20 Really Bad Movies You'll Actually Enjoy

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

There’s something strangely hypnotic about watching Nicolas Cage, with a hairpiece that looks like it’s plotting its own escape, silently brood his way through the neon-lit chaos of Bangkok. "Bangkok Dangerous" is a remake of a Thai action film, but instead of doubling down on the stylish grit of the original, it leans hard into brooding montages and whispery voiceovers. Cage plays a hitman – because of course he does – who’s gone soft and wants out, but not before teaching a local kid how to shoot people and falling in love with a deaf-mute pharmacist. Yeah, it's that kind of movie. The action sequences are clunky, the editing is weirdly choppy, and yet, it's weirdly fun in that "what am I watching and why can’t I look away?" kind of way. You’ll cringe, laugh, and maybe question your taste in cinema – but you won’t be bored. | © Lionsgate

Blade: Trinity (2004)

It’s not often that a movie with vampires, swordfights, and Ryan Reynolds manages to somehow be less cool than your dad trying to use TikTok – but here we are. "Blade: Trinity" tries to continue the gritty success of its predecessors, but instead ends up feeling like a bloated music video from the early 2000s, complete with bad CGI and even worse dialogue. Wesley Snipes looks like he wants to be literally anywhere else, and according to legend, he mostly was – mailing in performance notes via post-it notes and allegedly refusing to open his eyes during scenes. Jessica Biel kicks butt and blasts iPod playlists like it's going out of style (it was), while Ryan Reynolds, bless him, uses 90% sarcasm and 10% abs to power through the madness. It’s a glorious mess, but hey, sometimes messes are more fun than masterpieces. | © New Line Cinema

The Room (2003)

What can be said about "The Room" that hasn’t already been shouted at a midnight screening? Written, directed by, and starring the enigmatic Tommy Wiseau (whose origin story remains more mysterious than Batman’s), this is the Citizen Kane of bad movies. From the nonsensical plot twists to the famously awkward “Oh hi, Mark” delivery, every moment is a masterclass in cinematic disaster. The acting is robotic, the dialogue feels like it was translated from English to Martian and back, and yet, the sincerity of Wiseau’s effort is oddly endearing. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry (mostly from laughing), and you’ll walk away quoting it like it’s Shakespeare for the deranged. This movie transcends "so bad it's good" – it exists in a universe of its own. | © Wiseau-Films

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)

Steve Oedekerk took an old kung fu movie, dubbed over it with his own voice (for almost every character), digitally inserted himself into the scenes, and added a fighting cow. That sentence alone tells you whether or not you’re going to love "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist." It's absurd in the best possible way, combining slapstick, bad lip-syncing, and fourth-wall-breaking humor into one wild parody. The plot? Something about a Chosen One defeating an evil martial arts master with a tongue that talks. The real joy here is in the film’s utter commitment to its ridiculousness – there’s not a shred of shame to be found, and that’s what makes it beautiful. If Monty Python had made a kung fu movie while sleep-deprived and hopped up on energy drinks, this would be it. | © 20th Century Fox

Thirteen Ghosts (2001)

"Thirteen Ghosts" is the kind of horror film that thinks flashy design and screaming can make up for having a plot held together by duct tape and fog machines. And honestly? It kind of works. The movie follows a family that inherits a haunted glass mansion full of imprisoned ghosts, which is basically a paranormal escape room from hell. Tony Shalhoub plays the bewildered dad (yep, Monk himself), and Matthew Lillard shows up to chew scenery like it owes him money. The ghosts each have their own elaborate backstory and bizarre costume, which makes the movie feel like a goth-themed Pokémon collection. It's not scary, it's not particularly logical, but it's a feast for the eyes – and a snack for your ironic horror-loving soul. | © Warner Bros. Pictures

Joe Dirt (2001)

Ah, Joe Dirt – the mullet, the mop bucket, the metaphysical journey of a man-child with a heart of gold and a hairstyle of last resort. David Spade leans into full redneck fantasy as the titular Joe, who sets off across America in search of the parents who abandoned him at the Grand Canyon. Along the way, he gets blown up, dumped on, and laughed at – often deservedly – but gosh darn it, he never gives up. Christopher Walken makes a gloriously unhinged cameo as a janitor in witness protection, and Kid Rock pops up just to make things feel even more 2001. It’s crude, cringey, and unapologetically weird, but there’s an odd charm buried under all that hairspray and nonsense. Kinda like finding a Slim Jim in your glove compartment – it shouldn’t be good, but somehow, it is. | © Columbia Pictures

Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

You will either hate Freddy Got Fingered with every fiber of your being, or you’ll enter a Zen-like state where absurdism reigns supreme and everything is sausage-based. Tom Green – who wrote, directed, and gleefully starred in this fever dream of a film – plays a man-child animator who spends his time harassing his father (Rip Torn, bless him for surviving this) and constructing keyboard-powered deer carcasses. It’s loud, juvenile, and aggressively surreal, like if Salvador Dalí made a Jackass movie. The infamous “Daddy, would you like some sausage?” scene lives in meme immortality, and there’s even a sequence involving an umbilical cord lasso. Is it terrible? Absolutely. Is it brilliant in a demented, late-night cult way? Possibly. | © 20th Century Fox

The Wicker Man (2006)

There are bad horror remakes, and then there’s The Wicker Man, which takes the 1973 British cult classic and turns it into a Nicolas Cage meme generator. Cage plays a cop investigating a missing child on a creepy, matriarchal island where bees – and terrible scriptwriting – run wild. There's the infamous scene where Cage screams “Not the bees!” while having a cage full of CGI bees strapped to his face, and it’s every bit as ridiculous as it sounds. Ellen Burstyn is here too, playing the high priestess of this weird bee-worshipping commune with the kind of seriousness that only makes things funnier. It’s laughably overwrought, unintentionally hilarious, and the final third feels like a deleted scene from Midsommar if it were written by a high school drama club. | © Warner Bros. Pictures

Dirty Work (1998)

Norm Macdonald stars in Dirty Work, a revenge comedy so full of petty chaos, it’s basically one long practical joke – just like the movie itself. The plot is simple: Norm and Artie Lange start a revenge-for-hire business to pay for Artie’s dad’s heart surgery. What follows is a parade of low-budget pranks, fish-filled cars, and wildly inappropriate stunts. Chevy Chase plays the world’s worst doctor, Don Rickles gets insulted to his face, and Chris Farley (in his last film role) steals every scene he’s in, nose bitten off and all. It's rough around the edges, but there's something endearing about its no-frills, no-apologies attitude – like your buddy from college who still tells the same five jokes but they somehow still make you laugh. | © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A Night at the Roxbury (1998)

What is love? Well, according to A Night at the Roxbury, it’s bobbing your head in sync with your brother while wearing shiny suits and striking out with women in nightclubs across L.A. Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan stretch a Saturday Night Live sketch into an entire film – because that was a thing we did in the '90s – and the result is somewhere between genius and utterly clueless. The Butabi brothers are lovable idiots whose only goal is to get into the exclusive Roxbury club and maybe get a girlfriend (or at least not get kicked out of another club). The plot barely holds together, but who cares? This movie is a glittery, neon time capsule of late-’90s dance culture, and the cameos – from Richard Grieco to Chazz Palminteri – make it even more bizarrely delightful. | © Paramount Pictures

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)

If Mortal Kombat was a slightly cheesy but lovable martial arts flick, Annihilation is what happens when you turn the cheese up to 11, rip the lid off your CGI budget, and fire all the original cast. This sequel is a whirlwind of characters nobody asked for, fights that feel like rehearsal takes, and dialogue that sounds like it was written by a particularly enthusiastic middle schooler. James Remar steps in as Raiden (awkwardly replacing Christopher Lambert), and Robin Shou returns as Liu Kang, bravely attempting to carry this disaster on his bare-chested back. The effects are... well, let’s just say a PS1 cutscene would feel ashamed. But honestly? That’s part of its charm. It’s a fever dream of flips, bad one-liners, and gloriously weird energy that makes you want to yell “Finish it!” every 10 minutes. | © New Line Cinema

Con Air (1997)

Strap in, because Con Air is what happens when Hollywood hands Nicolas Cage a mullet, a southern accent, and a plane full of lunatic criminals – and somehow it totally rules. Cage plays Cameron Poe, a wrongly convicted ex-Army ranger trying to get home to his daughter with nothing but a stuffed bunny and a deadpan sense of justice. John Malkovich chews scenery as Cyrus the Virus, while Steve Buscemi plays a serial killer with disturbingly calm vibes, and somehow, Dave Chappelle is there too? This movie throws logic out of the cargo bay door and replaces it with explosions, one-liners, and slow-motion shots of Cage walking away from wreckage like a denim-clad action god. It’s pure '90s excess, and you’ll love every ridiculous minute of it. | © Touchstone Pictures

Leprechaun 3 (1995)

If you’ve ever thought, “You know what Las Vegas needs? A murderous leprechaun with a gambling addiction,” then Leprechaun 3 is your fever dream made real. Warwick Davis returns as the tiny terror, this time wreaking havoc in Sin City after someone tries to pawn his magical coin. The kills are hilariously over-the-top – one poor soul is inflated like a balloon until she bursts, Looney Tunes-style – and the plot is basically “greed is bad” with a side of cursed slot machines. It’s low-budget, ultra-campy, and self-aware in the way that makes you laugh even as you question your life choices. Davis delivers his rhyming one-liners with the flair of a guy who knows exactly what kind of movie he’s in. Spoiler: It's the best worst leprechaun movie set in Vegas. | © Trimark Pictures

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Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

Six movies in, and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers decided Michael needed a backstory involving ancient Druid cults, runes, and, for some reason, Paul Rudd. Yes, that Paul Rudd – credited as “Paul Stephen Rudd” in his film debut, looking like he just walked out of a grunge-themed yearbook. The film tries to wrap up the confusing “Thorn” storyline from previous entries, but mostly ends up tripping over its own lore with spooky lighting and nonsensical dialogue. Donald Pleasence returns as Dr. Loomis in his final performance, giving it his all even as the script crumbles around him. It's a glorious mess of ‘90s horror tropes, odd pacing, and the kind of sequel energy that screams “we weren’t sure this would get released.” But hey, it’s weirdly watchable, especially if you want to see Ant-Man face off against a serial killer. | © Dimension Films

Encino Man (1992)

If you ever wondered what would happen if a frozen caveman was thawed out in a California backyard and introduced to early-'90s slang, Encino Man has you covered. Brendan Fraser, in peak himbo mode, plays Link – the world’s most lovable, grunting Neanderthal – who quickly becomes more popular than the nerdy teens who found him, played by Sean Astin and Pauly Shore. Yes, that Pauly Shore, in full “Weeez the juice!” form, chewing scenery like it’s Fruit Roll-Ups. The plot is essentially Caveman Goes to Prom, and honestly, it works better than it has any right to. It’s dumb. Like, really dumb. But it’s also oddly sweet and totally emblematic of the strange, surfer-infused joy that was 1992. | © Hollywood Pictures

Nothing But Trouble (1991)

What do you get when Dan Aykroyd writes, directs, and stars in a movie where he plays a 100-year-old mutant judge with a prosthetic nose in a nightmarish junkyard courthouse? You get Nothing But Trouble – a fever dream that haunts you more than it entertains, and yet somehow, it still entertains. Chevy Chase and Demi Moore play yuppies trapped in a bizarro purgatory, while John Candy pulls double duty as both a small-town cop and his mute sister. The production design looks like Tim Burton’s hangover, and the humor flips between surreal and outright disturbing. It’s a movie you survive more than watch, but in the right mindset (and maybe with the right beverages), it’s a glorious, trashy cult classic. | © Warner Bros. Pictures

Stone Cold (1991)

Brian Bosworth, football star turned action hero, blasts his way through Stone Cold with a mullet that deserves its own star on the Walk of Fame. He plays an undercover cop named Joe Huff – because of course he does – who infiltrates a biker gang with more leather and explosions than a Mad Max cosplay convention. The plot is a fevered mix of FBI shenanigans, gratuitous gunfire, and rebel posturing, but who’s here for logic? Lance Henriksen shows up to snarl ominously, and the stunts are gloriously over-the-top, including a climax that involves motorcycles flying into courthouses. It’s loud, it’s ridiculous, and it’s basically the cinematic equivalent of chugging an energy drink while doing donuts in a parking lot. And you know what? That’s kind of beautiful. | © Columbia Pictures

Troll 2 (1990)

Despite having zero trolls and all goblins, Troll 2 proudly holds the title of “Best Worst Movie,” and honestly, it’s earned it. This horror film – made by an Italian director who didn’t speak English and starring an entirely amateur cast – delivers unintentional comedy gold in every scene. The plot follows a family vacationing in a town called Nilbog (read that backwards), where the residents are actually vegetarian goblins who want to turn humans into plants... to eat them. The acting is breathtakingly stiff, the dialogue is meme-worthy (“You can’t p*** on hospitality!”), and the special effects look like they were done with leftover party supplies. It’s a disaster, yes – but it’s a glorious, sincere, utterly watchable one. | © Epic Productions

Road House (1989)

Patrick Swayze as a philosophical, throat-ripping bouncer in a dive bar full of bar fights and broken glass? Sign us up. Road House is pure, undistilled ’80s nonsense, and it knows it. Swayze plays Dalton, a “cooler” who’s more Zen than your yoga instructor but still kicks like a roundhouse-flavored wrecking ball. Sam Elliott rolls in with the beard of a wise old cowboy, and Ben Gazzara hams it up as a villain so petty, he destroys car dealerships for fun. There’s martial arts, monster trucks, and a whole lot of shirtless brooding. It’s macho, melodramatic, and magnificent in its madness. You don’t watch Road House for nuance – you watch it for the line “Pain don’t hurt.” | © United Artists

Trick or Treat (1986)

Before Stranger Things made metal and horror cool again, there was Trick or Treat, a film about a bullied teen who resurrects his dead rock idol via vinyl record and heavy metal satanism. Marc Price (aka Skippy from Family Ties) stars as Eddie, a lonely headbanger who accidentally unleashes Sammi Curr, a demonic rocker who starts zapping people into piles of ash with his guitar. It’s peak '80s paranoia about music being the devil’s tool, and Ozzy Osbourne even pops up as a televangelist warning about the dangers of heavy metal – irony levels: maximum. Gene Simmons also makes a cameo as a radio DJ, because of course he does. It's campy, electrified cheese, with just enough genuine weirdness to make it worth a spin on Halloween – or any night you're feeling a little metal. | © De Laurentiis Entertainment Group