Paste Magazine's The 100 Best “B Movies” of All Time
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From Paste: Not every film can be the Citizen Kane of its day. For every high-budget “A movie” that commands significant promotion and funding from its studio, there are piles of B movies that scratch and claw their way into existence without the benefit of things like “a budget” or “a script” in some cases. To compare them with A movies in terms of resources and immersiveness isn’t a fair proposition. Instead, discerning film fans are able to simply appreciate them for what they are.
But what does “best” mean when we’re talking about films often famous for their shoddy construction? It certainly doesn’t mean “best-made.” It also doesn’t mean “worst-made,” or else films like Manos: The Hands of Fate and The Beast of Yucca Flats would make prominent appearances. They’re not on this list because the meaning of “best” here is “most entertaining,” and I defy you to be entertained by Manos without its MST3k commentary or a pound of medical-grade marijuana. If these films are painful, they’re also equally fun.
Whenever possible, I tried to keep the list to more obscure titles. Although John Carpenter’s Halloween is a great example of a superbly made “B movie” in terms of budget, any film fan has most likely seen it already. Gathered here is a collection of some of the most entertainingly cheap and endearingly bad movies ever made.
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
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Robot Monster
1953 — a.k.a. Monster from Mars, in 2 top lists Check -
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It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955 — a.k.a. Monster from Beneath the Sea, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Giant Claw
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
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House on Haunted Hill
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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The Tingler
1959, in 4 top lists Check -
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Mr. Sardonicus
1961, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Magic Sword
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Haunted Palace
1963, in 1 top list Check -
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X
1963 — a.k.a. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, in 5 top lists Check -
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
1965 — a.k.a. Dr. G and the Bikini Machine, in 0 top lists Check -
43 new
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965 — a.k.a. The Blood Suckers, in 1 top list Check -
49 new
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check -
64 new
Kingu Kongu no gyakushû
1967 — a.k.a. King Kong Escapes, in 1 top list Check -
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The Valley of Gwangi
1969 — a.k.a. The Lost Valley, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hercules in New York
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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Santo el enmascarado de plata y Blue Demon...
1970 — a.k.a. Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Vampire Lovers
1970, in 1 top list Check -
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The Big Doll House
1971 — a.k.a. Bamboo Dolls House, in 0 top lists Check -
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Pánico en el Transiberiano
1972 — a.k.a. Horror Express, in 1 top list Check -
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Foxy Brown
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
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It's Alive
1974, in 1 top list Check -
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Death Race 2000
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dolemite
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
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Du bi quan wang da po xue di zi
1976 — a.k.a. Master of the Flying Guillotine, in 3 top lists Check -
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Black Samurai
1977 — a.k.a. Black Terminator, in 0 top lists Check -
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Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
1977, in 1 top list Check -
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Can que
1978 — a.k.a. Crippled Avengers, in 2 top lists Check -
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Piranha
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
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Prophecy
1979, in 0 top lists Check -
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Enter the Ninja
1981 — a.k.a. Ninja I, in 0 top lists Check -
83 new
Alone in the Dark
1982, in 1 top list Check -
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Ator 2: L'invincibile Orion
1982 — a.k.a. The Blade Master, in 0 top lists Check -
77 new
Basket Case
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
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Mazes and Monsters
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
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Megaforce
1982, in 1 top list Check -
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Ren zhe wu di
1982 — a.k.a. Five Element Ninjas, in 2 top lists Check -
62 new
Il mondo di Yor
1983 — a.k.a. Yor: The Hunter from the Future, in 1 top list Check -
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Moron Movies
1983, in 0 top lists Check -
54 new
C.H.U.D.
1984, in 1 top list Check -
45 new
Ninja III: The Domination
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Toxic Avenger
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ninja Terminator
1985, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Return of the Living Dead
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Stuff
1985, in 2 top lists Check -
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Chopping Mall
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Class of Nuke 'Em High
1986, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on May 12, 2014; source