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Forgotbusters

The Dissolve writer Nathan Rabin writes a feature called Forgotbusters. It re-examines movies that were among the top 25 grossing films the year of their release, but have receded culturally, in order to explore what originally attracted audiences to them, and why they failed to endure.

  • The Golden Child
  • Godzilla
  • Disclosure
  • Rising Sun
  • Space Jam
  • Congo
  • Hannibal
  • Jack
  • Dragnet
  • Psycho II
  • The Secret of My Success
  • Days of Thunder
  • Bringing Down the House
  • The Toy
  • Eraser
  • Shark Tale
  • What Women Want
  • Wild Hogs
  • The Four Seasons
  • xXx
  • The Trial of Billy Jack
  • 10
  • Tango & Cash
  • Hot Shots!
  • Fun with Dick and Jane
  • Indecent Proposal
  • Failure to Launch
  • Cobra
  • Hancock
  • Convoy
  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  • Conspiracy Theory
  • Jingle All the Way
  • Four Christmases
  • Avatar
  • Boomerang
  • Wanted
  • Michael
  • Phenomenon
  • Antz
  • Turner & Hooch
  • Hooper
  • The End
  • Monster-in-Law
  • Double Jeopardy
  • Wolf
  • Biloxi Blues
  • Sleeping with the Enemy
  • Me, Myself & Irene
  • S.W.A.T.
  • Legal Eagles
  • Unlawful Entry
  • Housesitter
  • Nine Months
  • Flubber
  • Sweet Home Alabama
  • Sommersby
  • America's Sweethearts
  • Inspector Gadget
  • Outrageous Fortune
  • Uncommon Valor
  • The Little Rascals
  • Van Helsing
  • The General's Daughter
  • Casper
  • The Pacifier
  • Bird on a Wire
  • Tarzan the Ape Man
  • Dennis the Menace
  • Harlem Nights
  • The Specialist
  • The Haunting
  • Entrapment
  • Best Friends
  • Rookie of the Year