B-Movie Essential Viewing
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1. Van Nuys Blvd. (1979)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
A small-town kid hears about the wild nights of cruising the boulevard in Van Nuys, California. He drives out there to check it out, and gets involved with drag racers, topless dancers and bikers.
Director: William Sachs | Stars: Bill Adler, Cynthia Wood, Dennis Bowen, Melissa Prophet
Votes: 600
2. Pink Angels (1971)
R | 81 min | Comedy
Plenty of heads turn when a group of transvestite bikers wheel their way to Los Angeles.
Director: Larry G. Brown | Stars: John Alderman, Tom Basham, Henry Olek, Bruce Kimball
Votes: 351
3. Mudhoney (1965)
TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Horror
It's 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to ... See full summary »
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Hal Hopper, Antoinette Cristiani, John Furlong, Rena Horten
Votes: 1,430
4. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Comedy
Three go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage come across a crippled old man living with his two sons in the desert. After learning he's hiding a sum of cash around, the women start scheming on him.
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow
Votes: 16,127
5. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil alien invaders from the eighth dimension who are planning to conquer Earth.
Director: W.D. Richter | Stars: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 29,338 | Gross: $6.25M
6. Pick-up (1975)
R | 80 min | Drama
Sexy hippie chicks Carol and Maureen get more than they bargained for when they hitch a ride with groovy hippie dude Chuck in his nifty mobile bus home. The trio get lost in the Florida ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Hirschenson | Stars: Jill Senter, Alan Long, Gini Eastwood, Tom Quinn
Votes: 1,046
7. The Babysitter (1969)
R | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An Assistant District Attorney is about to prosecute members of a motorcycle gang for murder when he gets blackmailed because of an affair with a teenage babysitter.
Director: Don Henderson | Stars: Patricia Wymer, George E. Carey, Anne Bellamy, Kathy Williams
Votes: 558
8. The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
PG | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of carefree high school seniors are having the time of their lives, filled with sex, romance, and teen high jinks.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Robert Carradine, Jennifer Ashley, Michael Mullins, Lisa Reeves
Votes: 1,243 | Gross: $17.88M
9. Corvette Summer (1978)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy
A high school grad and a hooker-in-training try to track down his stolen Corvette.
Director: Matthew Robbins | Stars: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, William Bryant
Votes: 3,872 | Gross: $15.50M
10. The Wild Ride (1960)
PG-13 | 61 min | Crime, Drama
A rebellious punk of the beat generation spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, kills a few ... See full summary »
Director: Harvey Berman | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Georgianna Carter, Robert Bean, Carol Bigby
Votes: 882
11. Highway Dragnet (1954)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Reed Hadley
Votes: 897
12. Devil's Angels (1967)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An exiled band of Hell's Angels strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a local town, let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sparks off a full scale Angel war.
Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: John Cassavetes, Beverly Adams, Mimsy Farmer, Maurice McEndree
Votes: 576
13. The Wild Angels (1966)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The "Angels", a San Pedro motorcycle gang, parties in the Coachella Valley's Palm Springs Indian Canyons, California, and wreaks havoc with the local police.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd
Votes: 3,321
14. Komodo vs. Cobra (2005 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
While attempting to find a research facility on an island, a group of activists discovers two giant creatures that have escaped the facility.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Michael Paré, Michelle Borth, Ryan McTavish, Renee Talbert
Votes: 2,282
15. Frankenhooker (1990)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.
Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen, J.J. Clark
Votes: 13,515 | Gross: $0.21M
16. Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.
Director: Stephen Chiodo | Stars: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon
Votes: 45,487 | Gross: $15.63M
17. Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994)
R | 90 min | Action, Sport
David Sloan must travel to Mexico to save his wife from a savage drug lord who's also an old nemesis.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Sasha Mitchell, Kamel Krifa, Brad Thornton, Jill Pierce
Votes: 3,792
18. Kickboxer (1989)
R | 97 min | Action, Sport, Thriller
Kurt Sloane must learn the ancient kick boxing art of Muay Thai in order to avenge his brother.
Directors: Mark DiSalle, David Worth | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Michel Qissi
Votes: 60,879 | Gross: $14.70M
19. Munchies (1987)
PG | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A scientist discovers a strange little creature in a cave. The "munchie" is obviously of extraterrestrial origin, but what he doesn't know is the danger it represents.
Director: Tina Hirsch | Stars: Harvey Korman, Charlie Stratton, Nadine Van der Velde, Alix Elias
Votes: 2,118
20. From Beyond (1986)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.
Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Ted Sorel, Ken Foree
Votes: 30,758 | Gross: $1.26M
21. Italian Spiderman (2007)
40 min | Short, Action, Comedy
When an otherworldly substance with amazing cloning properties falls into the hands of the evil criminal mastermind, Captain Maximum, only the extreme powers of the Italian Spiderman can save the world.
Director: Dario Russo | Stars: David Ashby, Chris Asimos, Anna Cashman, Michael Crisci
Votes: 1,218
22. The Beyond (1981)
R | 87 min | Horror
A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John
Votes: 25,319 | Gross: $0.12M
23. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Aliens land in the town of "Speelburgh" searching for the source of rock & roll. They find trouble with Dee Dee, Frankie and the pack.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Pia Zadora, Craig Sheffer, Tom Nolan, Ruth Gordon
Votes: 1,572
24. She-Wolves of the Ring (1965)
TV-G | 85 min | Drama, Action
Los problemas Íntimos y las maldades de sus amigos los resuelven en el ring.
Director: René Cardona | Stars: Lorena Velázquez, Elizabeth Campbell, María Eugenia San Martín, Sonia Infante
Votes: 71
25. Hell Night (1981)
R | 101 min | Horror, Thriller
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier.
Director: Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Peter Barton, Kevin Brophy
Votes: 8,770
26. Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
R | 90 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Mike travels through time and dimensions to find the Tall Man's origins.
Director: Don Coscarelli | Stars: A. Michael Baldwin, Reggie Bannister, Bill Thornbury, Heidi Marnhout
Votes: 8,428
27. Knockabout (1979)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Two brothers and small time crooks Yipao and Taipao convince a martial arts expert to take them on as students, completely oblivious to his sordid past.
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Chia-Yung Liu, Biao Yuen, Kuang Yu Wang
Votes: 1,577
28. Terminator II (1989)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.
Director: Bruno Mattei | Stars: Christopher Ahrens, Haven Tyler, Geretta Marie Giancarlo, Fausto Lombardi
Votes: 1,912
29. The Howling (1981)
R | 91 min | Horror
After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
Votes: 40,207 | Gross: $17.99M
30. Warning from Space (1956)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
UFOs are seen around Tokyo. Because they look like giant starfish the aliens cannot approach us without creating panic. Hence one of them sacrifices itself and takes the form of a popular ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shima | Stars: Keizô Kawasaki, Toyomi Karita, Bin Yagisawa, Shôzô Nanbu
Votes: 1,270
31. Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Space aliens arrive on Earth with their giant shark and intend to take over the planet but they must first destroy Gamera.
Director: Noriaki Yuasa | Stars: Kôji Fujiyama, Daigo Inoue, Reiko Kasahara, Daihachi Kita
Votes: 1,879
32. The Driller Killer (1979)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, Harry Schultz
Votes: 8,439
33. Jubilee (1978)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.
Director: Derek Jarman | Stars: Adam Ant, Richard O'Brien, Ian Charleson, Jayne County
Votes: 3,703
34. Liquid Sky (1982)
R | 112 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A small, heroin seeking UFO lands on a Manhattan roof, observes a bizarre, drug addicted fashion model and sucks endorphin from her sexual encounters' brains.
Director: Slava Tsukerman | Stars: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr
Votes: 6,859
35. Replicant (2001)
R | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent, Brandon James Olson
Votes: 15,715
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