The Incredible Hulk currently edges Psycho 53–47
Hitchcock's masterpiece tied with the MCU's forgotten entry — a format anomaly.
The Verdict David vs Goliath
This matchup has 19 votes. The picture may shift as more people weigh in.
This tie defies every available metric. Psycho is one of the most important films in cinema history. The Incredible Hulk is a franchise film that most MCU fans skip on rewatches. A dead heat between them says something specific about bracket mechanics that has nothing to do with film quality — the MCU's cumulative brand recognition generates a baseline of votes that even its weakest entries can draw on, and that baseline is apparently enough to match a canonical masterpiece's less concentrated but more passionate fanbase. This result is a stress test for the format, not a comparison of the films.
The Numbers
| Psycho | The Incredible Hulk | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 47% | 53% |
| Overall Win Rate | 48% | 50% |
| Championships | 33 | 3 |
Where This Matchup Sits
Psycho is the higher-rated film on TMDB at 8.4 vs 6.2. Bracket voters keep choosing The Incredible Hulk anyway — a sign that critical consensus and head-to-head instinct don't always point the same direction.
Choosing Psycho takes 2.4s on average. Choosing The Incredible Hulk takes 8.2s. That gap suggests they're doing different things for their voters.
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