Some time perhaps within the past couple of weeks, the popular film site IMDb (Internet Movie Database) made a major change to their ‘Bottom 100,’ which lists the lowest-rated feature-length theatrical fiction films on the site.

Previously, a film needed to have received at least 1,500 ratings from IMDb users to qualify for the list. But at this time, the movie needs at least 10,000 ratings to make it on the list.

The result of this change is a completely new list, removing several lesser-known films and replacing them with films a lot more well-known ones. Some new additions to the list include cult films like the 1990 horror film “Troll 2,” the 2003 infamous drama “The Room” and the 1997 superhero film “Batman & Robin.”

As of the writing of this, the no. 1 movie on the list is the 2008 parody film “Disaster Movie” from the infamous writer/director duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film currently has a rating of 2 out of 10 with over 80,000 votes.

One major change to the list is that it now has many films with much higher ratings than the previous version of the list. Before the change, the vast majority, if not all the movies on the list, had ratings lower than 3 out of 10.

But as of the time writing this, you only have to go down to the 25th spot on the list to find a movie with a rating of 3 out of 10. This spot is currently held by the aforementioned “Troll 2.”

The 100th spot on the list currently belongs to the 2010 M. Night Shyamalan action film “The Last Airbender,” based on the popular Nickelodeon animated series “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”

“The list is ranked by a formula which includes the number of ratings each movie received from users, and value of ratings received from regular users,” according to IMDb.

It’s uncertain at this time exactly when IMDb made this change. Although, you can find a forum post about the change dated July 14, 2018. So the change has been in place for over two weeks at the least.

*Update: An earlier version of this post mistakenly said that to make it on the previous version of the list, a film needed 1,000 votes and that the new version of the list now requires 1,500 votes.*

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