This movie is so good I'm not really sure that it belongs on my "bad" list, but it is kind of cheesy and involves a *lot* of singing, so I guess it fits in. Seriously, though, if you haven't seen this one since you were a kid, give it another shot -- the musical numbers are fantastic, and there's a lot more going on than I ever realized.

Three Hawaiian surfer chicks live to ride the waves and work as hotel maids to live. The skinniest and blondest of the 3 is the most talented, of course, and the film tracks her struggle to overcome her fears and realize her big wave dreams. A side-story romance with an NFL-star hotel patron pushes it from “powerful story set in a beautiful place” straight into “too gooey to be *really* good.”

This movie really should stink -- it's about *cheerleading*, for goodness sake! But somehow the filmmakers managed to take a bad story, bad dialogue and extreme cheesiness and wrap it all up into a deliciously entertaining cheer-fest.

Jane Austen's "Emma" transplanted to the Valley -- this movie *should* really, really stink. Instead, it's incredibly appealing, more so even than the original novel (and I genuinely like Jane Austen).

Man was this a fun movie! Chevy Chase is at his best as Fletch, a serially-disguised reporter who uncovers a huge scandal. A goofball suspense, of all things!

Infectious '80s dance movie starring Sarah Jessica Parker as a teen who just *has* to dance and Helen Hunt as her wacky best friend. SJP breaks out of her tightly-controlled family life to enter (and win, of course) a competition to be on a weekly TV dance program, winning the heart of her hunky partner along the way.

Christian Slater and Winona Ryder play sociopathic high-school sweethearts who work their way through their classmates one by one, staging each of the murders as a suicide. Man, just writing that makes me question my own taste! But I can't pretend that I don't love this movie. Sigh.

Lorna Doone is a Romeo & Juliet story set in 17th century Scotland, originally a novel by 19th century author Richard Blackmore. This made-for-television adaptation trims quite a bit from the source material, which makes it feel a bit rushed and holey. But I find Richard Coyle and Amelia Warner's portrayals of the lovers so appealing that I don't even care.

Sandra Bullock almost pulls off her manly FBI agent role at the beginning of the film, but is much more convincing after she's "transformed" into a beauty queen. She gets the bad guy, saves the pageant, and almost wins the crown, all of which would have been entertaining, but her chemistry with Benjamin Bratt is what makes this fluff truly fun.

Brooding convict with a heart of gold Jean-Claude Van Damme breaks out of prison and hides out in Roseanna Arquette's woods, but he's discovered by one of her adorable children. Fortunately, evil developers are giving Roseanna just the kind of trouble that a hunky a**-kicker like Jean-Claude can help her out with, so she falls in love with him instead of turning him in. Aww...

Rock Hudson and Doris Day share a party line (back before everyone had their own cell phone, everyone had their own land line, and before *that* they had to share!) and a sense of mutual animosity. But then he tricks her into falling in love with him, and (Oops!) he falls in love with her, too. If only all old movies were this much fun...

Ah, the classic "hooker with a heart of gold" movie. It's such a cliche that it hurts. Unfortunately for the snob in me, and the feminist in me, Pretty Woman is wildly entertaining from start to finish. Man, I hate it when that happens...

Christian Slater fights The Man on his pirate radio program and romances Samantha Morton, too. Only Hollywood could make this movie seem compelling and entertaining, which they do. Sigh.

River Phoenix's parents are ex-hippies on the run from the FBI for a 60's-era protest crime gone wrong. But River's almost old enough to go college, and how can he do that if he's still on the lam with his folks? He falls in love and gets into Julliard, but can his parents let him go? Ah, the drama!

A roguish robot with a misguided soft spot launches a bunch of misfit kids from Space Camp into actual outer space, where they must each contribute their unique talents and Space Camp know-how to bring themselves safely back to Earth. Teen romance and self-realization plus danger in outer space. Yes!

Working-class hockey champion D.B. Sweeney's eye injury kills his career. But he loves the ice so much that he agrees to try to turn himself into a partner for uber-rich, uber-snooty, self-sabotaging figure skating princess Moira Kelly. They fall in love and win the gold...we think. This film's biggest flaw is that it ends with a solid 5 minutes worth of wrap-up still to go.

Plucky Natty Gann sets out on a cross-country journey to track down her father after he's shipped off to a logging camp in Washington, leaving her behind in depression-era Chicago. It's a road movie, romance (with a very young John Cusack!) and coming-of-age film all rolled into one.

Yes, I know...groan! Still, Titanic pretty well embodies the spirit of this list -- it's a cliched poor boy/rich girl romance thrown into the middle of a huge, tragic disaster, and filmed on an epic scale. It couldn't get much worse if it tried. That being said, I LOVE it! Bring on the shmaltz!

Enough nudity and titillation to keep anyone interested, plus great atmospheric music, and beautiful scenery. Best of all, the plot gets better and better with each twist, climaxing with a bunch of finally-revealing flashbacks that roll during the credits. It almost feels wrong for something this trashy to be this good...almost.

Melanie Griffith literally speaks the line "I've got a head for business and a bod for sin,” and apparently we're expected to believe it. Though only a secretary, she comes up with such a great business idea that her boss (Sigorney Weaver) tries to steal it! But Melanie figures her out and turns the tables, landing Sigorney's job *and* her boyfriend (Harrison Ford) at the end. You go, Melanie!