Top 10 Best Movies on MST3K (Seasons 2 - 10)
by p-alek-gossett | created - 03 Apr 2018 | updated - 16 Feb 2023 | PublicThe 10 least bad/most watchable movies featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (starting with Season 2, because before that it was a very different show, and I haven't seen most of those episodes.)
(In progress. Not adjusted for my own irrational '70s TV affection.)
(I also note the "best part" of each movie. I don't choose the most ironically funny part, but rather where the movie comes closest to un-ironic success. I do this because we can't know in most cases whether ironic badness was truly intentional, regardless of any claims after the fact.)
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1. The Master (1984)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An aging American ninja master and his headstrong young apprentice search for the elder man's daughter.
Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Timothy Van Patten, Shô Kosugi, Cynthia Lea Clark
Votes: 1,616
Master Ninja I and II (in that order) Best part: McAllister-sensei destroys the biker bar
2. Squirm (1976)
PG | 92 min | Horror
A storm causes some power lines to break and touch the ground, drawing millions of man-eating worms out of the earth, and into town where they quickly start munching on the locals.
Director: Jeff Lieberman | Stars: Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R.A. Dow, Jean Sullivan
Votes: 6,462
Best part: Momma knits creepily while worms invade the house
3. The Clonus Horror (1979)
R | 90 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a seemingly perfect society, one member discovers the truth about the outside world, as well as their ultimate purpose.
Director: Robert S. Fiveson | Stars: Peter Graves, Rick DiAngelo, Eugene Robert Glazer, Eileen Dietz
Votes: 2,682
Best part: that phone booth thing
4. Tormented (1960)
Unrated | 75 min | Horror, Thriller
A man lets a former flame fall to her death rather than let her interfere with his new relationship, but her ghost returns to disrupt his impending nuptials.
Director: Bert I. Gordon | Stars: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding
Votes: 2,942
Best part: TIE - Tom Stewart and the blind lady talk about ghosts/the wedding scene
5. The Undead (1957)
Unrated | 71 min | Fantasy, Horror
A beautiful woman is sent back in time via hypnosis to the Middle Ages where she finds she is suspected of being a witch, and subject to being executed.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val Dufour
Votes: 2,584
Best part: Any scene with Digger Smolkin -- yes, I'm serious
6. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
G | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Family
An inventor creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar that is seized by the undersea nation of Seatopia. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.
Directors: Jun Fukuda, Yoshimitsu Banno, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Robert Dunham
Votes: 6,923
Best part: any scene with Jet Jaguar
7. The Stranger (1973 TV Movie)
100 min | Sci-Fi
An astronaut finds himself on a planet that's (almost) exactly like Earth.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Glenn Corbett, Cameron Mitchell, Sharon Acker, Lew Ayres
Votes: 671
Best part: Neil Stryker (whose name is better than anything that actually happens in the movie) meets the book store owner
8. Time Chasers (1994)
PG-13 | 89 min | Sci-Fi
An inventor comes up with a time machine, but must prevent its abuse at the hands of an evil C.E.O.
Director: David Giancola | Stars: Matthew Bruch, Bonnie Pritchard, Peter Harrington, George Woodard
Votes: 3,535
Best part: Nick visits Gen-Corp
9. Final Justice (1984)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Maverick deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo is tasked with escorting a mobster to Malta. When the prisoner escapes, Geronimo must capture him.
Director: Greydon Clark | Stars: Joe Don Baker, Rossano Brazzi, Venantino Venantini, Patrizia Pellegrino
Votes: 3,507
Best part: Joe Don gets arrested again
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