The 20 Most Overrated Films Of All Time
November 30th, 2006 in Awards, Movies
Premiere magazine have announced their 20 Most Overrated Films Of All Time. In alphabetical order, here they are:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- American Beauty
- An American in Paris
- A Beautiful Mind
- Chariots Of Fire
- Chicago
- Clerks
- Easy Rider
- Fantasia
- Field Of Dreams
- Forrest Gump
- Gone With The Wind
- Good Will Hunting
- Jules and Jim
- Monster’s Ball
- Moonstruck
- Mystic River
- Nashville
- The Red Shoes
- The Wizard of Oz
Difficult to disagree with some of those choices. You ever tried to watch “American Beauty” a second time? It’s so pretentious. Less said about “A Beautiful Mind” the better. And surely “Chicago” didn’t deserve six oscars?
But I won’t have anyone rag on “Jules and Jim”, or “Gone With The Wind” or even “Clerks” for that matter. Anyone else see something they don’t think belongs on that list?
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November 30th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
“Clerks” is just two guys sitting in a convienance store talking! I don’t even think it makes sense for it to be overrated in the first place. What were they expecting? “Gone With The Wind”? Clearly not, since that made the list also.
I also don’t like “Wizard of Oz” making the list. Its a harmless kid’s movie, and like “Gone With The Wind”, such a hallmark of early filmmaking, it feels wrong to lump it in a category with overdrawn flicks like “American Beauty” and “A Beautiful Mind”.
December 1st, 2006 at 1:27 am
I’d replace “Forrest Gump” with “Million Dollar Baby” - everything is perfect
December 1st, 2006 at 2:59 pm
Movie critics are like Eunucs; they tell others what to do because they can’t do it themselves. The same applies to this list.
December 1st, 2006 at 5:25 pm
take out 2001 and put in Lost in Translation and it’s pretty definitive
December 1st, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Forrest Gump certainly isn’t overrated. Neither is A Beautiful Mind, nor American Beauty
December 1st, 2006 at 7:47 pm
Shakespeare in Love won best picture. What the hell for?
December 1st, 2006 at 9:52 pm
I think American Beauty is overrated, But Forrest Gump’s not its a great movie
December 1st, 2006 at 11:42 pm
For A Beautiful Mind to get nominated, let alone win, an Oscar is more than over-rating that piece of cynically assembled sentimental trash.
December 4th, 2006 at 9:54 pm
Eoin: Nevertheless, Russel Crowe did an amazing job.
December 4th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Armin: An amazing job…. at making me feel nauseous!!!
A (reasonably) good performance does not a good movie make.
A topic for debate?
January 3rd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
How can Titanic not be on this list? LA Confidential, Good Will Hunting (not at all overrated) were both vastly superior films that year. And the most overrated film of 1994 was not Forrest Gump, but the stylized trash that was Pulp Fiction.
Plus, I’ll throw out Hurricane (more fiction than fact, though supposedly based on a true story) and Training Day. I think Denzel Washington’s a great actor — should have got at least an Oscar nom for Philadelphia — but this two films were overhyped (good but far from remarkable).
But most agree that 2001 was snoozer. Never got it (and never will because I’m not sitting through that one again).
January 3rd, 2007 at 7:58 pm
2001 a snoozer? Never in my life have I had such an intense visual experience. The problem is that we’re too used to the current style of quick cuts every two seconds to fully appreciate the brilliance of 2001. And yes, it’s not exactly easy to get, but that’s what makes it great, it’s a film that makes you think, that makes you search for meaning, rather than being spoonfed like 99% of films these days.
June 19th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
How about Out Of Africa? I was out of the theater 40 minutes into the movie.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:50 am
I can’t believe that no one has said anything about The Wizard of Oz….. one of the best movies of all time…. this list is bogus if they put Oz on the list….
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:02 pm
the godfather should be in this list. most overrated movie ever!
June 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 pm
I don’t think 2001 should be there at all. Forrest Gump, as good as it is, was in retrospect insanely overrated. 13 Oscars nominations? Christ. Pulp Fiction barely got out of that award ceremony alive. And it’s a much better movie, in my and probably thousands of other people’s opinions. I also agree that The Godfather should be on the list. If my opinions make me look like a preening teenager that hates “Classic” films, so be it. Most teenagers today would probably stumble out of 2001 in a sleep-induced haze, because there wasn’t some glitzy pop crap to keep their 20-second attention span.
February 8th, 2008 at 6:07 am
I just can’t believe they have 20 films on here and managed to miss ‘The Matrix’.
March 12th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I hate everyone on here, 2001 belongs yes it was cool visually but honestly there is very little dialog and what the hell is the plot? to say godfather, american beauty, pulp fiction, forest gump, and a beautiful mind are over rated is blasphemy if your a true movie goer. Clerks is comical genius never mind the quick delivery of hilarious dialog. this list honestly was probably made by people who got offended by something doen or said in the film, well tough suck it up and let the rest of us enjoy, and next time look to movies like the english patient, the matrix, the godfather III, and many other movies that have gotten recognition where it wasn’t truly deserved.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
The list doesn’t make the mark. Too many great movies left out. How about a list of “20 best directors”?
April 6th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Clerks is defiantly over rated. people just say they love it to sound all, ‘look at me, i’m different, i don’t need a plot’ It was an okay movie, but it was slow, wasn’t really that funny, had zero plot, and the rants the guys go on are really nothing like what people really rant about and that’s supposedly its claim to fame or some shit like that.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Donnie Darko.
August 14th, 2008 at 1:44 am
it is a shame that lame actors can do movies and making millions of the crap they participating damn shame
mystic river is awesome movie, i agree about the rest
August 14th, 2008 at 1:45 am
kill them all
August 14th, 2008 at 1:49 am
only people with no self respect can watch movies like chikago damn guys stop mking shabby people rich
BY THE WAY, THE MATRIX TRILOGY IS THE MOST STUPID MOVIE AT ALL TIMES
August 14th, 2008 at 1:49 am
I LOVBE YA ALL KISSES
October 4th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Boogie Nights(I wanna beat them all with a skate)