From bad acting to bizarre plots, the Golden Raspberry
Awards celebrate the worst in cinema! This video counts down some of the most
infamous Razzies recipients, highlighting truly awful movies and worst
performances. See if your least favorite movie won a golden raspberry award!
Total of 45 Movies will be covered in the series of Worst
Picture award at Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies).
Dive into the world of cinematic missteps with a look at the
Golden Raspberry Award, celebrating the worst in film! From epic fails to
movies that missed the mark, the Razzies highlight the funny side of bad
movies. Discover which award winning movies took home the infamous golden
raspberry awards!
This article is based on my full breakdown video on Cinema
Awards Archive on YouTube, where I cover each of these 45 Worst
Picture “winners” in detail.
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Razzie Winners: The Absolute Worst Movies Ever Made”
1980s – The First Decade of Razzie Disasters
1. Can’t Stop the Music
the film is a pseudo-biography of the 1970s disco group the Village People
loosely based on the actual story of how the group formed,
the film was released after disco's peak, It received largely negative reviews
from critics and was a box office bomb,
Alongside Xanadu, Can't Stop the Music is known for inspiring the creation of
the Golden Raspberry Awards, winning the first Razzies for Worst Picture and
Worst Screenplay at the 1st Golden Raspberry Awards.
2. Mommie Dearest - 1981
it is a 1981 American biographical psychological drama film directed by Frank Perry and starring Faye Dunaway,
Adapted from Christina Crawford's 1978 autobiography of the same name,
the film follows her and her brother Christopher's upbringing under their adoptive mother, actress Joan Crawford, depicting her as abusive, controlling and manipulative, prioritizing her Hollywood career over her family.
The film grossed $25 million internationally against a $10
million budget,
Crawford's family condemned the film for portraying Joan as more abusive than
Christina alleged in her original book, with some family members disputing
whether abuse occurred at all,
The film received mixed reviews from critics with praise for Dunaway's
performance but criticisms for its poor editing and screenplay,
Despite this, the film's perceived bizarre script and
performances, particularly Dunaway's have brought a cult following to the film,
It was also nominated for nine Razzies at the 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards and
won five including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Faye Dunaway.
3. Inchon - 1982
It is a 1981 war film about the Battle of Inchon, considered to be the turning point of the Korean War, Directed by Terence Young.
the film stars Laurence Olivier as General Douglas MacArthur, who led the United States' surprise amphibious landing at Incheon South Korea in 1950,
its plot includes both military action and human drama, Characters face danger and are involved in various personal and dramatic situations.
The film concludes with the American victory over North Korean forces in the Battle of Inchon, which is considered to have saved South Korea.
Produced on $46 million with filming taking place in South Korea, California,
Italy, Ireland and Japan,
After premiering in May 1981, the film was released theatrically in the United
States and Canada in September 1982, before being quickly withdrawn due to
critical and financial failure.
Though the film never received a home video release, it has
occasionally been broadcast on television,
It was the largest financial loss in film of 1982, earning less than $2 million
against its lofty budget and resulting in losses of around $41 million.
Reviewers at the time gave it consistently negative reviews
and later commentators including Newsweek, TV Guide and Canadian Press have
classed Inchon among the worst films of all time,
It was also nominated for 5 Razzies at the 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards and won
Four including Worst Picture and Worst Director for Terence Young.
4. The Lonely Lady - 1983
it is a 1983 American drama film directed by Peter Sasdy, adapted from Harold Robbins's 1976 novel of the same name, believed to have been based on Robbins's memories of Jacqueline Susann,
The plot follows an aspiring screenwriter who deals with many abusive men in her attempts to achieve success in Hollywood.
The Lonely Lady was the last adaptation of one of Robbins's
novels before his death in 1997, Critically panned, the film was a box-office
bomb grossing only $1.2 million against a budget of between $6–7 million.
The film was nominated for 11 Golden Raspberry Awards and won six: Worst
Actress, Worst Director, Worst Musical Score, Worst Original Song (for The Way
You Do It), Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay.
It was also nominated for a Razzie as Worst Picture of the
Decade, but lost to Mommie Dearest and as Worst Drama of the Razzies' First 25
Years but lost to Battlefield Earth.
5. Bolero - 1984
it is a 1984 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Derek and starring Bo Derek,
The film centers on the protagonist Ayre "Mac" MacGillvary's sexual
awakening and her journey around the world to pursue an ideal first lover who
will take her virginity.
A box office flop, the film was critically panned, earning
nominations for nine Golden Raspberry Awards at the 5th Golden Raspberry Awards
and "winning" six including the Worst Picture,
Bolero is the oldest film to hold a score of 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
6. Rambo: First Blood Part II - 1985
it is a 1985 American war action film starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo, directed by George P Cosmatos.
A sequel to First Blood (1982) it is the second installment in the Rambo film
series.
becoming a major global blockbuster with an estimated box
office gross of $150 million in the United States becoming the second highest
grossing film at the domestic box office and the third highest grossing film
worldwide in 1985,
it was nominated in seven categories at the 6th Golden Raspberry Awards winning
four including Worst Picture, However it was nominated for Best Sound Effects
Editing at the 58th Academy Awards.
7. Howard the Duck - 1986
it is a 1986 American superhero comedy film directed by Willard Huyck.
The screenplay was originally intended to be an animated film but the film adaptation became live-action because of a contractual obligation.
While several TV adaptations of Marvel characters were aired this was the first
theatrical release since the Captain America serial of 1944.
The film was a critical and commercial failure and was
criticized for its humor, performances, inconsistent tone and appearance of the
title character, though the effects and soundtrack were mostly praised.
In the years since, it has been considered among the worst films ever made but
has also developed a cult following.
It was nominated for seven Razzie Awards (winning four including Worst Picture)
and made about US$16.3 million domestically compared to its US$30–37 million
budget.
8. Under the Cherry Moon
It is a 1986 American romantic musical comedy-drama film directed by Prince in his directorial debut,
The follow-up to his 1984 film debut Purple Rain, Although the film underperformed both critically and commercially at the time of its release, winning five awards at 7th Golden Raspberry Awards and tying with Howard the Duck for Worst Picture.
Its associated soundtrack album Parade sold over a million copies and achieved platinum status,
Since Prince's death in 2016, several contemporary critics have also revisited
the film and now consider it a cult classic.
8. Leonard Part 6 - 1987
It is a 1987 American spy parody film, directed by Paul Weiland and starred Bill Cosby who also produced the film and wrote its story.
The film received universally negative reviews from critics and has often been
considered to be one of the worst films ever made.
It was also a box-office bomb earning just over $4.6 million on a $24 million
budget.
It was nominated in the 3 categories in 7th Golden Raspberry Awards and won worst picture award, Worst actor and Worst screenplay award.
Bill Cosby himself denounced and disowned it in the press in the weeks leading
up to its release.
9. Cocktail - 1988
It is a 1988 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Roger Donaldson
and based on Gould's book of the same name.
It tells the story of a business student who takes up bartending in order to
make ends meet,
Released on July 29th 1988 by Buena Vista Pictures (under its adult film label
Touchstone Pictures).
It features an original music score composed by J Peter Robinson, Despite earning overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics the film was a huge box office success grossing more than $170 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million becoming the eighth highest-grossing film of 1988.
It won worst picture award at 9th Golden Raspberry Award.
10. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - 1989
It is a 1989 American science fiction film directed by William Shatner and based on the television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry.
It had the highest opening gross of any Star Trek film at that point and was
number one in its first week at the box office; however, its grosses quickly
dropped in subsequent weeks.
The film received generally mixed to negative reviews by critics on release and according to its producer "nearly killed the franchise".
At the 10th Golden Raspberry Awards, It was nominated for six Razzie Awards
(Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Actor for Shatner, Worst Supporting Actor
for Kelley, Worst Screenplay and Worst Picture of the Decade), winning three
for worst Picture, worst Director and worst Actor.
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