Everyone Hated Them Except Me

32 films, ranked on my own star ratings by Arwin Edward Bagaslao. Updated 2026-06-11.

These are the movies the internet dragged, critics buried, and Rotten Tomatoes threw into the pit and yet I watched them, had a good time, and I stand by it. Call them messy, loud, cringe, over CGI’d, or plotless but something about them wo

1. 1
   Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

   ★★★★½
2. 2
   Oldboy (2013)

   ★★★★½
3. 3
   Spawn (1997)

   ★★★★½
4. 4
   Knowing (2009)

   ★★★★½
5. 5
   Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

   ★★★★½
6. 6
   The Haunting (1999)

   ★★★★½
7. 7
   I Am Number Four (2011)

   ★★★★½
8. 8
   Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

   ★★★★
9. 9
   Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

   ★★★★
10. 10
    Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

    ★★★★
11. 11
    Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

    ★★★★
12. 12
    The Last Airbender (2010)

    ★★★★
13. 13
    Scary Movie 3 (2003)

    ★★★★
14. 14
    You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

    ★★★★
15. 15
    Allegiant (2016)

    ★★★★
16. 16
    Green Lantern (2011)

    ★★★★
17. 17
    Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

    ★★★★
18. 18
    Battleship (2012)

    ★★★★
19. 19
    Divergent (2014)

    ★★★½
20. 20
    Insurgent (2015)

    ★★★½
21. 21
    Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

    ★★★½
22. 22
    Blair Witch (2016)

    ★★★½
23. 23
    Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

    ★★★½
24. 24
    Area 51 (2015)

    ★★★½
25. 25
    Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

    ★★★½
26. 26
    Michael (2026)

    ★★★½

    The film has this golden and brownish cinematic color palette that gives it a warm feeling.

27. 27
    Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

    ★★★
28. 28
    Scary Movie 4 (2006)

    ★★★
29. 29
    Geostorm (2017)

    ★★★
30. 30
    Son of the Mask (2005)

    ★★★
31. 31
    Scary Movie (2026)

    ★★★

    Slapstick comedy. Nostalgia overload. Some jokes landed, some did not, but I still enjoyed it.

32. 32
    The New Mutants (2020)

    ★★½