Chris's Least Favorites
This awful 2005 crime drama starring Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba was executive produced by the Weinstein brothers and was infamously screened last semester in the film club
Sin City (2005)
This host of the Oscars in 2022 went viral for being slapped by Will Smith
Chris Rock
Lost in Translation (2003), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Priscilla (2023)
Sofia Coppola
“Plastics.”
The Graduate (1967)
This film was Dustin Hoffman’s breakout role, playing a young man named Benjamin
The Graduate (1967)
This is a good film, to be clear - I was just upset watching it because, for years leading up to my first viewing, my friend compared me to the titular character who has to defeat his manic pixie dream girl crush’s seven evil exes
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
This movie was the real Best Picture winner in 2017, despite La La Land being announced instead
Moonlight (2016)
The Matrix (1999), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Lily & Lana Wachowski
“I’ll have what she’s having.”
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
This animated film features our protagonist Mowgli meeting wild characters with names like Bagheera, King Louie, and Baloo
The Jungle Book (1967)
This boring 1985 movie is about five high schoolers who get detention and do nothing but sit in a room for nearly the full 98 minutes of the runtime
The Breakfast Club (1985)
This film received (and lost) the most Oscar nominations of all time (16)
Sinners (2025)
Hamnet (2025), Eternals (2021), Nomadland (2020)
Chloé Zhao
“You had me at ‘hello.’”
Jerry Maguire (1996)
This 1969 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight won Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, but it’s probably most known now for its famous quote “I’m walkin’ here!”
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
I can’t even bring myself to speak about how much I hate this musical film starring 27-year-old Ben Platt as a high schooler who pretends to have been friends with a classmate (who committed suicide) so he can sleep with the dead guy’s sister
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
This 2003 film was one of three to win the most Academy Awards, but it’s the only one to have both been nominated for 11 and won 11
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Point Break (1991), The Hurt Locker (2008), A House of Dynamite (2025)
Kathryn Bigelow
“I feel the need - the need for speed!”
Top Gun (1986)
This 1977 Best Picture winner starring Diane Keaton and Woody Allen is about a comedian who is trying to figure out his failing relationship
Annie Hall (1977)
This 1927 movie features heavy blackface and terrible musical numbers, and it’s only talked about today because it was the first movie to have synchronized dialogue
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Probably the biggest tie in Oscars history was the 1969 Best Actress award, where Katharine Hepburn had an exact voting tie with this actress from the movie Funny Girl
Barbara Streisand
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Petite Maman (2021), Water Lilies (2007)
Céline Sciamma
“Go ahead, make my day.”
Sudden Impact (1983)
This “hood classic” stoner comedy, starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, was first screened on April 20, 1995
Friday (1995)