Each week, MovieWeb deputy editor Britt Hayes revisits movies that were culturally relevant for a brief time before collapsing into obscurity. Whether they were notable for having high-profile casts, generating awards-season buzz, using popular IP, stirring controversy, igniting discourse, or any combination of the above, these movies have been deliberately erased from the pop-culture consciousness. In other words: they've been memory-holed.
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Memory Holed: Chris Hemsworth Is No Hack in Techno Crime Thriller 'Blackhat'
In 2015, the Marvel star teamed up with 'Heat' director Michael Mann for a massively underrated action thriller.
Memory Holed: 'The Devil All the Time' Deserves Redemption
Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgård, and Sebastian Stan star in a grisly southern thriller that Netflix sent to streaming Hell.
Memory Holed: 'The Legend of Tarzan' Took a Swing With Alexander Skarsgård — And Missed
Samuel L. Jackson and Margot Robbie co-star in the forgotten but surprisingly solid Tarzan reboot from 'Harry Potter' vet David Yates.
Memory Holed: 'The Electric State' Should Be Permanently Wiped From Netflix's Hard Drive
Released one year ago and instantly forgotten, the Russo brothers' blockbuster flop should have Marvel fans worried about their return to the MCU.
Memory Holed: Ben Affleck & Ana de Armas' Forgotten Erotic Thriller Totally Rips
Affleck and de Armas cuck around and find out in 2022's 'Deep Water.'
Memory Holed: 2009's 'Gamer' Puts Gerard Butler in a Goofy 'Running Man' Riff
'Dexter's Michael C. Hall steals the show in a mostly fun action-thriller that's too sleazy for its own good.
Memory Holed: 'Fred Claus' Should Be Roasted on an Open Fire
Vince Vaughn's holiday comedy is a weapon of Christmas destruction that deserves to be retconned off the face of the earth.
Memory Holed: Pour One Out for the 2025 Movies We've Already Forgotten
Rest in power, President Red Hulk.
Memory Holed: 'Tomorrowland' Would Never Get Made Today
Brad Bird's big-budget Disney sci-fi adventure is much better than you've been led to believe.
Memory Holed: 2007's 'The Invasion' Is the Worst Possible Version of 'Pluribus'
Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman are probably thankful that no one remembers this butchered 'Body Snatchers' reboot.
Memory Holed: Sam Raimi's 'Oz the Great and Powerful' Is a Monument to Mediocrity
Raimi's worst movie by a yellow-brick mile stars a horribly miscast James Franco as the not-so-wonderful wizard of Oz.
Memory Holed: 2012's 'Total Recall' Is the Peak of Pointless Remakes
We really gave Colin Farrell a pass for this one, huh?
Memory Holed: 2018's 'The Predator' Was a Horribly Misguided Misfire
There's a reason you forgot Shane Black's sequel existed. Several reasons, actually.