Vanity Projects: So Bad They’re Good
This list is dedicated exclusively to a wonderful group of gloriously delusional, narcissistic oddballs, who throughout the years have dabbled in writing, producing, directing, and starring in their own spectacularly bizarre and mind boggling artistic output, offering up classic examples of staggering cinematic ineptitude to ultimately help boost their already bulbous egos.
They didn’t mean for you to laugh… but you will.
They didn’t mean for you to laugh… but you will.
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- DirectorTommy WiseauStarsTommy WiseauJuliette DanielleGreg SesteroIn San Francisco, an amiable banker's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when his deceitful fiancée embarks on an affair with his best friend.
- DirectorNeil BreenStarsNeil BreenLaura HaleMike BradyThe controversial story of a lone genius who closes down the Las Vegas Strip... The goverment can't stop him. As he reunites with his dead girlfriend each night.
- DirectorJohn De HartJames ParadiseStarsJohn De HartWings HauserWilliam SmithTwo cops are fired after being setup by their corrupt boss, who gets appointed as judge, but secretly heads a satanic cult. After his wife is killed by the cult, one of the cops is determined to bring the cult down.
- DirectorSteve BarkettStarsSteve BarkettChristopher BarkettTera HendricksonA private detective searching for a killer comes across a satanic cult from another dimension, monsters called up from hell and murderous ninja assassins.
- DirectorChristian AndersAntonio TarruellaStarsChristian AndersMaribel MartínDunja RajterGerman Karate teacher Frank Mertens battles the drug lord Van Bullock in the streets of Madrid.
- DirectorWoo-sang ParkY.K. KimStarsY.K. KimVincent HirschJoseph DiamandA martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.
- DirectorJohn LiuKurtis SpielerStarsDon WilsonMichael BerrymanLinnea QuigleyOriginally shot in 1984 and not finished until 2021, New York Ninja is about a sound technician for a news station (John Liu) who becomes a vigilante ninja in New York City after his pregnant wife is murdered.
- DirectorAnthony ElmoreStarsAnthony ElmoreGeorge M. YoungJulius DorseyA ghetto-born martial arts student must choose between college, with its rigors and deprivation, and the world heavyweight kickboxing championship, with its glamour and gorgeous babes.
- DirectorJoel D. WynkoopStarsJoel D. WynkoopDavid BardsleyDavid LurryChristian martial arts expert Steve Nekoda has his faith in God tested when he must rescue his wife from a diabolical human trafficker.
- DirectorGeorge Pan AndreasStarsJamal AladdinJohn AlesCharles Anderson"The Crime Killer" is a total action-packed film with a handsome Greek leading man who is on a one-on-one crimefighting mission. Parts are funny, the chase scenes are different, and it is a timeless masterpiece of interesting lines and scenes.
- DirectorSteven SeagalStarsSteven SeagalMichael CaineJoan ChenA blowout firefighter takes on an environmentally destructive oil corporation by causing many deaths and explosions in Alaska.
- DirectorAndre BucknerStarsAndre BucknerVince CanlasLaDonna S. Jacksonor years we have heard about police officers going bad and turning into the same criminals they are sworn to protect us from. but why do they change sides, who corrupts them. Maybe it starts at the top and works its way down.
- DirectorJimmy WilliamsStarsWilliam SmithRobert Z'DarSandy PalmTony Baker (Jimmy Williams), a Viet Nam vet who is now an L.A. detective is on the trail of the 'Mekong Dragon', assisted by his partner Brian O'Malley (Sandy Palm) and police Captain Washington (Robert Z'Dar). Donna Cherry plays Baker's token 'love interest'.
- DirectorDavid HeavenerPhillip J. RothStarsDavid HeavenerTony CurtisIsaac HayesHe wanted to be a good cop. The mob wanted him destroyed, so they made everything he loved a prime target.
- DirectorJorgo OgnenovskiMike TristanoStarsJorgo OgnenovskiJorge RiveroRichard LynchA karate expert enters a deadly underground tournament to avenge one of his students who was killed there and stop the disgraced marshal arts champion who organized this deadly competition.
- DirectorJack VacekStarsJack VacekTrice SchubertJoseph JenningsJohn Turner is a renegade cop who purposely defies his superiors by trying to expose a drug ring that takes him from L.A. to Mexico and back. Along the way, he develops romance and becomes a father figure to a young streetwise orphan.
- DirectorDavid SeegerStarsBeverly ArnoldEden Lee JellinekRobert ScaglioneAn unassuming karate instructor, with the help of his movie star sister, accept the challenge to meet a really bad villain in the fighting ring and attempt to stop him and his unscrupulous crime bosses in their tracks.
- DirectorGarrett Stewart SayreStarsGarrett Stewart SayreGlenda Christine JohnsonLeslie LindnerDrug investigator Ryan Smith faces the toughest decision of his life, a choice between love and honor. Ryan finds out that the woman he loves, Mandy, is involved with the same drug dealers that he is busting. The influence of another woman's love, the guidance of his mentor Rudy and the cataclysmic climax of a high risk drug raid brings the movie to a stunning turning point. Casey is the sweet daughter of the head of the narcotics division, a beautiful young woman who has a crush on Ryan. Can her love pull him away from the confused but alluring Mandy? The heart-pumping action of gun-fights, SWAT-raids, car chases, and the take down of a drug king pin is set amidst this captivating romance.
- DirectorSteve SayreStarsSteve SayreBilly FranklinJames WestbrookWidowed, alcoholic cop teams up with an old private detective to catch a laughing serial killer who rides Harleys.
- DirectorFrank HarrisStarsLeo FongCameron MitchellTroy DonahueLeo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former cop to save her...
- DirectorClive TurnerRoger NallStarsJohn RamsdenErnest KesterClive TurnerA small town desert community in southern California, filled with flatulent hillbillies, begins experiencing a number of brutal, werewolf-like slayings, following the arrival of a hillbilly motorcyclist.
- DirectorD'Urville MartinStarsRudy Ray MooreD'Urville MartinJerry JonesAfter he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.
- DirectorShay CasserleySimon LinscheidStarsJames P. BennettMikey GrahamJohnny MurrayA classic good versus evil action flick, mixed with kicks, guns, motorcycles and a hot babe!
- DirectorWilliam Patrick CrabtreeStarsJesse BeanK.C. CarrTerry CramerAn attorney--who also happens to be a world-class kickboxer--is kidnapped by five disgruntled former clients. Now he must face a gauntlet of their champions in hand-to-hand combat to the death.
- Director'Philthy' Phil PhillipsStarsStan DerainKathy Barbour'Philthy' Phil PhillipsMartial-artist Ray should focus more on pregnant girlfriend, Tina. However, many others are in the picture, including (but not limited to): Tina's ex-boyfriend; Ray's sexually-discriminating boss-lady; and two homies.