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#88 Tommy (1975)
Who knew that the sound of childhood trauma could be so goddamn catchy?
#89 Head (1968)
Head is essentially The Monkees’ former-Disney star “I’m an adult!” moment in an attempt to break free of their preassigned roles and become Serious Artists.
#52 Help! (1965)
Help! is a wacky hybrid James Bond and Wile E. Coyote-esque romp, and its camera work doesn’t make me want to blow chunks!
#4 A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
A Hard Day’s Night is an excellent exercise in marketing. Its only redeeming factor is the charisma of the Beatles themselves, assuming you are someone who finds them charismatic.
#90 The Jazz Singer (1927)
TCM coming in clutch so I could watch the “first” talkie, with the “first” on-screen performance of Al Jolson.
#65 Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Just add this one to the long list of cash grab remakes that don’t understand what made the source material great.
#91 Cry-Baby (1990)
It took insane amounts of restraint for me not to make this a Traci Lords appreciation post.
#92 Labyrinth (1986)
See, this is what happens when you try to shirk your babysitting duties by giving your little brother to a creepy old man.
#67 Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
“Kermit, we convinced ourselves that evil frog was you because he gave us what we thought we wanted. When what we really wanted… What we really needed… Was you, Kermit. The actual, real you.”
#19 The Muppets (2011)
This is what happens when Disney asks Jason Segel to write a script that could have been a really touching coming-of-age story and BURIES IT under Muppet references from the last 40 years to nostalgia bait parents into buying their kids Muppets merch.