the current zeitgeist
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<p>all the films that i think paint a picture of the current state of affairs, in various ways, for better or worse.</p><p>(don’t really stand by as this much anymore but still i think it’s worth leaving up 👍)</p>
the current zeitgeist
The Anti-Letterboxd 500 but it has the same rules as the Official Top 500 Narrative Feature Films
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<p>Letterboxd&#039;s Bottom 500 movies, based on the average weighted rating of all Letterboxd users. I removed all stand-up specials, stage plays, concert films, documentaries, shorts, &#039;collection listings&#039; and other &#039;rarities&#039;, so only feature length narrative movies are listed here. Films should have a minimum of 25,000 ratings to be eligible to enter the list.</p><p>A few statistics...</p><p>The oldest movie on the list is D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation released in 1915. The most popular decade in the list is the 2020s with 208 entries. A complete overview:<br />1910s - 1 entry<br />1950s - 1 entry<br />1970s - 2 entries<br />1980s - 10 entries<br />1990s - 20 entries<br />2000s - 64 entries<br />2010s - 194 entries<br />2020s - 208 entries</p><p>Aaron Seltzer seems to be Letterboxd&#039;s most unpopular director, with 6 entries in the list. Next in line with 5 titles is Jason Friedberg.</p><p>All popular directors:<br />6 entries - Aaron Seltzer<br />5 entries - Jason Friedberg<br />4 entries - Roland Emmerich, Roger Kumble<br />3 entries - Barbara Białowąs, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Marçal Forés, David Gordon Green, Renny Harlin, Castille Landon, Malcolm D. Lee, John R. Leonetti, Tomasz Mandes, Vince Marcello, Declan O&#039;Brien, Robert Rodriguez, Mike Rohl, Robert Schwentke, M. Night Shyamalan, Tom Six, Zack Snyder, Tyler Spindel, Jeff Wadlow</p><p>Fun fact:<br />Lowest ranked movies in IMDb&#039;s bottom 100 that are absent in the Letterboxd list: Manos: The Hands of Fate (2), Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (4), Saving Christmas (5), The Hottie &amp; the Nottie (6), Radhe (7). All of these have low enough average ratings to be in the Letterboxd list, but don&#039;t meet the 25,000 rating minimum.</p><p>My current percentage watched is 19%. Anyone above 0% loses.</p>
The Anti-Letterboxd 500 but it has the same rules as the Official Top 500 Narrative Feature Films
Black Horror
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<p>Horror films directed and/or written by Black filmmakers, or films featuring a predominantly Black cast or with a Black lead. I would have preferred to not put in any white filmmakers at all, and maybe that will change, but for now, I&#039;ll leave those films in as long as the cast isn&#039;t predominantly white. I also do not want to put old racist movies in this list. The point of this is to promote Black filmmakers and actors.<br />I&#039;m not being that strict about the &quot;horror&quot; label. For example I am including Attack the Block, which is sci-fi. The Foreign Exchange Student is really more of a thriller as well.<br />I&#039;ll be putting a list of all currently streaming Black horror films on my website and I&#039;m working through this list myself. This list is obviously motivated by current events. I hope everyone here on Letterboxd agrees that Black Life Matters and there are many ways to show our support to the movement. Since we&#039;re on Letterboxd we obviously love films, so support Black voices in filmmaking and especially support independent creators. <br />If I miss any movies that should belong here, please let me know in the comments. This is a work in progress. I organized it chronologically.<br />6/13 update: I made a list of currently streaming films, over 50 of them: <a href="https://serpent-club.com/2020/06/13/50-black-horror-films-you-can-stream-right-now/" rel="nofollow">serpent-club.com/2020/06/13/50-black-horror-films-you-can-stream-right-now/</a></p>
Black Horror
How Did This Get Made? Podcast
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The films of the podcast "How Did This Get Made?". UPDATED: November 9, 2026
How Did This Get Made? Podcast
Worst Films of the 2020's (WIP)
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<p>RULES:</p><p>1. I have to have seen the movie.<br />2. No Made-For-TV movies. Films that went straight to streaming can be added, but have to be case-by-case.</p>
Worst Films of the 2020's (WIP)
2025
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<p>Every movie that gets a wide/streaming service release, in the US, in 2025 (or if I see them at a festival/early) RANKED</p>
2025
Atrocities, Odditites, Trash, Trippy, Religious, Tinfoil Hat, WTF, Ø Budget, The Worst in Film & Video
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<p>You may also like: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/elnapalmo/list/cult-bizarre-psychedelic-a-personal-guide/" rel="nofollow">Cult &amp; Bizarre &amp; Psychedelic: A Personal Guide</a> / <a href="https://letterboxd.com/elnapalmo/list/the-crappy-guide-to-so-bad-its-good-flicks/" rel="nofollow">💩 The Crappy Guide to “So Bad It’s Good” Flicks 💩</a> / <a href="https://letterboxd.com/elnapalmo/list/vhs-crap/" rel="nofollow">VHS Crap</a> / <a href="https://letterboxd.com/elnapalmo/list/fringe-video/" rel="nofollow">Fringe Video</a> / <a href="https://letterboxd.com/elnapalmo/list/mondo-macabro/" rel="nofollow">Mondo Macabro</a> / <a href="https://letterboxd.com/elnapalmo/list/eurotika/" rel="nofollow">Eurotika</a></p>
Atrocities, Odditites, Trash, Trippy, Religious, Tinfoil Hat, WTF, Ø Budget, The Worst in Film & Video
Films With Memes
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<p>Films that contain memes or who’s simple existence are memes themselves.</p>
Films With Memes
weird shit
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weird shit
Letterboxd's (Unofficial) Bottom 500 Films
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<p>Celebrating film is all well and good, but what if you&#039;re in the mood to laugh at its greatest failures instead? A list of what the community has deemed the worst trash to be found on Letterboxd.</p><p>The inverse of <a href="https://letterboxd.com/official/list/letterboxds-top-500-films/" rel="nofollow"> Letterboxd&#039;s Top 500 Films </a>, following (mostly) the same eligibility rules, which are:<br />- Minimum 25,000 rating threshold (ratings, not views). For the worst rated movies that fall beneath 25,000 ratings, see <a href="https://letterboxd.com/death_of_rats/list/bottom-500-underseen-well-maybe-thats-the/" rel="nofollow"> this list </a><br />- Must be feature length (longer than 40 minutes)<br />- Excludes documentaries, web videos, recap/recut films, theatre/stage shows, and TV series/episodes/specials.</p><p>Unlike the eligibility rules for the Top 500, distribution method is irrelevant here. This is mostly to preserve my time and sanity, but also if a a DTV movie has gotten 25,000+ reviews that feels like a movie worthy of recognition.<br />If you notice a mistake with the list, feel free to let me know in the comments.</p><p><b>Most Recent Update:</b> 6/27/26<br />Changes<br /><b>In:</b><br /><i>Knights of the Zodiac, at #89<br />The Devil’s Mouth, at #113<br />Escape Plan 2: Hades, at #124<br />Boulevard, at #126<br />Fall For Me, at #136<br />Supergirl (1984), at #191<br />The Unborn, at #217<br />The Darkest Hour, at #278<br />Leprechaun In The Hood, at #334<br />Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, at #363<br />Bad Hair Day, at #370<br />72 Hours, at #423<br />Dolly, at #434<br />Her Private Hell, at #435<br />Love, Guaranteed, at #438<br />Downhill, at #469<br />The Cave, at #489 </i><br />And everybody give <i>Friday The 13th: A New Beginning</i> a warm welcome back, who had previously escaped this list, but is now back at #488<br /><b>Out:</b><br /><i>Mamonas Assassinas, was at #245<br />#SalveRosa, was at #443<br />Dear Evan Hansen, was at #458<br />2 Hearts, was at #459<br />Serial Teachers 2, was at #461<br />Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between, was at #471<br />Radio Rebel, was at #482<br />My Oxford Year, was at #485<br />The Great Wall, was at #487<br />Mulan (2020), was at #491<br />How Do You Know, was at #493<br />The Do-Over, was at #494<br />Doctor Dolittle 2, was at #496<br />Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, was at #497<br />The Strays, was at #499 </i><br />For the list of films that have managed to escape this list over time, <a href="https://letterboxd.com/death_of_rats/list/historic-bottom-500-films/" rel="nofollow">click here.</a><br /><b> Next Update:</b> When I feel like it :)</p><p><br /> <a href="https://letterboxd.com/death_of_rats/list/letterboxds-unofficial-bottom-500-films/stats/" rel="nofollow"> List Stats </a></p><p><b>Some additional stats:</b><br /><i> Note: The numbers below are based on what I could identify from a film at a glance, so actual counts may be bigger </i><br /># of Franchise Films (sequels, prequels, reboots, etc.): 196<br /># of Adaptations: 105<br /> - Superhero Movies: 26<br /> - Video Game Movies: 12<br /> - Live-Action Cartoon Movies: 17<br /># of Sequels/Reboots of Adaptations: 49<br /># of Spoof Films: 9 </p><p>Congrats to the following trilogies for getting all their entries onto the list: <i>Fifty Shades of Grey, Human Centipede</i>, Renny Harlin&#039;s <i>Strangers</i> trilogy, <i>The Kissing Booth</i>, <i>365 Days</i>, <i>Through My Window</i><br />The <i> Wrong Turn</i> franchise has 4 entries on the list and <i>Halloween</i> has 5.<br />And special shoutouts to the <i>After</i> and <i>American Pie Presents</i> franchises for getting a perfect 5 out of 5 films onto the list.</p><p>At time of writing, <a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-birth-of-a-nation/" rel="nofollow">The Birth of a Nation</a> lands as the 393rd film on the list, being slightly better reviewed than <a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/ava-2020/" rel="nofollow">Ava</a> and slightly worse than <a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-hills-have-eyes-2/" rel="nofollow">The Hills Have Eyes 2</a>.</p>
Letterboxd's (Unofficial) Bottom 500 Films
The Anti-Letterboxd 500
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<p>The worst of the worst, movies that are unbelievably bad and find a way to dig themselves further and further down in quality. An exercise in misery to complete. Have fun.</p><p>Feature films only. No shorts, or anything that runs under 40 minutes and doesn&#039;t fit the barest criteria of a &quot;film&quot;. If there&#039;s anything that looks wrong please let me know.</p><p>I have decided that the minimum amount of views a film needs to be on the list is 500, a middle-ground between the understanding that a list like this should represent the community as a whole, and the understanding that nobody should really watch these.</p><p>My current percentage seen is 10%. Anyone above 0% loses.</p>
The Anti-Letterboxd 500
Underrated
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<p>Films that I believe are underrated, under-seen, not talked about enough or nowhere near as bad as their reputation would seem to suggest.</p>
Underrated
New releases on streaming services
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<p>Switch to Notes View (eyeglasses icon) to see which streaming service a film is on. Continually updated list of noteworthy films added to streaming services in recent weeks with the newest ones listed first. I will also include older films if they are not available to buy or rent online. I am tracking US streaming services, but many of the films are available worldwide. You can find my list with the new releases on demand <a href="https://boxd.it/sNEDe" rel="nofollow">here</a> and follow me on <a href="https://x.com/LifeIsAFilmFest" rel="nofollow">Twitter/X</a> for updates.</p>
New releases on streaming services