The 30 most divisive movies of the 21st Century so far: Inculding Ghostbusters, Suicide Squad, and Birdman
Also The Room (2003), Boyhood and Napoleon Dynamite
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Your support makes all the difference.Before the advent of the Internet, film reviews were primarily written only by those privileged few film critics who worked for publications.
However, thanks to the likes of IMDB and Taste, anyone can write a review of a film that can be read by anyone with access to the World Wide Web.
Using data from the latter of those two websites, Obscure Movie Stats (via Indie Wire) compiled a list of the most polarising films of the 21st Century.
Topping the list is The Room. Not the critically acclaimed, Brie Larson-starring film released last year, but the 2003 Tommy Wiseau-produced/directed/starring film that has since developed a cult following. A film about the making of The Room is set for release later this year, starring James Franco, Seth Rogan, and Zac Efron.
In second is the recent Ghostbusters reboot, notable for featuring an all-female cast. Third is Suicide Squad, DC’s latest superhero film which received negative reviews from critics but many fans loved (Batman v Superman falls into sixth place).
Other notable inclusions on the list are Birdman (the Oscar-winning, Michael Keaton-starring satirical comedy), Boyhood (another Oscar winner), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Napoleon Dynamite.
The full list as follows:
30.) Crank: High Voltage
29.) Jupiter Ascending
28.) Synecdoche, New York
27.) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
26.) Napoleon Dynamite
25.) Punch-Drunk Love
24.) The Fountain
23.) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
22.) Nymphomaniac: Volume II
21.) Boyhood
20.) Brüno
19.) Paranormal Activity
18.) Under the Skin
17.) Team America: World Police
16.) Lucy
15.) Only God Forgives
14.) White Chicks
13.) The Passion of the Christ
12.) Borat
11.) Sucker Punch
10.) Dogville
09.) Birdman
08.) The Assassin
07.) Saw
06.) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
05.) Spring Breakers
04.) The Tree of Life
03.) Suicide Squad
02.) Ghostbusters
01.) The Room
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