Featured on MST3K - "Mystery Science Theater 3000"
These films were featured on the show "Mystery Science Theater 3000". In total 198 episodes were broadcast from 1988 to 1999. UPDATE: this list now also features the (short) films, series and documentaries that were featured in several shorts, mostly at the beginning of each episode.
Of course there are listings elsewhere, like on Wikipedia, or by simply looking up the episode listing for MST3K on IMDb. But having them in an IMDb list here offers additional features. For instance you can now sort them by descending IMDb user rating (or ascending... depending on what you are looking for) to find a cool movie to watch tonight.
The default sorting order is the order in which they were aired, or were supposed to air, starting with the unaired pilot episode from 1988 featuring "The Green Slime" (1968). This list now also includes the films that were featured in the shorts.
It's interesting to see that there are [only 5 films] / [still a surprising 5 films] (pick one) on this list with an IMDb rating of 5.5 out of 10 or higher - that is if you include the TV-series "General Hospital" that was featured in a few shorts.
On the other hand, there are 64 titles with a rating of 2.0 or lower...
It's also interesting to see that the posters for some of these films' IMDb entries attest to the fact that they are most (in)famous above all for being featured on MST3K.
There are four titles on this list that were featured on Mystery Science Theatre, Elvira's Movie Macabre ánd Cinema Insomnia. So apparently they are popular subjects for [witty remarks] / [ridicule] (pick one). These are "The Brain That Wouldn't Die", "Santa Clause Conquers The Martians", "Eegah" and "The Giant Gila Monster". See also the notes besides the specific entries.
Of course there are listings elsewhere, like on Wikipedia, or by simply looking up the episode listing for MST3K on IMDb. But having them in an IMDb list here offers additional features. For instance you can now sort them by descending IMDb user rating (or ascending... depending on what you are looking for) to find a cool movie to watch tonight.
The default sorting order is the order in which they were aired, or were supposed to air, starting with the unaired pilot episode from 1988 featuring "The Green Slime" (1968). This list now also includes the films that were featured in the shorts.
It's interesting to see that there are [only 5 films] / [still a surprising 5 films] (pick one) on this list with an IMDb rating of 5.5 out of 10 or higher - that is if you include the TV-series "General Hospital" that was featured in a few shorts.
On the other hand, there are 64 titles with a rating of 2.0 or lower...
It's also interesting to see that the posters for some of these films' IMDb entries attest to the fact that they are most (in)famous above all for being featured on MST3K.
There are four titles on this list that were featured on Mystery Science Theatre, Elvira's Movie Macabre ánd Cinema Insomnia. So apparently they are popular subjects for [witty remarks] / [ridicule] (pick one). These are "The Brain That Wouldn't Die", "Santa Clause Conquers The Martians", "Eegah" and "The Giant Gila Monster". See also the notes besides the specific entries.
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- DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsRobert HortonLuciana PaluzziRichard JaeckelAfter destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.This was featured in the unaired pilot episode, created in 1988.
- DirectorsDavid ElliottJohn KellyDavid LaneStarsDon MasonRobert EastonRay BarrettWhen aquatic aliens plot to take over the planet, the world aquanaut security patrol are called in to battle the aliens.This was featured in the 1st episode on KTMA-TV in 1988
- DirectorsBrian BurgessRobert LynnKen TurnerStarsSylvia AndersonEd BishopGary FilesCaptain Scarlet and the other members of the spectrum organization battle the Mysterons from Mars who are trying to establish a base on the moon.Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons
- DirectorsMinoru KanayaKiyosumi KuzakawaStarsJô ShishidoTatsuya AzumaMiyuki TanigawaIn this second film compiled from a Japanese TV serial, Captain Joe, the marauder Ken and their crew set off to destroy an alien super-weapon, face off with Ken's vengeful ex-lover Rita and confront the leader of the marauding Star Wolves.This one was featured two times; in episode #3 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #318 on Comedy Central.
- DirectorsShigeo TanakaNoriaki YuasaStarsKôjirô HongôKyôko EnamiYûzô HayakawaA giant monster that emits a destructive ray from its back attacks Japan and takes on Gamera."Gamera vs. Barugon"
This one was featured two times; in episode #4 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #304 on Comedy Central. - DirectorNoriaki YuasaStarsEiji FunakoshiHarumi KiritachiJunichiro YamashitaFrom out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo."Gamera"
This one was featured two times; in episode #5 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #302 on Comedy Central. - DirectorsNoriaki YuasaShigeo TanakaStarsKôjirô HongôKichijirô UedaReiko KasaharaVolcanic activity unleashes a bloodthirsty monster called Gyaos that Gamera must confront."Gamera vs. Gyaos"
This one was featured two times; in episode #6 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #308 on Comedy Central. - DirectorNoriaki YuasaStarsKôji FujiyamaDaigo InoueReiko KasaharaSpace aliens arrive on Earth with their giant shark and intend to take over the planet, but first they must destroy Gamera."Gamera vs. Zigra"
This one was featured two times; in episode #7 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #316 on Comedy Central. - DirectorNoriaki YuasaStarsNobuhiro KajimaMiyuki AkiyamaChristopher MurphyAliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them."Gamera tai daikaijû Giron"
This one was featured two times; in episode #8 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #312 on Comedy Central. - DirectorSaul BassStarsNigel DavenportMichael MurphyLynne FrederickSuddenly, desert ants form a group intelligence and wage war on the humans. It's up to a couple of scientists and a girl to stop them
- DirectorsCharles CrichtonPeter MedakStarsMartin LandauBarbara BainCatherine Schell"Space: 1999 (1975)" season 2 episodes "The Metamorph (1976)" and "Space Warp (1976)", edited together to create a movie about the adrift in space crew of Moonbase Alpha that meets shape-shifting alien Maya and her father who wants their brains.
- DirectorsRichard ViktorovNikolay ViktorovStarsYelena MetyolkinaNadezhda SementsovaVadim LedogorovA female creature created in space tries to live on earth and has special (and sometimes dangerous) powers.A.k.a. "Humanoid Woman" or "Cherez ternii k zvyozdam"
- DirectorsMinoru KanayaKiyosumi KuzakawaStarsTatsuya AzumaMiyuki TanigawaJô ShishidoAn alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans."Star Wolf"
This one was featured two times; in episode #12 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #310 on Comedy Central. - DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsBarbara AndersonBert ConvyPeter GravesOn its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu on-board.
- DirectorKazuho MitsutaStarsHideaki NitaniNaoko KuboHiroshi MinamiEspionage team Mighty Jack, headquartered on a flying submarine, oppose an organization known as Q, who are trying to take over the world using ice that doesn't melt.This one was featured two times; in episode #14 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #314 on Comedy Central.
With an average 1.3 this is the lowest rated entry on this list. But probably because it only received 238 votes, it is not on the IMDb "Bottom 100" list. - DirectorJerry JamesonStarsDavid JanssenEdie AdamsClifton DavisDuring Superbowl, there's lots of drama, when one of the players has to juggle the game and his marriage while the team's star quarterback is being courted by a management firm. Also, a killer is running around.
- DirectorAlvin RakoffStarsBarry NewmanSusan ClarkShelley WintersA pyromaniac, ex-employee of a city oil refinery creates an explosion at the facility which starts a chain-reaction of fires that engulf the entire city.
- DirectorsKiyosumi FukazawaAtsuo OkunakaStarsReiko TokunagaHiroko SaitoMasaaki KajiA woman and her two children are accidentally cryopreserved and awaken at a time when apes dominate the planet.This one was featured two times; in episode #17 of the original season on KTMA-TV, and in episode #306 on Comedy Central.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsFrankie AvalonGeorge NaderShirley EatonSumuru, a megalomaniacal femme fatale, makes a bid for world domination by eliminating male leaders and replacing them with her sexy female agents.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsDarren McGavinRobert VaughnGary CollinsAfter a UFO crashes in Arizona, due to a space collision with a NASA satellite launch, the U.S. government tries to cover-up the incident for political reasons.
- DirectorMartyn BurkeStarsLee MajorsBurgess MeredithChris MakepeaceA former race car driver's car is confiscated. He rebuilds it and drives to Free California with a teen's help. Agents dispatch a jet pilot to stop him, fearing his autonomy threatens their control.
- DirectorJunji KurataStarsTsunehiko WataseNobiko SawaShôtarô HayashiA young action scientist ventures back home following in his father's footsteps to find a dinosaur egg.Legend of the Dinosaurs, or "Kyôryuu: Kaichô no densetsu"
- DirectorQuentin LawrenceStarsForrest TuckerLaurence PayneJennifer JayneA series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud."The Trollenberg Terror"
This was featured in the first episode of the first season on The Comedy Channel. - DirectorFred C. BrannonStarsGeorge D. WallaceAline TowneRoy BarcroftStrategic targets on Earth are being destroyed by an unknown weapon. Government security head Henderson suspects it's an "atomic ray" originating from the moon.This one was featured in seven shorts in the first season on The Comedy Channel, starting in episode #102, the episode that features "The Aztec Mummy Against The Humanoid Robot".
- DirectorRafael PortilloStarsRamón GayRosita ArenasCrox AlvaradoA mad doctor builds a robot in order to steal a valuable Aztec treasure from a tomb guarded by a centuries-old living mummy.The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy, or "La momia azteca contra el robot humano"
