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 Room
2003, in 2 top lists Check -
11 new
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957, in 6 top lists Check -
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Troll 2
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
51 new
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997, in 0 top lists Check -
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Birdemic: Shock and Terror
2010, in 1 top list Check -
18 new
Braindead
1992 — a.k.a. Dead Alive, in 8 top lists Check -
46 new
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
1988, in 3 top lists Check -
24 new
The Toxic Avenger
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
41 new
Masters of the Universe
1987, in 1 top list Check -
100 new
Hercules in New York
1970, in 0 top lists Check -
42 new
Cyborg
1989, in 1 top list Check -
49 new
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
1965 — a.k.a. The Leather Girls, in 8 top lists Check -
87 new
The Blob
1958, in 5 top lists Check -
52 new
Mac and Me
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
84 new
Piranha
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
81 new
Hobgoblins
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
75 new
Robot Monster
1953 — a.k.a. Monster from Mars, in 2 top lists Check -
38 new
Death Race 2000
1975, in 4 top lists Check -
36 new
Space Mutiny
1988, in 1 top list Check -
13 new
The Return of the Living Dead
1985, in 3 top lists Check -
77 new
Basket Case
1982, in 2 top lists Check -
86 new
The Blob
1988, in 2 top lists Check -
65 new
The Stuff
1985, in 2 top lists Check -
74 new
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
2006, in 2 top lists Check -
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Chopping Mall
1986, in 1 top list Check -
39 new
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
2002, in 1 top list Check -
48 new
Silent Night, Deadly Night 2
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
71 new
Feast
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
2006, in 1 top list Check -
63 new
The Final Sacrifice
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
12 new
House on Haunted Hill
1959, in 1 top list Check -
14 new
ThanksKilling
2009, in 0 top lists Check -
93 new
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
1977, in 1 top list Check -
55 new
Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991, in 1 top list Check -
92 new
King Kong Lives
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
80 new
Leprechaun 3
1995, in 0 top lists Check -
73 new
The Gingerdead Man
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
89 new
It's Alive
1974, in 1 top list Check -
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Samurai Cop
1991, in 0 top lists Check -
54 new
C.H.U.D.
1984, in 1 top list Check -
72 new
Ator 2: L'invincibile Orion
1982 — a.k.a. The Blade Master, in 0 top lists Check -
90 new
Dolemite
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
17 new
Enter the Ninja
1981 — a.k.a. Ninja I, in 0 top lists Check -
101 new
The Giant Claw
1957, in 1 top list Check -
53 new
Future War
1997, in 0 top lists Check -
66 new
Megaforce
1982, in 1 top list Check -
33 new
Ben & Arthur
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
34 new
Class of Nuke 'Em High
1986, in 0 top lists Check -
32 new
The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957, in 10 top lists Check -
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Hard Ticket to Hawaii
1987, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on May 12, 2014; source