Recently, Hollywood Reporter published a report titled The Seven Most Boring Movies Ever. The seven movies highlighted from the Reddit discussions featured in the article are Direct Action, Joker: Folie à Deux, Conan the Barbarian (the 2011 remake), Napoleon, Skinamarink, The Dead Don't Die, and Megalopolis. These titles span various genres, including slow-burn experimental horror, historical epics, and high-budget franchise sequels. Film fans on Reddit singled out these 21st-century releases for their painfully slow pacing, absence of narrative momentum, or failure to deliver engaging drama despite their big budgets and prominent directors.
The list has been roundly criticized by commentators and movie buffs. "Megalopolis and Skinamarink are polarizing. They are too chaotic, weird, or atmospheric to be labeled flatly as boring. Calling wildly experimental films dull overlooks their artistic ambition," a Hollywood critic commented.
The list focuses "heavily on recent high-profile releases" (read Joker: Folie à Deux and Megalopolis). Dozens of genuinely tedious films from earlier decades are omitted. "Popular online opinion often penalizes slow-burn pacing or subverted genre expectations, mistaking quiet atmospheric storytelling for bad filmmaking," a report by Deadline argued.
