The 50 Most Embarassing Guilty Pleasure Movies That I Just Can't Deny (a/k/a The House that Patrick Swayze Built)
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First of all, what makes up a guilty pleasure movie? There are certain films that are cliche in this genre such as 9 & 1/2 Weeks or Showgirls but I am here to tell you, that nudity isn't a prerequisite. A guilty pleasure movie is a mindless thing that we can't quite explain that makes us enjoy bad films. Not only enjoy them but...*gulp* own them. Movies that you own but don't leave in public view.
There is also a difference between a "good" guilty pleasure movie and a shamefully bad one. Good guilty pleasure is when the people making the film are in on the joke. I mean seriously, you must be aware when these films come out. Snakes on a Plane is a perfect example of "Good" bad vs. Anaconda which was Bad bad. What's the difference, you ask? Well I'll tell you.
Samual L. Jackson and everyone else involved in this picture Snakes on a Plane knew exactly how silly the whole thing was and played to that end with stupid funny dialogue. I'll bet you already know one terrifically bad line from it even if you didn't see it. The film was designed to relieve people's stress over terrorist plane attacks.
Anaconda however is about a snake so big and fake looking that we laugh at it, not with it. This is also Bad-bad because people like Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez a) shouldn't act at all, ever. and b) thought this film would advance their careers. If these two hadn't agreed to do it, it wouldn't even have gotten made.
The following 10 films are Good-Bad okay? ~Meaning that the filmmakers intended them to be just as bad as they are.
# 1 ~~~ Flash Gordon
# 2 ~~~ Rocky Horror Picture Show
# 3 ~~~ The Lost Boys
# 4 ~~~ Point Break
# 5 ~~~ The Cannonball Run
# 6 ~~~ Article 99
# 7 ~~~ Lucky # Slevin
# 8 ~~~ Willard
# 9 ~~~ Mars Attacks!
# 10 ~~~ Logan's Run
These are the 50 WORST Movies That I Somehow Can't Resist!!
1) Turk 182 - Timothy Hutton, Kim Cattrall, Peter Boyle
2) Lucas - Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Winona Ryder
3) The Good Son - Macauley Culkin, Elijah Wood
4) Weekend at Bernie's - Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman
5) The Temp - Timothy Hutton, Faye Dunaway, Lara Flynn Boyle
6) Rudy - Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Lili Taylor
7) The Craft - Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell
8) Rounders - Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Malkovich
9) Pet Sematary - Ed Gwynne, Denise Crosby
10) The Dark Crystal - Animated
11) Grease 2 - Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield
12) Steel Magnolias - Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley McLaine
13) The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier
14) One Hour Photo - Robin Williams, Gary Cole
15) Ghost - Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg
16) Clue - Martin Mull, Christoper Lloyd, Tim Curry
17) Adventures in Babysitting - Elizabeth Shue, Keith Coogan
18) Sister Act - Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy
19) The Island - Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson
20) Mr. Jones - Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft
21) The Incredible Shrinking Woman - Lily Tomlin
22) Poolhall Junkies - Christopher Walken, Chazz Palmintieri
23) Predator - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura
24) Don Juan DeMarco - Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando
25) Purple Rain - Prince, Appollonia, Morris Day
26) Joe vs. The Volcano - Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan
27) The Last Boy Scout - Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans
28) Working Girl - Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford
29) Premonition - Sandra Bullock, Nia Long, Kate Nelligan
30) Rat Race - John Cleese, Whooi Goldberg, Seth Green
31) Johnny Handsome - Mickey Rourke, Forrest Whitaker
32) Soapdish - Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Elizabeth Shue
33) Judgment Night - Denis Leary, Cuba Gooding Jr
34) Outbreak - Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman
35) No Escape - Ray Liotta, Kevin Dillon, Lance Henrikson
36) 9 & 1/2 Weeks - Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger
37) Tombstone - Kurt Russell, Sam Elliott, Val Kilmer
38) Surviving the Game - Ice-T, Gary Busey, Rutger Hauer
39) Four Rooms - Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Madonna
40) Little Shop of Horrors - Rick Moranis, Steve Martin
41) Smokin' Aces - Jeremy Piven, Common, Alicia Keys
42) The Legend of Billie Jean - Helen Slater, Yeardley Smith
43) The Last Castle - Robert Redford, James Gandolfini
44) House of D - Robin Williams, Anton Yelchin, Erykah Badu
45) Youngblood - Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves
46) The Long Kiss Goodnight - Samuel L. Jackson, Geena Davis
47) Dark City - Rufus Sewell, Keifer Sutherland, William Hurt
48) Con Air - Nicholas Cage, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi
49) The Beach - Leonard DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton
50) Road House - Patrick Swayze, Sam Elliott, Kelly Lynch
Road House is the LEAST embarassing because we all like it!! Awful as it is!
THE KING OF G.P. MOVIES!!!!!!
EVIDENCE THAT HE IS KING
- The Outsiders (1983)
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Youngblood (1986)
- Dirty Dancing (1987)
- Road House (1989)
- Ghost (1990)
- Point Break (1991)
Ashton Kutcher? Matthew McConaughey? Oh no, they just suck!
Who is the 2nd Greatest Guilty Pleasure Actor to our King Patrick?
See results without votingoh yeah...and lest we forget!!!!
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Hello DJ Funktual: I have to say that I actually rate the Rocky Horror Picture Show. It was obviously written in a burst of delight and inspiration it's hard not to fall for it. I also rate Dark City, though Keifer Sutherland is really hamming it up. Purple Rain, though! I think you might be in need of therapy.
I hated to see Pet Semetary on that list!! While the movie was average, at best, the book was great!!! As a huge Stephen King fan, it hurt to see that one on there. A better choice for a really bad Stephen King movie would have been Sleepwalkers. That movie was just awful!!!
Pet Cemetary was hilarious! I didn't read the book, but Stephen King books tend to be OK to good.
Cult classics like Rocky Horror should have their own classification: "Movies that you dress up in fishnet tights and throw toilet paper at the screen when you go to them and it's OK"
Keep these coming -- we use 'em to decide what to rent for the weekend and sometimes you dig up some moldies like the farrah fawcett flick that the younger generation has never even seen.
Anyway, this gave me an idea for a new hub. Watch for it soon!
I rarely admit this, but I own all four Tremors movies. I also kinda like Miss Congeniality. OOPS! Did I say that out loud?
I have a shameful weakness for George of the Jungle, she says, losing all credibility ever.
The first time I saw Rocky Horror was at a full-on live performance, throwing toast at the screen and everything. It was fun, though I spent most of the movie wondering what the hell was going on.
I always forget how funny Clue and Soapdish are.
Awesome list, DJ! If I channel-flip to Uptown Girls I can't stop watching it till the end. Sad, but true!
I must admit that I forgot about a REAL big one...The Dark Crystal
How about Johnny Dangerously with Michael Keaton...and might as well throw in Beatlejuice too!
This is such a great hub. All the ones I like never seem to do well.
This is a great hub! Just wanted to wander by to say congrats on being "interviewed" and singled out as the weekly hubber. I was wondering when they were going to finally get to you. No one deserves it more:)
Dude, hah ha... Flash Gordon is STILL awesome if you watch in the right mindset. I mean, that's Queen in the soundtrack right?
And, Cannon Ball Run... seriously... I practiced, perfected and STILL retain my ability to contort my finger into the proper finger probe position as concieved in the ambulance scenes (although I will not practice the procedure, sorry for those who held out hope). People who have not seen this movie have no clue.
DJ, while I will protest that you put The Dark Crystal at the end, as if it were somehow not a great and epic classic (a total misstep on your part, but forgivable), I must say with a resounding thumbs up that you have a great list here. Nice work.
Shady - I wasn't dissing any of the movies you mentioned. You seem to have missed my whole point in the intro, but no matter. Thanks for stopping by.
Rhym - You were one of my nominees!
No, I know you liked them, that was my point totally; appreciated you recognizing those gems. I only beefed that The Dark Crystal showed up as if it was a "lost gem." That movie proved itself on it's own merits in my opinion. I'm with you dude, totally. I missed nothing. Rock on man.
A couple of those films are definitely on my guilty pleasures list; especially Mars Attacks and Rocky Horror Picture Show. Great hub, as usual.
Is this an attempt at trolling? Really? What's so guilty about enjoying a well made movie? Because the film makers are in on the joke? What joke? Where is the Joke in Lost Boys? Rocky Horror Picture? Lucky # Slevin? Rounders? Dark Crystal? Four Rooms? Have you actually watched any of these movies? Or do you just pass them off becuase of your Cliche new age art? Movies your told are great by news and ad-campaigns. Let me guess, you LOVED lord of the rings and cloverfield. You can't get enough of Twilight your ecstatic about the Davinic Code. DJ isafriadtolikeagoodmoviebecauseitsagoodmoviesohehastohideundertheguiseofitsaguiltypleasure
Man do you have issues
I really can't consider Rocky Horror as a quilty pleasure since it has become a mainstream cult film. Mars Attacks is also a mainstream cult item.For me a true quilty pleasure is something like the Brain that Wouldm't Die or Dr. Blood's Coffin perhaps. I think once a film has developed such a loyal and passionate following like Rocky Horror it no longer is a quilty pleasure. Was a interesting and good hub never the less.
I really love those old sword-and-sandal movies like Beastmaster and Barbarians.
yeah me too
RIP Patrick Swayze
Nothing embarrassing about owning a Patrick Swayze movie. In fact, Road House is my favourite Swayze film - I don't like Dirty Dancing so RH is it.
My other fave is Speed the first one because of the bomb on the bus, and the fact that I sort of like Sandra Bullock. She makes an ideal love interest for Keanu Reeves.
House of D is a great movie. Your list sucks.
Red Dawn would have to be on my list. So corny but so much fun! If I catch it tuning through the channels, I invariably end up watching it. Drives my family crazy. Except my oldest son, he thinks its cool too.
..now I can see why you have 8 million followers - lol - well my pleasure and it ain't guilty - are you 'essential' hubs - you can DJ my funeral any day!!!!
What's there to be guilty about with liking Willard or Mars Attacks? They're great.
Hey Dark Crystal was Jim Henson's Best Movie I cry fowl
I have seen so many on this list - Cannonball Run is so great - but not all of them. I will be heading to Netflix right after this. Thanks for the list! This is great..
Great list but I would add Darkman, Night Breed and Night Porter.
Uhm, hello? Maximum Overdrive and Wild Wild West. How can you not include those?!
Princessa Level 3 Commenter 3 years ago
How to resist Johnny Depp in Don Juan de Marco?... Guilty!