Catwoman

Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she's resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat — and she's eager to use her new skills... as a vigilante. Before you can say "cat and mouse", handsome gumshoe Tom Lone is on her tail, fascinated by both of her personas.

One of the most derided studio films of the 2000s, Catwoman was savaged on arrival for a hollow script, incoherent storytelling, and a protagonist defined by sexualization rather than character. Twenty years on, a revisionist cult reading has emerged — particularly around its camp excess and its status as a rare big-budget superhero film led by a Black woman — but that affection sits squarely at odds with the critical consensus that greeted its release.