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The worst film released each of the past 25 years
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The worst film released each of the past 25 years

  • Mar 1, 2018
  • Mar 1, 2018

These films were more likely to win a Razzie than an Oscar. Here's a look at the worst film released each year from 1992-2016.

The worst movie of each year

Worst movies
Via Graphiq

Ever year, we celebrate the best of the best in the film and music industries. Awards ceremonies like the Oscars and the Grammys honor those who excel in their craft, and whose work will be remembered for generations to come.

Among the crop of movies released every year, however, there are others that many would like to forget. PrettyFamous, an entertainment data site by Graphiq, found the worst movie released each year. To determine the bottom of the barrel, PrettyFamous searched through its database of movies and found the film with the lowest Smart Rating each year. The Smart Rating is a score out of 100 that takes into account a movie's IMDb rating, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer and Audience Score, Gracenote rating, Metacritic Metascore and the inflation-adjusted U.S. box office gross. To account for older movies which have fewer reviews than their modern counterparts, PrettyFamous only included movies with more than 10,000 IMDb votes.

Note: Plot summaries were sourced (with minor edits) from Gracenote.

1992: "Cool World"

Smart Rating: 16.12
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 4%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 31%
Starring: Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt

After a bizarre incident, Frank Harris (Brad Pitt) is transported into the cartoon realm of Cool World, where he remains the only human among various animated characters for years. Eventually, artist Jack Deebs (Gabriel Byrne) also enters Cool World and sets his lustful sights on his own creation, a blond bombshell named Holli Would (Kim Basinger). However, excessive intermingling between cartoons and humans is said to lead to dire consequences, a risk Jack seems ready to take.

1993: "RoboCop 3"

Smart Rating: 13.06
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 3%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 14%
Starring: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn

Greedy corporation Omni Consumer Products is determined to begin development on its dream project, Delta City, which will replace the derelict Detroit. To achieve this end, O.C.P. is employing armed forces to bully residents out of the city, under the guise that they are just doing their part to reduce crime and root out thugs. After RoboCop (Robert John Burke) joins the civilian resistance, he sustains severe injuries but recovers to battle advanced ninja robots developed by O.C.P.

1994: "Police Academy: Mission to Moscow"

Smart Rating: 12.8
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 0%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 22%
Starring: George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf

The Russian mob, led by Konstantine Konali (Ron Perlman), develops a computer game that, unbeknown to its players, has the ability to destroy security systems. As a result, a staggering number of robberies have been committed, and the Russian police have no leads. They call in the help of the Americans -- but think twice about that decision when they end up with the lovable, bumbling members of the Police Academy, including Eric Lassard (George Gaynes) and Thaddeus Harris (G.W. Bailey).

1995: "Fair Game"

Smart Rating: 10.62
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 13%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 14%
Starring: William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff

Kate (Cindy Crawford) is going through a nasty divorce. When her ex-husband won't pay alimony, Kate investigates a freighter registered under his name in Florida. But what Kate doesn't know is that the freighter is the headquarters of Kazak (Steven Berkoff), a former KGB spy who now runs a global money laundering scheme. Once Kate discovers this, a police detective, Max Kirkpatrick (William Baldwin), is assigned to protect her. The two grow close as they try to evade Kazak and his men.

1996: "Bio-Dome"

Smart Rating: 12.42
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 5%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 50%
Starring: Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin, William Atherton

Bud (Pauly Shore) and Doyle (Stephen Baldwin) get simultaneously dumped by their eco-conscious girlfriends, Monique (Joey Lauren Adams) and Jen (Teresa Hill), in the middle of the desert. Needing a bathroom, the two friends enter what they think is a mall but soon realize is a high-profile, secure biological experiment. As they engage in a year-long battle with Dr. Faulkner (William Atherton) and the other scientists, Bud and Doyle are forced to confront the recklessness of their behavior.

1997: "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation"

Smart Rating: 10.15
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 3%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 25%
Starring: Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, James Remar

Every generation, a portal opens up between the Outerworld and Earth. Emperor Shao-Kahn (Brian Thompson), ruler of the mythical Outerworld, pounces the moment the portal reopens and slips through with his mighty warriors, intent on total domination and uniting the two worlds. However, he has only seven days to complete his task. In the meantime, opposition grows and warriors Sonya Blade (Sandra Hess), Jax (Lynn "Red" Williams), Kitana (Talisa Soto) and Liu Kang (Robin Shou) get ready for war.

1998: "The Avengers"

Smart Rating: 9.43
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 5%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 15%
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery

A charismatic evil genius named Sir August de Wynter (Sean Connery) discovers a way to harness the weather and utilize it as a weapon against London and the world at large. The posh and droll combo of secret agents John Steed (Ralph Fiennes) and Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) are on the case. But then Peel is implicated in the sabotage of a government scientific experiment. Steed and Peel try to clear her name, while also trying to stop de Wynter for good.

1999: "Baby Geniuses"

Smart Rating: 8.24

Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 2%

Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 23%

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Kim Cattrall

Evil partners (Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd) experiment on an infant and send his twin to a reputable research nursery.

2000: "Battlefield Earth"

Smart Rating: 7.23
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 3%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 11%
Starring: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker

In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities -- Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. As the leader of the evil Psychlos, Terl and his race have taken over the world's natural resources and disregarded everyone and everything else. It's up to Jonnie "Goodboy" Tyler, a brave human, to battle the Psychlos and restore normalcy to the world.

2001: "Glitter"

Smart Rating: 11.41
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 7%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 46%
Starring: Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Da Brat

Music legend Mariah Carey makes her feature film debut in this love story set against the backdrop of the New York club scene. Carey plays a young singer who overcomes a turbulent childhood and begins an exciting but often volatile and precarious journey to superstardom.

2002: "Rollerball"

Smart Rating: 8.63
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 3%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 14%
Starring: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J

Jonathan (Chris Klein) is the most popular player in the fastest and most extreme sport of all time: rollerball. Along with teammates Marcus (LL Cool J) and Aurora (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), Jonathan is giving viewers what they want: visceral thrills, breakneck speed and head-slamming action. Things go wrong when rollerball's creator, Petrovich (Jean Reno), realizes that serious on-court accidents bring higher ratings. Soon Jonathan and his friends are playing for their lives.

2003: "House of the Dead"

Smart Rating: 9.71
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 3%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 9%
Starring: Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard

Simon (Tyron Leitso) and Greg (Will Sanderson) meet a group of friends and set out to attend a rave on a remote island. When they miss the ferry, they decide to ride with Kirk (Jürgen Prochnow), a smuggler. They find the island deserted and discover that the partygoers have been killed by zombies. Now, the group must evade the deadly creatures and try to find safety. However, the only means of escape -- Kirk's boat -- has been overrun, forcing the survivors to ward off the undead.

2004: "SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2"

Smart Rating: 9.81
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 0%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 20%
Starring: Jon Voight, Scott Baio, Vanessa Angel

Toddlers use their special abilities to stop a media mogul (Jon Voight) from altering the minds of children.

2005: "BloodRayne"

Smart Rating: 9.2
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 4%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 16%
Starring: Kristanna Loken, Michael Madsen, Michelle Rodriguez

In 18th-century Romania, after spending much of her life in a traveling circus, human-vampire hybrid Rayne (Kristanna Loken) escapes and plots to take down her evil vampire father, Kagan (Ben Kingsley). When she's discovered by three vampire hunters, Vladimir (Michael Madsen), Katarin (Michelle Rodriguez) and Sebastian (Matt Davis), she manages to convince them to spare her life and join her cause. But slaying a vampire as powerful as Kagan will be no easy task.

2006: "Ultraviolet"

Smart Rating: 12.62
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 9%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 30%
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund

In the late 21st-century, a vampiric disease modifies some people, imbuing each of them with superhuman strength, intelligence and speed. Worldwide civil war looms as normal people, feeling threatened by their enhanced brethren, demand the extermination of the group. One such transformed female (Milla Jovovich) finds herself caught in the crossfire when she becomes the protector of a boy who is perceived to be a threat to humanity.

2007: "Epic Movie"

Smart Rating: 9.65
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 2%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 29%
Starring: Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Faune Chambers

Four adult orphans (Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Faune Chambers, Jayma Mays) have an incredible adventure in a spoof of blockbuster and fantasy films. They visit a bizarre confectioner's chocolate factory and enter a mythic realm in which they must help a wise but lusty lion rid the land of a witchy woman.

2008: "Disaster Movie"

Smart Rating: 7.92
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 1%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 19%
Starring: Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Kim Kardashian

During a fateful night, a group of impossibly attractive 20-somethings (Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Kim Kardashian) must dodge a series of man-made and natural disasters. Twisters, asteroids, earthquakes and singer Amy Winehouse are just some of the perils they face while trying to make their way to safety.

2009: "Miss March"

Smart Rating: 11.61
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 5%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 29%
Starring: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi

On the night that he and his high school sweetheart, Cindi, plan to consummate their love, Eugene (Zach Cregger) whacks his head and falls into a coma. Four years later, Eugene wakes up and discovers that his erstwhile girlfriend is now a centerfold model in Playboy magazine. Together with his best friend Tucker (Trevor Moore), Eugene embarks on a cross-country trip to Hugh Hefner's world-famous mansion to win Cindi back and rescue her from a life of decadence.

2010: "My Soul to Take"

Smart Rating: 13.32
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 9%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 26%
Starring: Max Thieriot, John Magaro, Denzel Whitaker

In the small town of Riverton, a local legend tells of a serial killer's oath to come back and kill the seven children who were born on the night he supposedly died. Now 16 years later, Riverton residents are disappearing again, making some wonder if the legend is true. Bug (Max Thieriot), plagued by nightmares all his life, is one of the so-called Riverton Seven, and it's up to him to save his friends from an evil that will not rest.

2011: "Jack and Jill"

Smart Rating: 12.18
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 3%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 36%
Starring: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino

Thanksgiving is usually a happy time, but ad executive Jack (Adam Sandler) dreads the holiday because his twin sister, Jill (also Sandler), makes her annual visit. When Jack and his sister get off on the wrong foot, the only way to make it right is to invite her to stay through Hanukkah. But, when actor Al Pacino (Al Pacino), whom Jack desperately needs to star in a commercial, takes a shine to Jill, Jack may be forced to extend his sister's visit even longer.

2012: "The Apparition"

Smart Rating: 11.11
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 3%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 24%
Starring: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton

Plagued by frightening occurrences in their home, Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) learn that a university's parapsychology experiment produced an entity that is now haunting them. The malevolent spirit feeds on fear and torments the couple no matter where they run. Desperate, Kelly and Ben turn to a paranormal researcher (Tom Felton), but even with his aid, it may already be too late to save themselves from the terrifying presence.

2013: "The Starving Games"

Smart Rating: 9.72
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 0%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 21%
Starring: Brant Daugherty, Maiara Walsh, Cody Christian

This movie spoofs "The Hunger Games," "Avengers" and "Harry Potter."

2014: "Saving Christmas"

Smart Rating: 7.76
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 0%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 30%
Starring: Kirk Cameron, Darren Doane, Bridgette Ridenour

Kirk's sister's annual Christmas party is about to be ruined by Christian, his brother-in-law, and Kirk realizes he has to show Christian how important Christ is to the holiday season.

2015: "The Ridiculous 6"

Smart Rating: 11.94
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 0%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 30%
Starring: Adam Sandler, Will Forte, Taylor Lautner

White Knife, an orphan raised by Native Americans, discovers that five outlaws are actually his half-brothers. Together, they set out to save their wayward father.

2016: "Fifty Shades of Black"

Smart Rating: 13.91
Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer: 7%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 19%
Starring: Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Affion Crockett

In a spoof of "Fifty Shades of Grey," Hannah Steele interviews entrepreneur Christian Black (Marlon Wayans) for her roommate's school newspaper. The wealthy and eligible Black quickly learns how clumsy the young woman is. As flirtation leads to attraction, Christian invites Hannah to his home and introduces her to his kinky world of S&M. Despite their different backgrounds, the new couple consistently surprise each other with how far they're willing to go to make their relationship work.

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