“Fifty Shades of Gray” (2015)
Given the source material, the fact that director Sam Taylor-Johnson and screenwriter Kelly Marcel managed to fashion a watchable movie out of E.L. James' one-handed read deserves some recognition. As the naïve waif who falls for a kinky billionaire, Dakota Johnson brings an unexpected degree of warmth and humor to a role that easily could have fallen flat. Though there's no denying its dubious origins, the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey" is cheeky and subversive enough to please audiences with a taste for glossy trash.