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- 'The Snowman' (2017) The great winner for "most boring movies, according to Reddit" has to be The Snowman, a 2017 mystery thriller by Thomas Alfredson based on the bestselling book of the same name by Jo Nesbø.
- 'Gods and Generals' (2003) Ron Maxwell's historical drama Gods and Generals, the second entry for the prequel Gettysburg, illustrates the early years of the Civil War, examining the reasons behind the fighters' actions and delving into the experiences of those who remained at home.
- 'The Happening' (2008) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening is the post-apocalyptic kind of feature that could've been a lot better than it actually was.
- 'Transformers: The Last Knight' (2017) A recent Transformers installment, The Last Knight, centers on Optimus Prime's journey as he runs into his creator in space.
- Skinamarink (2022) Run time: 100 minutes. Writer/director Kyle Edward Ball’s film began life as a YouTube channel devoted to recreations of the childhood nightmares submitted by users.
- Inland Empire (2006) Run time: 180 minutes. I’ve seen just about everything that David Lynch has ever produced, and I still have no idea how to talk about Inland Empire.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Run time: 132 minutes (theatrical cut) There’s a scene in the first Star Trek movie that’s controversial not for its political or philosophical content, but for its length: a nearly five-minute shuttle flyby of the newly re-designed USS Enterprise, accompanied by a rousing bit of Jerry Goldsmith scoring.
- The Blair Witch Project (1999) Run time: 81 minutes. So much of the ur-found footage film’s runtime involves slightly (but realistically) annoying people wandering around lost in the Maryland woods while disturbing, but rarely thrilling, events put them on edge and turn them against each other.
- 178 VOTES. The Tree of Life. Premise: Over several decades, the O'Brien family is forced to contend with loss, desire, and forgiveness.
- 292 VOTES. The English Patient. Premise: The English Patient follows Almásy (Ralph Fiennes), a badly burned patient in a medical facility during WWII, who restruggles to recall his past as he shares it with the nurse caring for him (Juliette Binoche).
- 408 VOTES. Avatar: The Way of Water. Premise: In this sequel to 2009’s Avatar, human-turned-Na'vi Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and the new family he has started with Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) must resist another attempt by humans to colonize the world of Pandora.
- 173 VOTES. Boyhood. Premise: Boyhood follows the life of Mason Evans Jr. (Ellar Coltrane) over the course of 12 years as he and the people around him struggle with life's challenges.
Jun 14, 2010 · Andy Warhol's intentional exercise in longwindedness defines movie boredom. Not necessarily something that's intrinsically bad, but something that outstays its welcome to the point where you...
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- 355 VOTES. Fifty Shades of Grey. Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) is a recent college graduate who begins a contractually agreed upon sadomasochistic relationship with a rich businessman named Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan), only to discover it is too much after being spanked a few times.
- 289 VOTES. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Valerian (Dane DeHaan) is a United Human Federation soldier tasked with stopping a threat from taking down an intergalactic city serving as home to citizens from a thousand different planets.
- 255 VOTES. Godzilla. Pictures. Lieutenant Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is a US Navy explosive ordnance disposal officer who lost his mother (Juliette Binoche) during childhood after seismic activity caused a breached nuclear power plant reactor.
- 92 VOTES. The 15:17 to Paris. Pictures. The biographical drama The 15:17 to Paris follows a trio of young men that thwarted a train attack in 2015, led by Spencer Stone.
1. The Jackal. 1997 2h 4m R. 6.4 (125K) Rate. 36 Metascore. An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job. Director Michael Caton-Jones Stars Bruce Willis Richard Gere Sidney Poitier. 2. The Sentinel. 2006 1h 48m PG-13. 6.1 (53K) Rate. 49 Metascore.
Jan 6, 2022 · A sampling of IMDb reviews has netted a list of recent movies that put audiences to sleep, including a disappointing Nickelodeon adaptation, a killer doll, and Jar-Jar Binks.
