Movie
Flopuary 2024
29 movies
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My picks for the first annual Flopuary 2024, going all February!
(NOTE: In addition to picks based on the below criteria, I also added four titles to fill out my list from <a href="https://letterboxd.com/edkupfer/list/the-flop-house-podcast-episode-list/">The Flop House Podcast</a>)
Original rules copied from: https://letterboxd.com/jazzercise/list/flopuary-the-first-annual/
<i>Minimum of 28 films that fulfill all of the criteria</i>
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(3) from Wikipedia’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_box-office_bombs">list of biggest box-office bombs</a> (3) from Nathan Rabin’s AV Club column <a href="https://letterboxd.com/chrstphrolson/list/nathan-rabins-year-of-flops/">My Year Of Flops</a> (3) movies covered on <a href="https://boxd.it/2bIuU">This Had Oscar Buzz</a> (3) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture">Golden Razzie Worst Picture nominees</a> (2) <a href="https://letterboxd.com/leologan09/list/1980s-movie-flops/">1980s Movie Flops</a> (2) <a href="https://letterboxd.com/leologan09/list/1990s-movie-flops/">1990s Movie Flops</a> (2) <a href="https://letterboxd.com/leologan09/list/2000s-movie-flops/">2000s Movie Flops</a> (2) <a href="https://letterboxd.com/leologan09/list/2010s-movie-flops/">2010s Movie Flops</a> (1) <a href="https://www.slashfilm.com/1470970/10-biggest-box-office-flops-and-disappointments-of-2023/">/film's 10 Biggest Box Office Flops And Disappointments Of 2023</a> (2) animated movies (2) movies with <a href="https://letterboxd.com/filmshogun/list/the-cinemascore-d-club/">a D Cinemascore®</a> (1) movie with <a href="https://letterboxd.com/filmshogun/list/the-cinemascore-f-club/">an F Cinemascore®</a> (1) remake (that is less beloved that it's predecessor) (1) actor-directed movie (1) comic book-based movie (1) based on a TV show (1) biopic (1) <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/films-maudit-cursed-films-natural-history">Film Maudit, as named by the BFI</a> (1) <a href="https://boxd.it/gq11Q">1980s crime flop, directed by an acclaimed 1970s auteur</a> (1) <a href="https://boxd.it/lbdp6">Failed Attempts at Capturing the Zeitgeist</a>, as coined by Ethan Vestby (1) Sundance Film Festival hit that <a href="https://ew.com/article/2012/11/30/sundance-hits-flops/">flopped after the festival</a> (article from 2012, there have been plenty more)
AND... (1) leap year bonus... William Friedkin's 1977 now-classic <a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/sorcerer/"><i>Sorcerer</i></a>
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Kid Blue (1973)
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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
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The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019)
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Holmes and Watson (2018)
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Morbius (2022)
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