There are movies that are wonderful. There are movies that are bad. But, there is a small category of movies that are so bad that they’re good. The nineties were a great time for movies like that.
The nineties were a great time. In order to appreciate the films, you have to understand the decade. There was no Twilight and no reality TV. People weren’t attached to their cell phones and Facebook because it didn’t exist. The nineties had boy bands and movies that were excellent and cheesy. (Also, NSync was at its prime.)
Just because a movie is cheesy, doesn’t mean that you don’t enjoy it or don’t watch it. The films on the list are all incredibly cheesy and are anything but award winning. They might just be so bad that you have to see it at least once.
With each title are the plot, why it is bad and why you can’t miss it. There is a trailer so you can prepare for watching it. The films may be difficult to find because of the age of them but they are worth seeking out. These films completely define the nineties and the genre of bad/good movies.
Here are the top 10 90’s movies that are so bad that they’re good. If you disagree with the list or believe that there is a movie that belongs on the list, comment below.
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10. Wild Wild West
Plot: Dr. Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) prepares to start another civil war by assassinating the president. Gunfighter James West (Will Smith) and Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline) team up to defeat him and keep the country safe.
Why it’s so bad: It’s the old west, terrible version of Men in Black. Will Smith plays the same guy that he is in every movie except this one has racial undertones.
Why it can’t be missed: There is a legless doctor and two people team up to defeat someone who wants to kill the president. On paper, it seems like it could be a good movie. If you ignore all of the really terrible plot twists, it’s not the worst movie in the world.
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9. Simply Irresistible
Plot: A chef, Amanda (Sarah Michelle Gellar), is running her mother’s restaurant into the ground. She falls in love with Tom (Sean Patrick Flannery) and a magical crab helps Amanda’s dishes become more delicious.
Why it’s so bad: Amanda gets her cooking skills from a magical crab. It is never explained and the love between Amanda is so forced that it ruins how fun the movie could be.
Why it can’t be missed: A magical crab teaches Amanda how to cook. It’s like Ratatouille, if that film was lame and about a crab.
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8. Anaconda
Plot: A group of people go looking for a lost tribe and instead find a man-eating snake. One by one, the snake takes this film crew out. The snake is so amazing that it can eat a man, spit him out and eat him again. Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube and Owen Wilson star in the film crew that are trying to film the lost tribe but instead, film their own hunting.
Why it’s so bad: A giant snake is hunting humans and a host is leading them right to it. The plot isn’t explained well enough and all of the characters act dumb.
Why it can’t be missed: There is a snake that can eat a man, spit him back out and eat him again. Plus, it is back when J-Lo tried to be an actress and she was so bad.
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7. Bride of Chucky
Plot: In Child’s Play, a murderer, Charley Ray was killed and his spirit was put into a killing Chucky doll. To kill the doll, they cut him up. In Bride, his girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly) sews him together and uses voodoo to bring him back to life. Chucky then kills Tiffany and makes her go into a bridal doll. They hang out and kill people.
Why it’s so bad: Most sequels are bad in general. This one came eight years after the original Child’s Play and isn’t scary enough to compare. The plotline doesn’t make sense and Katherine Heigl is in it.
Why it can’t be missed: It is so bad that it basically mocks itself and the genre. The movie would be much better if it overplayed the mocking.
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6. Drive Me Crazy
Plot: Nicole (Melissa Joan Heart) is one of the coolest kids in school. Chase (Adrian Grenier) is her neighbor and not very cool. They used to be friends but then they grew up. When Nicole’s crush asks someone else to prom and Chase’s girlfriend dumps him, they decide to go to prom together. They make Chase go from not to hot and he becomes one of the kids that he used to dislike.
Why it’s so bad: There is a weird plotline with the parents. It’s incredibly predictable and everyone in the movie is unlikeable.
Why it can’t be missed: Heart and Grenier are so cute together in their moments that they aren’t commercial, trend following jerks. Plus, the pranks that the not-so-cool kids play on the cool kids are really witty and funny.
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5. Jawbreaker
Plot: Four girls are the coolest kids in school. Courtney (Rose McGowan), Julie (Rebecca) and Marcie (Julie Benz) sabotage Liz (Charlotte Roldan) by trying to keep her from winning prom queen. When they kidnap her and put a jawbreaker in her mouth, she chokes and dies. They frame her death as a sex accident and try to blame someone else. Their problem is that they have a witness, Vylette (Judy Greer), so they give her popularity for silence.
Why it’s so bad: It is incredibly dark humor that involves teenage girls covering up the fact that they murdered their best friend by framing someone else in a sex crime. The ending is a real downer as well.
Why it can’t be missed: McGowan is so amazing as an evil person. She’s somehow charming and bitchy at the same time. Plus, if you ignore all of the facts, it isn’t that bad.
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4. Batman and Robin
Plot: Batman and Robin is a typical Batman movie. The two (George Clooney and Chris O’Donnell) have to work together to stop Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) from freezing Gotham City and Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) by taking control one kiss at a time.
Why it’s so bad: Clooney’s Batman suit has nipples on it, which are hilariously bad. All of the villains’ motives are confusing and everything is predictable. This film was so bad that they cancelled the Robin spin-off.
Why it can’t be missed: You have to see it at least once. Seeing Clooney in the suit and an overdramatic Alicia Silverstone as surprise, surprise a beautiful girl with a heart of gold that happens to be Cat-woman.
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3. Flubber
Plot: A silly professor (Williams) creates a formula to make Flubber. He using the flubber to help the school basketball team and help the near bankrupt university to get more money. In his personal life, his love Sara (Marcia Gay Harden) is disappointed in him and his rival, Wilson (Christopher McDonald), tries to steal her.
Why it’s so bad: The cast falls second to the special effect created goo. The dialogue is forced and the love triangle is a little much.
Why it can’t be missed: The Flubber does the mambo and there is a lot of slapstick humor. It is silly and has cheap laughs. (But you still have fun watching it.)
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2. The Super Mario Bros.
Plot: Two plumbers (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) live in Manhattan and try to save Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis) from King Koopa (Dennis Hopper). The film is based on the video game of the same name so they must use their skills to win her back.
Why it’s so bad: It’s based on a video game.
Why it can’t be missed: It’s. Based. On. A. VIDEO. GAME.
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1. Space Jam
Plot: Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes team up for a basketball game against aliens (the Monstars). Jordan has to teach them how to play so they don’t have to work for an intergalactic amusement park for the aliens.
Why it’s so bad: It is both real life and animated with very lame laughs. It uses the Looney Tunes’ popularity to churn out a halfway decent plotline was tired acting from Bill Murray.
Why it can’t be missed: Space Jam is one of my favorite movies in general. Using R Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” as a soundtrack, the scenes are just over dramatic that it is hilariously perfect.