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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Prefer to watch instead of read? This article is adapted from my YouTube episode on Cinema Awards Archive: “45 Years of Razzie Winners: The Absolute Worst Movies Ever Made”
2010s – Big Franchises and Record-Breaking Razzies
31. The Last Airbender - 2010
It is a 2010 American action adventure fantasy film written, co-produced and directed by M Night Shyamalan.
Based on the first season of the Nickelodeon animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008).
The plot follows Aang, a young Avatar who must master all four elements of air, water, fire and earth and restore balance to the world while stopping the Fire Nation from conquering the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom.
The film received negative reviews from critics and audiences and is widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made.
Many criticized the screenplay, acting, direction, casting, dialogue, action
sequences, plot holes, unfaithfulness to the source material, characters and 3D
conversion, although the musical score was praised.
Produced on a $150 million budget, the film grossed $131 million domestically and $319 million worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film produced by Nickelodeon Movies.
The film was originally envisioned as a trilogy of films each reflecting the
show's three seasons, but the first film's negative reception and poor
financial performance caused Nickelodeon to cancel the trilogy.
it received nine nominations at the 31st Golden Raspberry Awards including
Worst Picture.
The film went on to sweep the Razzies with five awards:
Worst Picture, Shyamalan for Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Jackson Rathbone
for Worst Supporting Actor and a special award "Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use
of 3D.
32. Jack and Jill - 2011
It is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan.
It tells the story of an advertisement executive who dreads the Thanksgiving visit of his unemployed twin sister who overstays into Hanukkah at a time when he is instructed to procure Al Pacino's appearance in an upcoming Dunkin' Donuts commercial.
The film was panned by critics, who criticized the humor and premise, although Al Pacino's performance received some praise.
Many have since considered the film to be one of the worst films ever made.
At the 32nd Golden Raspberry Awards, the film was nominated for a record of 12
Razzies in all ten categories.
It became the first film to sweep the Razzies, winning in each category
including Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Actor, Worst Actress and Worst
Screenplay.
The film's ten wins was also a record for most Razzies won by any film.
33. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 - 2012
It is a 2012 American romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon.
It is based on the 2008 novel Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.
It is the sequel to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and the fifth and final installment in The Twilight Saga film series.
In the film, Bella now a vampire, aligns with the Cullens, the werewolves and other allies to face the Volturi, who view her half-human, half-vampire child as a possible threat.
The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $848.5 million worldwide, becoming the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2012, the highest-grossing film of The Twilight Saga series and the highest-grossing film released by Summit Entertainment.
The film received eleven nominations at the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards
ceremony and won seven awards including Worst Picture making it the
highest-grossing film to win the award.
34. Movie 43 - 2013
It is a 2013 American anthology comedy film conceived by producer Charles B
Wessler,
Featuring fourteen different storylines each by a different director.
The project took almost a decade to get into production and was eventually
picked up by Relativity Media for $6 million.
Filming took place over a period of several years, as casting also proved to be
a challenge.
Some, including George Clooney declined to participate, while others such as Gere attempted to get out of the project.
it was panned by critics, although it was a modest commercial success, grossing
$32.4 million against a budget of $6 million.
Considered one of the worst films of all time, the film received three awards
at the 34th Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture.
35. Saving Christmas - 2014
It is a 2014 American faith-based Christmas comedy film directed by Darren Doane.
The movie stars Cameron as a fictionalized version of himself.
In Saving Christmas Cameron, after explaining his views on Christmas directly to the audience, tries to convince his fictional brother-in-law, played by the film's director, that Christmas is still a Christian holiday.
The film became a massive critical failure, receiving a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
It also became the lowest-rated film on the IMDb Bottom 100 List within one month of its theatrical release and is now considered one of the worst films of all time.
It was nominated in six categories for the 35th Golden Raspberry Awards and won
four, including Worst Picture.
36. Fantastic Four - 2015
It is a 2015 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team and a reboot of the Fantastic Four film series, Directed by Josh Trank.
The film follows a group of intelligent teenagers who build a transdimensional
portal, causing them to acquire superhuman abilities.
The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box-office failure, grossing $168 million worldwide against a production budget of $120 million, with an estimated loss of $80–$100 million for the studio.
It received several Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Director and Worst
Picture.
36. Fifty Shades of Grey
It is a 2015 erotic romantic drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
it is based on E L James' 2011 novel of the same name and serves as the first installment in the Fifty Shades film series.
the film's story follows Anastasia "Ana" Steele, a college graduate who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with young business magnate Christian Grey.
Despite receiving generally unfavourable reviews from
critics, it was an immediate box office success, breaking numerous box office
records and earning $569.7 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million.
The soundtrack album was also successful; "Love Me Like You Do" by English singer Ellie Goulding was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, while "Earned It" by Canadian singer the Weeknd, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 88th Academy Awards.
The film was the most awarded at the 36th Golden Raspberry Awards, winning five
of six nominations including Worst Picture (tied with Fantastic Four) and both
leading roles.
37. Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party - 2016
It is a 2016 political documentary about 2016 American presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton and a critique of the Democratic Party.
The film is written and directed by conservative political commentator Dinesh
D'Souza and Bruce Schooley.
The film was the top-grossing political documentary of 2016, grossing $13
million against a $5 million budget.
It was heavily panned by critics; review aggregation website Metacritic declared it the worst-received film of 2016.
It was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards and won four including Worst
Picture (a first for a documentary film) as well as Worst Director and Worst
Actor for D'Souza.
38. The Emoji Movie - 2017
It is a 2017 American animated comedy film based on emojis, Directed by Tony Leondis and Inspired by Leondis' love of Toy Story (1995).
The film centers on a multi-expressional emoji, Gene (Miller) who exists in a
digital city called Textopolis, for a smartphone owned by Alex (Austin),
embarking on a journey to become a normal emoji capable of only a single
expression, accompanied by his friends Hi-5 (Corden) and Jailbreak (Faris).
During their travels through the other apps the trio must save their world from total destruction before it is reset for functionality.
It was a commercial success, grossing $217.8 million worldwide against a $50
million production budget.
However, the film was panned by critics who criticized its script, humor, use of product placement, tone, voice performances, lack of originality and plot with negative comparisons to other animated films such as Wreck-It Ralph (2012), The Lego Movie (2014) and Inside Out (2015).
it was nominated for five awards at the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards, earning
four including Worst Picture.
It is the first animated film to win in any of those
categories, It is frequently ranked as the worst film of 2017 as well as one of
the worst animated films ever made.
39. Holmes & Watson - 2018
It is a 2018 mystery comedy film written and directed by Etan Cohen.
The plot follows the famed detective duo as they set out to find the culprit
behind a threat at Buckingham Palace.
The film underperformed at the box office, grossing $41.9 million worldwide on
a $42 million budget and was panned by critics who lamented its poor script,
dated and unfunny jokes and its squandering of the cast and source material.
Some critics labelled it the worst film of 2018 and one of the worst films of all time.
The press reported numerous instances of people walking out early during
screenings.
The film received six nominations at the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards, and won
four including Worst Picture.
40. Cats - 2019
It is a 2019 musical fantasy film based on the 1981 West End musical Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which in turn was based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T S Eliot which the film is also based on and inspired by.
The film was directed by Tom Hooper in his second feature
musical following Les Misérables (2012).
Cats grossed $75.5 million worldwide against a production budget of $80–100
million, resulting in an estimated loss of $71 million after ancillary costs,
and was considered a box office disappointment at the time.
The film received generally negative reviews from critics and is considered to
be one of the worst films ever made.
It was nominated in 7 categories at the 40th Golden
Raspberry Awards and won six awards including Worst Picture, Worst Director,
James Corden for Worst Supporting Actor, Rebel Wilson for Worst Supporting
Actress.
2020s – Conspiracy Docs, Musicals and IP Horror
41. Absolute Proof – 2020
It is a 2021 right-wing conspiracy propaganda film directed by and starring Mike Lindell,
It was distributed by One America News Network and promotes the conspiracy theory that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election instead of Joe Biden.
Around the time of their release the documentary was removed
by video hosting sites YouTube and Vimeo for violating their community
standards, though a reupload of the film has since reappeared on YouTube after
YouTube announced in June 2023 that it would no longer remove videos falsely
claiming the 2020 U S presidential election was stolen.
Mike Lindell has since released three sequels: Scientific
Proof, Absolute Interference and Absolutely 9.
it won two Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Picture and Worst Actor (for Mike
Lindell).
42. Diana the Musical - 2021
Diana is a musical with music and lyrics by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro and a book by DiPietro based on the life of Diana Princess of Wales.
A filmed performance was released on Netflix on 1 October 2021, to negative
reviews.
The La Jolla production received mostly negative reviews from critics.
It was nominated for 8 awards at the 42nd Golden Raspberry Awards and won 5
awards including Worst Picture, Worst Director, Jeanna de Waal for Worst
Actress, Judy Kaye for Worst Supporting Actress.
43. Blonde - 2022
It is a 2022 American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the 2000 novel by Joyce Carol Oates.
The film is a fictionalized interpretation of the life and career of American
actress Marilyn Monroe played by Ana de Armas.
it premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 8th
2022 where it received a 14-minute standing ovation.
It is the first NC-17 rated film to be released exclusively to a streaming service.
The film received polarized reviews from critics and audiences; while de
Armas's performance garnered praise, the fictionalization of Monroe's life was
considered exploitative and the screenplay was criticized.
It received eight nominations at the 43rd Golden Raspberry
Awards, winning Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay, while Ana De Armas was
nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award and SAG Award
for Best Actress.
44. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey - 2023
It is a 2023 British independent slasher film produced, directed, written and edited by Rhys Frake-Waterfield.
The first installment of The Twisted Childhood Universe, it is a horror parody
of A A Milne and E H Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh books.
It follows Pooh and Piglet, who have become feral murderers as they terrorise a
group of young university women and Christopher Robin when he returns to the
Hundred Acre Wood five years after leaving for college.
the film was a box-office success, grossing $7.7 million
worldwide on a budget of £100,000.
A sequel, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 was released on 26th March 2024.
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics with many
considering it one of the worst films ever made and received five awards at
44th Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Picture.
45. Madame Web - 2024
It is a 2024 American superhero film featuring the character from Marvel Comics, It is the fourth film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) and directed by S J Clarkson.
The film depicts the origin story of Cassie Webb (by Johnson), who confronts
her past while trying to save three young women (Sweeney, Merced, O'Connor)
from Ezekiel Sims (by Rahim) who wants to kill them before they become
Spider-Women in the future and kill him.
The film was panned by critics and was a box-office failure, grossing $100.5 million worldwide against a net production budget of $80 million.
It received three awards at 45th Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst
Picture, Worst Screenplay and Worst Actress (for Johnson).
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