# 10 Worst Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898 "2002-08-21T11:08:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jaystercom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@Jaystercom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaystercom)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/1 "2002-08-21T11:08:20Z")
OK, WE DID THE 10 BEST MOVIES - NOW SHARE THE 10 WORST MOVIES…YOUR OPINION ONLY, OF COURSE. MOTHRA ARACHNAPHOBIA OLD YELLAR BEST IN SHOW BACKDRAFT (Because Curt Russell bites it in the end) BOOGIE NIGHTS THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD THROW MAMA FROM THE TRAIN ANYTHING STARRING STEVE MARTIN (SORRY) (NO I’M NOT) BEETLEJUICE Absolutely loved SLINGBLADE ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/2 "2002-08-21T11:56:08Z")
If that’s your list, you need to see more movies. In a world filled with truly painful garbage like those below, your’s are nowhere near contention. Check these out and see if you can maintain your sanity:[ul][li]_Battlefield Earth_[/li][li]_Manos, Hands of Fate_[/li][li]_Batman and Robin_[/li][li]_Megaforce_[/li][li]_The Wild World of Batwoman_[/li][li]_Dungeons and Dragons_[/li][li]_Boxing Helena_[/li][li]_Highlander II_[/li][li]_Maximum Overdrive_[/li][li]Anything starring Steven Segal[/ul]I’m sure somebody will come along with a list even more disturbing but these are the ones that I’ve been least successful in blocking out.[/li] BTW, welcome to the boards **Jaystercom**. NO NEED TO SHOUT. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/3 "2002-08-21T12:09:55Z")
My picks: 1. Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh 2. A Boy and His Dog 3. Transylvania 6-5000 4. Psycho Beach Party 5. Ordinary People 6. Masters of the Universe 7. Yor: Hunter from the Future 8. If Looks Could Kill 9. Electra 10. Driven ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/4 "2002-08-21T12:16:51Z")
1. **DOOM GENERATION** 2. Although I haven’t seen it, **Nowhere** is another Greg Araki film, and I’ve been told it’s just as bad, so I shall place it at spot number two 3. Skydivers 4. Manos, the Hands of Fate 5. Batman and Robin 6. Superman 4 7. Godzilla (the American piece of shit) 8. Wild Things 9. Starship Troopers 10. Anything with the word “Hard” in the tittle I know there are a TON of shitty films worse than those on my list (with the exception of my #1 choice; NOTHING could be worse than that film), but these are the ones I haven’t forced from memory. Just out of curiosity **Jaystercom** , which **Night of the Living Dead** are you talking about? I admit, the remake was crap, but the original is one of the greatest horror movies of all time. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/5 "2002-08-21T12:23:46Z")
Are you including DIE HARD? 'Cause if you are I think you’d better rethink that one! ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/6 "2002-08-21T12:32:26Z")
I’m sorry, But Starship Troopers, Die Hard, and Under Siege (Seagal’s one good movie) cannot appear on that list. Otherwise, Hodge is definitely on the right track. You do not know pain until you have seen Battlefield Earth and Manos: the Hands of Fate, Batman and Robin (how low the series has fallen), and Highlander II (the worst follow up to a good movie, ever). ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/7 "2002-08-21T12:54:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > **10. Anything with the word “Hard” in the title** Rock Hard Gay Waiters was pretty good. Um… or so I’m told. My list: 1. Navy Seals 2. Ghost Dad (I actually saw that one just because I’d heard it was so bad) 3. Battlefield Earth 4. Xanadu 5. Manos 6. The Conqueror 7. Cleopatra 8. Mommy Dearest (because everyone knows child abuse is _funny_. :rolleyes: ) 9. Nothing but Trouble 10. Rhinestone (Stallone and Parton, surely a match made in hell) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/8 "2002-08-21T12:54:45Z")
Some really odd choices so far. I detested Starship Troopers, for example, but wouldn’t consider putting it on the list. And things like “Mothra,” “A Boy and His Dog,” “Boogie Nights,” “Throw Mama From the Train,” and “Die Hard” are good films in any case. The champion is, of course, Battlefield Earth. Vying for runner up: Space Mutiny Mitchell Saturday the 14th Madhouse The Secret of Santa Vittoria Freddy Got Fingered The Wild World of Batwoman Ring of Terror George of the Jungle (live action) For the record, the current worst rated films at the IMDB are “Trigger Fast” and “Backyard Dogs.” ---
**Author:** ![Zorro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ad7895/32.png) [@Zorro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zorro)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/9 "2002-08-21T12:57:16Z")
That filthy piece of cinematographic sh\*t starring Kevin “Bastard” Costner, _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/10 "2002-08-21T13:08:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jaystercom \* > **BOOGIE NIGHTS** Oh, come _on_. That was a classic! I’ll toss in only one. One. The Worst Movie Of All Time. Ever. **THE BODYGUARD** ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/11 "2002-08-21T15:19:54Z")
\*\*Monster a Go-Go Mighty Gorga Sextette Guru:the Mad Monk Star Crash Dracula vs Frankenstein Manos the Hands of Fate Princess Warrior Maniac (1934) A_P_E \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/12 "2002-08-21T15:25:31Z")
Highlander II Waterworld Double Team ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/13 "2002-08-21T15:27:31Z")
Ten replies and nobody has said Titanic yet? Come on Titanic bashers get on the ball! ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/14 "2002-08-21T15:39:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*1. DOOM GENERATION \*\* I think this film was an extremely important critique of sub-culture behaviour and nuances in our post-modern era. It reflected the growing alienation youth feels as it reaches adulthood but still fails to grasp the complexities of humanity and society as an adult. It expresses the dense feelings of separation we all pass through on the journey to acceptance and fulfilment. Either that, or you were right the first time. 😉 (although I quite liked it, really) My $0.02… Any ‘made for TV’ soft porn flick (Ok, that’s a given), or any bloody homely Disney film, like **"Air Bud"** For Hollywood films that really sucked (and should know better), I would add: Barb Wire Cobra Judge Dredd Anything with Macaulay Culkin ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/15 "2002-08-21T15:50:42Z")
Using only flicks I saw at the theater (or at least the first half): (no set order) 1 Batman and Robin- by academy award winning writer Akiva Goldsmen. 2 The Avengers- Ok, so Uma WAS in Spandex… 3 Godzilla- Even Hank Azaria was bad… 4 Spawn- I didn’t even like Leguizamo 5 Blown Away- the worst film I have ever seen at the movies. 6 Hudson Hawk- The first movie I ever walked out of. 7 Jurassic Park 2- Began the end of my love of FX. 8 Cool World- Holly would if she could…but I wish she hadn’t! 9 Drowning Mona- I normally like Black Comedy. 10 Lucky Numbers- I picked this one for a large group to see! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/16 "2002-08-21T16:12:22Z")
\*\*The Postman Battlefield Earth Plan 9 from Outer Space Manos, the Hands of Fate Jurrasic Park III Wild, Wild, West Town and Country\*\* ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/17 "2002-08-21T16:13:34Z")
My picks (in no specific order) : [list=1] [li]Mr Wrong[/li][li]Freddy got fingered[/li][li]Battlefield Earth[/li][li]Manos[/li][li]Navy Seals[/li][li]Yor, the hunter from the future[/li][li]Very Bad Things[/li][li]the Ator movies[/li][li]the Gor movies[/li][li]Double Team[/li][/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/18 "2002-08-21T16:40:31Z")
Yikes! I forgot about _Freddy Got Fingered_. I want to change one of my votes! (But _Driven_ says at number one.) ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/19 "2002-08-21T17:05:05Z")
It seems to me that any low budget movies should be left out of consideration because there are so many bad ones, and they shouldn’t be blamed for being what they are. Manos, for example, should not count because it had no potential to be anything other than awful. Any list of bad movies should be limited to big budget movies from major studions that had the resources and skills to make something decent instead of an Alan Smithee project. I nominate **Boom** , written by Tennesse Williams and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and featuring Nowl Coward as “The Witch of Capri,” this bizarre bit of celluloid is jawdroppingly bad. **Town and Country** –a $100 million film that brought in maybe 2 bucks. BAAAD. **Ishtar** –Write your own joke **The Pick Up Artist** a gawdawful Brat Pack pic from 1986 with Molly Ringwald and Robert Downey, Jr. **Battlefield Earth** –Watch John Travolta flush his career down the toilet. “Hey, Quentin, you got a part in your new film for me?” **The Avengers** –What a waste of Uma! **Showgirls** –OK, this movie is actually one of my guilty camp pleasures, but on any real scale of artistic merit, this movie is pure cowflop. **Caligula** –Bob Guccione’s one bid at cinematic glory, this atrocity wasted the talents of Gore Vidal, Malcolm McDowell, Peter O’Toole, and Helen Mirren. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898/20 "2002-08-21T17:06:13Z")
Ack, that’s **]Noel** Coward! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-worst-movies/124898.md?page=2)