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The 30 Most Polarizing Movies Since 2000: ‘Under the Skin,’ ‘Only God Forgives’ and More

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The 30 Most Polarizing Movies Since 2000: 'The Room' Tops the List
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Compiling data from Taste, the folks at Obscure Movie Stats have put together a list of the 30 most polarizing movies of the century so far. Among the expectedly divisive titles (“The Tree of Life,” “Paranormal Activity”) are some surprises: “Boyhood” doesn’t immediately spring to mind as an especially polarizing film, ditto “Punch-Drunk Love.” Full list below.

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30.) “Crank: High Voltage”
29.) “Jupiter Ascending”
28.) “Synecdoche, New York”
27.) “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
26.) “Napoleon Dynamite”
25.) “Punch-Drunk Love”
24.) “The Fountain”
23.) “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
22.) “Nymphomaniac: Volume II”
21.) “Boyhood”
20.) “Brüno”
19.) “Paranormal Activity”
18.) “Under the Skin”
17.) “Team America: World Police”
16.) “Lucy”

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15.) “Only God Forgives”
14.) “White Chicks”
13.) “The Passion of the Christ”
12.) “Borat”
11.) “Sucker Punch”
10.) “Dogville”
09.) “Birdman”
08.) “The Assassin”
07.) “Saw”
06.) “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”
05.) “Spring Breakers”
04.) “The Tree of Life”
03.) “Suicide Squad”
02.) “Ghostbusters
01.) “The Room

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