ChatGPT's List of 50 Entertaining Bad Movies

[claws]

I asked ChatGPT to put together a list of fun to watch bad movies. This is what I got:

"Entertaining bad movies" — also known as "so-bad-they're-good" films — often become cult classics because of their unintentional humor, strange plots, or over-the-top performances. Here's a list of 50 of the most entertaining bad movies that are perfect for a fun movie night:

Cult Classics

1. The Room (2003) – Tommy Wiseau's bizarre masterpiece of awkwardness and nonsensical dialogue.
2. Troll 2 (1990) – Famously unrelated to the first Troll, this movie is gloriously terrible.
3. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) – Ed Wood's notorious low-budget sci-fi horror.
4. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) – Absurd CGI birds attack in this eco-thriller disaster.
5. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966) – Unbearably slow, with amateur acting and bizarre plot choices.
6. Miami Connection (1987) – Martial arts rock band fights ninjas in this unintentional comedy.
7. Samurai Cop (1991) – A poorly-made action film with laughable dialogue and awkward acting.
8. Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977) – Yes, it's about a bed that eats people. That's the entire plot.
9. Mac and Me (1988) – An E.T. ripoff with blatant product placements and an alien that looks like a potato.
10. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) – Creepy alien clowns invade Earth in this absurd horror-comedy.

Schlocky Sci-Fi and Fantasy

11. Battlefield Earth (2000) – A disastrous sci-fi epic based on a novel by L. Ron Hubbard.
12. Starcrash (1978) – A ridiculous, low-budget space opera with cheesy special effects.
13. Zardoz (1974) – Sean Connery in a red loincloth, in one of the most bizarre sci-fi films ever made.
14. Flash Gordon (1980) – Campy, colorful, and full of awkward dialogue, but with a killer Queen soundtrack.
15. Dune (1984) – David Lynch's confusing and poorly-received adaptation of the classic novel.
16. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) – Superman fights nuclear war, with hilariously bad special effects.
17. Masters of the Universe (1987) – A He-Man adaptation that feels more like a weird Star Wars knockoff.
18. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) – Robot Jet Jaguar teams up with Godzilla to fight a giant cockroach.
19. Robot Monster (1953) – A guy in a gorilla suit with a diving helmet terrorizes Earth.
20. Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) – A Star Wars ripoff with strange special effects and a bizarre plot.

Absurd Action Flicks

21. Batman & Robin (1997) – Over-the-top and campy with endless ice puns from Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze.
22. Gymkata (1985) – A gymnast uses his skills to fight ninjas in this hilariously absurd martial arts film.
23. Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) – An 80s action film with killer snakes, skateboards, and flying blow-up dolls.
24. Street Fighter (1994) – A ridiculous adaptation of the popular video game with awkward acting from Jean-Claude Van Damme.
25. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009) – A giant shark fights a massive octopus, and both look hilariously fake.
26. Double Team (1997) – Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dennis Rodman team up in this over-the-top action mess.
27. Torque (2004) – A ridiculous, CGI-filled motorcycle action movie that's hilariously overdone.
28. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) – Notoriously one of the worst action movies, with nonsensical plot and wooden acting.
29. The Marine (2006) – John Cena stars in this over-the-top, explosion-filled action movie.
30. Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) – A buddy cop action flick with cheesy one-liners and over-the-top violence.

Hilariously Bad Horror

31. Leprechaun (1993) – A horror movie about a murderous leprechaun, starring a young Jennifer Aniston.
32. Sleepaway Camp (1983) – A slasher film with laughable dialogue and one of the weirdest twist endings ever.
33. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) – Famous for its "Garbage Day!" scene, a hilariously bad slasher sequel.
34. Jaws: The Revenge (1987) – A shark stalks a family in this utterly ridiculous fourth entry in the Jaws series.
35. The Happening (2008) – M. Night Shyamalan's thriller where the villain is... the wind.
36. Maximum Overdrive (1986) – Directed by Stephen King, where trucks come to life and start killing people.
37. The Gingerdead Man (2005) – A horror film about a killer gingerbread man, voiced by Gary Busey.
38. Sharknado (2013) – Tornadoes full of sharks wreak havoc, in one of the most infamously bad disaster movies.
39. Basket Case (1982) – A man carries his deformed, murderous brother around in a basket.
40. The Wicker Man (2006) – Nicolas Cage delivers one of the most laughably bad performances ever ("Not the bees!").

Musicals and Bizarre Comedies

41. The Apple (1980) – A futuristic musical about a devilish music company that is unintentionally hilarious.
42. Cats (2019) – The infamous CGI-filled musical that has to be seen to be believed.
43. Xanadu (1980) – Roller disco, glowing muses, and a strange plot make this a memorable bad musical.
44. Howard the Duck (1986) – A talking duck from space lands on Earth in this bizarre and misfired comedy.
45. Cool as Ice (1991) – Vanilla Ice stars in this unintentionally funny 90s romance/action film.
46. Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas (2014) – A laughably bad holiday film with a strange anti-commercialism message.
47. From Justin to Kelly (2003) – An American Idol-inspired musical that's as awkward and cringeworthy as it sounds.
48. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) – A musical with bizarre performances of Beatles songs and strange cameos.
49. The Roommate (2011) – A cheesy and predictable thriller with a lot of unintentional comedy.
50. Tiptoes (2003) – A strange drama where Matthew McConaughey's character has a family of dwarves, and Gary Oldman plays a little person.

These films are guaranteed to entertain with their ridiculous plots, terrible acting, and unintentionally hilarious moments—perfect for a movie marathon with friends!

[chainsaw midget]

The Cult Classics section looks like a lot of safe choices, although I wouldn't count Killer Clowns as a bad movie. 

Likewise Masters of the Universe was a fairly decent 80s fantasy flick.

I will defend Street Fighter as a good movie until my dying day! 

Double Team was a fairly standard 90s action flick.  I don't think anything about it stands out enough for it to make the list.

As far as bad horror, they've seemed to confuse odd with bad.  Leprechaun, Sleepaway Camp, and Maximum Overdrive, and Basket Case were good movies.  They just weren't conventional ones.

[Rev. Powell]

That's really no worse than most of the human-curated lists, which usually have the same controversies chainsaw mentions.

[Trevor]

I'm surprised they didn't mention the docco I was in I mean the truly bad 2000s remakes of classic seventies and eighties films.

[pacman000]

That's really no worse than most of the human-curated lists, which usually have the same controversies chainsaw mentions.

It's an amalgamation of those lists, like a more advanced version of excite@Home's old webpage summary formula.

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"Entertaining" & "Bad & "Movie"
appear near "Plan" & "9" & "From" & "Outer" & "Space"
in text strings we've crawled,
so the list for "Entertaining Bad Movie"
should include "Plan 9 from Outer Space"
etc.

[claws]

I have seen millennials react to Basket Case for the first time, and most called it a good bad movie. Same goes for Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Both are good for what they are, but I can see people labeling them as "bad" but entertaining.

Not sure if I would include Lynch's Dune in a bad movie list. It is flawed, but is it flawed enough to be a bad movie?

Never seen The Roommate, but always wanted to. Never seen it on any bad movie lists before, though.

I wonder why Mommie Dearest and Showgirls were not included. Maybe because of child abuse and nudity?

[RCMerchant]

Yaaaawn...

[bob]

I've been having trouble finding a copy of Superman 4 that will play on a region 1 player

as for the ones I've seen listed, I'm split either I love them or loathe them

[M.10rda]

Yep - A.I. just regurgitates consensus opinions, but is unable to discern or express preference on its own.

DUNE is a useful canary in the coalmine on this list. It had a famously troubled production, post-production, and release (even Lynch is open about its problems), but it's been a lot of years since anyone has hailed it as an "entertaining" bad movie. It's an ambitious, serious, and flawed film, and most viewers have recognized this for years. But the internet, like the North, remembers... specifically, the internet remembers goofy stuff people posted even 30 years ago, and of course ChatGPT doesn't know any better than to stir it into the mix...

[RCMerchant]

^ Like you state- AI has no likes or opinions of it's own, it just regurgitates numbers and information. It can't have feelings about a film.

[pacman000]

For now. 

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[Jim H]

^ Like you state- AI has no likes or opinions of it's own, it just regurgitates numbers and information. It can't have feelings about a film.

Very true, the related big problem isn't just that, it's that it basically averages everything together into a mush.  Like it's possible to FAKE having opinions (say, just randomly assign "likes" of some sort based on X variables), but they really don't even do that. 

You can tell it to do that, with detailed explanatations ("Pretend to be X with strong opinions about Y because of Z"), the technology doesn't do it very well at all. 

I've been using an AI bot a little to practice Spanish, and when you ask for opinions you realize how bad the tech still is at a lot of this stuff.

It still has uses and is interesting tech though.