There’s something about a box-office bomb that fires us all up. Sure, they may have flopped at the box office, but some of the greatest failures in film history ended up aging surprisingly well—some might even say gracefully. These are the cult favourites that took, well, more than a few years to catch on. Once they did, though, they more than earned their place in the annals of entertainment.
Some are campy, some are creative, some are artsy, and all are downright mesmerizing in some form or another. We’ve set our sights on some of the best bombs of all time, including Labyrinth, Idiocracy, Bottle Rocket, Dredd, and many more. Let us know which of these epic box-office fails was a big win for you!