From The Blob to Piranha to Sharknado, many B-movies have infiltrated the mainstream, gaining status as cult classics that are equal parts entertaining and laughable. B-movies are best when they don't take themselves too seriously, giving their audiences free rein to enjoy the ride.
While the stakes were high in the 2010s for filmmakers, where expectations for captivating cinematic experiences continue to rise, B-movie makers spent the decade having fun, turning toward low-brow humor, cheap special effects, and contrived dialogue to complete their filmic stories. Here are the 10 best B-movies of the 2010s, ranked based on their IMDb scores.
10 Brackish (2015) - 6.3
A horror flick filmed in upstate New York, Brackish focuses on a man named Jake recovering from the loss of his fiance, who was brutally murdered. After Jake's sister invites him on a camping adventure in order to get his mind off the ordeal, what seemed like a good idea soon proves to be a really, really bad one.
Jake's sister, Tila, takes him to an old ghost town, one full of atrocious memories and vengeful spirits. They soon find themselves in the middle of a supernatural plot that is quickly closing in around them.
9 Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse (2015) - 6.3
People often say if there's a zombie apocalypse, it's a good thing to have a Boy Scout on your team. This movie puts that theory to the test. Scouts Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse follows three teenage friends who, upon returning to town after a weekend spent camping, find their lives have been upturned by a zombie invasion.
The movie's director, Christopher Landon, is known for Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and Happy Death Day. Scouts Guide is a campy, indulgent flesh-eating flick, full of one-liners like, "It's the zombie apocalypse! Come on, we're scouts! We're trained for this!"
8 My Life On Planet B (2012) - 6.6
Dutch B-horror director Iván López Núñez is responsible for this film, shot in the Netherlands. Eppo and Nyke play two tweens united by their mutual love for B-movies. Outcast and nerdy, they spend their time together making videos for their online movie review website.
The two begin to grow apart, one falling deeper into his local punk and goth scene, while the other stays dedicated to his love for movies. A coming-of-age story, My Life On Planet B provides a moving look into life for burgeoning cinema nerds.
7 Butcher The Bakers (2017) - 6.6
A classic slapstick B-horror comedy, Butcher the Bakers focuses on two bumbling bakers who work in a small town terrorized by a strange visitor: the Grim Reaper. In the movie, Mr. Death gets fired from his job, causing him to go postal. He starts taking souls without rhyme or reason.
The bakers, Sam and Martin, are hired by an unknown person to stop the Grim Reaper from taking more lives. Comedic and entertaining, Butcher the Bakers's convoluted premise is saved by performances from the two actors who play Sam and Martin.
6 Witch Graveyard (2013) - 6.9
Witches and ghosts combine forces in this graveyard feature about a group of friends who wander too deep into a haunted patch of woods. Witch Graveyard begins with the "four friends on a road trip premise" and then delves into horror territory when the friends decide to take a rest along an old, rural highway.
Witch Graveyard was followed up with Return to Witch Graveyard, a sequel that is imbued with the moodiness, tackiness, and bloodiness of its predecessor.
5 Shaitan (2011) - 7.2
A Bollywood thriller, Shaitan tracks five young friends whose night of partying comes to a tragic end when they kill a couple during a hit and run. After they are targeted by a corrupt cop, the friends must figure out how to raise a bunch of money in just a few hours.
Their half-brained plan involves faking the kidnapping of the main character, Amrita, who hopes her father will pay up, saving her and her friends from long jail sentences.
4 Mayhem Behind Movies (2012) - 7.3
Underground filmmaking meets mockumentary-style framing in this tale about the trials and tribulations of an aspiring director. A British film, Mayhem Behind Movies tells the story of Kevin, who is racing against the clock to finish his first big movie, Valentine.
Kevin, who is a horror filmmaker by trade, is forced to make Valentine, a rom-com, at the behest of his agent and the production company funding his future. With the world stacked against him, he tries his best to make everything work so he can eventually return to his true love.
3 Instruments Of Evil (2016) - 8.1
Low-budget hilarity and ancient Viking gods join forces in this comedic B-horror film. Instruments of Evil digs into lore surrounding the Viking god of mischief, Loki. In the fictional world created by the movie, Loki is the father of four musically-inclined demons who wreak havoc on the planet over millennia.
The demons are plotting to unite forces in order to end the world once and for all. A police officer, a sex worker, and a warrior must join up in order to defeat the diabolical evildoers and save humanity.
2 Ghost Squad (2018) - 8.3
Goofy and cartoonish, Ghost Squad is a Japanese horror movie guided by a revenge-filled plot. The main character, after a near-death experience, finds she's able to see ghosts. She's visited by a group of female ghosts who need her assistance avenging their deaths.
A feminist romp, Ghost Squad is full of blood, manga-style action, and pale-faced spirits who won't stop until their killers are taken out.
1 Body Swap (2019) - 8.5
Body Swap is Freaky Friday meets Office Space, a low budget flick about a petite businesswoman and an overweight slacker who switch places. CJ works at Versa, finalizing the biggest deal in her company's history, while Casey is an unemployed 30-something who visits the company to receive his unemployment benefits. This is where the switch occurs.
As each other, they must work through some pretty crazy struggles, learning a lot about themselves along the way.
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