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Poll: Best Directors' Lowest Rated Titles

All the following directors have received the Academy Award for Best Directing but not all of their movies have been so well received by critics and spectators. This list present their lowest rated titles (minimum: 10,000 votes/max. rating: 6.5).

Which of these movies do you like the most despite bad reviews? Or, if you haven't seen any, which one interests you the most?

Discuss here!

Results of 5,506 votes:

  1. 1.

    The Ladykillers (2004)

     
    Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's lowest rated title (Best Directors in 2008 for No Country for Old Men (2007))
  2. 2.

    Hulk (2003)

     
    Ang Lee's lowest rated title (Best Director in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain (2005) and in 2013 for Life of Pi (2012))
  3. 3.

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

     
    Robert Wise's lowest rated title (Best Director in 1962 for West Side Story (1961) and in 1966 for The Sound of Music (1965))

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