Worst2First: My Top Ten Serious Films That Were Unintentionally Hilarious

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My Top Ten Serious Films That Were Unintentionally Hilarious

There are some films out there that are considered classics, ones that should be seen by everyone to better enrich their lives.  Yet, for every "The Shawshank Redemption," there's a slew of films made by serious directors and actors who wanted to be the next "Shawshank," but instead shanked themselves in the back with their own shiv.  Films that wanted to be taken seriously, but instead resulted in guffaws and groans.

Here are my personal top ten serious films that were unintentionally hilarious, worst2first (the "first" here actually being the "worst")...

**THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS**

#10

 Truth Or Dare

Be it the insanely stupid script, the unlikable cast, or pure and simply the "Willem Dafoe" smiles, "Truth or Dare" is a hodgepodge of horror generalities that resulted in unintentional humor throughout.  The true dare here is a dare to not laugh at any moment in this film - you will fail.

#9

 The Happening

What "happened" to M. Night Shyamalan?  The acclaimed director of the Oscar-nominated "Sixth Sense" produced a load of crappy films including "The Last Airbender," "Lady in the Water," and "The Happening" before thankfully righting himself with "The Visit" and "Split."  "The Happening" is supposed to be a psychological horror film about people mysteriously killing themselves, but the only thing you'll be doing is dying of laughter at the inane antics of Mark Wahlberg and Zoey Deschanel as they continually state dumbfound at the camera and occasionally talk. 

#8

 Wish Upon

A girl finds an ancient Oriental wishing box, but learns that for every wish she makes, someone close to her dies.  The smart thing to do is to never wish on it again, but "smart" and "Wish Upon" don't belong in the same sentence.  Instead, she keeps wishing, much like Gollum in "Lord of the Rings" - I really wished she would call the box "my precious," but I didn't want to make a wish and have someone I know die - and you'd be wishing you could see through the tears of laughter you'll spend watching this crap.

#7

 Johnny Mnemonic

Before he knew kung fu, Keanu Reeves starred in this forgettable sci-fi laughfest as a man who can house information in his brain like a computer, but risks the possibility of it literally blowing his mind.  The concept itself is laughable, but the addition of Dolph Lundgren as an assassin named the Street Preacher who uses the stupidest one-liners ("Halt, sinners!" he yells as he tries to stop a moving truck), a dolphin, a scene that's literally repeated beforehand, and some of the most obvious movie mistakes you can possibly find only add to the hilarity the film delivers.

#6

 Swimfan

Ever since "Fatal Attraction," Hollywood has tried to find its successor.  For some reason, they thought "Swimfan" would be that, but it turned out to be anything but.  Remember when Jesse Bradford and Erika Christensen were supposed to be the new big things?  Neither do I.  This by-the-books obsession film is so bad you can't help but laugh throughout, and even find yourself rooting for the psycho girl.

#5

 Left Behind

You'd think a film centering on the end of the world would be a massive tear-jerker, but the only tears here are tears of laughter as you try to watch Nicolas Cage trying to showcase his former Oscar-winning talent as a pilot who looses his family (except his daughter) after they're raptured to heaven for being good people.  Not only is his performance cringe-worthy and humorous, but the whole film is a laugh riot - especially when the daughter hurls a Bible through a window and somehow shatters it.  Now THAT is a miracle.

#4

 The Wicker Man

The original film is a cult classic and one that should be viewed by anyone who truly appreciates psychological horror, but this Nicolas Cage remake is watchable for another reason - the sheer stupidity of it all.  Cage once again hasn't gotten the memo that he's no longer a viable actor, as he tries to act the heck out of a role that's on its head a farce in itself.  There's been countless memes that've sprung from this film, but watching it in its entirety is something you should do if you want some pure comedic gold - or seeing Cage in a bear costume or enduring a cage (a cage on Cage, the pun writes itself) full of bees on his head.

#3

 Showgirls

Former "Saved by the Bell" star Elizabeth Berkeley tried to shed her good-girl persona with this film, where she appears as a stripper who wants to become a great showgirl, but instead she became blacklisted due to her truly terrible performance in a film that's laugh-out-loud funny from start to finish.  Labeled as one of the worst films ever made, "Showgirls" defines the unintentionally hilarious mantra and has withstood the test of time to still be one of the worst films ever made.

#2

 Twilight

Way too serious for its own good, "Twilight" made a laughing stock of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, who've both gone on to bigger and better things.  The idea of a centuries old vampire falling for a high school girl is pure comedic gold, and the stoic, nondescript performances by the two lead actors only add to the hilarity as you don't understand how they could take something so farfetched and stupid so seriously - or at least with a completely monotone performance.

#1

 Fifty Shades of Grey

When you make a movie based on a "book" written by a woman on a Blackberry on an airplane, there's no doubt it'll be unintentionally hilarious.  There's so many things that I can say about the film that's hilarious - the complete lack of chemistry between the leads, the lack of any actual sex in the film, the completely stupid acting in general - but it's the script that delivers the biggest laughs.  Before Christian Grey introduces Anastasia to his infamous "red room," he refers to it as his "play room," to which Anastasia says, "like your Xbox and stuff?"  This line was actually in the film.  Thankfully I watched it at home, because I literally fell out of my chair laughing so hard at that.