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128. Forrest Gump

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Tue Aug 5, 2014, 10:03 PM

Aug 2014

Just awful.

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Very worst movie of all time, in your opinion only, of course [View all] steve2470 Aug 2014 OP

Plan 9 has some redeeming social value csziggy Aug 2014 #1

Apparently there is a new contender for the title.... PassingFair Aug 2014 #2

I have to admit to kind of liking The Room. CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #4

"You're tearing me apart, Lisa!" dawg Aug 2014 #72

Manos The Hands of Fate makes Plan 9 seem like the work of Hitchcock CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #3

Hahaha! Coventina Aug 2014 #8

What a hoot. Thanks. trof Aug 2014 #10

WTF is that shyte? LOL mackerel Aug 2014 #26

How about a movie so bad the director attempts suicide? catnhatnh Aug 2014 #5

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? KamaAina Aug 2014 #6

Leonard Part 6 takes it. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #9

"Killer Tomatoes" was hysterical! (Not quite "Blazing Saddles".... lastlib Aug 2014 #12

I love Zardoz. But I am a Boorman fan. CBGLuthier Aug 2014 #70

shut your mouth about howard the duck fizzgig Aug 2014 #14

Pain meds kicking in? KamaAina Aug 2014 #40

it's a piece of cinematic genius fizzgig Aug 2014 #56

May have to agree. Xyzse Aug 2014 #101

Lea Thompson awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #95

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was awesome! And it had a fabulous theme song, which I can Squinch Aug 2014 #80

You're from San Diego, aren't you? KamaAina Aug 2014 #81

No, NYC. It has a long reach among those of us with impeccable taste in movies. Squinch Aug 2014 #82

Wow, the theme song sounds atrocious. lovemydog Aug 2014 #102

Fabulously so! Squinch Aug 2014 #105

It takes big egos and big budgets to make truly bad movies. hunter Aug 2014 #7

I tried to watch it once. progressoid Aug 2014 #41

I took an afternoon off sharp_stick Aug 2014 #73

LMFAO Soylent Brice Aug 2014 #97

Zardoz. Period. End of discussion. lastlib Aug 2014 #11

I love Zardoz. One of the best SF films ever made... First Speaker Aug 2014 #76

I might suggest "Monsignor"... First Speaker Aug 2014 #77

Anytime somebody writes or says Jenoch Aug 2014 #78

I love movies and can generally find something HeiressofBickworth Aug 2014 #13

The Kentucky Fried Movie nt LiberalElite Aug 2014 #15

I loved the Kentucky Fried Movie fishwax Aug 2014 #22

The same screenwriters as Airplane! aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #32

I liked the news updates fishwax Aug 2014 #33

+1 Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2014 #38

The only portion of their spoof of '70s sexploitation films I can show here aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #129

(NSFW) ...and also starring Stephen Stucker Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2014 #130

. LiberalElite Aug 2014 #67

No sense of humor I assume! nt Logical Aug 2014 #45

I have a great sense of humor - LiberalElite Aug 2014 #66

For me it's The Lonely Lady with Pia Zadora aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #16

+1000 Tom Ripley Aug 2014 #23

I don't know - she plays a catatonic person pretty well skygazer Aug 2014 #100

Those three minutes should be shown in film classes lovemydog Aug 2014 #103

And did you see the hair on the leading man's back? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #107

Yeah, kinda wish I hadn't lovemydog Aug 2014 #108

for sheer racism, "The Birth of a Nation" in 1915 steve2470 Aug 2014 #17

I will nominate two - #1 is Valley of the Dolls rurallib Aug 2014 #18

"Santa Claus Conquers The Martians," yes. hunter Aug 2014 #19

Pia Zadora's first film! aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #20

Okay, the Santa Claus movie must be better than The Lonely Lady. hunter Aug 2014 #35

I rewatched Valley of the Dolls yesterday morning Tom Ripley Aug 2014 #24

"Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" Jenoch Aug 2014 #21

Oh, how dare you... Inkfreak Aug 2014 #28

Only movie I ever walked out on: Batman & Robin Initech Aug 2014 #25

Try watching it again on your DVD player jmowreader Aug 2014 #49

The Lords of Salem by Rob Zombie. Inkfreak Aug 2014 #27

That one (the Lords) was a let down. Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2014 #30

Thats a tough question. I love Plan 9, Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2014 #29

It's Alive. hobbit709 Aug 2014 #31

Last Year at Marienbad DFW Aug 2014 #34

never heard of that movie but I'll take your word for it LOL steve2470 Aug 2014 #36

BE GLAD! DFW Aug 2014 #37

"The Gold of Cairo" Doc_Technical Aug 2014 #48

And...... DFW Aug 2014 #57

That film was shown in the White House when JFK was President ailsagirl Aug 2014 #60

I'll have to go with JFK on this one..... DFW Aug 2014 #61

I tend to agree but I did enjoy... ailsagirl Aug 2014 #63

Apples and oranges DFW Aug 2014 #69

I love Bunuel's stuff sharp_stick Aug 2014 #75

Last Year At Grand Central Was Much Better Wolf Frankula Aug 2014 #92

Jingle All the Way Jenoch Aug 2014 #39

'Pearl Harbor' Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #42

Not even close to the worst. nt Logical Aug 2014 #44

OK then, how about 'Flags of Our Fathers'? Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #46

You are talking about personal preference. Not industry wide terrible. n-t Logical Aug 2014 #71

Oh. I had always assumed it was about taste rather than box office coffers Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #83

I agrew with you on Pearl Harbor. Jenoch Aug 2014 #84

Yeah, that and so many other gaffes Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #85

Horror Planet (a.k.a. Inseminoid) Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #43

For Me It's Either 'Manos Hands of Fate' Wolf Frankula Aug 2014 #47

The Fountainhead wins my vote. Demoiselle Aug 2014 #94

It's Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 and Final jmowreader Aug 2014 #50

But the old King Vidor version of The Fountainhead is hilarious Tom Ripley Aug 2014 #52

Saw Bucksville the other night. It was pretty darn bad. n/t Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #51

Hostel a movie no one needs to see ever followed closely by Human Centipede 2 azurnoir Aug 2014 #53

You asked for it... pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #54

Funny ! nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #55

Vampira is in it!! ailsagirl Aug 2014 #59

I hear it's a big hit in Ubeki-beki-beki-stan. Terra Alta Aug 2014 #115

PNFOS could well be but... ailsagirl Aug 2014 #58

The ONLY movie I've walked out of, was a "Scary Movie", not sure which one steve2470 Aug 2014 #62

White Pop Jesus Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #64

Smokey and the bandit 3 Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #65

Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry pipi_k Aug 2014 #68

Oh no you didn't.... Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2014 #79

Yeah, the car chases pipi_k Aug 2014 #89

Birdemic dawg Aug 2014 #74

The title is preposterous!!! ailsagirl Aug 2014 #93

Oh no, no no no... "Birdemic" is WONDERFUL, especially with a group! ReverendDeuce Aug 2014 #122

This message was self-deleted by its author ReverendDeuce Aug 2014 #123

Plan 9 but... sakabatou Aug 2014 #86

never saw CoFD nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #113

It's about the Lascaux and/or Chauvet cave paintings sakabatou Aug 2014 #118

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob was pretty bad. mysuzuki2 Aug 2014 #87

Don't mess with the Zohan. IronGate Aug 2014 #88

Battlefield Earth JCMach1 Aug 2014 #90

Mortal Combat 2 Calista241 Aug 2014 #91

Dark Star. nt awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #96

NO WAY !! You MUST be thinking of the wrong movie. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #98

Okay... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #99

For me the worst lovemydog Aug 2014 #104

your friend or your kid, etc, yes nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #106

Carnival of Souls Bosonic Aug 2014 #109

Fargo...nt abakan Aug 2014 #110

never saw it nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #111

If you get a chance...Don't waste your time...nt abakan Aug 2014 #112

I don't know, because I haven't seen it. LWolf Aug 2014 #114

Love Story... Ino Aug 2014 #116

completely OT but I re-watched Star Wars IV, V and VI this weekend..... steve2470 Aug 2014 #117

any more nominations ? nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #119

After Earth n/t my2sense Aug 2014 #120

Awww, I liked this one... ReverendDeuce Aug 2014 #121

"The Avengers" from 1998 with Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes ReverendDeuce Aug 2014 #124

Love Story Miles Archer Aug 2014 #125

Prometheus YankeyMCC Aug 2014 #126

Your suggestion is exactly my choice. BootinUp Aug 2014 #127

Forrest Gump bigwillq Aug 2014 #128