10 Underappreciated Movies That Should Have Inspired Franchises

7. The Stupids (1996)

the stupids Before reading any further, please note this film stars Tom Arnold. Now if you happen to still be reading, The Stupids was a comedy film released in 1996 focusing on the lives of a suburban family named the Stupids - Stanley, Joan, Buster, and Petunia - who are alarmed by the fact that their garbage keeps getting "stolen", so they set out to find the perpetrator. Not surprisingly, the movie was savaged by critics, but come on, it's called The Stupids. What were they expecting, Ben-Hur?
 
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