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Michael V. Copeland
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September 21, 2009, 10:15 AM ET

How does your favorite film stack up among Netflix users?

Here are some findings about Netflix (NFLX) members’ viewing habits, culled from the Netflix dataset and from data crunching by Netflix Prize contestants: (Read more about the prize and its winners.)

10 Most hated movies (per analysis by Netflix Prize contestant Benji Smith)

  1. The Stepford Wives
  2. Gigli
  3. Full Frontal
  4. Solaris
  5. Birth
  6. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
  7. Hollow Man
  8. Battlefield Earth
  9. In the Cut
  10. One-Hour Photo

10 Most loved movies (per analysis by Netflix Prize contestant Benji Smith)

  1. The Shawshank Redemption: Special Edition
  2. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  3. The Green Mile
  4. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  5. Finding Nemo (Widescreen)
  6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  7. Forrest Gump
  8. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  9. The Sixth Sense
  10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Top 10 equally loved and hated movies (per analysis by Netflix Prize contestant Benji Smith)

  1. Lost in Translation
  2. Pearl Harbor
  3. Miss Congeniality
  4. Napoleon Dynamite
  5. Fahrenheit 9/11
  6. The Patriot
  7. The Day After Tomorrow
  8. Sister Act
  9. Armageddon
  10. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Top 5 Most often rated movies (Source: Netflix dataset)

  1. Miss Congeniality
  2. Independence Day
  3. The Patriot
  4. The Day After Tomorrow
  5. Pirates of the Caribbean
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