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The Hollywood Reporter‘s writers have written many best-of lists over the years. You can learn about the best movies this century (so far), the best documentaries, the best horror movies, the best Christmas movies. Even the best Christmas-horror movies.
But what about the most mind-numbingly boring movies of all time? The movies that you went to see in a theater and then slowly realized that you’ve made a terrible mistake?
On that front, Reddit’s r/movies beat us to it. And we have to admit, the subreddit’s list — with dozens of ranked suggestions getting hundreds of votes each — is actually pretty legit (though admittedly has a fair amount of recency bias). So below we’re presenting, as voted by film fans, a list of the 10 most boring movies so far this century, along with some of the best comments about each.
First, here are some of the runners-up from the discussion: The Lion King (the 2019 remake), Only God Forgives, Jupiter Ascending, Ad Astra, Gods and Generals, Tree of Life. Each is its own unique brand of dreary.
