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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Troll 2
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
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I Am Here... Now
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
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Masters of the Universe
1987, 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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The Barbarians
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Magic Sword
1962, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mac and Me
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
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Future War
1997, in 0 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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Il mondo di Yor
1983 — a.k.a. Yor: The Hunter from the Future, in 1 top list Check -
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The Final Sacrifice
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ator 2: L'invincibile Orion
1982 — a.k.a. The Blade Master, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Gingerdead Man
2005, 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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Leprechaun 3
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mazes and Monsters
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
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Hercules in New York
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Giant Claw
1957, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on May 12, 2014; source