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Flopuary 2025: Sophomore Slump, or Comeback of the Year

Flopuary Á Deux.
Flopuary: Full Flopple.
Flopuary 2: Red, White & Flop.

Can the sequel live up to the hype?

Welcome back to Flopuary, a month of movies that didn't hit for one reason, or another.
The criteria for 2025 is below 👇

Minimum of 28 films, and one film can fulfill more than one criteria of course.
Viewing begins February 1st.

You must watch:
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(2) Box Office Bombs that lost more than $50 million dollars
(2) from Nathan Rabin's My Year/World of Flops
(2) covered on the How Did This Get Made? podcast
(1) film covered in Tim Robey's new book Box Office Poison, or MUBI's podcast it inspired
(1) Sophomore Slump
(2) Disappointing Follow-Ups to a Best Director…

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  • Nixon

    1

  • The Manchurian Candidate

    2

  • Southland Tales

    3

  • Breakfast of Champions

    4

  • How to Get Ahead in Advertising

    5

  • Munchie

    6

  • Theodore Rex

    7

  • Chairman of the Board

    8

  • Tomcats

    9

  • EDtv

    10

  • Hillbilly Elegy

    11

  • The Iron Claw

    12

  • We Are Your Friends

    13

  • Crossroads

    14

  • Glitter

    15

  • I Know Who Killed Me

    16

  • Joker: Folie à Deux

    17

  • BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

    18

  • Inland Empire

    19

  • The Day of the Locust

    20

  • House of the Dead

    21

  • The Sisters Brothers

    22

  • Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

    23

  • Peter Pan & Wendy

    24

  • The Last Duel

    25

  • Kundun

    26

  • Seven Years in Tibet

    27

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    28

  • Cherry 2000

    29