<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 Anti-Letterboxd 500 but it has the same rules as the Official Top 500 Narrative Feature Films
<p>Letterboxd'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, 'collection listings' and other 'rarities', 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'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'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'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 & the Nottie (6), Radhe (7). All of these have low enough average ratings to be in the Letterboxd list, but don't meet the 25,000 rating minimum.</p><p>My current percentage watched is 19%. Anyone above 0% loses.</p>
<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'll leave those films in as long as the cast isn'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'm not being that strict about the "horror" 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'll be putting a list of all currently streaming Black horror films on my website and I'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'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>
How Did This Get Made? Podcast
The films of the podcast "How Did This Get Made?".
UPDATED: November 9, 2026
Worst Films of the 2020's (WIP)
<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>
<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>
Atrocities, Odditites, Trash, Trippy, Religious, Tinfoil Hat, WTF, Ø Budget, The Worst in Film & Video
<p>You may also like: <a href="https://letterboxd.com/elnapalmo/list/cult-bizarre-psychedelic-a-personal-guide/" rel="nofollow">Cult & Bizarre & 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>
<p>Films that contain memes or who’s simple existence are memes themselves.</p>
Letterboxd's (Unofficial) Bottom 500 Films
<p>Celebrating film is all well and good, but what if you'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'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'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>
<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't fit the barest criteria of a "film". If there'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>
<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>
New releases on streaming services
<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>