"Bad Movies We Love"

by NoWireHangers | created - 26 Mar 2011 | updated - 27 Mar 2011 | Public

Movies reviewed in the very entertaining book "Bad Movies We Love" by Edward Margulies and Stephen Rebello. But of course, most of these movies aren't bad at all.

Listed in the order they are reviewed in the book, which is divided into chapters for differnet themes.

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101. Cocktail (1988)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

12 Metascore

A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes

Votes: 91,914 | Gross: $78.22M

Chapter "No, But I Saw the Book"

102. The Driver's Seat (1974)

R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery

A mentally-disturbed spinster experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone she feels she'll know--when she finds him.

Director: Giuseppe Patroni Griffi | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Ian Bannen, Guido Mannari, Mona Washbourne

Votes: 1,011

Chapter "No, But I Saw the Book"

Listed as "The Driver's Seat"

103. In the Cool of the Day (1963)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance

After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill

Votes: 642

Chapter "No, But I Saw the Book"

104. Mandingo (1975)

R | 127 min | Drama, History, Romance

An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Richard Ward

Votes: 4,223 | Gross: $2.43M

Chapter "No, But I Saw the Book"

105. The Mephisto Waltz (1971)

R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

47 Metascore

An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Barbara Parkins, Bradford Dillman

Votes: 3,272

Chapter "No, But I Saw the Book"

106. Walk on the Wild Side (1962)

Approved | 114 min | Drama, Romance

A man arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend, an artist who now works in a bordello.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter

Votes: 2,944

Chapter "No, But I Saw the Book"

107. Youngblood Hawke (1964)

Unrated | 137 min | Drama

Arthur Hawke works as a coal truck driver in Kentucky, he in the process trying to protect his widowed mother Sarah Hawke's property rights against his wealthy and cutthroat paternal uncles... See full summary »

Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette, Geneviève Page, Eva Gabor

Votes: 443

Chapter "No, But I Saw the Book"

108. The Adventurers (1970)

R | 171 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Alan Badel, Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren

Votes: 902 | Gross: $2.84M

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

109. The Arrangement (1969)

R | 125 min | Drama, Romance

An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Faye Dunaway, Deborah Kerr, Richard Boone

Votes: 3,385 | Gross: $8.72M

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

110. The Carpetbaggers (1964)

Approved | 150 min | Drama, Romance

Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer

Votes: 2,497 | Gross: $28.41M

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

111. Eureka (1983)

R | 130 min | Drama, Thriller

63 Metascore

In 1925, a lone and obsessed Arctic prospector Jack McCann finally strikes gold. Twenty years later, he begins spiraling out of control when his only daughter becomes engaged to a man he strongly dislikes.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire

Votes: 3,759 | Gross: $0.12M

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

112. The Goddess (1958)

Approved | 104 min | Drama

A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland

Votes: 1,139

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

113. The Greek Tycoon (1978)

R | 107 min | Drama

A fictionalized account of the Greek shipping magnate, Onassis, and his meeting and subsequent marriage to the widow of assassinated U.S. president, Jacqueline Kennedy.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert

Votes: 2,194

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

114. Once Is Not Enough (1975)

R | 121 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman goes home to New York after a long stay in Europe. Her former schoolmate introduces her to the decadence of New York and she ultimately falls in love with an older man who's a stand-in for her father, before tragedy strikes.

Director: Guy Green | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, David Janssen, George Hamilton

Votes: 912 | Gross: $17.00M

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

115. Where Love Has Gone (1964)

Not Rated | 114 min | Drama

A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Bette Davis, Susan Hayward, Mike Connors, Joey Heatherton

Votes: 1,710

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

116. Written on the Wind (1956)

Not Rated | 99 min | Drama

86 Metascore

Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone

Votes: 13,427

Chapter "Guess Who's Who"

117. Bolero (1984)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

13 Metascore

Set in the 1920s, a young woman sets out to lose her virginity. Her mission leads her to a Moroccan sheikh and a Spanish bullfighter.

Director: John Derek | Stars: Bo Derek, George Kennedy, Andrea Occhipinti, Ana Obregón

Votes: 6,065 | Gross: $8.91M

Chapter "Bring On the Bimbos!"

118. Endless Love (1981)

R | 116 min | Drama, Romance

30 Metascore

Parental disapproval of a passionate romance between two teenagers leads to arguments, circumstance, insanity and tragedy.

Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, Don Murray

Votes: 9,578 | Gross: $31.18M

Chapter "Bring On the Bimbos!"

119. Flashdance (1983)

R | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance

39 Metascore

An 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.

Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson

Votes: 59,581 | Gross: $94.90M

Chapter "Bring On the Bimbos!"

120. Lipstick (1976)

R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

37 Metascore

A top fashion model seeks justice after she is brutally raped by her teenage sister's music teacher.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Perry King, Anne Bancroft

Votes: 2,736 | Gross: $8.33M

Chapter "Bring On the Bimbos!"

121. A Night in Heaven (1983)

R | 83 min | Drama, Romance

A married college professor begins a torrid affair with her failing student, who secretly moonlights as a late-night strip-club dancer.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Christopher Atkins, Lesley Ann Warren, Robert Logan, Deborah Rush

Votes: 1,481 | Gross: $5.56M

Chapter "Bring On the Bimbos!"

122. Summer Lovers (1982)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young American couple and a French woman engage in a threesome in the Greek Islands.

Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valérie Quennessen, Barbara Rush

Votes: 4,490 | Gross: $4.97M

Chapter "Bring On the Bimbos!"

123. Where Danger Lives (1950)

Not Rated | 82 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in her husband's death, and must flee with her to the Mexican border.

Director: John Farrow | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Claude Rains, Faith Domergue, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 3,394

Chapter "Bring On the Bimbos!"

124. Airport (1970)

G | 137 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

42 Metascore

A bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.

Directors: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jean Seberg

Votes: 21,707 | Gross: $100.49M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

125. Airport 1975 (1974)

PG | 107 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

50 Metascore

A 747 in flight collides with a small plane, and is rendered pilotless. Somehow the control tower must get a pilot aboard so the jet can land.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Votes: 11,870 | Gross: $47.29M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

126. Airport '77 (1977)

PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

36 Metascore

Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under one hundred feet of water.

Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland

Votes: 12,326 | Gross: $30.00M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

127. Avalanche (1978)

PG | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The vacationers at a winter wonderland struggle to survive after an avalanche of snow crashes into their ski resort. Their holiday then turns into a game of survival.

Director: Corey Allen | Stars: Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster, Jeanette Nolan

Votes: 2,398

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

128. The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

R | 129 min | Drama, Thriller

30 Metascore

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?

Director: George P. Cosmatos | Stars: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, O.J. Simpson

Votes: 9,887

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

129. The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)

PG | 113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

39 Metascore

A supersonic airborne disaster. In order to survive a flight headed for the Moscow Olympics, passengers of the Concorde must endure aerial acrobatics to dodge missiles and survive a device that decompresses the plane.

Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner, George Kennedy

Votes: 6,957 | Gross: $13.00M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

130. The Delta Force (1986)

R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

37 Metascore

After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Chuck Norris, Lee Marvin, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop

Votes: 21,929 | Gross: $17.77M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

131. Earthquake (1974)

PG | 122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

56 Metascore

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.

Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene

Votes: 17,897 | Gross: $79.70M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

132. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

PG | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

70 Metascore

A group of passengers must embark on a harrowing struggle for survival after a rogue wave capsizes their cruise ship at sea.

Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons

Votes: 49,256 | Gross: $84.56M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

133. The Swarm (1978)

PG | 116 min | Horror, Thriller

30 Metascore

A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.

Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain

Votes: 8,558 | Gross: $10.00M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

134. The Towering Inferno (1974)

PG | 165 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

69 Metascore

At the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Director: John Guillermin | Stars: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, William Holden, Faye Dunaway

Votes: 48,284 | Gross: $116.00M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

135. When Time Ran Out... (1980)

PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

25 Metascore

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

Director: James Goldstone | Stars: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Edward Albert

Votes: 3,204 | Gross: $1.70M

Chapter "Overacting in Sensurround"

136. Bluebeard (1972)

R | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A World War I pilot whom everybody envies as a "ladykiller" actually is one. After he beds a woman he's after, he murders her.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon

Votes: 1,600

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

137. The Bride (1985)

PG-13 | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance

30 Metascore

After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".

Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown

Votes: 3,564 | Gross: $3.60M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

138. The Chase (1966)

Passed | 134 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The citizens of a Texan town become concerned and panicked when a local bad boy escapes prison and heads for his hometown.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, E.G. Marshall

Votes: 13,416 | Gross: $5.00M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

139. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

R | 117 min | Horror

39 Metascore

A teenage girl once possessed by a demon finds that it still lurks within her. Meanwhile, a priest investigates the death of the girl's exorcist.

Directors: John Boorman, Rospo Pallenberg | Stars: Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow

Votes: 28,397 | Gross: $30.75M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

140. Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

R | 104 min | Mystery, Thriller

49 Metascore

A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a killer.

Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif, Rene Auberjonois

Votes: 12,090 | Gross: $20.00M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

141. Fear City (1984)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and maimed by a psycho-killer. A conflicted ex-boxer-turned-talent-manager and his business partner and friend, who represent some of the girls, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith

Votes: 4,330

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

142. 52 Pick-Up (1986)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

55 Metascore

A secret fling between a man and his mistress leads to blackmail and murder.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, John Glover

Votes: 7,018 | Gross: $5.19M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

143. Hanover Street (1979)

PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

32 Metascore

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Alec McCowen

Votes: 5,932 | Gross: $3.00M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

144. Jet Pilot (1957)

Approved | 113 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.

Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix

Votes: 2,718

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

145. King Kong Lives (1986)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure

32 Metascore

Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive. However, his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc.

Directors: John Guillermin, Charles McCracken | Stars: Brian Kerwin, Linda Hamilton, Peter Elliott, George Antoni

Votes: 6,824 | Gross: $4.71M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

146. The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lola Falana

Votes: 1,174

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

147. No Mercy (1986)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

54 Metascore

A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza

Votes: 8,483 | Gross: $12.30M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

148. Orca (1977)

PG | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

27 Metascore

A hunter squares off against a killer whale seeking vengeance for the death of its mate.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek

Votes: 13,293 | Gross: $14.72M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

149. Perfect (1985)

R | 115 min | Drama, Romance

46 Metascore

A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.

Director: James Bridges | Stars: John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ramey Ellis, Alma Beltran

Votes: 5,995 | Gross: $12.92M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

150. Players (1979)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn't love. Will he become the next John McEnroe? Will she choose love over financial security?

Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin, Maximilian Schell, Pancho González

Votes: 324

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

151. Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

67 Metascore

Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris

Votes: 8,220 | Gross: $2.10M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

152. Revolution (1985)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, History

22 Metascore

A trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end.

Director: Hugh Hudson | Stars: Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright

Votes: 7,556 | Gross: $0.36M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

153. Road House (1989)

R | 114 min | Action, Thriller

36 Metascore

A bouncer hired to clean up the baddest honkytonk in a Missouri town. Armed with a black belt in karate and a degree in philosophy, Patrick Swayze sets out to tame the Double Deuce for its owner.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara

Votes: 100,993 | Gross: $30.05M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

154. Siesta (1987)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

An American skydiver wakes up in the middle of nowhere in Spain and must recount the last five agonizing days to figure out how she got there.

Director: Mary Lambert | Stars: Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Isabella Rossellini

Votes: 2,449 | Gross: $0.70M

Chapter "The Other Kind of "Disaster Movies""

155. The Bramble Bush (1960)

93 min | Drama

A handsome and successful young doctor returns to his home town in New England to see his dying friend for one last time. However, his friend wants to die because he is suffering so much ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Richard Burton, Barbara Rush, Jack Carson, Angie Dickinson

Votes: 283

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

156. The Caretakers (1963)

Approved | 97 min | Drama

Medical drama about mentally-ill patients and their professional caregivers, as well as the new group-therapy sessions aiming to replace the traditional physical restraint and electroshock treatments.

Director: Hall Bartlett | Stars: Robert Stack, Polly Bergen, Diane McBain, Joan Crawford

Votes: 939

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

157. Doctors' Wives (1971)

R | 101 min | Drama

The dysfunctional marriages of several unhappy rich doctors who work at a private clinic and their neglected wives who deal with their own unhappiness in various ways enter crisis mode when one of them murders his cheating wife.

Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor

Votes: 418 | Gross: $1.39M

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

158. Flatliners (1990)

R | 115 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

55 Metascore

Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin

Votes: 93,474 | Gross: $61.49M

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

159. The Harrad Experiment (1973)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Based on the novel by Robert Rimmer. An Ivy League college incorporates a course on sexual relations into its curriculum.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Don Johnson, James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Bruno Kirby

Votes: 932 | Gross: $0.18M

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

160. The Interns (1962)

Approved | 120 min | Drama

Medical drama that focuses on the personal and professional conflicts of medical interns working under senior surgeons at a major hospital.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Michael Callan, Cliff Robertson, James MacArthur, Nick Adams

Votes: 367

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

161. Magnificent Obsession (1954)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Romance

77 Metascore

A rich playboy whose recklessness inadvertently causes the death of a prominent doctor tries to make amends to his widow, and falls for her in the process.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger

Votes: 7,626

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

162. Not as a Stranger (1955)

Passed | 135 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

55 Metascore

An ego-driven, aspiring physician, intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, comes to grips with his own imperfections.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, Gloria Grahame

Votes: 2,585

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

163. Possessed (1947)

Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks

Votes: 5,912 | Gross: $1.99M

Chapter "Just What the Doctor Ordered"

164. The Grasshopper (1970)

R | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman's odyssey from innocence to decadence. Hopeful for a career in show business, Christine Adams leaves British Columbia with her boyfriend at age 19. But a detour to Las Vegas leads her into a life that no one would envy.

Director: Jerry Paris | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown, Joseph Cotten, Corbett Monica

Votes: 609

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

165. The Happening (1967)

101 min | Comedy

Young drifters kidnap rich businessman Roc Delmonico for kicks and demand $200K for his release. But none of Roc's relatives or Mafia associates want to part with the money. So Roc switches allegiances and plots revenge.

Director: Elliot Silverstein | Stars: Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks, Robert Walker Jr.

Votes: 839

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

166. R.P.M. (1970)

R | 92 min | Drama

R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the heady days of campus activism in the late 1960's. ... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Ann-Margret, Gary Lockwood, Paul Winfield

Votes: 697

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

167. Secret Ceremony (1968)

R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller

A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother, and becomes enmeshed in a web of deception, and perhaps madness.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Mia Farrow, Peggy Ashcroft

Votes: 2,647

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

168. Skidoo (1968)

R | 98 min | Comedy

Infamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark

Votes: 1,919

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

169. The Swinger (1966)

Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy

An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Robert Coote, Yvonne Romain

Votes: 568

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

170. The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

66 Metascore

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston

Votes: 28,092

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

171. Wild in the Streets (1968)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A young man gains significant political influence as the leader of a counterculture rock band with his rallying cry of voting rights for teenagers.

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Christopher Jones, Shelley Winters, Diane Varsi, Hal Holbrook

Votes: 2,208

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

172. X, Y & Zee (1972)

PG | 110 min | Drama

The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossoming romance between her husband and his new mistress; a good-natured young widow who holds a dark past.

Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton

Votes: 1,416 | Gross: $1.36M

Chapter "Bad Movies à Go-Go"

Listed as "X, Y and Zee"

173. Ada (1961)

Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance

Political drama about a honest but naive gubernatorial candidate who is manipulated by his corrupt campaign manager and is forced to temporarily cede power to his wife, a woman of integrity despite her shameful past.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker

Votes: 1,097

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

174. All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance

An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel

Votes: 16,641

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

175. Ash Wednesday (1973)

R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery

After getting plastic surgery in Switzerland to help rejuvenate her shaky marriage, Barbara Sawyer has an affair with a younger man while waiting for her husband's arrival from the U.S.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter

Votes: 781 | Gross: $1.03M

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

176. The Betsy (1978)

R | 125 min | Drama

The aging, retired founder of an auto giant comes out of retirement to try to develop a safe, fuel-efficient car.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones

Votes: 1,653 | Gross: $17.69M

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

177. Diamond Head (1962)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Romance

In 1950s Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native even though he himself has secretly impregnated a native woman.

Director: Guy Green | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, France Nuyen

Votes: 1,015

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

178. Dying Young (1991)

R | 111 min | Drama, Romance

A caregiver falls in love with a terminally ill man.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst

Votes: 17,217 | Gross: $33.67M

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

179. Last Rites (1988)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Angela, the beautiful Mexican mistress of a NY mobster, asks virginal Father Michael for protection after Zena, the mobster's wife, kills her cheating husband. Michael becomes torn between his vows, Angela and his sister - Zena.

Director: Donald P. Bellisario | Stars: Tom Berenger, Daphne Zuniga, Chick Vennera, Anne Twomey

Votes: 1,366 | Gross: $0.43M

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

180. The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

Approved | 116 min | Drama, Romance

An American journalist returns to Paris - a city that gave him true love and deep grief.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed

Votes: 4,267

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

181. Love Story (1970)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance

84 Metascore

A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland

Votes: 37,457 | Gross: $106.40M

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

182. Monsignor (1982)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, War

An ambitious priest seduces a nun and leads the Vatican into shady business during and after World War II.

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Geneviève Bujold, Fernando Rey, Jason Miller

Votes: 1,017 | Gross: $12.41M

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

183. The Other Side of Midnight (1977)

R | 165 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A Greek tycoon's mistress tries to track down and find her ex-World War II lover.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon, Raf Vallone

Votes: 1,944 | Gross: $24.65M

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

184. The Tarnished Angels (1957)

Passed | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

76 Metascore

Story of the fraught friendship between an eccentric journalist and a team of daredevil flying acrobats.

Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson

Votes: 4,096

Chapter "Soap Gets in Your Eyes"

185. Great Balls of Fire! (1989)

PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Music

49 Metascore

The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.

Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Stephen Tobolowsky

Votes: 18,894 | Gross: $13.74M

Chapter "Slay It With Music"

186. Lost Horizon (1973)

G | 150 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.

Director: Charles Jarrott | Stars: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, George Kennedy

Votes: 2,859 | Gross: $8.28M

Chapter "Slay It With Music"

187. Purple Rain (1984)

R | 111 min | Drama, Music, Romance

55 Metascore

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

Director: Albert Magnoli | Stars: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos

Votes: 23,830 | Gross: $68.39M

Chapter "Slay It With Music"

188. Satisfaction (1988)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

44 Metascore

Justine Bateman rocks out as the leader of an all-girl band that struggles with men and drugs during a summer resort gig.

Director: Joan Freeman | Stars: Justine Bateman, Liam Neeson, Trini Alvarado, Scott Coffey

Votes: 3,860 | Gross: $8.25M

Chapter "Slay It With Music"

189. Shout (1991)

PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.

Director: Jeffrey Hornaday | Stars: John Travolta, Jamie Walters, Heather Graham, Richard Jordan

Votes: 2,074 | Gross: $3.55M

Chapter "Slay It With Music"

190. Staying Alive (1983)

PG | 93 min | Drama, Music, Romance

23 Metascore

Five years later, Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenge yet: succeeding as a dancer on the Broadway stage.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood

Votes: 17,605 | Gross: $64.89M

Chapter "Slay It With Music"

191. Stepping Out (1991)

PG | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A has-been Broadway performer gives tap lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes, bond and realize what they can achieve.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Shelley Winters, Robyn Stevan, Jane Krakowski

Votes: 1,234 | Gross: $0.24M

Chapter "Slay It With Music"

192. Xanadu (1980)

PG | 96 min | Fantasy, Musical, Romance

31 Metascore

A struggling artist living in Los Angeles meets a girl who may hold the key to his happiness.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan

Votes: 15,392 | Gross: $22.76M

Chapter "Slay It With Music"

193. Beyond the Forest (1949)

Approved | 97 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

Resentful of her small-town life, a married woman schemes to run off with a rich businessman.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman

Votes: 2,772

Chapter "The Hall of Shame"

194. Can't Stop the Music (1980)

PG | 124 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical

A pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People.

Director: Nancy Walker | Stars: Ray Simpson, David Hodo, Felipe Rose, Randy Jones

Votes: 4,498 | Gross: $2.00M

Chapter "The Hall of Shame"

195. The Cobweb (1955)

Passed | 134 min | Drama

At a private psychiatric clinic, the daily dramas and interactions between the doctors, nurses, administrators, benefactors and patients are accentuated by the personal and family crises of these individuals.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame

Votes: 2,092

Chapter "The Hall of Shame"

196. The Fountainhead (1949)

Approved | 114 min | Drama, Romance

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith

Votes: 10,909

Chapter "The Hall of Shame"

197. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

Passed | 152 min | Drama, Family, Romance

76 Metascore

The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde

Votes: 16,062 | Gross: $36.00M

Chapter "The Hall of Shame"

198. Kitten with a Whip (1964)

Approved | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A rising political star faces scandal and blackmail when the young woman he tries to help turns out to be a juvenile delinquent.

Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: Ann-Margret, John Forsythe, Peter Brown, Patricia Barry

Votes: 1,530

Chapter "The Hall of Shame"

199. Moment by Moment (1978)

R | 102 min | Drama, Romance

Trisha Rawlings, a Beverly Hills socialite suffers from loneliness following the separation of her womanizing husband Stu. Strip, a young drifter, became infatuated with her and, develops a May/December relationship with her.

Director: Jane Wagner | Stars: Lily Tomlin, John Travolta, Andra Akers, Bert Kramer

Votes: 1,340 | Gross: $10.96M

Chapter "The Hall of Shame"

200. Mommie Dearest (1981)

R | 129 min | Biography, Drama

55 Metascore

The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva

Votes: 18,358 | Gross: $19.03M

Chapter "The Hall of Shame"



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