Top Cannon Lists

I wanted to take this moment to thank you for sticking around with Cannon Cruisers for so many years. As a result of our six and a half years of operation we have had 300 episodes and covered about as many movies. It's been fun.

But we're not quite done yet!

There's still things we want to do, and future plans to discuss what we plan on doing next. That's right, we're not quite stopping with our 300th episode, but things will be a bit different when we get to that. It'll be interesting when it happens.

For now I want to share the complete lists we covered over the last couple of months of episodes, as well as some bonus ones just for today.

Stay tuned for next week when we discuss exactly what will be happening next. Until then, have a good one!

Top 100 Cannon Films

100. King Solomon's Mines
99. Making the Grade
98. Down Twisted
97. The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
96. River of Death
95. Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
94. The Barbarians
93. Sword of the Valiant
92. Seed of Innocence (aka Teen Mothers)
91. Body and Soul
90. Duet for One
89. Number One with a Bullet
88. Going Bananas
87. Street Smart
86. Surrender
85. Fool for Love
84. Thunder Alley
83. American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt
82. Delta Force 3: The Killing Game
81. The Wicked Lady
80. House of the Long Shadows
79. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
78. Firewalker
77. Keaton's Cop
76. Grace Quigley
75. Rappin'
74. Over the Brooklyn Bridge
73. Jean-Luc Godard's King Lear
72. Avenging Force
71. Link
70. Exterminator 2
69. The Last American Virgin
68. Rescue Me
67. Hellbound
66. Journey to the Center of the Earth
65. Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
64. The Naked Cage
63. Otello
62. Dutch Treat
61. Lambada
60. Street Knight
59. Hero and the Terror
58. Messenger of Death
57. Murphy's Law
56. The Hitman
55. Dangerously Close
54. Hercules
53. Sinbad of the Seven Seas
52. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning
51. Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
50. Fifty/Fifty
49. Chain of Command
48. American Cyborg: Steel Warrior
47. American Ninja V
46. Schizoid
45. Braddock: Missing in Action III
44. American Samurai
43. The Naked Face
42. Midnight Ride
41. That Championship Season
40. Ordeal by Innocence
39. American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
38. One More Chance
37. Rockula
36. 10 to Midnight
35. Cyborg
34. To the Death
33. Penitentiary III
32. Aladdin
31. Invaders from Mars
30. Hospital Massacre (aka X-Ray)
29. Evil Angels / A Cry in the Dark
28. Enter the Ninja
27. Barfly
26. Breakin'
25. Masters of the Universe
24. American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
23. Too Much
22. 52 Pick-Up
21. Shy People
20. New Year's Evil
19. Death Wish II
18. Tough Guys Don't Dance
17. The Delta Force
16. Over the Top
15. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
14. Alien from L.A.
13. Kickboxer
12. Love Streams
11. Missing in Action
10. The Apple
9. Invasion U.S.A.
8. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
7. Death Wish 3
6. Revenge of the Ninja
5. American Ninja
4. Lifeforce
3. Runaway Train
2. Ninja III: The Domination
1. Bloodsport

Individual lists

Randy's Top 25 Cannon List

1. Bloodsport

2. Ninja III: The Domination

3. Runaway Train

4. Lifeforce

5. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

6. Invasion U.S.A.

7. Love Streams

8. Alien from L.A.

9. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

10. Over the Top

11. To the Death

12. Death Wish II

13. Penitentiary III

14. Shy People

15. Barfly

16. Aladdin

17. New Year's Evil

18. Tough Guys Don't Dance

19. 10 to Midnight

20. Midnight Ride

21. Rockula

22. The Naked Face

23. Lambada

24. Masters of the Universe

25. Invaders from Mars

JD's Top 25 Cannon List

1. Bloodsport [1988]
2. American Ninja [1985]
3. Missing in Action [1984]
4. Runaway Train [1985]
5. Lifeforce [1985]
6. Love Streams [1984]
7. Revenge of the Ninja [1983]
8. Kickboxer [1989]
9. American Ninja 2: The Confrontation [1987]
10. Death Wish IV: The Crackdown [1987]
11. Invasion USA [1985]
12. 52 Pick Up [1986]
13. Death Wish III [1986]
14. Ninja III: The Domination [1984]
15. Masters of the Universe [1987]
16. Enter the Ninja [1981]
17. Over the Top [1987]
18. American Cyborg: Steel Warrior [1993]
19. American Samurai [1992]
20. Invaders from Mars [1986]
21. To the Death [1994]
22. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo [1984]
23. Cyborg [1989]
24. Fifty / Fifty [1992]
25. The Delta Force [1986]

Randy's Top 5 Overlooked Cannon Movies

1. To the Death

2. American Ninja V

3. Midnight Ride

4. Rockula

5. Dutch Treat

JD's Top 5 Overlooked Cannon Movies

1. To the Death

2. Fifty/Fifty

3. Midnight Ride

4. Invaders from Mars

5. Sinbad of the Seven Seas

Randy's Top 5 Worst Cannon Movies

1. Bolero

2. America 3000

3. Hanna's War

4. Gor / Outlaw of Gor (Tied)

5. Terminal Bliss

JD's Top 5 Worst Cannon Movies

1. Bolero

2. Doin' Time on Planet Earth

3. Three Kinds of Heat

4. Thunder Run

5. America 3000

Up Next: The big update!

Episode 170 - Cannon Countdown: Top 100 Cannon Movies! [Part 5]

This is it! We've finally made it to the end!

This is our 300th overall episode, and our last traditional Cannon Cruisers episode. In this one we finally settle on the Top 25, as well as give out each of our own personal lists for Top 25 Cannon movies. It's an extra long finale as we wrap up the old series with style.

What comes next? Well, keep your eyes on the blog for that. Over the next two weeks I will be putting up new posts on the blog putting up the text version of our lists and then a more detailed description of what we'll be doing next.

Long story short, Cannon Cruisers will still be around, just in a slightly different form. But that will come later.

For now, enjoy this finale episode. It's been a long time coming. Thank you for sticking with us over the years! It's been a blast and we can't wait to show you what comes next.

Keep cruising that Cannon (and Non-Cannon) catalog, and we'll see you soon!

Up Next: A post featuring all the Cannon lists!

Episode 169 - Cannon Countdown: Top 100 Cannon Movies! [Part 4]

Welcome back to out final list of Cannon movies! This episode is a bit shorter than the last few as we narrow down the list leading up to the Top 25 films. You can think of this one as more of an episode where we sweep it up.

There isn't much longer to go, however. After today all that is left is to assemble our Top 25 Cannon Films and decide just what belongs where. So jump on in and listen as we struggle to figure out how to get there. It's a blast.

Once again, thank you for spending so many episodes with us. We never thought we'd make it this far, and yet here we are. Only just a bit further to go!

Up Next: The finale!

Episode 168 - Cannon Countdown: Top 100 Cannon Movies! [Part 3]

One again we dive into this list of ours, and seek to find some organization among the madness, Today we seek some clarity among the 50 titles we have left. How does one even start to imagine what will make it higher? This is the point where we start making more difficult decisions and really digging into why we like them.

Since we've been doing this since 2017, we've watched a lot of Cannon movies and related movies and we've learned an appreciation for films of that era. It's hard to imagine even being able to have this conversation at all back then, never mind choosing the flicks to do today. It took this long just to truly get why we look doing what we do.

As always, check out today's episode to find out just what we think about these movies from infamous studio whose reputation only improves by the year. There's still two more episodes to go. Tune in to learn just what makes the list!

Up Next: Part 4!

Episode 167 - Cannon Countdown: Top 100 Cannon Movies! [Part 2]

Welcome back! In this second episode of our special countdown episodes we finally reach our consensus on the bottom 50 as we decide what doesn't quite make the cut from last time. With this episode we are more or less halfway there!

This episode is a bit less controversial than last time, but we still make some surprising additions I didn't quite expect when cobbling this together.

As always check out today's much longer than usual episode to figure out just what we consider makes the divide on our list between the top and bottom Cannon movies of all time! You might be shocked.

Up Next: Part 3!

Episode 166 - Cannon Countdown: Top 100 Cannon Movies! [Part 1]

Welcome to the Cannon Countdown!

In this episode we go over what we would consider our favorite movies Cannon Films put out! We go over all the Cannon movies we have covered in the over six years we've been doing this and decide which ones will make the list.

That's right, it's time to decide, what are the 100 best Cannon movies? Join us in this first edition as we go over the basic list to choose what does and doesn't make the first round of cuts. Do your favorites make it? Tune in and find out!

This is going to take a few episodes!

Up Next: Part 2!

Non-Cannon ~ Episode 130 - Our Top Twenty-Five Non-Cannon Films!

We're going back deep! This is the final Non-Cannon episode! What will make the cut? In this episode we discuss our favorites from the past half decade+ of Cannon Cruisers to decide just what is the best of the best!

Our lists might surprise you!

For those who wish to see the full list in print, you can find it below. Thank you for listening and enjoy today's extra long episode! We did not expect it to be so long.

Randy's favorite Non-Cannon movies

1. Used Cars

2. Tombstone

3. Heat

4. Groundhog Day

5. Assault on Precinct 13

6. Innerspace

7. Romancing the Stone

8. Tremors

9. Toy Soldiers

10. Gremlins 2

11. Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

12. Radioactive Dreams

13. Deadly Games Dial Code Santa Claus

14. Highlander

15. Midnight Run

16. Poltergeist

17. Big Trouble in Little China

18. Heavyweights

19. Alien Private Eye

20. New York Ninja

21. The Lost Boys

23. Extreme Prejudice

22. The Hidden

24. Manhattan Project

25. In the Mouth of Madness

JD's favorite Non-Cannon movies

1. Streets of Fire

2. Tombstone

3. Assault on Precinct 13

4. Heat

5. Big Trouble in Little China

6. The Warriors

7. Commando

8. The Hidden

9. The Miami Connection

10. Cobra

11. Groundhog Day

12. Radioactive Dreams

13. Tremors

14. Extreme Prejudice

15. Lone Wolf McQuade

16. In the Mouth of Madness

17. Innerspace

18. Romancing the Stone

19. Escape from New York

20. Highlander

21. Road House

22. Gremlins 2: the New Batch

23. Camp Nowhere

24. Sidekicks

25. Eliminators

Up Next: Our Big 5-part Cannon Finale!

Episode 160 - Season 08 Wrap-Up! [Part Two]

 

Welcome to the second half of our long season ending episode! In this one we cover near 25 films. It was a very, very long season as we went through so many movies, so stick around for the back half of this lineup to see what you might have missed.

This is an extra stuffed episode, so please enjoy. After this we will be doing a new special series to prepare for out big finale to come. Thank you for sticking around so long and we will see you next week for more movies!

Cannon Cruisers is not quite done yet!

Up Next: Maximum Overdrive!

Episode 159 - Season 08 Wrap-Up! [Part One]

That's write, this hour long episode is only part one in our big season finale for Cannon! Since we covered over 50(!) movies in this season alone, we decided to split this episode in half. Next week you will be able to hear the rest of our conversation as we delve into the best and worst Cannon movies in this extra long never-ending season!

I promise the episode is nowhere near as endless as the season itself was. No, we had a pretty good time talking. We covered just about everything we could over these fifty films and as brief a coversation as possible.

Check out today's episode to see just how it went!

Up Next: Season 08 Wrap-Up Part 2!

Non-Cannon ~ Episode 116 - Season 08 Wrap-Up!

We've finally made it to the end of this incredibly long eighth season of Cannon Cruisers! Instead of our usual Cannon movie round up, we decided to first start with our Non-Cannon episodes. Those (yes, it's more than one) will be saved for next week. In this episode the two of us cover 30+ Non-Cannon movies and talk for an hour!

Hope you're ready to settle in. It's a long one!

Up Next: Season 08 Cannon Wrap-Up Part One!

Non-Cannon ~ Episode 85 - Season 07 Wrap-Up!

Finishing up our work from 2021, check out our end of season episode for the Non-Cannon movies we covered! We decided to split this into two episodes to make them more digestible, but they are nonetheless each packed with plenty of content.

After our big summer special we decided it might be best to give a look back its own individual special to focus on, on top of the other Non-Cannon episodes we covered. As always, check the episode above for our full thoughts!

That is all for season 7! We will be taking the next two weeks off to hopefully get a new backlog of episodes for you to enjoy. Season 8 is just around the corner!

Until then, have a good January!

Up Next: The Warriors!

Episode 107 - Season 07 Wrap-Up!

Welcome to 2022!

For our first episode of the year, we present to you our season finale for season 7! It was a long road to get here where we covered a lot of films this year. In 2021, we actually covered more movies in a year than we ever have before. Because of that, we decided to split our Non-Cannon movies off into another episode that will be up next week. Today, it's Cannon only!

We once again want to thank you for tuning is for over four years, and hope you'll stick with us to the bitter end. It's been a long road, and we've still got some ground left to cover. Thanks for sticking around through 2021.

Here's to a great new year!

Up Next: Non-Cannon Wrap-Up!

Episode 91 - Season 06 Wrap-Up

We finally made it!

After over a year in production, and many real world events, Cannon Cruisers season 6 has finally been brought to a close. It's been a long journey, and we are glad to finally move on to the next season and bit of Cannon Films history.

Check out this extra long episode as we wrap it up in style. Can we even remember everything we covered? you'll have to tune in to find out!

As for what's next, we will be taking a two week break before returning with another short special. Pay attention to the episode above if you wish to have a hint as to what it might be. If you've been watching since the beginning then you might have guessed this was coming.

Until then, have a good two weeks. We'll be back before you know it.

Up Next: Assault on Precinct 13!

Episode 75 - Season 05 Wrap-Up

That's another season in the bag!

Join us as we go through our recap of the previous season and discuss what we enjoyed the most over Cannon's 1988. As usual we go through what we enjoyed, and what we didn't, among this set of movies and hint at what's next to come.

Of course, as usual there will be no new episode for two weeks, but you might still find a surprise or two on this feed in the meantime. I think I'm about due for another written entry. At the same time, have a Teespring page! It's not much, with just one shirt, but it is something. It contains the logo I designed above. We just hit episode 75, so just wait until we hit 100! It's going to be great. Good times ahead.

Stay tuned as we continue our cruise through the Cannon catalog for gems and junk alike. We're not stopping any time soon!



Up Next: A Surprise!

Episode 61 - Season 04 Wrap-Up

Well here we are at the end of another great season of Cannon Cruisers! I hope're all having a good time, as we had quite the kick going over every movie we covered over the season.

But don't you fret, we aren't done yet. After a two week break we'll be back with a new summer season of non-cannon movies for you to enjoy. We've picked quite the strange set this time, and you will hardly be able to guess any of them.

But for now enjoy our completely unedited finale for season 4. Up next we move on to Cannon's latter years!



Up Next: Another summer special!

Episode 47 - Season 03 Wrap-Up

And with this we leave you with our final episode of season 3, and halfway point for Cannon Cruisers as a whole. It's amazing that we made it this far. However, we have many more works to cover. Please stick with us along the way.

Once again, enjoy this unedited one hour discussion over B-movies. Over 20 movies are included within. We went all in on this one.

We will be back in two weeks for season 4! Until then, thank you for watching!


Up Next: Season 4!

Episode 32 - Season 02 Wrap-Up

This season was a might bit shorter than the last, but we ended up packing the most 1985 Cannon content we could in one season. It was a wild ride, so enjoy our rambling, unedited thoughts on everything season 2.

Season 3 will cover 1986 in Cannon's history, which is probably their most important with the most high profile releases in the studio's history. It is also the year the wheels began to come off. But w'll be to that when we get to it. For now, please enjoy this episode.

That's a wrap on season 2. It's been fun, and we're just getting started! We promise that season 3 will be even better.


Up Next: The Miami Connection

Episode 18 - Season 01 Wrap-Up

And with this episode we reach the end of our first season.

This has been an interesting project for us so far. We started Cannon Cruisers purely for a project that celebrated a forgotten era of film and ended up surprised at what we ran into. Movies were a very different beast back in the 1980s than they are now. As pieces of pure entertainment, good or bad, there was very little about this season that wasn't fun to do on a least some level.

We ended up seeing a lot of different films which helped put this time period in perspective. Season ended up covering Cannon's genre films from 1980 to 1984, almost half the decade. This was because Cannon mostly focused on re-releasing foreign films for much of this time or co-producing with other studios while having little involvement themselves. But future seasons should be much different. As of season 2 we'll be covering each year in a season until we reach then end of the '80s. As you can imagine, this means there will be many more movies to cover.

And yes, this is confirmation that Cannon Cruisers will be continuing. Season 2 should begin in March after a quick break and catch up on other projects we are working on.

But until then we leave you with our season wrap up episode where we ramble unedited for an hour and say a lot of things we probably regretted later.

Enjoy, and we'll see you in season 2!