The Best of Roger Corman
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The Best of Roger Corman

Roger Corman specialized in fast, cheap and outrageous movies, and the Academy has handed him an honorary Oscar in appreciation. Rank his landmark classics.

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1 Death Race 2000
Road warriors drive killer cars, get points for killing pedestrians and it's all legal! 53 163
2 Pit and the Pendulum
Vincent Price paired with Roger Corman and Edgar Allan Poe will of course lead to horror nirvana! 49 143
3 Little Shop of Horrors
A needy carnivorous plant and a mama's boy desperate to be needed are the heart of this bizarro love story. 45 161
4 Piranha
Genetically altered super-piranhas terrorize guests at a luxury resort -- stay out of the water! 40 138
5 The Masque of the Red Death
Decadent aristocrats try to elude the wrath of God's (sent as a plague) in ths shocker. 31 119
6 The Day the World Ended
The horror auteur's rare foray into the world of science fiction concerns the years that follow a devastating atomic war. 12 78
7 Rock 'n' Roll High School
Halloween's P.J. Soles stars in this loveletter to sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Ramones-style. 4 130
8 A Bucket of Blood
Murder is a small price to pay for a coffee-house waiter who dreams of being a a beat-era artist. 0 124
9 Fantastic Four
This early comic adaptation is low budget, hard to find and hokey, but also so earnest you have to smile! -4 112
10 X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes
How deep do you want to see? Corman's pioneering horror flick dares to ask... -13 113
11 The Intruder
A rare non-horror entry from Corman. In this, a vicious racist (William Shatner) tries to incite a small town to violence. -22 102