# Worst Movies of 2024? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 22, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259 "2025-01-22T17:45:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/1 "2025-01-22T17:45:39Z")
I will pick one “worst” and the rest are unranked. Worst: **Megalopolis** - No. Nope. This isn’t a brilliant, hard to crack, work that will go up in esteem later. It’s horrible, comically bad. We need to face it. Francis Ford Coppola isn’t going to make another good movie. I can tell the actors had no idea if it was good or not while making it; it’s a mess. Everyone just trusted Francis knew what the whole picture would look like, but it’s an assembled edit of nonsense and embarrassing bits. Even bringing in Larry Fishburne to narrate, which I bet was added a lot later, didn’t help it make sense. Would be a fun Rifftrax movie, though. In fact, fun to watch and make fun of in general. Then again, it is dull beyond belief in longer stretches. The rest: Lisa Frankenstein Madame Web - clearly no one acting knew the plot. Very odd. Challengers - on many best lists. Uh, I hated it. Shallow. I hated the whole thing. Street Trash - not even fun as a trash movie Humane - I was into it early on…but it ended up being really bad. Sometimes I Think About Dying - the joke writes itself for this one. So dull. Death Streamer - from Full Moon Pictures, but lame for even their fun bad movies. Boring. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/2 "2025-01-22T20:39:04Z")
Agreed that _Megalopolis_ was the worst movie in ages. A gigantic fustercluck and a waste of millions of dollars. _Madame Web_ made my list as well, as did _Lisa Frankenstein_ (though I know a lot of people who really liked the latter). I’d add _Red One_. Ugly, cynical towards its audience, devoid of soul and laughs. I’m glad I watched it on streaming rather than on the big screen. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/3 "2025-01-22T21:56:59Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > I’d add _Red One_. Ugly, cynical towards its audience, devoid of soul and laughs. I’m glad I watched it on streaming rather than on the big screen. Yep, skipped it. Any movie I see, I plan to like. My list is only movies I hoped for the best on and I had been warned about Red One. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/4 "2025-01-22T22:07:02Z")
I can’t imagine doing a worst movies list: I only watch movies via streaming and if I don’t like it I quit watching after 5, 10, 15 or whatever minutes. Why do you people punish yourselves? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/5 "2025-01-22T22:23:29Z")
I try to forget bad movies as soon as I’ve seen them but two that I specifically remember leaving the theater feeling like someone owes me two hours of my life back were _The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare_ and _Monster Summer_. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/6 "2025-01-22T22:40:11Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Why do you people punish yourselves? I tend to finish movies and I do avoid movies I expect to be bad. I do quit movies, but it is rare. Very rare. I will admit, Megalopolis probably deserved a quit, but I watched due to it being Coppola and it was such a trainwreck, I could not look away. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/7 "2025-01-22T22:54:23Z")
A lot of people crap on Borderlands but I thought it was entertaining enough. It was bad though, I do not dispute that at all. My nominee for unquestionable worst movie I saw was the 2024 reboot of The Crow. I think there could still be life left in the franchise and I think there are some good stories to be told here but this sure as hell was not it. Madame Web was a great example of how to spend a ton of money making a bad movie. They could have embraced the cheese and it might have been glorious in a so-bad-it’s-good kind of way but instead they decided to have this movie try to take itself seriously. I liked Red One but it is absolutely a “turn off your brain” movie. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/8 "2025-01-22T23:04:44Z")
I haven’t seen Megalopolis, but the “Visual Artists React” video about it was mind-boggling and hilarious. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WiEOB3YMilA/maxresdefault.jpg "VFX Artists React to MEGALOPOLIS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiEOB3YMilA) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/9 "2025-01-22T23:19:34Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Why do you people punish yourselves? Well, I don’t watch movies on streaming if I have a choice. If I paid my $9 I want to see it through. Maybe it will all make sense in the end. But I usually don’t punish myself by avoiding obvious CRAP movies. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/10 "2025-01-22T23:26:55Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > A lot of people crap on Borderlands but I thought it was entertaining enough. It was bad though, I do not dispute that at all. I didn’t have it on my worst list. It’s…well, not great. But not horrible. I bet there was an R-rated version either short or imagined and it would have been much better. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/11 "2025-01-22T23:28:26Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > My nominee for unquestionable worst movie I saw was the 2024 reboot of The Crow. I think there could still be life left in the franchise and I think there are some good stories to be told here but this sure as hell was not it. It was OK. Should have been a sequel, not a reboot/remake. A bit dull, the opera house scene was great. It did not make my worst list. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/12 "2025-01-22T23:40:14Z")
Here’s somebody’s [list](https://www.imdb.com/list/ls528008953/) of worst movies (and some TV shows) of 2024. I haven’t seen but a few of those. (Ditto not seen any Razzie noms.) I am surprised to see _The Idea of You_ and _The Greatest Hits_ on it. Both are decent enough or better. Different strokes. For the one that stands in terms of relative badness, expectations vs. delivery, is _Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice_. But slightly worse in absolute terms is _Greedy People_. _Red One_ is fresh in my mind as real dud. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/13 "2025-01-22T23:48:00Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > For the one that stands in terms of relative badness, expectations vs. delivery, is _Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice_. I thought it was cute. They were, at least, wise to keep Beetlejuice to a short screen time, just like the original. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/14 "2025-01-23T06:57:27Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I try to forget bad movies as soon as I’ve seen them but two that I specifically remember leaving the theater feeling like someone owes me two hours of my life back were _The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare_ and _Monster Summer_ Agree on Ministry, in terms of biggest disappointment. It’s a great premise and idea, based on a true story and I’ve loved the last couple of Guy Ritchie’s movies, but holy shit what TERRIBLE action sequences which were the entire point of the movie. So boringly shot, the heroes literally slowly walk through scenes and murder the bad guys with absolutely no real effort. The bad guys in Commando gave Arnie more trouble than the entire Nazi army in this. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/15 "2025-01-23T14:35:24Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > _Red One_ is fresh in my mind as real dud > [@PastTense](#): > > Why do you people punish yourselves? (Not picking on anyone in particular, just using the quotes as a jumping off point) You could tell _Red One_ sucked just from the trailers! Even Mr Rock being in it couldn’t make me want to see it. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/16 "2025-01-23T15:04:05Z")
Even though I saw 158 films last year, I only saw one mentioned in this thread, **Megalopolis**. (And **Challengers** too but that wasn’t a bad movie…) All of these other films looked terrible just from the trailer or word of mouth. Rarely do I see a film that is actually bad because I just don’t go see things I know I won’t like. Most of my least liked films of the year I wouldn’t even say are bad, they just did not work for me. **The Front Room** (now this one was _truly_ a piece of shit and was really the only film I saw that I actually hated) **Megalopolis** (although I didn’t like it, I am glad I saw it, and it was truly an experience seen on the largest screen in the country) **Y2K** **Venom: The Last Dance** **Rumours** **All We Imagine as Light** (yeah yeah some people say it’s great, it was boring and meandering with no plot) **Moana 2** (sequel that did not need to exist) **Mufasa: The Lion King** (ditto) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/17 "2025-01-23T16:40:04Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > **All We Imagine as Light** Spoiler question from the plot summary: from wikipedia: Prabha rescues a middle-aged man from drowning by resuscitating him with CPR. While he is waiting for the local doctor, Prabha cleans and cares for him.She begins having a conversation with him, transforming him into her husband. He apologies for abandoning her and seeks her forgiveness, but she tells him that she does not want to see him ever again. Does that mean he is her husband and slowly the audience realizes, she pretends he is, she pretends in her head (nothing actually happens), or she literally transforms him in some weird fantastical Indian film way (and they all sing and dance at the end? 🙂 ) ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/18 "2025-01-23T17:33:33Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > **Venom: The Last Dance** Hey, this one was fun. Not so bad at all. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/19 "2025-01-23T17:44:48Z")
IMO she either pretends he is and he goes along with it, or it’s all in her head. For that to have actually been her husband strains all kinds of credibility. If I remember right, she was in another part of the country when that happens so for her actual husband to suddenly wash up onshore and she just so happens to be there would be **so** stupid and unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259/20 "2025-01-23T20:01:41Z")
David Lynch could have made it work. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-movies-of-2024/1013259.md?page=2)