This list includes Made-for-TV movies, mini-series and Direct-to-DVD releases only if they were aired on TV. The other criteria are I have to have seen the movie and it had to be released between the years 2000 – 2009; this is a decade list.





The best worst made-for-TV films:

They may not be Academy Award winning but these were so bad that they are good… or at least cult favorites.


10. Man with the Screaming Brain (2005) – Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi
9.5. Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (2002) – Creator, writer J. Michael Straczynski. Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins, Peter Woodward.
9. Babylon 5: The Lost Tales (2006) – Creator, writer J. Michael Straczynski. Dylan Neal, Andreas Katsulas (RIP), Alex Zahara
8. Alien Apocalypse (2005) – Bruce Campbell
7. Abominable (2006) – Jeffrey Combs
6. Dinocroc (2004) – Costas Mandylor, Max Perlich
5. Terminal Invasion (2002) – Bruce Campbell, Chase Masterson
4. Manticore (2005) – Chase Masterson, Robert Beltran
3. Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy (2005) – Jeffrey Combs
2. S.S. Doomtrooper (2006) – Corin Nemec
1. Mansquito (2005) – Corin Nemec

Best mini-series or made-for-TV films:

15. Earthsea (2004) – Kristin Kreuk, Shawn Ashmore, Isabella Rossellini, Danny Glover
14. Alice (2009) – Caterina Scorsone, Andrew Lee Potts, Matt Frewer
13. Virtuality (2009) – Written by Ronald D. Moore. Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson.
12. The Triangle (2005) – Eric Stoltz, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips
11. Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (2009) – Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin, David DeLuise
10. Lathe of Heaven (2002) – James Caan, Lukas Haas, Lisa Bonet.
9. Tin Man (2007) – Zooey Deschanel, Alan Cumming, Neal McDonough.
8. Beyond Re-Animator (2003) – Jeffrey Combs
*7. Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009) – John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Kai Owen
*6. The Prisoner (2009) – James Caviezel, Ian McKellen, Lennie James
5. The Lost Room (2006) – Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson.
4. Children of Dune (2003) – Alec Newman, Edward Atterton, Ian McNeice, James McAvoy
3. The Librarian Series (2004, 2006, 2008) – Noah Wyle, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin
2. Taken (2002) – Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg. Joel Gretsch, Dakota Fanning, Heather Donahue, Julie Benz, Matt Frewer
1. Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) – Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe

*Forgot to add these in the original post.