This weekend I was unfortunately subjected to a movie called "Pitch Perfect." It's basically Glee, the movie. What's more, I had to watch it with friends while there was German fighting in the background. And the occasional interruption for, "can I please ask you for vone small more favors?" Which was NEVER followed by the asking of simply vone small more favors.
But I thought it was time for our collective wisdom to create a best and worst movies ever list. I'll start it, you add to it in the comments. I had an especially hard time thinking of movies for the worst list. I guess I'm in a positive mood today.
Worst Movies Ever:
1. 2012
2. The Day After Tomorrow
3. Any movie with Jennifer Lopez
4. Red Dawn
5. Land Before Time, Parts 2 through 79
6. Troll II
7. All of the Transformer movies
8. Pitch Perfect
9. Joyful Noise
10. From Justin to Kelly
Best Movies Ever:
1. Waiting for Guffman
2. Everything is Illuminated
3. My Cousin Vinny
4. Slumdog Millionare
5. Big Fish
6. You've Got Mail (and I'm not ashamed to admit it!)
7. The Wizard of Oz
8. Mary Poppins
9. Chocolat
10. Moonrise Kingdom
11. The Truman Show
12. The Client
13. i am sam
14. What's Up Doc
15. Forrest Gump
16. 500 Days of Summer
~It Just Gets Stranger
I feel like there needs to be a third category for movies that are so bad they're almost good, in a nostalgic kind of way. The Best Worst Movies Ever, I guess? Fern Gully would totally be #1 on that list.
ReplyDeleteHaha, Fern Gully is the best, most annoying movie ever!! My sister still sings "red wires, green wires" Lol
DeleteOh, I loved that movie as a kid! I recent bought it at a yardsale on VHS and was horrified to watch it as an adult - so much propoganda!! Definately the best worst movie ever.
Deleteagree with Rach re movies so bad they're good. My contributions to that list would be Miami Connection and Open Fire.
ReplyDeleteWhat's with the John Marsden Hate? Tomorrow has a special place in my heart, so I will have to disagree with that.
My best movie is Return to Oz. Get rid of that singing garbage!
no worries, he's not hating on John Marsden. The day after tomorrow is a movie about the catastrophic end of the world - we plumit into a new ice age. The John Marsden Tomorrow series is AWESOME (and I'm from the US!!)
DeleteThe Pianist for best movie ever. For worst, I don't know. I don't ever watch movies but my little sister forced me to watch part of an episode of Glee and they were singing in Spanish. That has got to be worst something. Oh I know. Worst movie ever: High school musical... ugh.
ReplyDeleteO, yes. The Pianist. awesome. Worst: Shoot 'Em Up.
DeleteBest movie: The Artist.
ReplyDeleteHOW?! How can you say ALL the Transformer movies!? But then I did grow up with the cartoon and thought they where the best.
ReplyDeleteMy nomination for worst movies....shoot they are always so bad, I instantly forget their title, but for sure any of the Scary Movies.
Best movies: Pearl Harbor, The Recruit, The Polar Express, The Blind Side
-.-.-.-.- Dr. V
Best: The Princess Bride....Duh, people.
ReplyDeleteWorst: Hmmm, maybe any of the Final Destination movies or Crossroads. That's Crossroads with Britney Spears, not Crossroads with Ralph Macchio, that movie is amazing.
Best: Crossroads (Macchio style)
My name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
DeleteHello! My name is
DeleteINIGO, not "Indigo" (duh, people)
Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Say hello to my little friend
DeleteSo glad Princess Bride has been mentioned. It is CLEARLY the best (of like all time).
ReplyDeleteOther good ones: Monty Python's Holy Grail, Midnight in Paris, Hugo
I too cannot think of bad ones right now...I think we just kind of block them out. Word to the wise: whenever On The Road bothers to come out, don't see it. It was not good.
Best: princess bride, lion king, most of the older Disney movies, and hunger games.
ReplyDeleteWorst: strawberry shortcake movies
Also for best: the dark knight trilogy
DeleteBest: Cool hand Luke, Disney Robin Hood, Color Purple, HAngover
ReplyDeleteWorst: Jacobs LAdder, Momento
Best: 50/50
ReplyDeleteWorst: Stepbrothers
I just watched 50/50 last night for the first time. Loved it!!
DeleteStepbrothers!?!? That's one of THE BEST movies EVER!!
DeleteMoonrise kingdom????? REALLY???? Talk about a snooze fest!
ReplyDelete...what movie were you watching?!
DeleteBest: Anything from Middle Earth and totally agree with the above mention of Buttercup and Westley
ReplyDeleteWorst: Anything w/Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller or Jack Black just sayin...
Totally agree with ya on worst up until jack black. At that point I realized we have nothing in common and you mist have no sense of humor at all. Nacho libre. And Bernie are on my best list.
DeleteTotally agree with waiting for guffman ...edited version of course:)
Best: Robin Hood (cartoon obviously), The Sandlot, Rat Race, While You Were Sleeping
ReplyDeleteDriving Lessons, Singing in the Rain
Worst: Billie, Gidget Goes to Rome
and What's Up Doc is THE BEST, "Well, there is not much to see actually, we're inside a Chinese dragon."
Best: another vote for "The Princess Bride"
ReplyDelete"Raising Arizona"
Movies that are so bad that they are almost good (because my siblings and I enjoy making fun of them) would be any and every Barbie movie in existence.
ReplyDeleteAnd any Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Movie
DeleteAnd Nacho Libre!
DeleteI'm so happy 'Waiting for Guffman' is at the top of your Best list. LOVE that movie!
ReplyDeleteYou've Got Mail! I thought I was the only person who liked that movie! Bouquets of sharpened pencils!
ReplyDeleteBut you must be mistaken about Joyful Noise. Worst movie ever? It has Dolly Parton, so you pretty much can't go wrong. I'm not saying it's the best, but it's certainly not the worst. You must be confusing it with Beauty Shop. You know, Queen Latifah's answer to Barber Shop. It's sassy! Also the reason that I'm now blind.
Best: Star wars 4-6 Trilogy
ReplyDeleteWorst: Star wars 1-3 tragedy
Get real! The prequels were incredible films and Revenge of the Sith is one of the most brilliant movies ever made. Critics loved it, fans loved it, and everyone with any taste loved it.
DeleteReally? Remember the Titans hasn't gotten one mention?!?
ReplyDeleteBest three movies:
1. Remember the Titans
2. Lion King
3. Brink (please tell me you've seen it)
Remember the Titans!!!!! I love that one
DeleteBest: Pixar's Up! ; The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn. The Avengers
ReplyDeletePssh...you kids and your color-ized movies!
ReplyDeleteBEST:
1. From Here to Eternity (1953 version)
2. The Wizard of Oz (okay, partially color-ized)
3. Secondhand Lions
4. The Longest Day
5. Double Indemnity
WORST:
1. Any movie with Will Ferrell (except Elf)
2. Serendipity
3. Any post- or pre- Star Wars 4-6
4. Battlefield Earth
5. Any movie with Adam Sandler (except Click)
Yes second hand lions is wonderful!!!
DeleteWorst EVER is donnie darko
Best: Princess Bride and Napoleon Dynamite
ReplyDeleteSecondhand Lions!! SO glad someone mentioned that :)
ReplyDeleteHave you seen Waking Ned Divine or Noises Off? Those are both really good ones. Worst-Star Wars 1-3 (although my kids love them more than the originals!!)Anything Pixar is good too.
ReplyDeleteBEST:
ReplyDeleteThe Sound of Music
The Three Amigos
What About Bob
13 Going on 30
Princess Bride
Batman Begins
anything from Pixar
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Star Wars (1,4,5,6)
Captain America
You've Got Mail
True Story
the "Road To" movies w/ Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
Shangai Noon
And most Disney movies
Best movie ever and with a great message is The Book of Eli (not McCann) with Denzel Washington.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Eli is hilarious and if he ever participated in a movie, I would totally watch it.
DeleteHas no one seen Manos Hands of Fate or Plan 9 From Outer Space? Or Mortal Combat? Or The Never Ending Story? Or Roller Boogie? Maybe we need to narrow it down to a certain decade or something. Can't argue with Princess Bride for the top picks though. If we're going to get into the oldies but goodies category, don't forget The Philadelphia Story and Charade.
ReplyDeleteMy vote for "so bad, it's almost good", Grease 2. I actually enjoy torturing various family members with this didn't need a sequel, sequel gem, that is while secretly crushing on the main character "Michael" (Maxwell Caulfield). I just momentarily forget he played such a skeeze on Empire Records. ;)
ReplyDeleteWorst:
ReplyDelete-Twilight (any and all)
-Polar Bear King
-Anything with Angelina Jolie
Best:
-LOTR (book fan before the movies existed)
-Despicable Me
-Great Escape
-Bourne Trilogy
-Fiddler on the Roof
I agree with you on the Angelina Jolie thing...lol
DeleteI usually just lurk and read your posts, which make me laugh out loud at my workstation. Embarrassing. But you should see "Searching for a Friend for the End of the World" - loved it.
ReplyDeleteBest ever: Just Married
ReplyDeleteWorst everest: Drowning Mona
I LOVE Drowning Mona! But I think it might fall into the "so bad it's good" category. Not Bette Midler's best work, but the supporting characters are AWESOME! I mean, c'mon, Jamie Lee Curtis with a MULLET?
DeleteMoonrise Kingdom was really good.
ReplyDeleteAlso I Love Stardust. I watch in anytime I get in a non happy mood, and it makes me all happy again. Best line: "It's all right, Captain. We always knew you were a whoopsie"
Also I agree with whats up doc, So Good, "I'm not repeating myself. I'm not repeating myself. Oh, God, I'm repeating myself."
I also love Whip It, Really good. Mr Dungbeetle.
Worst Movie, Anything with Nicolas Cage (except for National Treasure, maybe). I don't think he can act at all. As well as James Franco. YUCK!!!
I LOVE Stardust, the further I got down in the comments the more depressed I was not to see it. Glad you made it make the list of bests!
Delete100% agree on the Nicholas Cage movies...ugh!!!
DeleteBest: An Ideal Husband
ReplyDeleteBest in a worst kind of way: Big Trouble in Little China
Worst: The Perfect Storm
Best: Mr Holland's Opus, Walk the Line, Beautiful Mind and Blind Side.
ReplyDeleteWorst: Any and all of the early musicals,Singing in the Rain,Sound of Music, etc, etc, etc
You had me at Mr. Holland's Opus, but lost me at the Musical hatin! lol
DeleteBest: The Shawshank Redemption
ReplyDeleteWorst: Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
So bad it's good: Purple Rain. Never laughed so hard at a movie EVER and it was so not supposed to be funny.
No votes for West Side Story yet? Definitely best movie of all time. Also, another shout out for What's Up Doc? UHF (can go in the so bad it's good category). Worst: Xanadu, Mars Attacks (why do I even remember seeing that movie!? Gah!)
ReplyDeleteOh, UHF! My parents gave us all spatula's for Christmas the year we saw that. :)
DeleteXanadu belongs on the so bad its good list.
DeleteNo, I'm sorry, West Side Story would absolutely make the list of one of the WORST films of all time! A bunch of "gangsters" having a dance-off and snapping at each other? Are you kidding me? Quite literally one of the gayest things I've ever seen in cinema history. Not saying I have anything against gay people, but I just don't associate street gangs with a bunch of homosexuals so that was kind of awkward to watch. The movie all around is absolutely terrible in every way.
DeleteAnother vote for Waking Ned Divine, my favorite movie ever. Also Little Miss Sunshine and Sunshine Cleaning. Which are all humorous movies about death, what is wrong with me... Worst, also second the vote for Crossroads with Britney Spears and of recent movies Taken 2 was quite terrible.
ReplyDeleteRomantics Anonymous. It's in french and sweet and funny and about chocolate making! Does it get better. I watched it with a boy who liked it too.
ReplyDeleteBest -
ReplyDeleteanother vote for Princess Bride (of course!)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Goonies (I CAN'T believe no one has mentioned this one yet)
The Sandlot
300
all the Harry Potter movies
Nanny McPhee (so cute!)
P.S. I Love You
...and so many others you already listed
I don't really have a worst movies list, I think I usually just fall asleep while watching and then block them from memory...
Best Worst Movies -
Dumb and Dumber
Napolean Dynamite
I was making my way to the end of the comments to add Goonies. Glad someone mentioned it.
Deletewhat, no love for monty python and the holy grail? or saving private ryan? or nacho libre? those would all be in my top 10. though i am in total agreement with i am sam and everything is illuminated. "my seeing eye bitch!"
ReplyDeleteworst: why isnt any movie with miley cyrus on your list? just knock off transformers and stick that in there. oh and probably most schwarzeneggar and julia stiles movies. worst delivered lines ever.
For best movie ever, I nominate Totoro.
ReplyDeleteConsidering how many people who read this hilarious blog must share my sense of humour, I'm surprised no one has suggested this BEST/WORST movie.
ReplyDelete"The Room," starring, written, and directed by Tommy Wiseau really can't be missed. In an attempt to encapsulate every aspect of a great American drama, Wiseau falls short. Completely face plants. The film is packed with serious issues: infidelity, drugs, disease, betrayal and sociopaths. However, it's also packed with the most laughs you'll have all year.
Perhaps it's Wiseau's foreign accent and dimpled bottom in his sex scenes. He also seemed to have gone out of his way to find the worst actors on the planet. You can't TRY to make a movie this bad, it just happens. Luckily for Wiseau, it's so bad, it's brilliant.
I INSIST you check it out.
Here's a little taste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCj8sPCWfUw
Worst movie:
ReplyDeleteMean Girls
Bring It on (again and again and again--all fifty movies of crazy teenage cheerleading girls and their teenage angst)
Twilight trilogy, anyone?
Hunger Games
Best:
Sandlot
Duck Soup
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
BEST movies ever: UHF, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Sliver Linings Playbook, Bandits
ReplyDeleteWORST: Twilight Saga, anything with Kristen Stewart, The Singing Detective
I lurve period pieces, so I would add these to the Best list:
ReplyDeleteAnne of Green Gables
Pride and Prejudice
The Importance of Being Earnest
Cold Comfort Farm
The Mission is AWESOME, and I love Drive. Ooh, and Tree of Life!
Also, Blade Runner. And of course Moonrise Kingdom.
Worst list? Pulling a blank. I LOVE great movies!!!
and The Man From Snowy River!!
DeleteJane, you are brilliant, I totally forgot about Anne (with an E) and Snowy river (including return). I love those movies. SO GOOD!!!!
DeleteIf any of you DO check out "The Room," take note that the actor who plays the psychologist friend actually CHANGES throughout the movie. They just tossed some new guy into the role and expect you not to notice.
ReplyDeleteIf you like What's Up Doc (which is hilarious, btw) you HAVE to see Oscar with Sylvester Stallone. I can quote this movie beginning to end and I tell people we can't be best friends until they have seen it, at least once. That goes for you too Eli. Do it. This is it: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102603/
ReplyDelete-Marilyn
Haha....as I was clicking over here from FB, I was thinking of my faves, and Pitch Perfect is at the top of my list right now...I can't get enough! Then when I read your post, I just had to laugh!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Enchanted, Princess Bride, Pretty Woman, Overboard, Noises Off.
i am sam and The Other Sister make me bawl my eyes out!
Are you serious?! Pitch Perfect is quite literally the worst movie ever made. It's a total pile of crap. Maybe if you're the girlies girl ever or the gayest man alive, that would be what you consider good filmmaking, but if so, please educate yourself on what a good movie actually looks like. Wow.
DeleteBest: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Princess Bride, Pride & Prejudice 2005 version, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Steel Magnolias
ReplyDeleteWorst: Titanic. Yes. Titanic.
Best: Gladiator, Stardust
ReplyDeleteWorst: The Never-ending Story, Must Love Dogs
Worst: Keeper of Time
ReplyDeleteIt's so bad that it's good. It's absolutely hilarious. A definite must-see.
Worst: Autumn in New York
ReplyDeleteBest: O Brother, Where Art Thou
I'm so glad someone mentioned the Bourne trilogy. Those are three of my favorite movies of all time. Eli, I have really bad news for you. I love your blog, and I always can identify with what you're writing, but I can't endorse this list of movies. I love some that are on the worst list, and I hate some that are on the best list. But that's ok. I'll continue to read your blog. And I'll, most likely, still enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteJuno definitely needs to be on the best ever list. Also on the best: Away We Go, Little Miss Sunshine, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
ReplyDeleteThe WORST: In Time.
In Time was excellent and both Little Miss Sunshine and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World especially are absolutely awful. I wanted to murder someone after seeing Scott Pilgrim, it was TERRIBLE!
DeleteWorst movies: Existenz and grindhouse
ReplyDeleteBest: Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Way We Were, The Poseidon Adventure, Extremely Close/ Incredibly Loud
ReplyDeleteWorst: The English Patient
I am glad to read someone else liked extremely loud. I thought is was so good. and many people I know say they didn't like it and the kid was annoying.. I say poo poo to them
DeleteWorst-Dirty Dancing
ReplyDeleteBest: A Pyromaniacs Love Story, and Best in Show (like Waiting for Guffman it was also written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy)
ReplyDeleteWorst: Anything with Pauly Shore. Oh, and Baby Geniuses
The newest Les Mis for best. One of the worst would be the newest Bourne with Jeremy Renner, so boring. It made my four hour flight feel like eight.
ReplyDeleteLes Mis was AWESOME you are soooooo right, I agree with everything you said
DeleteAgain, I'm sorry, but first of all it's Les Miserables, not some cutesy "Les Mis" nonsense. You thought BOURNE was boring but you LIKED Les Miserables? You're kidding, right? I have never been so bored during a movie. If I could rate a film BELOW 0 stars I would definitely do it to that film. It was hands down the most boring movie ever made and one of the worst. It was terrible in every respect, in every way that a movie can be terrible. I actually took the screener DVD I got and snapped it in half after watching that pile of crap.
DeleteWorst Movie of all time is Snow Blood. Although, what's not to love about Nazi Zombies?
ReplyDeleteBest movies Boondock Saint's, Gone With the wind, Saving Private Ryan.
I love that you love Chocolat. Kinda sexy.
ReplyDeletehowever, you forgot these best movies ever:
Jurassic Park
Jaws
The Mummy
Pirates of the Carribbean
Sherlock Holmes (the second one)
The Avengers
Secret Window
Sleepy Hollow
Leap Year
Any Disney classic or Disney Channel Halloween movie
Bridesmaids
Bringing Up Baby
and many others I'm forgetting.
Worst?
Dragonheart
Any number in a series after 3. Just let it die.
Hmm, this is harder than it looks.
I'm not sure whether to put Crybaby on the best or worst movie list...
best:shawshank redemption
ReplyDeletejust recently watched it for the first time and loved it!
worst movie ever Spanglish, best movie ever Love Actually worst Christmas movie ever A Christmas story ( the kid is a brat, and he shoots his eye out just like mom said he would) Best Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life
ReplyDeleteDjango unchained was really good also, it was really good LOVED it
DeleteI am so sad that you think Spanglish is the worst movie ever. It is actually my second favorite Adam Sandler movie!!
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DeleteBest:
ReplyDeleteWarrior
Sleepless in Seattle
Red
Joe vs. The Volcano
The Other Guys
Worst:
Hunger Games (it's like they barely tried!)
the Twilight movies
Hobgoblins
What Women Want
America's Sweethearts
Some of your best are my best too so I won't waste anyone's time. Worst movie ever would have to be a toss up between Waterworld and Cloverfield. Needless to say - worst dates ever.
ReplyDeleteYes, Waterworld. It really was a big dud. I tend to forget the names of really bad movies, but I do agree with those people who don't like anything with Will Ferrell, Angelina Jolie or Adam Sandler (except The Wedding Singer). The Princess Bride is my all-time favorite movie.
DeleteJourney to Promethea is the worst Movie ever.. the cover on netflix looks good but it a horrible movie..
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you've seen Troll 2. My friend introduced it to me by saying, "I am going to force you to watch this movie called Troll 2. Before you ask, there is no first one. Also, it's about goblins. Not trolls."
ReplyDeleteI learned a valuable lesson about hospitality that day.
Worst: Ponyo, Halloween Town movies, any and all LOTR and Starwars, Twilight, Crybaby, Bee Movie
ReplyDeleteBest: She's the Man, Juno, Easy A, the newest Spiderman, Nacho Libre, Soul Surfer, and Inception
Yes, you're right, the Oscar-winning LOTR films and Star Wars movies -- the best films ever made -- are "the worst movies." Do you have any taste in film at all? Do you even know what a good movie looks like? Apparently not. Nacho Libre is better than Star Wars or Lord of the Rings?! HAHAHA oh my god, seriously, learn what good filmmaking is about, please, for everyone's sake.
DeleteHot Rod. And THAT is how it's done!
ReplyDeleteParenthood is the best movie of all time and I have seen a lot of movies!
ReplyDeleteThe worst movie? The Ninth Gate. Johnny Depp really can make a bad movie y'all....
And I'll tell you why I can't put up with you people. Because you're bastard people! You're just bastard people and I'm gonna go home and I'm gonna bite my pillow is what I'm going to do!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, another vote for Ned Divine.
The Happening....The Happening is the WORST movie ever, I say this with venomous intent for it not only stole 91 minutes of my life but also $14 from me (SPOILER ALERT--not that it really matters because this is a truly awful move) to watch people commit suicide because the plants made them do it....
ReplyDeleteI love What's Up Doc! Funny Girl is also a good Streisand flick. Have you seen the Imitation of Life?
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you agree with me that Pitch Perfect is one of the worst movies ever. I recently moved to England and the girls I'm living with have watched Pitch Perfect THREE times since I arrived. THREE times in 1 month. Thankfully I've avoided watching all three times. But they just get so disgusted with me when I say that Pitch Perfect is terrrible! With that many r's. However, Ruby Sparks and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World should be added to the Best Movies list. Along with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Wristcutters: A Love Story and Almost Famous.
ReplyDeleteBest (at least these have the best quotes)
ReplyDeletePrincess Bride (as you wish, ROUS's, anybody want a peanut)
Ghostbusters (shhh......, you smell that?)
E.T. (E.T. phone home, ooouuuccchhhh.....)
Big Trouble in Little China (This is gonna take crackerjack timing,Wang)
Troll 2! best worst movie ever by far! take the time to watch the documentary on how it was made. The man who plays Joshua's dad is a dentist in real life. "Joshua" himself made the documentary when he grew up! so hilarious.
ReplyDelete"NILBOG! That's GOBLIN spelled backwards!"
ReplyDeleteBest - Princess Bride
ReplyDeleteWorst - Machete
I agree with Slumdog Millionaire. one of my favorites... Amazing soundtrack too
ReplyDeleteI thought I was the only one who kept a straight face during Pitch Perfect! Not very funny to me.
ReplyDeleteWorst movies: almost anything with Will Ferrell in it. Anything where Jim Carrey thinks he's being funny.