Plenty of movie fans surely have at least one acclaimed film they privately think is a chore. There are probably one or two that have already come and gone on the 2026 movie schedule. Maybe it won awards. Maybe Letterboxd has treated it like a sacred relic. But, once the lights go down, your brain quietly starts packing a suitcase and looking for the exit. Well, fans are calling out the movies they perceive as being boring, and one director keeps coming up.
Over on the Letterboxd subreddit, users asked which movie best captures the feeling of forcing yourself through “one of the most gut-wrenchingly boring movies ever. The thread drew thousands of reactions and covered everything from slow-burning sci-fi to experimental horror movies to movies that don't fit nicely in any genre, but one name kept coming up again and again: Wes Anderson. One of the most-upvoted responses summed up the Anderson divide pretty neatly. A fan with the username u/ReeNixon commented:
