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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Underdog Below average but still in the conversation
2011 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · David Fincher

43% across 171 head-to-head matchups puts The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on the wrong side of average. No round offers a foothold — below average at every stage. Fincher's coldest film demands a level of engagement that not every voter brings to a bracket. Rooney Mara's Lisbeth Salander is unforgettable for those who stayed locked in. 1.6s avg decision time (platform avg: 3.5s). No deliberation needed.

Synopsis

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Round 1
43.3%
45/104
Semifinals
48.9%
Finals
27.3%
The ceiling

The round-by-round confirms the overall picture: 43% to 49% to 27%. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo hasn't found a round where it consistently competes — the deficit is across the board.

Zodiac at 50% is as close to a dead heat as the platform produces. Every vote matters in this one. Against Fight Club, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo wins only 0%. Some matchups simply don't go your way. The Social Network causes similar problems at 25%.

Closest Rival
Kryptonite
Fight Club
100.0%
Se7en
70.0%

The path through Best of David Fincher always ends the same way for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: a final against Se7en, a 70% loss rate. So close and so consistent.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo sits at #7 of David Fincher's 9 films. The filmography spans from Fight Club (55%) down to Alien³ (39%).

Fight Club 55.4%
Zodiac 52.5%
The Game 51%
Se7en 50.8%
Gone Girl 43%
Panic Room 41.7%
Alien³ 39.2%
BingeBracket Record
43%
Win Rate
#38 of 49 in Thriller #26 of 38 from the 2010s #7 of 9 David Fincher films
Scores based on real fan votes in head-to-head brackets. 50% = wins as often as it loses — perfectly average.
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Dead last in Best of David Fincher.

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Se7en #1
Fight Club #2
Zodiac #3
The Game #4
Gone Girl #5
The Social Network #6
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo #7
Panic Room #8
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