My Favorite Movie Guilty Pleasures

The Karate Kid I, II, III, Over The Top (childhood favs)

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I really like The Truth About Cats And Dogs. It's a wonderful little romcom. I don't think there's anything to feel guilty about there.

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Small Time Crooks



Woody Allen struck gold here with this severely underrated comedy playing an ex-con who bungles a bank robbery but, thanks to his wife (Tracey Ullmann), winds up being a cookie mogul instead. This movie has more slapstick than we're accustomed to from Woody but it works and the cast is solid with a scene-stealing turn from the legendary Elaine May as Woody's sister-in-law.

I've seen Nuts and I think it's a very good movie.

I also like The Truth About Cats and Dogs, The Producers, Willy Wonka and The Money Pit.

I saw Tango and Cash and Spaceballs at the movies, and was disappointed.

It is such a relief that to learn I'm not the only person on the planet who has seen Nuts...glad to know that you enjoyed it as well. I will still be re-watching it with the blinds drawn.

27.
Class



The storyline is right there on the poster. I've always had a thing for Jacqueline Bisset and Rob Lowe has rarely been more delicious onscreen. The film also features an early appearance by a very young John Cusack and a pre-Ferris Bueller Alan Ruck.

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Our Man Flint



Wasn't really into James Bond, but I loved this guy...James Coburn brought a new kind of sexy to the screen as Derek Flint.

I guess I feel guilty about it because when I mention it to non-buffs, they have never heard of it, let alone seen it.

I will give you Tango and Cash and the Producers remake but Spaceballs I feel is a legit good movie.

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Twins



With Ivan Reitman in the director's chair, a clever and original story, and a pair of charismatic lead performances, I have never understood why this film didn't get more attention than it did. The story follows two men who couldn't be more polar opposites, who learn through a groundbreaking generic experiment, that they are twin brothers and embark on a journey to find their biological mother. Reitman has a strong screenplay to work with here and sustains interest from opening to closing credits. My favorite thing about this comedy is the performance of Arnold Schwarzeneggar...I have never enjoyed Arnold onscreen more, and that includes The Terminator...he gives what I believe is the closest thing to an actual performance he has given and is matched note for note by De Vito, who provides his share of the laughs without ever stealing Arnold's share of cinematic thunder. Love this movie, wish more did.

24.
Billie



My parents took me to see this movie at the drive-in when I was eight years old. It's dated and corny, but what can I say...I LOVE Patty Duke and will watch her do anything. Jim Backus was also really funny as Billie's dad. I also loved the blonde Mia Farrow cut she sported here.

I love Twins and Class-not even guilty pleasures for me.

I've been repping some of my favorites, but I haven't had much time to comment on them, so I going back through this thread again to add some thoughts.

I think Hooper is a very underrated Burt Reynolds movie. He makes being a stuntman look like so much fun.


I like the Beach Party movies, but they all seem to blend together in my head. They're not really "substance" movies, but they're just a lot of fun to watch.


I watched this recently because I started looking for Tony Curtis movies. It's not his best, but it's a cute movie.


I'm not a big fan of either Barbra Streisand or Walter Matthau, but I like watching Hello Dolly! for Michael Crawford and Danny Lockin.

I think the songs in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are better than the story itself, and the child catcher is one of the scariest villains that I can remember from my childhood.


I think I'm one of the few people who likes Kurt Russell's old live action Disney movies better than his more recent movies.


I thought I was the only person who had ever heard of Soapdish. It has a great cast, and it's just a fun spoof of soap operas.

Great choice. Spaceballs is my favorite Mel Brooks movie.


I haven't seen the remake yet, but I love the 1970 version of The Producers. How does the remake hold up against the original version?


This isn't my favorite Doris Day movie, but it's a still good movie.


This is a fantastic movie. It's by far Gene Wilder's best performance.

I don't consider Class as a guilty pleasure either. I liked that film, though I have to admit seeing it for the first time because Jacqueline Bissett was in it. I'd remembered her from The Deep.

I haven't seen the remake yet, but I love the 1970 version of The Producers. How does the remake hold up against the original version?

It's not really a fair comparison since the remake is actually a film version of the Broadway musical that was developed from the original film...but I will say that Nathan Lane should have been kissing Zero Mostel's shoes.

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Penelope



I think this was the first Natalie Wood movie I ever saw. Wood plays the wealthy pampered wife of a bank executive (Ian Bannen) who puts on a blonde wig and robs her own husband's bank. The screenplay is kind of all over the place, with some odd flashbacks on Penlope's past, explored with her psychiatrist (Dick Shawn), but the film does find Peter Falk trying on his Columbo personna for the very first time as the police detective assigned to the robbery. The movie is silly but Natalie has rarely looked more beautiful, though she does look like she only did this film for the money.

I haven't seen the remake, but I heard that Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick were fantastic in the Broadway play. I have the remake on DVD, so maybe I'll push it up on my watchlist.

Remakes vs. originals are always kind of tricky because if you see them in the wrong order, then the original has to live up to the remake instead of vice versa.

I haven't really heard of most of these films, but Tango and Cash, Spaceballs, and Twins are pretty good.