Movies I think are overrated
by BlackholeTraveller | created - 08 Feb 2011 | updated - 06 Feb 2012 | PublicA short list of movies that darn many people seem to like or think that they are good movie - but not me. To show you that I'm kinda right I compared my score to the ones from moviepilot.de, it's a German movie-rating-website, where you can rate and comment all the movies you have seen. CR = Average critics rating, COM = Average community rating. Critics are professional critics both from German-speaking countries and also some American critics are included... Being a lazy person, I included also some movies where I simply compare IMDB-User-Rating vs. my rating. Maybe I'll update that list later.
Just to add one more thing: Not all movies are really bad, but ones like "Brick" or "Cruel Intentions" have a general good rating, what I can't really understand. But must I know everything? To like or not to like movies is not science, everybody is entitled to his/her opinion, IF it is justified in some way.
This list has no particular order yet. For a ranking I'll do it this way: Add up the 4 rating numbers, devide it by 4 and then we've got the difference. :)
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- MCR = Moviepilot.de Critics-Rating
- MCOM = Moviepilot.de Community-Rating
- IMDU = IMDB.com User-Rating
- META = Metascore
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1. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 192,179
ME = 2,5/10
MCR = 7.6/10
MCOM = 7.5/10
IMDU = 7.8/10
META = 7.6/10
7.63 - 2,5 = 5.13
2. Cars (2006)
G | 116 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn't everything in life.
Directors: John Lasseter, Joe Ranft | Stars: Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Paul Newman, Larry the Cable Guy
Votes: 470,100 | Gross: $244.08M
ME = 2/10
MCR = 5.9/10
MCOM = 6.0/10
IMDU = 7.4/10
META = 7.3/10
6.65 - 2.0 = 4.65
3. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
PG | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A protege of the magician Merlin must train his teacher's successor - an introverted but resourceful physics prodigy - in the art of sorcery to prevent the return of Morgana le Fay.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer
Votes: 170,018 | Gross: $63.15M
ME = 1/10
MCR = 5.4/10
MCOM = 6.2/10
IMDU = 6.2/10
META = 4.6/10
5.60 - 1.0 = 4.60
4. I, Robot (2004)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Alan Tudyk
Votes: 575,452 | Gross: $144.80M
ME = 2/10
MCR = 6.2/10
MCOM = 6.9/10
IMDU = 7.0/10
META = 5.9/10
6.5 - 2.0 = 4,50
5. Thor (2011)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Fantasy
The powerful but arrogant god Thor is cast out of Asgard to live amongst humans in Midgard (Earth), where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston
Votes: 900,272 | Gross: $181.03M
ME = 2/10,
MCR = 6.4/10
MCOM = 6.6/10
IMDU = 7.1/10
META = 5.7/10
6,45 - 2,0 = 4,45
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 719,603 | Gross: $56.95M
ME = 4.5/10
MCR = 8.2/10
MCOM = 6.7/10
IMDU = 8.4/10
META = 8.6/10
7,98 - 4,5 = 3,48
7. Event Horizon (1997)
R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson
Votes: 197,201 | Gross: $26.67M
ME = 2,5/10
MCR = 6.5/10
MCOM = 7.0/10
IMDU = 6.4/10
META = 3.50/10
5.85 - 2.50 = 3.35
8. Brick (2005)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Meagan Good
Votes: 110,056 | Gross: $2.06M
ME = 4/10
MCR = 7.1/10
MCOM = 7.4/10
IMDU = 7.5/10
META = 7.2/10
7.3 - 4.0 = 3.30
9. Last Action Hero (1993)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.
Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance
Votes: 163,848 | Gross: $50.02M
ME = 2,5/10
MCR = 6.1/10
MCOM = 6/10
IMDU = 5.9/10
META = 4.4/10
5.60 - 2.5 = 3.10
10. Hot Rod (2007)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Sport
Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life - to clear fifteen buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation.
Director: Akiva Schaffer | Stars: Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Ian McShane, Jorma Taccone
Votes: 93,413 | Gross: $13.92M
ME = 3.5/10
MCR = 8.0/10
MCOM = 7.3/10
IMDU = 6.5/10
META = 4.3/10
6,53 - 3,50 = 3,03
11. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.
Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack
Votes: 83,113 | Gross: $44.28M
ME = 2/10
MCR = 4.4/10
MCOM = 5.2/10
IMDU = 5.6/10
META = 3.8/10
4,75 - 2,0 = 2,75
12. Cruel Intentions (1999)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Two vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster's daughter before the start of term.
Director: Roger Kumble | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair
Votes: 205,192 | Gross: $38.77M
ME = 4/10
MCR = 6.3/10
MCOM = 7.1/10
IMDU = 6.8/10
META = 5.6/10
6.45 - 4.0 = 2.45
13. 2012 (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet
Votes: 397,895 | Gross: $166.11M
ME = 2/10, CR = 5.4/10, COM = 6.2/10
14. Idiocracy (2006)
R | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Corporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews
Votes: 182,392 | Gross: $0.44M
ME = 1/10, CR = 6.0/10, COM = 6.4/10
15. The Final Destination (2009)
R | 82 min | Horror, Thriller
A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.
Director: David R. Ellis | Stars: Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Andrew Fiscella, Bobby Campo
Votes: 115,089 | Gross: $66.48M
ME = 0/10, CR = 4.4/10, COM = 5.2/10
16. Twilight (I) (2008)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Sarah Clarke
Votes: 487,623 | Gross: $192.77M
ME = 0/10, CR = 4.4/10, COM = 5.2/10
17. Vollidiot (2007)
102 min | Comedy
29-year-old Simon works in a phone shop, but his thoughts circle around finding a new girlfriend after being left by his last one year ago. However, he finds the woman of his dreams in his most-hated coffee shop.
Director: Tobi Baumann | Stars: Oliver Pocher, Oliver Fleischer, Ellenie Salvo González, Anke Engelke
Votes: 2,454
ME = 0,5/10, CR = 5.3/10, COM = 4.7/10
18. The Hangover (2009)
R | 100 min | Comedy
Three buddies wake up from a bachelor party in Las Vegas, with no memory of the previous night and the bachelor missing. They make their way around the city in order to find their friend before his wedding.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms
Votes: 846,513 | Gross: $277.32M
ME = 3/10, CR = 6.7/10, COM = 7.7/10
19. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
PG-13 | 149 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 428,537 | Gross: $402.11M
ME = 1/10, CR = 3.3/10, COM = 6.3/10
20. Mamma Mia! (2008)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.
Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 274,384 | Gross: $144.13M
ME = 2/10, CR = 6.5/10, COM = 5.9/10
21. Click (2006)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff
Votes: 356,799 | Gross: $137.36M
ME = 3,5/10, CR = 5/10, COM = 6.1/10
22. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds, Danny Huston
Votes: 530,627 | Gross: $179.88M
ME = 2,5/10, CR = 5.4/10, COM = 6.9/10
23. Accepted (2006)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Director: Steve Pink | Stars: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively, Adam Herschman
Votes: 140,031 | Gross: $36.32M
ME = 3/10, CR = 6.4/10, COM = 6.4/10
24. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen
Votes: 458,864 | Gross: $217.54M
ME = 4/10, CR = 4.9/10, COM = 6.3/10
25. Tropic Thunder (2008)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, War
Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kahn
Votes: 448,130 | Gross: $110.52M
ME = 4/10, CR = 7.0/10, COM = 6.4/10
26. Hide and Seek (2005)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace, at first, in her imaginary friend.
Director: John Polson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue
Votes: 88,785 | Gross: $51.10M
ME = 3/10, CR = 2.8/10, COM = 6.1/10
27. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
PG | 129 min | Drama, Romance
Sparks fly when spirited Elizabeth Bennet meets single, rich, and proud Mr. Darcy. But Mr. Darcy reluctantly finds himself falling in love with a woman beneath his class. Can each overcome their own pride and prejudice?
Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 330,764 | Gross: $38.41M
ME = 3,5/10, CR = 6.4/10, COM = 7/10
28. Sunshine (2007)
R | 107 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 267,495 | Gross: $3.68M
ME = 4/10, CR = 6.2/10, COM = 6.9/10
29. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Devastated Peter takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know, Sarah's traveling to the same resort as her ex - and she's bringing along her new boyfriend.
Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Mila Kunis
Votes: 302,481 | Gross: $63.17M
ME = 2/10, CR = 6.5/10, COM = 6.5/10
30. Speed Racer (2008)
PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, Nicholas Elia
Votes: 78,442 | Gross: $43.95M
ME = 1/10, CR = 6/10, COM = 5/10
31. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 299,371 | Gross: $57.39M
ME = 3/10, CR = 7.7/10, COM = 6.6/10
32. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Thriller
John McClane and a young hacker join forces to take down master cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Washington D.C.
Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q
Votes: 420,679 | Gross: $134.53M
ME = 4,5/10, CR = 6.7/10, COM = 7.3/10
33. The Girl Next Door (2004)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.
Director: Luke Greenfield | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Downs, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant
Votes: 239,810 | Gross: $14.59M
ME = 2,5/10, CR = 6.2/10, COM = 6.5/10
34. I Am Legend (2007)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Votes: 814,344 | Gross: $256.39M
ME = 3,5/10, CR = 5.7/10, COM = 6.9/10
35. The Good Girl (2002)
R | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
Director: Miguel Arteta | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, Deborah Rush, Mike White
Votes: 47,433 | Gross: $14.02M
ME = 2,5/10, CR = 5.5/10, COM = 5.7/10
36. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
R | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 630,671 | Gross: $281.49M
ME = 2/10, CR = 5.8/10, COM = 6.4/10
37. The Sting (1973)
PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning
Votes: 279,930 | Gross: $159.60M
ME = 4.0/10
MCR = 7.9/10
MCOM = 7.7/10
IMDU = 8.4/10
3.97 - 4.00 = 3.97
38. 11:14 (2003)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The events leading up to an 11:14 p.m. car crash, from five very different perspectives.
Director: Greg Marcks | Stars: Henry Thomas, Colin Hanks, Ben Foster, Patrick Swayze
Votes: 50,062
ME = 2.5/10
MCR = 6.9/10
MCOM = 7.3/10
IMDU = 7.2/10
7.13 - 2.5 = 4.63
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