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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Hard Ticket to Hawaii
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Room
2003, in 2 top lists Check -
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Birdemic: Shock and Terror
2010, in 1 top list Check -
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Samurai Cop
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
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Troll 2
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
2006, 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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Miami Connection
1987 — a.k.a. American Streetfighters, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ren zhe wu di
1982 — a.k.a. Five Element Ninjas, in 2 top lists Check -
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She Woke Up Pregnant
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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House on Haunted Hill
1959, in 1 top list Check -
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The Return of the Living Dead
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
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ThanksKilling
2009, in 0 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 -
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To Die Is Hard
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
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Enter the Ninja
1981 — a.k.a. Ninja I, in 0 top lists Check -
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Braindead
1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check -
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Moron Movies
1983, in 0 top lists Check -
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Chopping Mall
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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I Am Here... Now
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Night of the Demons
1988 — a.k.a. Halloween Party, in 1 top list Check -
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Black Samurai
1977 — a.k.a. Black Terminator, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Toxic Avenger
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Laser Mission
1989 — a.k.a. Soldier of Fortune, in 1 top list Check -
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Foxy Brown
1974, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Roller Blade Seven
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cui hua kuang mo
1993 — a.k.a. Undefeatable, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Haunted Palace
1963, in 1 top list Check -
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Time Chasers
1994, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
2001, in 1 top list Check -
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 9 top lists Check -
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Ben & Arthur
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Class of Nuke 'Em High
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
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FDR: American Badass!
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Space Mutiny
1988, in 1 top list Check -
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Hell Comes to Frogtown
1988, in 1 top list Check -
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Death Race 2000
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
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Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
2002, in 1 top list Check -
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Werewolf
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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Masters of the Universe
1987, in 1 top list Check -
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Cyborg
1989, in 1 top list Check -
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965 — a.k.a. The Blood Suckers, in 1 top list 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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Ninja III: The Domination
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
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Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Barbarians
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
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Silent Night, Deadly Night 2
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Magic Sword
1962, in 0 top lists Check
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