Films The Pros panned but The Punters loved

The biggest gaps where The Punters rated a film far higher than The Pros did, ranked by the difference.

Some films get panned by the critics and loved anyway. These are the 50 biggest cases out of 9,678 films we score: the critics (The Pros) scored them low, audiences (The Punters) scored them far higher. Top of the list: Home (2009), My Way (2011), Elite Squad (2007). Number one, Home, got 45 from the critics and 100 from audiences, a gap of 55 points.

#	Film	The Pros	The Punters	Gap	Spore Score
1	Home (2009) Documentary	45	100	55	56
2	My Way (2011) Drama	33	84	51	43
3	Elite Squad (2007) Drama, Thriller/Crime	42	91	49	52
4	I Am Sam (2001) Comedy, Drama	35	83	48	45
5	The Life of David Gale (2003) Drama, Thriller/Crime	33	81	48	43
6	A Sun (2019) Thriller/Crime	35	83	48	45
7	The Butterfly Effect (2004) Drama, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Thriller/Crime	36	83	47	46
8	The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017) Drama, Thriller/Crime	22	67	45	31
9	America: Freedom to Fascism (2006) Documentary	44	89	45	53
10	Seven Pounds (2008) Drama, Romance, Sci-fi/Fantasy	39	83	44	48
11	The Tiger and the Snow (2005) Comedy, Drama, Romance	27	71	44	36
12	Mr. Church (2016) Comedy, Drama	39	83	44	48
13	Little Boy (2015) Comedy, Drama	34	77	43	43
14	Collateral Beauty (2016) Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-fi/Fantasy	26	67	41	35
15	The Man Standing Next (2020) Drama, Thriller/Crime	31	71	40	39
16	The Tinder Swindler (2022) Documentary, Thriller/Crime	34	74	40	42
17	American Skin (2019) Drama	32	72	40	40
18	A Little Bit of Heaven (2011) Comedy, Drama, Romance	17	57	40	25
19	Law Abiding Citizen (2009) Action, Drama, Thriller/Crime	38	78	40	46
20	Half Baked (1998) Comedy, Thriller/Crime	24	63	39	33
21	Patch Adams (1998) Biopic/History, Comedy, Drama	30	69	39	38
22	John Q. (2002) Drama, Thriller/Crime	34	73	39	42
23	The Professor and the Madman (2019) Biopic/History, Drama	36	75	39	44
24	A Walk to Remember (2002) Drama, Romance	39	77	38	47
25	Exit (2019) Action, Comedy	32	70	38	40
26	To Save a Life (2009) Drama	30	68	38	37
27	8mm (1999) Drama, Thriller/Crime	27	64	37	34
28	Fathers and Daughters (2015) Drama	35	72	37	43
29	Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019) Action, Drama	29	66	37	37
30	The Boondock Saints (1999) Action, Drama, Thriller/Crime	45	82	37	53
31	House of D (2004) Comedy, Drama	32	68	36	40
32	Sweet November (2001) Comedy, Drama, Romance	29	65	36	37
33	Equilibrium (2002) Action, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Thriller/Crime	40	76	36	48
34	Screwed (2000)	13	49	36	20
35	The Forgotten Battle (2020) Action, Biopic/History, Drama	36	72	36	44
36	Kai Po Che! (2013)	54	90	36	61
37	Michael (2026) Biopic/History, Drama	44	79	35	60
38	Somewhere in Time (1980) Drama, Romance, Sci-fi/Fantasy	40	75	35	47
39	The Best of Me (2014) Drama, Romance	30	65	35	42
40	Grandma's Boy (2006) Comedy	34	69	35	41
41	Gummo (1997) Drama	29	64	35	36
42	The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019) Comedy, Drama, Romance	48	83	35	55
43	Cocktail (1988) Comedy, Drama, Romance	17	52	35	24
44	Sound of Freedom (2023) Action, Drama, Thriller/Crime	47	82	35	54
45	Peaceful Warrior (2006) Drama, Romance	41	75	34	48
46	Redeeming Love (2022) Romance	32	66	34	39
47	10 to Midnight (1983) Action, Horror, Thriller/Crime	24	58	34	31
48	The Majestic (2001) Drama	36	70	34	43
49	Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) Comedy, Drama	36	70	34	43
50	Run Hide Fight (2020) Action, Drama, Thriller/Crime	23	57	34	30

The Pros and The Punters are the same bias-corrected, weighted scores shown on each film page (professional reviews vs public ratings). Only films with at least 2 Pros sources and 1 Punters source are ranked. Updated 2026-11-15T12:59:17+00:00, refreshed with every score update.