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Ted Cruz Outraged By ‘Out of Touch’ Hollywood’s Top Movies List

The GOP senator argued that the preferences of “real Americans” weren’t represented… whatever that means.

Ted Cruz raged against a list of the best movies since 2000 as voted by hundreds in the industry. “This is the worst list I have ever seen,” Cruz fumed of the rankings compiled by The New York Times, which had asked more than 500 filmmakers, actors, and other Hollywood names for their top 10 movies of the 21st century. “Conclusive proof that Hollywood is utterly out of touch with real Americans who go to movies,” wrote Cruz on X. In the post Cruz reacted to, only the top 30 of the 100 movies that made the list were shown. Among that group were Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, Martin Scorsese’s Wolf of Wall Street, and David Fincher’s The Social Network. In the top spot was Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, the 2019 South Korean thriller that won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Cruz, who revealed his tastes earlier this year when he said that a Tesla parked outside the White House “may be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen,” did not provide examples of movies he felt were more deserving. His office did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding his own picks, or for clarification about which movies on the list he has seen.