What movies do you love that may or may not great cinematic masterpieces? Movies that you watch if you happen to find them playing on television? Here are mine:

13th Warrior
Starship Troopers
Beautiful Girls
The Fifth Element
Godfather I & II
Return of the Living Dead

What are yours?

Judge Dread
Armageddon
Cutthroat island
bodyguard

To name but a few. I could add a much longer list, but cant be bothered. ;)

This is my current list (all on the HBO/Cinemax rotation)

Weekend at Bernies
Drumline (a truly horrible movie that somehow sucks me in)
Last Night
Mrs. Doubtfire
What about Bob.

The Karate Kid (greatest movie ever made. EVER.) The Karate Kid II (Banzai!) The Karate Kid III (A fat, early thirties karate kid...double Banzai!) The Goonies Masters of the Universe (a movie about He-Man! Woot woot!) The Brady Bunch Movie Any Steven Seagal movie (they're all so bad, they rule) Any Van Damme movie (ditto) Mortal Kombat

Well, I have seen and like most of the films previously mentioned. Given my love of really bad B movies I could probably come up with a list a mile long but I guess I will stick to some highlights.

Revenge of the Teenage Vixens from Outer Space - This film is so bad that you have to see it to believe it. I was flipping channels around 1 AM one night and landed upon a film with guys being turned into googly eyed giant muppet vegetables by a bunch of of scantily clad female aliens. I just about died laughing and made a point to catch the entire film the next time it was on the air. It was just as bad/funny the second time.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space - I found this one in petty well the same manner as Vixens. It is almost equally as bad.

Tammy and the T-Rex - I have only seen this one once but it is a genuine grade A stinker.

Just about any Godzilla film. I would have to say that Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla a.k.a. Godzilla vs The Cosmic Monster is probably my favourite. I can't look at King Seesar without chuckling and just thinking about the set of conditions that must be met to summon him is enough to start me snickering. Godzilla vs the Smog Monster is without a doubt the worst film I have ever seen - but at the same time it is absolutely hilarious. Godzilla's Revenge on the other hand is just painful and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy.

Any film directed by Ed Wood Jr.

Any film (or TV show for that matter) with Bruce Campbell in it.

The Jackie Chan version of City Hunter.

Lock Stock
Goodfellas
Casino
Snatch

Terminator 2
Airplane
Big
Star Wars 1 and 2
And I'm kind of embarrassed to admit this, but - Mary Poppins :xx:

Scooby-doo movies! :roll: They rock! (not the live-action ones though)

The Fifth Element
Godfather I&II Lock Stock
Goodfellas
Casino
SnatchWhat the..? :eek: These are masterpieces. Everyone of them.


I like watching Highlander, A Knight's Tale, Braveheart and the Crow. Not the best, but entertainig all the same.

I like the 13th warrior as well, it reminds me of playing Icewind Dale for some reason. I always notice one of those bear folk swinging a club, but missing a fella by around a foot, yet he still goes down.

Final Fantasy the Spirits Within is not bad at all. Plus, the 13th Warrior.

Braveheart And you would call this a mediocre movie? 5 oscars!

Mine

5th element
Usual suspects
Scary movie, all of 'em
Any james bond movie

What the..? These are masterpieces. Everyone of them.I got a little confused with the topic. I had some difficulty understanding the jibber jabber at the start but yes, they are masterpieces.

Basically any Meg Ryan romcom and anything with great creature effects - eg Lake Placid and Anaconda

Most Jackie Chan films, as he is my favorite martial artist of all time. Disney's Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (although I know Beauty and the Beast was nominated for an oscar). Jersey Girl, what can I say, sometimes I enjoy a cute, sappy movie. And the one I was waiting for for years, Freddy Vs. Jason! The ultimate fight that you never thought could (should?) happen.

I'm also expecting big things from Shaolin Soccer, for when I finally get to see it.

Guilty Pleasures? Ummm... Alice in Underpants, umm... :p

Nah. I'm thinking The 13th Warrior too. I just dig the whole Norse thing. There aren't any entertaining Viking movies around!

One of my favorite movies is Good Will Hunting. I really like that one.

Dark City is cool. The 13th Floor entertained me. The Whole Nine Yards keeps me focused.

In no particular order:

- 13th Warrior
- Underworld
- Boondock Saints
- American History X (the only channel I've ever seen this movie played on is A&E!)
- Snatch
- Reign of Fire
- Dragonheart

Funny, these happen to be some of my favourite movies, but I never see any of them on tv... :S

These are the ones most fresh in my memory:
* Kingpin
* Terminator 2
* (Same reason as Death Rabbit) Any Vandam film
* Like-wise any Shwarzeneger movie (just for those mono-sylabics)
* Waterworld
* The Full Monty
* Aliens
* The Goonies (couldn't have this list without it!)

Some of the movies that I like, in no particular order:
x Heavenly Creatures
x The Royal Tenenbaums
x Pulp Fiction
x Requiem For A Dream
x Cujo
x Hedwig And The Angry Inch
x American History X
x The Pirates of the Caribbean

And some more, just can't remember which, heh.
Edit: Forgot the Pirates...

I forgot to add the Nightmare on Elm Street films, 99% of Disney animated films, the Evil Dead series and the Hellraiser series. All very cool even if they aren't (excluding the Disney films) big-budget blockbusters.

And of course, Independence Day and Armageddon are always big fun to watch. Especially because I'm really good now at just abandoning my disbelief when need be.

The Karate Kid (greatest movie ever made. EVER.)
The Karate Kid II (Banzai!)
The Karate Kid III (A fat, early thirties karate kid...double Banzai!)
Death Rabbit - I couldn't have put it better myself!

These are all great!!! I also forgot to include Running Scared with Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines...Classic Cheese from the 80s!!!

No one's hit on Velcros favorite yet... Big Trouble In Little China

I would have to say that mine would be The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension or Cast a Deadly Spell... oh! Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.

There aren't many movies that I can come into the middle of and still enjoy every time. Bull Durham is another but that's too good a movie to feel guilty about. ;) :roll:

:doh: Damn! BTILC is one of my favorites! I was working in a movie theater when that came out - I must have seen it 100 times!!!! Great call! :doh:

Terminator 2
Aliens (any)
The Matrix(again, ANY ... though there's only one playin on TV)
Man in the Iron Mask (the one with Leonardo Di Caprio)
Gone in Sixty Seconds

There's heaps more, but I can't remember anymore right now.

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Rumble in the Bronx or Rush Hour. Those are both really good.

Oh, and The Big Hit.

City of Angels with Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan

...Tired of being a witness...of standing by watching and never doing...But just to know, for a minute, what it is like to have weight, to feel the ground with my feet, to push something and have it push back....[Seth]

@Apeman: Yes, IMHO Braveheart is quite mediocre. Gibson made just a 'Me So Great' movie. Oscars haven't anything to say about quality.

And 'Usual suspects' (if you mean the one with Kevin Spacey) is IMHO another masterpiece which should have nothing to do with this thread.

I have a number, but the classic disney's rate up there.

Robin Hood, disney
Mary Poppins, disney
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Labyrinth
Evil Dead 1 - 3
Robin Hood, Prince of Theives
Any Clint Eastwood western
Kung Fu Movies.

I like the postman (costner). That's a real guilty pleasure. :heh:

Puh, I frequently watch 'Waterworld', I can't believe they air it as much as they do here in Holland.

I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Rumble in the Bronx or Rush Hour. Those are both really good.
Well, I like the first one but I don't feel that it qualifies as a guilty pleasure. Battle Creek Brawl (A.K.A. The Big Brawl) on the other hand is a Jackie Chan guilty pleasure that I really enjoy. :)

Mortal Combat I and II
The Goonies(truffle shuffle ;) )

Fight Club
No Escape (Despite the poor acting on the part of the main character the antagonist more than makes up for this)

Other movies I would watch if they were ever on TV (don't have sky) would include 13th warrior and probably Face Off. Only seen them once and would watch them again and again.

Super Mario brothers. Such a great movie! And Turtles 1-3. :roll:

EDIT: Another No Escape fan!!!!! WooHoo!!! Great movie. :grin:

Shawshank Redemption
Starship Troopers (would never have tought of this unless i'd seen it above and remineded)
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Princess Blade
Downtown Torpedoes
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Matrix (only the first one)
Die Hard
Blade 1&2
Training Day
Underworld