Speed Racer, if movies that we actually think are good count.

King Kong, 1976. I'll take Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange over either other cast any day. I'm on record as saying that somebody ought to somehow recut the 1976 and 2005 versions to keep the earlier cast and the later ape.

Jumanji, 1995. People seem to hate it but only ever cite the "unrealistic monkeys" as a reason, but I love it unabashedly.

And also Star Trek, 2009. I'm not blinded by the fact that it is great fun to the fact that it is utterly ridiculous nonsense.

Cloverfield is great, I don't think it can be called 'bad' at all. Christ, I love films like Tango & Cash and Little Monsters. One of my favourite action films is Commando, for crying out loud

Cloverfield is a masterpiece compared to them

In no world can Commando ever be considered bad. Definitely one of my favourites too Shifty, that Predator, Conan and Running Man are my favourite of Arnold's historical documents.

I really like Dune, it's hard not to be taken in by its scope and story - and that fantastic cast!

For me, I'd probably say The 13th Warrior. It's got a few problems and suffers a bit especially in the third act but it's one of only two viking movies that are actually worth watching (the other being The Vikings with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis).

And maybe Doom, the one with Karl Urban and the Rock. I liked that one, though it appears to be widely regarded as a pile of dog shite.

I love Krull with a passion.

Too many of this type of thing has been "ruined" by Rifftrax or iRiffs so I can't enjoy the badness on its own anymore, but....

Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight. This 1985 anime movie is both way too long and feels like it was edited down from a 26 episode TV series. Every choice is wrong, adding up to an incredible experience. Avoid the cut dub, and watch the subtitled 135 minute original!

Scanners doesn't get a lot of love here but it's more than just a splodin head. Patrick McGoohan's awesome, Michael Ironside's great too but most of his dialogue was dubbed which is a little distracting. Lousy sound in this movie. But a great concept which they pissed away with 4 crappy sequels.

I like that they don't hide it's a Canadian movie, that takes place in north america. You'd have to be Canadian to give a shit, but it's common to stick a US flag in front of a building and call it New York - especially back then during tax break mania.

And the fact that they pose like statues during the end credits. It's weird but in the context of this crazy movie, it's awesome.

Damn, gotta watch that thing one of these days. edit: Directed by the guy who did Bullitt, The Friends of Eddie Coyle and Breaking Away? Yeah, i think i'm watching it tonight. I'd like to see Eyewitness too, look at that cast.

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Can't consider Buckaroo Banzai "bad". Not the same way a film that tried to be like that and failed would be.

Daredevil....  I really like the comic book and the way Frank Miller wrote the character.  Why can't they get the character right in the movie?  I envisioned a really back to basics fight with the character in the mud and rain, but NOOOOOO, they give us Ben Afleck doing wire work!

Krull: I can see why people love it. The cheese is strong with this one, but it also has really great visuals. Lots of matte paintings, morphs not only 5yrs before Willow but better, huge elaborate sets, a well done cyclops dude, great music (a clone of ST: TWoK)... It could've been one of the best movies of that era with a some tweaks.