The emergence of parody movies, meanwhile, raises questions about how integral artistic intent is in giving a film the Good Bad label. The line between so-bad-it’s-good and so-bad-I-left-the-theater is quite thin taste is subjective, and what one person finds to be amusingly bad others may consider plain bad. The Good Bad Movie genre is not easy to define. It was a Herculean task (and in this case we’re specifically using that adjective with the Rock’s Hercules in mind) here’s how we did it.

We’ll be exploring the genre at length, but no project would be complete without a big list that definitively determines the greatest Good Bad Movies to ever be released. They’re so bad that … they’re actually kind of good.īecause it’s summertime - the season when so many Good Bad Movies have bloomed - we wanted to give the subgenre the attention it deserves.

Whether it’s due to bad special effects, awful acting, or a completely absurd or nonsensical plot, these films create a sense of sheer wonderment and force you to exclaim, 'How is this a movie?!' But the mere fact that something so illogical, or low-budget, or ill-conceived exists is at the root of why we like these movies. There’s just something enjoyable about a movie that’s hopelessly committed to its (very bad) vision. You, too, are guilty of something like this. I’ve seen Citizen Kane twice in my life - but once watched She’s All That twice in a weekend.

Here’s a thing I’m not afraid to admit: I’ve seen Road House more times than I’ve seen The Godfather. Please join us as we give the over-the-top action movies, low-budget romance thrillers, and peak ’80s cheese-fests the spotlights they deserve. All week, The Ringer will be celebrating Good Bad Movies, those films that are so terrible they’re endlessly amusing and - dare we say it? - actually good.

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