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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
The Best of Jim Henson's films
The brilliance of Jim Henson was that he could make schmaltz without seeming schmaltzy. This is an unabashedly sentimental movie (as one would expect a Christmas special to be) and it succeeds in drawing you into its sentiment, but it never loses that quirky edge that made his Muppets so much more interesting than most programming directed (ostensibly) at children. Who else could pull off making the antagonist an evil teddy bear who sings in a heavy metal band? Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas is my favorite Muppet movie.
Flash Gordon (1980)
The King of fun B movies
I would never dream of arguing that this is a well made movie. This is a terribly made movie. But it is a fun movie, one that I can watch over and over again. For sheer loopy spectacle and giddy over-the-top performances, you can't beat it.