10 Movies People Only Dislike Because They’re Popular

5. Citizen Kane

From the film that was called the Citizen Kane of adult comedy to the film that is the Citizen Kane of cinema - Citizen Kane. Deep focus, depth of field, low-angle shots, invisible wipes. Good, now the obligatory technical mumbo-jumbo is out of the way we can get down to what really makes Citizen Kane such a brilliant film that is still being discussed seventy years after it was first released; the central mystery behind Kane's final words, the flashback structure and Welles' decade spanning performance leave us with a heartbreaking deconstruction of a seemingly inhuman man. In 1962 Citizen Kane was named by the BFI as the greatest film ever made in their decennial poll ran through magazine Sight & Sound, a collection revered as one of the best top film lists out there. And that was it. Like declaring the latest release as the film of the year, calling one the best of all time makes it an impenetrable movie with an unmatchable reputation. Suddenly you couldn't find Kane an enjoyable movie; it had to be an exemplar influential one, with the things that made it technically noteworthy overtaking the things that made it emotionally so. It's easy to see why modern audiences look on it with scorn. Watch it on its own terms, however, and the film remains a treat, with the revolutionary moments an added bonus.