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23 Films People Are Sick Of Hearing About Because They're Just Not That Good

By Casey Rackham,

1 days ago

Recently, Reddit user u/NumanLover asked this question: " What masterpiece film do you actually not like nor understand why others do? "

Here are some of the most top-voted responses:

2. American Psycho (2000)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4D6BHR_0vxFIzZv00 — "I recently saw *American Psycho* for the first time and I thought it was great and very funny. But I have been told that it's not a comedy and I don't understand what other people are getting from it.
Edit: what I have learned from the comments is that the movie isn't a comedy, it's a dark ironic satire, it definitely is a comedy, the book is a comedy but the movie isn't, the movie is a comedy but the book isn't, and I should pretend I've never seen it and not mention it again."
— u/Distressed_finish
Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection

4. Oppenheimer (2023)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=18VU9g_0vxFIzZv00 — "Every time it felt like it was going to end it just...kept...going. You'd be like, 'Ah yes, it has been a long while and this looks like a nice place to concl- oh. Oh, ok sure.' And then another 1 hour and 20 minutes left for you to experience exactly that another three to five times."
— u/MirandaS2
Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection

6. Annie Hall (or any Woody Allen movie)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3E5iDX_0vxFIzZv00 — "I think some are OK, but I don't think they are as good as many people think they are."
— u/ZombeeSwarm
Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions / Courtesy Everett Collection

7. The English Patient (1996)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2wuDzb_0vxFIzZv00 — "Elaine was right."
— u/Sad-Sea-1930
Miramax/Courtesy Everett Collection

9. Interstellar (2014)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0uHqEn_0vxFIzZv00 — "Now don't get me wrong, I respect it cinematically and acting-wise, I can see why it was a masterpiece. But there was a time when on my dating profile I put that I liked more complex movies and every. single. guy. would ask how much I liked *Interstellar* . I didn't consider *Interstellar* complex in a film sense, more that it was complex in a science sense."
— u/ThrowRARAw
Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection

10. Inception (2010)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4QuFw2_0vxFIzZv00 — "I like *Inception* , but I think it has several flaws Nolan fans choose to ignore. The worst one is that most characters have very little personality or development. Cobb is by far the most developed and he's still not particularly complex or interesting. I genuinely think that Hans Zimmer's music does most of the heavy lifting, in terms of creating an emotional response in the viewer."
— u/A_Dog_Chasing_Cars
Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

11. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1OkphO_0vxFIzZv00 — "I watched this movie (AFTER having read the book) and asked myself, 'Who would understand this?' I'm a huge Arthur C. Clarke fan, but I sympathize with anyone who has only seen the movie."
— u/USAF6F171
MGM / Courtesy Everett Collection

12. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0kjDVu_0vxFIzZv00 — "I watched *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* recently and, despite the good performances that are present throughout, I found it dreadfully boring and not all that interesting, to be honest. I don't know if people consider it a masterpiece, or just good, but I honestly didn't like it all that much. Shame, because I love most of the actors who are in it."
— u/zackdaniels93
Focus Features/Courtesy Everett Collection

13. The Irishman (2019)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3cGwEg_0vxFIzZv00 — "It’s just boring AF."
— u/DMT-Mugen
Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection

14. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4UNtME_0vxFIzZv00 — "Most people seem to think *Breakfast at Tiffany's* is a wonderful picture. Even disregarding the Mickey Rooney silliness, I just find it mediocre."
— u/ltbugaf
Paramount Pictures

15. Crash (2005)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3BHUHQ_0vxFIzZv00 — "I wouldn't consider it a masterpiece, although it won Best Picture at the Oscars."
— u/IceSmiley
Lions Gate/Courtesy Everett Collection

16. Scarface (1983)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Uw1d5_0vxFIzZv00 — "The worst accents ever recorded on film. It is a shit movie and poorly acted."
— u/Pavementaled
Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection

17. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=41D0eA_0vxFIzZv00 — "I don't know what to think about this movie other than the fact that it semi-accurately represents 2008 4chan to a T."
— u/absolute4080120
Warner Bros. / Everett Collection

18. Boyhood (2014)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0mwX1W_0vxFIzZv00 — "I don't think I hate it — I like the concept, and I can't fault the acting throughout. But I just found it kinda boring."
— u/Agile-Ad8961
Diaphana Films / IFC Films / Courtesy Everett Collection

19. The Princess Bride (1987)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=03IWEO_0vxFIzZv00 — "It's an incredibly basic story. Yes, I have read the book as well. It just feels bland and basic to me. I love the actors in it, so I get that adds charm, but there isn't anything that stands out to me."
— u/Viperbunny
20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

20. The Royal Tenenbaums (or any Wes Anderson movie)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0xwoj3_0vxFIzZv00 — "I've liked some of his movies, but I feel like as time goes by, they are more and more about style over substance. He has such a distinct visual style that if you don't absolutely love it, the movies can get old pretty quickly. The writing is very of its (hipster-coded 2000s) time."
— u/hexensabbat
Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

21. The Big Lebowski (1998)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Ok7Qf_0vxFIzZv00 — "I kinda enjoyed it when I watched it with a group and got carried by the atmosphere, but my two attempts at watching it alone left me quite puzzled as to why the movie gets so much praise. It’s not horrible, but, in my view, it's just OK and definitely not great."
— u/lemoche
GramercyPictures / Everett Collection

22. Pulp Fiction (1994)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2OEYE1_0vxFIzZv00 — "Pulp Fiction felt like a handful of great five-minute throwaway scenes no one knew what to do with."
— u/Tthelaundryman
Miramax Films/ Courtesy: Everett Collection

23. Titanic (1997)

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=219zFm_0vxFIzZv00 — "It's a groundbreaking piece of melodramatic trash."
— u/Honorable_Cringetion
20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

What other movies do you think belong on this list? Let us know in the comments below!

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Peggy Taylor

1h ago

Never watched any of these films

Independent Free Thinker

7h ago

Just another overly opinionated article. There is a reason that some of these are such legends!

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