The Top 50 Movies You Want Rifftrax to Riff Countdown 2010!

[Smoky]

I prefer gremlins.

[lassieface]

I prefer gremlins.

I prefer goombas.

[goflyblind]

I prefer gremlins.

I prefer goombas.

i prefer gummy bears

[Sharktopus]

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[GregMcduck]

Sorry guys, I'd give my excuses, but you don't pay me enough to give my excuses. I'll see if I can get this thing finished by tomorrow.

[GregMcduck]

35. Aliens - (1986) - 46 points
(4 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #11 Pak-Man)

Directed by James Cameron
Starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn and Michael Biehn

Place on 09's list: #30
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #35: Dungeons & Dragons - (2000)

Synopsis:

"Ellen Ripley, the sole survivor of the alien attack on the mining ship Nostromo, awakens half a century later when she is found by a salvage ship. The welcome given to her by the "Company" officials is far from warm, since they refuse to believe her discovery of alien existence and strip her off her flight officer's license. Ripley also discovers, much to her horror, that the planet LV-426 where her crew had encountered an alien species for the first time, is now colonized by the company. But when all contact from the planet is lost Ripley is called back into action again as an advisor to a team of tough space marines with lots of firepower. To get rid of her recurrent nightmares about the alien creature, Ripley prepares for a final battle with the monsters - and this time, there are hundreds of them out there."

[GregMcduck]

34. Waterworld - (1995) - 47 points
(5 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #10 Monty)

Directed by Kevin Reynolds
Starring Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper and Jeanne Tripplehorn

Place on 09's list: #27
Place on 08's list: #20
Last year's #34: Superman Returns - (2006)

Synopsis:

"In the future, the Earth is engulfed with water when the polar ice caps melts, leaving the lands and civilization beneath the sea. In "Waterworld" drifters sail across the waters of the world on their man-made ships, trading for supplies and salvaging what is left of civilization, communities of survivors lives in towns called "Atolls" and a force of evil pirates "The Smokers" travel across Waterworld in search of a mythical island called "Dryland". Arriving at a Atoll, a mysterious drifter without a name called The Mariner is sentenced to death when the community discover he is a mutant. When the Atoll is attacked by The Smokers led by their evil leader Deacon, a woman named Helen and her adopted daughter Enola bribes The Mariner to take them to Dryland, believing The Mariner has been there. But the Mariner, Helen and Enola are pursued by Deacon and the Smokers, when The Mariner learns the tattoo on Enola's back is in reality a map that will lead them to Dryland..."

[GregMcduck]

33. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - (2003) - 49 points
(4 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #1 Edgewriter)

Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Liv Tyler

Place on 09's list: #47
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #34: Batman Begins - (2005)

Synopsis:

"The Fellowship divides to conquer as Frodo and Sam, with the help and hindrance of Gollum, continue their way to Mount Doom. Gandalf and Pippin ride to Minas Tirith to help defend Gondor while Merry remains with Eowyn and the other Rohan fighters. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli seek aid from those that live in the Cursed Mountains. All these battles have one goal in mind: distract the Eye of Sauron and buy Frodo a little more time to destroy the ring."

[GregMcduck]

32. Catwoman - (2004) - 50 points
(5 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #10 Compound)

Directed by Pitof
Starring Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt and Sharon Stone

Place on 09's list: #24
Place on 08's list: #16
Last year's #32: Alien Vs. Predator - (2004)

Synopsis:

"Catwoman is the story of shy, sensitive artist Patience Philips, a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she's dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a burgeoning relationship with Tom Lone, a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for a string of crime sprees plaguing the city."

[GregMcduck]

31. AVP: Alien Vs. Predator - (2004) - 51 points
(3 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #4 Relaxing Dragon)

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen andRaoul Bova

Place on 09's list: #32
Place on 08's list: #4
Last year's #32: The Matrix Revolutions - (2003)

Synopsis:

"Set in the early 21st century on Earth, Charles Weyland, an industrialist billionaire, leads an archaeological expedition in Antartica. Using thermal imaging satellites, Weyland believes to have discovered the ruins of an ancient pyramid temple that predates the Egyptian and Aztec pyramids buried under the ice. Once inside, the team finds the remains of humans with holes in the rib cage and the remains of facehuggers, meaning that the possibility of the temple being uninhabited is very unlikely. To make matters worse, a group of teenage Predators are coming to the temple to perform a coming-of-age ritual that involves fighting to the death with the aliens. Soon, it becomes clear that only one species is getting out alive."

[GregMcduck]

30. I, Robot - (2004) - 51 points
(4 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #7 Rattrap007)

Directed by Alex Proyas
Starring Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan and Bruce Greenwood

Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #30: Aliens - (1986)

Synopsis:

"It's 2035 A.D., where robots are everyday objects and are programmed to live alongside humans. Detective Del Spooner is called out to investigate the apparent suicide of the scientist behind these robots, Dr. Alfred Lanning. Spooner suspects that the death might not be a suicide, but the result of one of the robots. All robots are programmed by three laws, but Spooner starts to wonder if a robot can in fact feel emotions, and possibly murder. But if Spooner's suspicions are true, he is going to have a hard time convincing everyone"

[GregMcduck]

And this is when the list gets REALLY interesting.

[Relaxing Dragon]

31. AVP: Alien Vs. Predator - (2004) - 51 points
(3 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #4 Relaxing Dragon)

Score! A movie that all but killed both franchises for me (though admittedly this is coming from someone who actually likes Alien³ and is mostly indifferent on Alien: Resurrection). Definitely deserves a riffing (ditto the atrocious sequel).

[Rattrap007]

31. AVP: Alien Vs. Predator - (2004) - 51 points
(3 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #4 Relaxing Dragon)

Score! A movie that all but killed both franchises for me (though admittedly this is coming from someone who actually likes Alien³ and is mostly indifferent on Alien: Resurrection). Definitely deserves a riffing (ditto the atrocious sequel).

Had that on my list as well as requiem. people bitched about the lack of violence in the first one, so they go overboard on the second.

[GregMcduck]

29. The Giant Claw - (1957) - 52 points
(3 of 24 lists. Highest ranking - #3 gojikranz)

Directed by Fred F. Sears
Starring Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday and Morris Ankrum

Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #29: Jaws: The Revenge - (1987)

Synopsis:

"When electronics engineer Mitch MacAfee spots a UFO as "big as a battleship," from his plane, the Air Force scrambles planes to investigate. However, nothing shows up on radar, and one of the jets is lost during the action. MacAfee is regarded as a dangerous crackpot until other incidents and disappearances convince the authorities that the threat is real. Some believe it is a French-Canadian folk legend come to life, but it turns out to be an extraterrestrial giant bird composed of anti-matter whose disregard for human life and architecture threatens the world."