This film was made to succeed because it starred Russel Crowe and Ryan Gosling, but it somehow failed. The film is a hilarious comedy that sends a private investigator and a hired enforcer to solve a very mysterious disappearance. The P.I.’s daughter gets involved and the group ends up in some pretty seedy places. Rotten Tomatoes gave his film a 92% freshness rating.
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Judge Dredd should have pulled people to the big screen due to its action sequences, but something happened. Not many people knew it was in theaters. It doesn’t help that the trailer didn’t do a great job selling the film. It’s become a cult classic, but it deserves more. It stars Karl Urban as Judge Dredd and Lena Headey from Game of Thrones.
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Pete’s Dragon doesn’t look like much on the outside, but there’s so much more to the movie than meets the eye. It fell to the wayside thanks to big-money blockbusters, but what really made it suffer was the fact that the fans of the original had moved on. It’s a great family film that touches your heart. It’s earned an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Sucker Punch was panned by critics, which probably chased away any chance of an audience. It doesn’t help that it was completely unfamiliar to most audiences, but it’s worth a watch. It’s directed by Zack Snyder, who also directed Watchmen, Wonder Woman, and Dawn of the Dead. It’s about a girl who was wrongfully locked up in an insane asylum. She imagines a way to escape in creative measures that makes an incredibly action-packed film. Sounds weird, we know, but you’ll understand when you see it.
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Something about fantasy turns audiences away, but Tomorrowland is a great film. It suffered most from false advertising. Those who saw the trailer expected a fantasy city at the peak of society. What they got was a city that was dilapidated. Audiences felt betrayed, and justly so, but that doesn’t mean the actual film was bad. Critics hated it, but most audiences that watch it tend to enjoy it quite a bit. Overall, 89% of Google users have enjoyed this film.
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Those that have seen Iron Giant will often say it’s the saddest movie they’ve ever seen, but it’s also one of the best cartoon films ever made. It has a staggering 96% rotten tomatoes rating, so what went wrong? The studio didn’t want to promote it thanks to the failure of Quest for Camelot, so it pulled back on marketing. The movie is about a young boy who happens upon a giant alien made of metal. It’s the boy's job to protect the giant from others that want to destroy the sweet-hearted giant.
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If you haven’t seen 1985’s Clue, you’re seriously missing out. It’s the film adaption of the board game and features some extremely hilarious skits that will have you rolling. Critics and audiences weren’t into the plot, so it fell into the “commercial failure” area. Anyone that watches it now gets to see the hilarious Tom Curry, Madeline Kahn, Lesley Anne Warren, Eileen Brennan, and Christopher Lloyd act together. Oh, the chemistry!
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It’s hard to believe that Children of Men failed to succeed. The director was Alfonso Cuarón, who is the same guy that directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Gravity. The list of actors and actresses included Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, and Michael Caine. The fact that it failed is a total shame. It later received accolades for screenwriting, cinematography, and art direction. It also won three academy awards. Interested? It’s about a dystopian world where humans have been infertile for 20 years…until a pregnant woman is discovered.
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This movie could have failed because the plot didn’t seem great or because of the actors chosen. Something about Tom Cruise turns people away from the box office. That doesn’t change the fact that the film has a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Edge of Tomorrow was still a great flick. It’s about aliens attacking Earth and an officer that’s never seen combat who is assigned to a suicide mission. He’s thrown into a time loop until he realizes that each time he goes around, he’s learning something new.
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The all-female reboot of Ghostbusters hit a chord with original fans. The sequel wasn’t trying to take over the new one but rather stand apart from the original. The cast is incredibly funny and has you laughing throughout the whole film. Rather than seeing it as a reboot, try to see it as its own film and you won’t be disappointed. Even the original Ghostbusters said the new one was great!
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John Carter was a giant flop when it originally released, but it now has a cult audience. The film's stunning visuals are just one reason to see it. The other is that it’s actually incredibly entertaining. Some think the film suffered because of its name, and we’d agree. The name John Carter doesn’t really make you want to run to the theaters, and that’s a shame. The film is about a Civil War veteran who wakes up on Mars to find himself embroiled in a huge conflict among the planet’s inhabitants.
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Cirque Du Freak was supposed to be a saga of several movies that follow the book of the same name. It follows a kid named Darren who encounters real-life vampires at an illegal freak show. While it won’t change your life, it’s an incredibly fun movie for viewers. Even though critics panned the movie, 91% of Google users that saw the film said that they liked it – now that’s something.
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Films don’t usually have a strong cult classic audience without a reason. Donnie Darko was one of the best films of 2001 even though the director had a series of misfires afterward. Jake Gyllenhaal is the main actor, and he attempts to figure out what’s going on with this demonic-looking bunny he sees. The film is complicated, but it's not too hard to follow. Years later, it now has an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, and an 88% Metacritic score.
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Fight Club was a big-budget flop, and that’s a huge shame. The film starred Edward Norton and Brad Pitt, two of the best actors of their age. It looked like your typical frat movie about a literal fight club, but there’s more about it. After you get past the first section, you see it’s about a group of people who have been brainwashed into a cult to create massive panic and chaos around the city. Don’t be fooled by the name and watch it.
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Admittedly, Idiocracy doesn’t seem like much, but it’s one of the best comedies of 2006. It follows a man who was sent forward in time as a military experiment to figure out that the world has become…well, stupid. Everyone is painfully dumb, and commercialism has taken over. It stars Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, and Dax Shepard. It’s a film that’ll stick with you in a good way.
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