-Files: I Want To Believe
167. The Ninth Gate
168. Premutos: Lord of the Living Dead
169. Nekromantik
170. Nekromantik 2
171. The Zombie Diaries
172. 28 Weeks Later
173. Queen of the Damned
174. Vampires: Los Muertos
175. The Forsaken
176. Twilight
177. Twilight: New Moon
178. Good Burger
179. Anything by Tyler Perry
180. 2001 Maniacs
181. The Descent
182. Anything by Asylum Pictures

[–] MarshmallowMoo 15 years ago

183. The Last Airbender.

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[–] martin_66 15 years ago

185. Absolute Beginners (absolute bo11ocks more like)
186. Contact (the worst film ever made)
187. Eden Lake
188. Anything at all by the Coen brothers.
189. Babylon AD.
190. Mystery Men.
191. Earth Alien.

[–] martin_66 15 years ago

......And how on earth did I forget these absolute turds:

192. St Trinians (2007 version)
193. Quantum of Solace.

[–] The_Funky_Junky 15 years ago

186. Contact (the worst film ever made)

You can't be talking about the Zemeckis/Foster movie, can you?

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[–] martin_66 14 years ago

Yep.

An absolute stinking turd.

It was vaguely interesting and then, when it gets to the end.... the aliens look like us. What an utter cop-out. The director and/or writer should be put up against a wall and shot for such shocking laziness.

[–] The_Funky_Junky 14 years ago

Oh, I guess everyone can't like it.

But regarding that cop out, the point of the movie at the end was for there to be some doubt as to whether it actually happened or not. That's why the alien appeared as her father, to instill doubt. Not so much a cop out. It was a vital part of the narrative.

But I get what you're saying you wanted aliens and you didn't get any. That's cool.

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[–] martin_66 14 years ago

Drummond 39,

I'm confused (very).

You do realise you posted that list of films in a thread entitled "1001 Movies You Must Avoid Until You Die"?

It seems to me that you posted a list of films that you should see before you die, as they all appear to be classics (apart from Children of Men, which is a turd).

[–] Lam270 14 years ago

what?

the good burger movie is hilarious
granted, it's never going to win awards but that movie showcases everything that was funny about kenan and kel

[–] johnsonium 9 years ago

You have exceptionally poor taste.

[–] ffordegroupie 12 years ago

Plan 9 is like Citizen Kane next to these movies. Oh if only Ed Wood had lived long enough to see things like Battlefield Earth being considered much worse than his movies.

[–] mariakelly-04164 9 years ago

My choices:

Independence Day Resurgence
Man With The Golden gun
Live And Let Die
The Seventh Son
10,000 BC
Men In Black III
Gone With The Wind
Never Say Never Again
Basic Instinct
Starship Troopers
Sliver
Mitchell
Point Blank (2015)
Mission Impossible 2
This Island Earth
Alexander
JFK
Dragon Blade
Sharknado
Showgirls
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Twilight (ALL of them)
Sex And The City

That's it for now

[–] johnsonium 9 years ago

You need to see more movies if you think all of these deserve to be considered the worst.

[–] mariakelly-04164 9 years ago

Perhaps I do. When I remember other films that I have seen and hated, I'll be back