The 50 Worst Sci-Fi Movies

[Lionel Mandrake]

I can't think of 50, but here are a few gawdawful ones:

Plan 9 from outer space
The Man from Planet X
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman

[bluesbassman]

1. BattleField Earth has got to be in the top 3.

Positively unwatchable.

[Lionel Mandrake]

2. How could I have forgotten Battlefield Earth?

IMDB gives it 2.4 out of 10 stars--about the lowest score I've ever seen.

[Frank Cannon]

10. Battlefield Earth is the Citizen Kane of crappy sci-fi movies

Seriously, they don't get any worse. At least Plan 9 was unintentionally funny and entertaining.

[Lionel Mandrake]

16. I liked Citizen Kane.

We must be from different planets. The way I see it, any movie that could piss off William Randolph Hearst couldn't be all bad.

[Frank Cannon]

35. What I meant to say is that sets the Gold Standard...

for shitty science-fiction movies.

[laconicsax]

24. False.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054673/

If you have Netflix, you can watch the MST3K of it online.

[LynneSin]

38. Yeah but you can't compare it with the likes of Plan 9 or 50 ft woman

Those movies made in the 50s were bad but they were campy. You watched them because they made you laugh at just how silly they were.

But Battlefield Earth - that's not even campy, it's just wretchedly horrible

[rrneck]

3. Laserblast will make your brain bleed.

I snuck in to see it and got ripped off.

[Lionel Mandrake]

4. Laserblast got 2.3 stars on IMDB.

Even fewer than Battlefield Earth. I think I won't watch Laserblast.

[Frank Cannon]

11. Check out the Mystery Science Theater version, if you get a chance.

It's rather humorous. I actually think that Netflix has it streaming. I can't imagine watching Laserblast otherwise.

[Angleae]

5. Quick search on IMDB

Star Quest: The Odyssey (2009) 1.5
Ultra Warrior (1990) 1.5
Monster a-Go Go (1965) 1.5
Universal Soldiers (2007) 1.6
Unearthed (2004) 1.6
Zaat (1971) 1.6
Bigfoot (1970) 1.7
Evil Behind You (2006) 1.7
Legend of the Roller Blade Seven (1992) 1.7
Frankenstein Island (1981) 1.7
Turks in Space (2006) 1.8
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996) 2.2
Laserblast (1978) 2.3
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) 2.3
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) 2.4

[Lionel Mandrake]

6. Nicely done.

I didn't know it was possible to search IMDB so as to produce such a list.

[Angleae]

7. IMDB has precompiled the lists.

Top 250 by rating: http://www.imdb.com/chart/top
Bottom 100 by rating: http://www.imdb.com/chart/bottom

Column on the left gives links for the top 50 and bottom 10 for each genre/decade/etc

[sarge43]

8. Waterworld

[Lionel Mandrake]

15. It wasn't all Kevin Costner's fault.

Nobody could have done much with that plot.

[sarge43]

17. Agree. Plot holes you could drive a truck through. n/t

[Brother Buzz]

18. The Commodore Tompkins inspired tri was pretty damn cool

I actually visited the trimaran, all but abandoned with on inch of bird guano crusting the decks, in a San Diego marina.

[sarge43]

9. Another SF stinker - Damnation Alley

Chiefly remembered for the immortal line, "The town is infested with killer cockroaches!"

[Frank Cannon]

12. Hey, I LIKED that movie.

I'm sure it probably hasn't aged well, but the van was cool and that cockroach scene scared the hell out of me.

[sarge43]

13. Eye and ear of the beholder

Hubby and I walked out following that line.

[HopeHoops]

14. "Mars Attacks".

It was fucking hilarious, but as far as sci-fi movies are concerned it was TERRIBLE!

[chrisa]

19. Mega Python vs. Gatoroid

With the acting talent of Debby Gibson, Micky Dolenz, and Tiffany.

On the upside, it was the best comedy ever.

[eppur_se_muova]

34. Debbie Gibson also starred in Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus.

I think I see a pattern here.

[chrisa]

20. .

[gratuitous]

21. Where is A.I. on that list?

Okay, number 1 with a bullet if there is a God in heaven.

[chrisa]

22. AI was trash, but definitely not the worst.

It was pretty bad given its budget and talent, though.

[meegbear]

37. And Steven Speilberg ...

you can see the styles and elements of Kubrick and Speilberg in it (hint: all the parts that sucked are Speilberg.)

[laconicsax]

23. Here are fifteen others that I've seen:

In no particular order:

-Future War (1997)
-Laserblast (1978)
-First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
-Teenagers From Outer Space (1959)
-Space Mutiny (1988)
-This Island Earth (1955)
-The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
-The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)
-Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
-Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
-Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
-Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
-Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
-Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

And the worst movie ever made:

-The Beast From Yucca Flats (1961)

It makes Plan 9 From Outer Space look good.

[HFCanMan]

26. Nemesis was a good movie.

Or at least I though.

[laconicsax]

27. I think you thought wrong.

Nemesis was a barely coherent dumbed-down action-schlock remake of Wrath of Khan.

[HFCanMan]

28. I think you thought wrong that I thought wrong.

Sure it might have been, but it was a fun movie to watch and it's not that bad of a movie compared to many others.

[laconicsax]

32. I think that you thought that I thought that you thought wrong.

Although I suppose it was better than Generations and Insurrection, but that's scraping the bottom of the barrel. Nemesis might be the 51st worst sci-fi movie of all time.

[WildEyedLiberal]

31. Nemesis sucks ass but it's slightly better than Insurrection

I just try and pretend that neither of those movies were ever made.

[HFCanMan]

25. Prototype X29A

That movie sucked worse then any movie I've ever seen. Thank God I got it for free.

[sakabatou]

29. Anything that was on MST3K

[krispos42]

30. Howard the Duck... how about that one? n/t

[Throckmorton]

36. I thought that was a comedy

My bad.

[eppur_se_muova]

33. Not ***THE CREEPING TERROR*** ?!?

The dialog was so poorly executed that every line but one* was voiced-over by the narrator! The Terror itself was a carpet remnant! A unique (albeit slow-moving) treat for insomniacs who really want to giggle themselves into a state of hypoxia!

This movie is usually mentioned in the illustrious company of Plan Nine -- only a cage match to the death can settle the question of which is truly worst.

ETA: 1.8/10 on IMDB. It must have been Freeped!








*That line was "No!".

[LynneSin]

39. For this list to be fair you have to distinguish between Campy Bad vs. Unwatchable Bad

I'll watch "Plan 9 from Outer Space" because it's so bad it's hilarious.

I couldn't even survive 5 minutes of "Battlefield Earth" it was such awful dreck of wretchedness.