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movies that were really popular just a few years ago that seem to have already been forgotten?

posted a month ago by filmgeek99 (615)
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What are some movies that were really popular when they first came out in the past ten years or so that seem to have already been forgotten? This isn't necessarily about whether they were any good or not, just where they currently stand in terms of relevance and significance in film culture.

Here's a few that come to mind:

Bird Box (2018)
The Babadook (2014)
Zootopia (2016)
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Moonlight (2016)

What others come to mind?

[–] Melton (2624) a month ago

Many films are falsely championed as great by ‘critics’ because they meet certain woke criteria, but in reality the audience are indifferent or hostile towards them.

[–] Kowalski (62499) a month ago

🤣YOU ARE CONSISTENT...I WILL GIVE YOU THAT.

[–] parkerbot (6101) a month ago

Fifty Shades of Grey.
Hunger Games.
Twilight.

[–] blue1981 (6832) a month ago

Hopefully Barbie is in this category soon.

[–] filmgeek99 (615) a month ago

Probably will be.

[–] JoWilli (16210) a month ago

that ship has sailed after Ryan was nominated for an oscar.

[–] blue1981 (6832) a month ago

He was the only decent actor in the movie. Now that the Oscars are done and it seems there's no sequel in development Barbie can now be forgotten.

[–] JoWilli (16210) a month ago

I thought Margot and Ryan were both fantastic. I was just surprised Margots Hollywood Overlords snubbed her. I guess she isnt Hollywood royalty anymore.

[–] Kowalski (62499) a month ago

BARBIE WAS EXCELLENT...STOP BEING A HATER.

[–] mikethemartian (6218) a month ago

The J. J. Abrams Star Trek movie series grounded down to a halt.

[–] JoWilli (16210) a month ago

oh yeah, forgot about those.

[–] mtxmind (3296) a month ago

I've only seen the first 2. And the second one, I really struggled with.

[–] VinceD (7487) a month ago

Is it too soon to include the MCU films? They might not be forgotten, but they seem to have really taken a dive in the last few years.

[–] Kowalski (62499) a month ago

JUST DON'T MENTION THE GOTG...THOSE MOVIES FUCKING ROCK.

[–] moviechatterer (13903) a month ago

Thank god.

[–] Skavau (10801) a month ago

I think this is most movies now. There's much less room for longstanding cultural capital due to the flood of new content.

[–] Kowalski (62499) a month ago

💯

[–] mtxmind (3296) a month ago

"Flood of 'new' content...."

Relatively speaking, given the deluge of remakes, reboots that dominate lately.

[–] moviechatterer (13903) a month ago

I'm fine with that if it lowers the market share of "capeshit"

[–] mtxmind (3296) a month ago

Not a fan of MCU, I take it?

That's another played out film genre.

[–] overseas7 (3642) a month ago

Hunger games.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4017) a month ago

Most Netflix movies that were "the most watched movies in the world" or something.

From Bird Box to 6 Underground, Red Notice, The Gray Man, Don't Look Up & The Adam Project just to name some.

[–] Kowalski (62499) a month ago

THAT IS A FAIR STATEMENT.

[–] jriley555 (7149) a month ago

I think 'Don't Look Up' will become a cult classic. Its a wonderful farce. Good farces sometimes have staying power.

[–] olioz (3375) a month ago

Agreed. I loved it.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (4017) a month ago

I wanted to like it, I really did but it was VERY in your face.

They shot the art of subtlety out of a Canon. 😆

P.S. It's really not a bad movie & much much better than a lot of Netflix movies. It just came & went way faster than I thought.

[–] jriley555 (7149) a month ago

No worries. It wasn't subtle. But neither was Dr. Strangelove - its funny, I've read the contemporaneous NYT review of that and what the reviewer didn't get was how actually rickety & vulnerable the US & Russia were to nuclear exchange.