The Most Critically Loved & Hated Movies Of All Time

[Jello Biafra]

A guy at io9 took all of the ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and came up with these two lists of the 6 most critically acclaimed and 6 most critically reviled movies of all time. The results were a bit of a shock.

MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED

1. Seven Samurai


2. 12 Angry Men


3. Sanjuro


4. Rashomon


5. Yojimbo


6. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly



MOST CRITICALLY HATED

1. Surviving Christmas


2. Police Academy 5


3. Epic Movie


4. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace


5. Brother's Justice


6. Disaster Movie



Got an awful lot of Kurosawa on that critically acclaimed list. And I didn't even realize anyone took the time to review Police Academy 5.

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

4/5 are black and white

We need an updated list.

 

[BonafideDefacto]

Critically Loved

Shawshank Redemption

If you don't love this movie then you have shytty movie taste
Never met a person who didn't like this movie which is a first for a non comedy...

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[BuyandSave]

I can't bring myself to watch old movies. I know that I'm most likely missing out but I just can't bring myself into that state of mind of turning something black and white on and not automatically being bored. I was forced to watch "some like it hot" in film class one time and actually enjoyed it, though.

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

Critically Loved

Shawshank Redemption

If you don't love this movie then you have shytty movie taste
Never met a person who didn't like this movie which is a first for a non comedy...

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there's no way i can even continue the conversation if somebody told me they don't like this movie

 

[Adam3000]

Seven Samurai is worthy of the top spot. Not saying it is my favorite, but it is worthy.

 

[the cac mamba]

4/5 are black and white

We need an updated list.

and japanese, who the fukk knows any of those movies

 

[Bobhoward]

4/5 are black and white

We need an updated list.

Kurosawa influenced basically every successful film director in the 1970s and largely shaped movies as we know them today.

Star Wars was essentially an American remake of the Hidden Fortress set in space.

 

[kingdarius]

black and white movies?

 

[Bobhoward]

and japanese, who the fukk knows any of those movies

the director of your favorite movie

 

[FlyRy]

and japanese, who the fukk knows any of those movies

real film heads do. tons of great b&w movies from the 30s-60s.

step your film game up.

way better than the trash of today

yojimbo and rashomon been in my hulu queue for months

 

[Uncle_Ruckus]

List should look more like this...


1. The Godfather/The Godfather Part 2
2. Star Wars: A New Hope/The Empire Strike Back
3. The Dark Knight/The Matrix
4. Pulp FIction/Inception
5. Goodfellas/City of God

 

[the cac mamba]

the director of your favorite movie

took me a sec to realize that was a "your favorite rappers favorite rapper" comment

 

[masteryourbation]

The Kurosawa shade in this thread, I can't...

But seriously 4 Akira movies and the magnum opus of Akira's biggest fan?

Honestly, Fistful of Dollars >> Yojimbo.

 

[Liz Rod]

List should look more like this...


1. The Godfather/The Godfather Part 2
2. Star Wars: A New Hope/The Empire Strike Back
3. The Dark Knight/The Matrix
4. Pulp FIction/Inception
5. Goodfellas/City of God

All of these movies stink.