12 Movies So Good You Overlook Major Flaws

7. The Exposition-Filled Ending - Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho is indisputably one of the greatest genre films ever made, a white-knuckle horror flick that's lost none of its terror almost six decades later.

It does, however, get docked a point for its disappointingly heavy-handed finale, in which a psychiatrist spoon-feeds the audience an assessment of Norman Bates' (Anthony Perkins) mental state, even doling out his disturbing backstory and filling us in on how Norman got to this point.

Obviously in the early 1960s audiences weren't as aware of mental health issues as we are today, so Hitch's concession is understandable even if it's the single aspect of the film that feels truly dated and hokey today.

Legendary film critic Pauline Kael even famously called it "arguably Hitchcock's worst scene", and she just might be right.

Thankfully after 90 minutes of taut brilliance from the master of suspense, it's not too painful having to sit through this overly tidy wrap-up.