The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

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The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004

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There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...

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55 members

Acting

Carlos Larkin

Narrator (voice)

Writing

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Glen / Glenda (archive footage)

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Jackie Coogan

Dr. Aranya (archive footage)

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Noah Hathaway

Harry Potter Jr. (archive footage)

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Don Sullivan

Regg (archive footage)

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Phyllis Diller

Camille Salamander (archive footage)

Visual Effects

Paul Blaisdell

The Monster (archive footage)

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Warren Beatty

Lyle Rogers (archive footage)

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Dustin Hoffman

Chuck Clarke (archive footage)

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古畑弘二

Frankenstein (archive footage)

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Vic Savage

Martin Gordon (archive footage)

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John Call

Santa Claus (archive footage)

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Lea Thompson

Beverly Switzler (archive footage)

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Bill Freed

Adolf Hitler, der Führer (archive footage)

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Jim Kelly

Black Belt Jones (archive footage)

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Robert De Niro

Jon Rubin (archive footage)

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Barbara Bach

Alice Brandt (archive footage)

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Don Bowman

Jeepers (archive footage)

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Jeannie Bell

T.N.T. Jackson (archive footage)

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George Barrows

Ro-Man (archive footage)

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Alex Rebar

Steve West (archive footage)

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Darren McGavin

Red (archive footage)

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Zandor Vorkov

Count Dracula (archive footage)

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John Bloom

Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage)

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Tor Johnson

Lobo (archive footage)

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Jackie Gleason

Buford T. Justice (archive footage)

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Olivia Newton-John

Kira (archive footage)

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Bill Cosby

Leonard Parker (archive footage)

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Jean Hawkshaw

Omoo (archive footage)

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Bela Lugosi

Dr. Zabor (archive footage)

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Boris Karloff

Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)

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Robert Englund

Ranger (archive footage)

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Ramón Gay

Dr. Eduardo Almada (archive footage)

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Elke Arendt

Schneewittchen (archive footage)

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Robert Towne

Agent XK150 (archive footage)

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Colleen Camp

Mary Ann (archive footage)

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Tom Laughlin

Billy Jack (archive footage)

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Peter Graves

Dr. Doug Paul Martin (archive footage)

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Lon Chaney Jr.

Bruno (archive footage)

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Joan Crawford

Dr. Brockton (archive footage)

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Larry Fine

Larry (archive footage)

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Moe Howard

Moe (archive footage)

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Joe DeRita

Curly-Joe (archive footage)

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Chung-kuei Chang

(archive footage)

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David Millbern

Pando (archive footage)

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Peter Breck

Steve Curan (archive footage)

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Viju Krem

Natasha Di Natalie (archive footage)

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Louis Gossett Jr.

Rev. Elija Bliss (archive footage)

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Marilyn Hanold

Princess Marcuzan (archive footage)

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James Best

Thorne Sherman (archive footage)

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Vic Morrow

Ron Hamer (archive footage)

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Criswell

Narrator (archive footage)

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Rosey Grier

Jack Moss (archive footage)

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Richard Kiel

Eegah (archive footage)

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Ray Dennis Steckler

Jerry (archive footage)

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