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10 Polarizing Movies That Divide Audiences

February 07, 2026 5 min read

Some movies split audiences down the middle. Half think they're masterpieces. The other half thinks they're overrated. These are the most divisive films with high GoodScores — they're worth watching just to pick a side.

How GoodScore works: We combine ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB into a single 0-100 score. Higher = better. No single platform bias.

1
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957 · 1h 37m · Dir. Sidney Lumet

Drama

94
GoodScore

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes...

Amazon Prime Video
2
Schindler's List

Schindler's List

1993 · 3h 15m · Dir. Steven Spielberg

Drama, History, War

93
GoodScore

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

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3
The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

1974 · 3h 22m · Dir. Francis Ford Coppola

Drama, Crime

91
GoodScore

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

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4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 · 3h 21m · Dir. Peter Jackson

Adventure, Fantasy, Action

91
GoodScore

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir...

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5
777 Charlie

777 Charlie

2022 · 2h 46m · Dir. Kiranraj K

Drama, Adventure, Comedy

90
GoodScore

Dharma is stuck in a rut with his negative and lonely lifestyle and spends each day in the comfort of his loneliness. A pup named Charlie who is naughty and energetic which is a complete contrast with the Dharma’s character...

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6
Jai Bhim

Jai Bhim

2021 · 2h 44m · Dir. T.J. Gnanavel

Crime, Drama, Mystery

89
GoodScore

A pregnant woman from a primitive tribal community, searches desperately for her husband, who is missing from police custody. So as to find her husband and seek justice for them, as their voice, a High Court advocate rises in support....

Amazon Prime Video
7
Violet Evergarden: The Movie

Violet Evergarden: The Movie

2020 · 2h 20m · Dir. Taichi Ishidate

Animation, Drama, Fantasy

89
GoodScore

As the world moves on from the war and technological advances bring changes to her life, Violet still hopes to see her lost commanding officer again.

Netflix
8
Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

2008

Drama, Crime

89
GoodScore

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's...

Netflix
9
2018

2018

2023 · 2h 30m · Dir. Jude Anthany Joseph

Thriller, Action, Adventure

88
GoodScore

A disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.

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10
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023 · 2h 20m · Dir. Joaquim Dos Santos

Animation, Action, Adventure

88
GoodScore

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to...

Netflix Sony Liv

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