The Fifty Worst Films of All Time
"The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (And How They Got That Way)" (1978), a book by Harry Medved, with Randy Dreyfuss and Michael Medved
http://www.listchallenges.com/the-fifty-worst-films-of-all-time
[see also this list: "The Big Parade: 1978's Fifty Worst Movies Of All Time" http://www.imdb.com/list/ls072761180/]
http://www.listchallenges.com/the-fifty-worst-films-of-all-time
[see also this list: "The Big Parade: 1978's Fifty Worst Movies Of All Time" http://www.imdb.com/list/ls072761180/]
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- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWalter HustonUna MerkelWilliam L. ThorneAn episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsCharlton HestonKaren BlackGeorge KennedyA 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.
- DirectorDaisaku ShirakawaTaiji YabushitaOsamu TezukaStarsKiyoshi KomiyamaNoriko ShindôHideo KinoshitaAn arrogant monkey is forced to go on a journey where he learns about gluttony, greed, love and humility.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsDean MartinSenta BergerJanice RuleSecret agent Matt Helm must battle foreign spies and a rogue nation's exiled ruler in order to recover a hijacked U.S. government experimental flying saucer.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsRichard BurtonAlain DelonRomy SchneiderAfter having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with politics, promoting socialism to the world. Stalin has sent out an assassin, Frank Jacson. Jacson befriends a young communist and gets an invitation to Trotsky's house.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsBurt ReynoldsCybill ShepherdMadeline KahnFour socialite old friends unexpectedly clash, and switch partners during a party and attempt to make each other jealous.
- DirectorMalcolm St. ClairStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDoris MerrickDuring World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsBob HopeElke SommerPhyllis DillerA seductive starlet flees Hollywood and causes chaos for a real estate agent.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWarren OatesIsela VegaRobert WebberAn American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsOmar SharifJack PalanceCesare DanovaAn intentionally noncommittal version of the Cuban revolution told through flashbacks, the film recounts Che's switch from doctor to politico in Castro's campaign.
- DirectorDick PowellStarsJohn WayneSusan HaywardPedro ArmendárizMongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsLois HallJames CardwellWilliam WrightAn airplane, carrying policeman and gangsters, crash-lands in a jungle, where they discover a white girl and her father, lost twelve years previously in another plane crash. The father and daughter are living quietly with the natives but are eager to get back to civilization, since the girl has a large estate and fortune she can claim. She makes a deal with the pilot to return for her after she has shown him how to escape by the river. A tribal medicine-man and the head gangster attempt to prevent the pilot's escape.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsMorgan ConwayAnne JeffreysLyle LatellExpensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle him.
- DirectorAlbert ZugsmithStarsDavid JanssenPatti PageWalter WinchellSix American GIs stationed in Italy befriend an orphaned boy, but the soldiers remain unaware that the lad has stowed away with them when they return to the U.S.
- DirectorArch Hall Sr.StarsArch Hall Jr.Marilyn ManningRichard KielTeenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.
- DirectorYoshimitsu BannoIshirô HondaStarsAkira YamanouchiToshie KimuraHiroyuki KawaseA toxic, ever-evolving alien life-form from the Dark Gaseous Nebula arrives to consume rampant pollution, threatening to destroy all life in its wake unless Godzilla is able to stop it.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallH.C. PotterStarsAdolphe MenjouAndrea LeedsThe Ritz BrothersMovie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: "Love Walked In.
- DirectorDel TenneyStarsJohn LyonAlice LyonAllan LaurelSea creatures created from radioactive sludge terrorize a beach community.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsMichael CaineJane FondaJohn Phillip LawDrama of a ruthless Southern opportunist who tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.
- DirectorSergei EisensteinStarsNikolay CherkasovLyudmila TselikovskayaSerafima BirmanDuring the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMaureen O'HaraRobert NewtonCharles LaughtonIn Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJohn AgarAudrey TotterGregory WalcottThree American pilots are shot down behind enemy lines during the Korean war, where they encounter a mysterious Russian nurse. Their life is in her hands.
- DirectorHall BartlettStarsJames FranciscusJuliet MillsPhilip AhnA skilled flyer but very rebellious young seagull is kicked out of his clan. However, instead of being sad or lonely, he decides to enjoy and explore his newfound freedom.
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsRex HarrisonVirginia MayoGeorge SandersWhile leading the Third Crusade, King Richard the Lionheart (George Sanders) battles treachery in his own camp as well as the Saracens and their charismatic leader Emir Hderim Sultan Saladin (Sir Rex Harrison).
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsJulie AdamsDaniel AdesRichmond L. AguilarAfter a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind to witness the ways that filmmaking affects the locals.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsDelphine SeyrigGiorgio AlbertazziSacha PitoëffIn a strange and isolated chateau, a man becomes acquainted with a woman and insists that they have met before.
- DirectorCharles JarrottStarsPeter FinchLiv UllmannSally KellermanWhile 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.
- DirectorMichael SarneStarsMae WestJohn HustonRaquel WelchAfter undergoing gender reassignment surgery, an aspiring actress travels to Hollywood, where she also wants to make a claim on her wealthy uncle's estate.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardW.S. Van DykeStarsJeanette MacDonaldNelson EddyMary BolandOn a Louisiana-bound ship, a nobleman planning a campaign for liberty encounters an heiress.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperMadeleine CarrollPaulette GoddardIn 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
- DirectorRichard DonnerStarsGregory PeckLee RemickHarvey StephensMysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsClark GableMyrna LoyEdna May OliverThe life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to secure Home Rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the relationship with married Katie O'Shea which threatens to bring all Parnell's plans to ruin. Moderately accurate historically.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsMarcello MastroianniFaye DunawayEnrico SimonettiJulia, a fashion designer harboring a secret, spends ten days of passion in the Alps with Valerio, a race car driver, in what will be their last vacation together.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsLee Van CleefReiner SchöneGiampiero AlbertiniThe citizens of Hobsonville hire Sabata to rid them of the McIntock clan, who are forcibly and unlawfully taxing them under the pretext of town development.
- DirectorPhil TuckerStarsGeorge NaderGregory MoffettClaudia BarrettThe monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter.
- DirectorNicholas WebsterStarsJohn CallLeonard HicksVincent BeckThe Martians kidnap Santa Claus because there is nobody on Mars to give their children presents.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsDebbie ReynoldsBing CrosbyRobert WagnerFather Conroy (Crosby) has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishoners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly (Reynolds) finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character, which is run by Tony Vincent (Wagner). Vincent never made the big time, and Father Conroy tries to look after Holly. There are many musical numbers, and the conclusion is a televised benefit show hosted by Father Conroy, and Tony must choose between Holly and national fame.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsYul BrynnerGina LollobrigidaGeorge SandersAfter becoming king of ancient Israel, Solomon faces threats coming from his jealous dispossessed brother Adonijah, the Egyptian Pharaoh and the scheming Queen of Sheba.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsElvis PresleyShelley FabaresDiane McBainBand singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsRonald ColmanHedy LamarrGroucho MarxThe Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsMarie WindsorCarole MathewsBeverly GarlandAn undercover policewoman helps three female convicts escape from prison so that they can lead her to a stash of stolen diamonds hidden in a swamp.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsHumphrey BogartFrank McHughLouise FazendaPromoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits against a hillbilly Amazon blacksmith, Sadie Horn. Joe falls in love with her and won't fight. At least not until Sadie's beau Noah shows up.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsBilly CurtisYvonne Moray'Little Billy' RhodesAn evil gunslinging midget comes to terrorize the good little people of Tiny Town. The townspeople organize to defeat him, and zany antics ensue.
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsRonald ReaganShirley TempleRory CalhounMary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there have been whispers, rumors and gossip about who her real parents are. After Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him following his death. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.
- DirectorJerry LewisStarsJerry LewisJanet LeighMary Ann MobleyAn artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises himself as three different men to gauge their trust and hopefully cure them so that his fiancee can go with him.
- DirectorTom LaughlinStarsTom LaughlinDelores TaylorVictor IzayAfter Billy Jack in sentenced to four years in prison for the "involuntary manslaughter" of the first film, the Freedom School expands and flourishes under the guidance of Jean Roberts. The utopian existence of the school is characterized by everything ranging from "yoga sports" to muckracking journalism. The diverse student population airs scathing political exposes on their privately owned television station. The narrow-minded townspeople have different ideas about their brand of liberalism. Billy Jack is released and things heat up for the school. Students are threatened and abused and the Native Americans in the neighboring village are taunted and mistreated. After Billy Jack undergoes a vision quest, the governor and the police plot to permanently put an end to their liberal shenanigans, leaving it up to Billy Jack to save the day.
- DirectorIvan DixonStarsRobert HooksPaul WinfieldRalph WaiteA neighborhood "problem solver" is framed for murder by a couple of local crime bosses trying to get him out of the way.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGene AutryChampion Jr.Sterling HollowayGene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsBarbara ParkinsPatty DukePaul BurkeFilm version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
- DirectorMichelangelo AntonioniStarsMark FrechetteDaria HalprinPaul FixAt a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained relationship by making love on the dusty terrain.