It’s like one among Billy Wilder’s characters stated within the ultimate scene of one among his finest films: Nobody’s good.
Nobody is. And certain sufficient, Billy Wilder wasn’t both. As nice a director as Wilder was — and he made extra stone-cold masterpieces than nearly any Hollywood filmmaker in historical past — he wasn’t resistant to a artistic or business failure right here or there. It occurs to the perfect of us.
That was certainly irritating for Wilder, to not point out for the individuals who funded his occasional flop. But for the remainder of us non-geniuses, an ideal director’s missteps may be humanizing, even refreshing. It’s comforting to know that the best artists are imperfect as nicely. And so we now flip our attentions to an inventory of imperfections from good filmmakers — 20 unhealthy films from 20 distinctive administrators.
These decisions are usually not ranked; the picks are listed alphabetically by filmmaker. (Then once more the #1 movie could be the worst film by a Hall of Fame caliber film expertise; it’s a actual stinker.) No one whose title seems on this listing ought to take it personally. In truth, take it as a praise. To seem on this article in any respect, you needed to make some darn good films via the years. Just not in these very particular and remoted instances…
The Worst Movies By 20 Great Directors
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Movies With Surprising Rotten Tomatoes Scores
You may be shocked by the scores that these films obtained from critics on Rotten Tomatoes.
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