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Most Overrated Movies of All Time

by ncrules • Created 13 years ago • Modified 13 years ago
These are all my opinions, of course. I do think a lot of these are great movies, but they are so much more hyped by both the public and the Academy than they deserve to be.
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  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    1. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (346K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
  • Natalie Portman in Black Swan (2010)

    2. Black Swan

    20101h 48mR79Metascore
    8.0 (859K)
    Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
    DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent Cassel
  • Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

    3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    20012h 58mPG-1392Metascore
    8.9 (2.1M)
    A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
    DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando Bloom
    All the trilogy.
  • Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (1989)

    4. Dead Poets Society

    19892h 8mPG79Metascore
    8.1 (591K)
    Maverick teacher John Keating returns in 1959 to the prestigious New England boys' boarding school where he was once a star student, using poetry to embolden his pupils to new heights of self-expression.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsRobin WilliamsRobert Sean LeonardEthan Hawke
  • Michael Cera and Elliot Page in Juno (2007)

    5. Juno

    20071h 36mPG-1381Metascore
    7.4 (562K)
    Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.
    DirectorJason ReitmanStarsElliot PageMichael CeraJennifer Garner
  • Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)

    6. Amélie

    20012h 2mR70Metascore
    8.3 (818K)
    Despite being caught in her imaginative world, young waitress Amelie decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey during which she finds true love.
    DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufus
  • Kevin Spacey, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, and Wes Bentley in American Beauty (1999)

    7. American Beauty

    19992h 2mR84Metascore
    8.3 (1.2M)
    A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
    DirectorSam MendesStarsKevin SpaceyAnnette BeningThora Birch
  • The Shining (1980)

    8. The Shining

    19802h 26mR68Metascore
    8.4 (1.2M)
    A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny Lloyd
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    9. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (753K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • Woody Allen and Diane Keaton in Annie Hall (1977)

    10. Annie Hall

    19771h 33mPG92Metascore
    7.9 (284K)
    Alvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonTony Roberts
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

    11. The Bourne Ultimatum

    20071h 55mPG-1385Metascore
    8.0 (671K)
    Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.
    DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsMatt DamonEdgar RamírezJoan Allen
    The entire series but this one mostly.
  • Robin Williams and Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting (1997)

    12. Good Will Hunting

    19972h 6mR71Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    Will Hunting, a janitor at MIT, has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
    DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen Affleck
  • Amadeus (1984)

    13. Amadeus

    19842h 40mPG87Metascore
    8.4 (449K)
    The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth Berridge
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

    14. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    19772h 18mPG90Metascore
    7.6 (225K)
    An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRichard DreyfussFrançois TruffautTeri Garr
  • Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci in Goodfellas (1990)

    15. Goodfellas

    19902h 25mR92Metascore
    8.7 (1.3M)
    The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobert De NiroRay LiottaJoe Pesci

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