25 Worst Movies of All Time According to IMDb

Some movies are so bad that they’re good, but others are just irredeemable turkeys according to IMDb voters.

Critically trashed movies such as Showgirls and Mommie Dearest are surprisingly entertaining and have tremendous camp value, especially when viewed with a game crowd in the right state of mind. Other stinkers such as From Justin to Kelly, Disaster Movie, and Saving Christmas elicit nothing but groans and cringes.

IMDb users voted the following films the worst of all time and questioned how they were green-lit. How many have you seen and will admit enjoying?

1. Daniel the Wizard (2004)

Daniel the Wizard stars German talent-show singer Daniel Küblböck as himself in a purported fantasy-comedy in which sinister assassins try to take him out.

The movie’s tagline reads, “Loved by millions, hated by many.” Critics agreed with the latter half of that statement, referring to Daniel the Wizard as “unbearable” and featuring some of the worst performances in the history of German cinema. On a 2013 talk show, Küblböck joked, “Not everyone achieves that” in response to Daniel the Wizard’s notoriety as the worst film of all time.

Daniel the Wizard‘s abysmal IMDb score of 1.2/10 is not exactly magical.

2. Smolensk (2016)

Directed by Antoni Krauze and based on real events, Smolensk stars Beata Fido as a Polish reporter covering the crash of Polish Air Force Flight 101 near Smolensk, Russia.

Smolensk cleaned up at the Snake Awards — the Polish equivalent of the Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies — winning Worst Film, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Embarrassing Film on an Important Subject, Worst Actress, Worst Film Duo, and Most Embarrassing Scene.

The movie crashed and burned with audiences as well, pardon the pun, earning a 1.2/10 rating on IMDb.

3. Foodfight! (2012) 

The animated kids’ flick Foodfight! unapologetically prioritizes product placement in story about popular food mascots who come to life in a supermarket after hours. Charlie Sheen, Eva Longoria, Hilary Duff, and Christopher Lloyd are just a few of the big names voicing characters in this shameless and troubled production.

Critics called out Foodfight! as “the worst animated children’s film ever made.” One reviewer even went so far as to say, “I was put on Earth to suffer through abominations like Foodfight! so that society as a whole might benefit from my Christlike sacrifice.”

If Foodfight! were a perishable good, it would have expired years ago with an IMDb rating of 1.3/10. If the idea of an animated film about supermarket foods that come to life intrigues you, check out the hilarious, not-so-kid-friendly Sausage Party movie and TV sequel series instead.

4. Saving Christmas (2014)

The preachy, faith-based seasonal “comedy” Saving Christmas stars former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron as an exaggerated version of himself — a man on a singular mission to remind you that Christmas is first and foremost a Christian holiday. Got it.

Not only did Saving Christmas get a 0% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this cinematic lump of coal won four Razzies, including Worst Picture. Cameron claimed that Saving Christmas‘ low Rotten Tomatoes score was the result of an atheist smear campaign.

Viewers of all different religions as well as atheists gifted Saving Christmas with a naughty 1.3/10 IMDb score.

5. Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004)

Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, the sequel to Baby Geniuses that no one asked for, stars Scott Baio and Jon Voight. The movie about a media mogul’s attempt to decipher brainy baby babble bombed at the box office.

Superbabies earned a not-so-super 0% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The painfully unfunny sequel got nominated for four Razzies: Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Supporting Actor for Oscar winner Voight. It turns out that lame jokes don’t get any funnier when coming out of the mouths of cute tots.

IMDb viewers delivered the desperate sequel a stinky 1.5/10 rating. Someone ought to change those diapers!

6. The Cost of Deception (2021)

Originally titled Elk*rtuk, The Cost of Deception is a Hungarian political thriller based on the 2006 Öszöd speech by former Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. The private speech got leaked to radio and ignited a political scandal.

Critics called out The Cost of Deception as unapologetic government propaganda thinly disguised as entertainment. Despite this and an IMDb rating of 1.5/10, producer Gábor Kálomista says a sequel could happen due to the film’s “gigantic success.” Now who is deceiving who and at what cost?

7. Turks in Space (2006)

Turks in Space, a sequel to 1982’s The Man Who Saved the World, features martial arts actor Cüneyt Arkın reprising his role as Murat in a movie about a Turkish family that journeys to an alien solar system.

The alleged “humor” buried in this shoddy sequel supposedly comes from the family’s cultural clashes in their new solar system. No one at IMDb was laughing, however, when they gave the sci-fi stinker a 1.5/10 rating. If it takes as long to make another sequel as it did to make this one, our solar system is safe from this out-there IP until 2030.

8. Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)

Most people wouldn’t know about Manos: The Hands of Fate if Mystery Science Theater 3000 hadn’t skewered it in a 1993 episode. Manos follows a family who gets lost driving through Texas and stumbles upon a dangerous pagan cult.

The no-budget Manos: The Hands of Fate deservedly earned a reputation for being one of the worst films ever made. It has a 0% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 1.6/10 rating on IMDb.

Despite its dubious notoriety, Manos: The Hands of Fate was followed by both the prequel Manos: The Rise of Torgo and sequel Manos Returns in 2018.

9. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)

The shlocky The Birds rip-off Birdemic: Shock and Terror likely made Alfred Hitchcock roll over in his grave. In Birdemic, which looks as if it were filmed on an aughts flip phone, the tranquil town of Half Moon Bay, California gets chaotic when birds of a different feather start attacking the denizens.

Allegedly inspired by the documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Birdemic: Shock and Terror initially delivers laughs because of its beyond-bad special effects. The joke doesn’t last for the movie’s 93 minutes, however, and viewers who try to wait it out may prefer to get torn apart by avian assassins instead.

Despite the not-so-special effects, wooden acting, and an IMDb viewer rating of 1.7/10, Birdemic: Shock and Terror was followed by two sequels only a bird-brained glutton for punishment would sign up for: Birdemic 2: The Resurrection and Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle.

10. National Lampoon’s Pledge This! (2006)

The straight-to-video comedy National Lampoon’s Pledge This! stars and was executive-produced by Paris Hilton. If a movie’s plot is set in motion by a dorm toilet exploding, you deserve what you get if you think it’s going to get better.

Hilton was reportedly so angry that the filmmakers added more skin to the movie to get an R rating that she didn’t even show up to the premiere. In 2008, Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc. even sued Hilton for not adequately promoting the flick. On the movie’s official poster, the words “National Lampoon’s” are so small compared to the font size of the rest of the title that it makes one wonder if the company National Lampoon understandably regretted putting its name on this stinker.

National Lampoon’s Pledge This! has a 0% Fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating and a flunking 1.7/10 IMDb score. Pledge to not watch this!

11. The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012)

The children’s film The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure is very loosely based on the TV show My Bedbugs. The plot of the former involves the costumed characters Goobie, Zoozie, and Toofie and their quest to procure five magical balloons for their friend’s birthday party.

The makers of The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure marketed it as an “interactive film” and encouraged kids to sing and dance during the movie, a clever gimmick — had it worked — to distract viewers from the fact that the movie is the ultimate party cooler. Critics described the torturous flick as “ineffectual,” “disengaging,” and “just plain dumb.”

IMDb users gave the G-rated movie a 1.7/10 score, which means that kids weren’t exactly dancing in the aisles to this desperate mash-up of Teletubbies and Barney & Friends. Just put on Sesame Street for the wee ones instead.

12. Going Overboard (1989)

Adam Sandler made his film debut in this lame comedy in which he stars as a struggling comedian with a gig on a cruise ship. Going Overboard also features Billy Bob Thornton in a small part.

Sandler is a divisive performer, but even his die-hard fans have to concede that all copies of his film debut in Going Overboard should have been thrown overboard and lost to the depths of the ocean. A writer for Reel Film Reviews describes the movie as suffering “from a total dearth of positive attributes.”

Going Overboard sank fast with IMDb users, who gave it 1.8/10 rating. Sandler has much better movies, including his arguably best performance in the crime thriller Uncut Gems.

13. Disaster Movie (2008)

Disaster Movie tries to replicate the success of the Scary Movie parody franchise by poking fun at the disaster-film genre that had a resurgence in the early aughts. Carmen Electra, who appeared in the first Scary Movie, shows up in Disaster Movie, as does Kim Kardashian in her film debut.

Although writers-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer found some financial success with the spoof comedies Date Movie, Epic Movie, and Meet the Spartans, the duo pressed their luck with Disaster Movie, which performed significantly worse at the box office.

Filled with flatulence jokes and outdated ethnic humor, Disaster Movie earned a disastrous “F” CinemaScore from audiences and scored 1.9/10 on IMDb. If you like parody movies, 1980’s Airplane! is still hilarious and pokes fun at the disaster films of the 1970s.

14. The Hottie & the Nottie (2008)

Oh, hi again, Paris Hilton! For those with a hazy memory of the aughts, Hilton’s signature catchphrase was “That’s hot.” With a title playing off that, The Hottie & the Nottie is a romantic comedy starring Hilton as the “hottie” and Christine Lakin as her “nottie” friend. Joel David Moore plays the guy who initially pursues the hottie only to become more attracted to the nottie.

The Hottie & the Nottie had a not-so-hot box office run that didn’t come close to recouping the film’s modest $9 million budget. Critics universally panned this Hilton vanity project, with The Village Voice calling it “crass, shrill, disingenuous, tawdry, mean-spirited, vulgar, idiotic, boring, slapdash, half-assed, and very, very unfunny.” Hilton also won the Razzie for Worst Actress for her performance in this turkey.

IMDb voters deemed Hilton’s movie “not hot” by giving it a 2/10 rating. The 1987 movie Some Kind of Wonderful has a similar plot about a guy who realizes that the girl of his dreams isn’t the one he is chasing and holds up better than The Hottie & the Nottie.

15. Radhe (2021) 

The Bollywood action-thriller Radhe is a remake of the South Korean film The Outlaws. In Radhe, Salman Khan plays the titular undercover cop tasked with solving a case involving the sale of drugs to schoolchildren.

Critics dismissed the COVID-delayed movie as “loud, senseless, and offensive” with “little regard for women.” With a score of 1.9/10, Radhe is Khan’s lowest-rated movie on IMDb to date.

16. From Justin to Kelly (2003)

Everyone got a little too overexcited about the first season of American Idol and decided that the singing competition’s first winner, Kelly Clarkson, needed to star in her own romantic musical comedy opposite runner-up Justin Guarini. The movie From Justin to Kelly awkwardly forces the competitors to imagine themselves as mutual love interests in a movie even though the two young adults are singers, not actors.

From Justin to Kelly hit a sour note with critics and audiences, turning out about as well as one might expect for a shameless cash-in movie starring two nonactors. Clarkson reportedly said that she knew that the movie was going to stink but that she was contractually obligated to star in it if she won American Idol.

Winning the Razzie for Worst “Musical” of Our First 25 Years, From Justin to Kelly tanked at the box office and currently rocks a 1.9/10 rating on IMDb.

17. Race 3 (2018)

Race 3 is a stand-alone Bollywood sequel starring Salman Khan, whom you may remember from earlier as the star of Radhe. In Race 3, Khan plays Sikander “Sikku” Singh, the stepson of a notorious Indian arms dealer.

Although successful at the box office, critics dismissed Race 3 as “complete drivel” with a “ridiculous plot” and “subpar acting.” With a 1.9/10 IMDb rating, Race 3 is neck and neck with Radhe as Khan’s lowest-rated film on IMDb.

18. Enes Batur: Imagination or Reality? (2018)

Enes Batur is a popular Turkish YouTuber. In the ill-conceived, amateurish comedy Enes Batur: Imagination or Reality?, Batur is faced with the earth-shattering decision of either going to college or becoming a professional YouTuber.

Even if you fancy yourself a full-time YouTube personality or social media influencer as Batur clearly does, that is not the same thing as being a professional actor, comedian, or movie star. If you can make a living getting people to watch you do stuff in short video clips on YouTube, congratulations! Please stay in your lane, though. Movie lovers and YouTube fans are two very different audiences without a lot of cross-pollination.

Despite Batur having 16 million YouTube subscribers, the reality is that Enes Batur: Imagination or Reality? only scored 2/10 on IMDb.

19. House of the Dead (2003) 

For those unfamiliar with notorious German director Uwe Boll, he is the man to blame for critically panned and financially dismal movie adaptations based on video games such as Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne, and In the Name of the King. House of the Dead is also based on a video game and takes place on a zombie-infested island from which rave attendees must escape.

Described by critics as “brainless” and “loaded with unintentional laughs,” House of the Dead cemented Boll’s reputation as the Emperor of Shlock. Time magazine included House of the Dead on its list of the worst video game movies of all time. IMDb users agreed and gave the movie a 2.1/10 rating.

Fun fact: Boll retired from directing in 2016 to become a restauranteur but returned to filmmaking in 2022. Here’s to hoping the food at his restaurants went down easier than his movies!

20. Baaghi 3 (2020)

In the Bollywood action-thriller Baaghi 3, Tiger Shroff (rawwr!) plays a man who shreds anyone standing in the way between him and the terrorists who kidnapped his older brother.

Shroff looks more like a ridiculously ripped male model flexing and posing for a new Calvin Klein cologne commercial than a gritty action hero in this third installment of the Baaghi franchise. Although it became the second-highest-grossing Indian film in 2020 during the pandemic, Baaghi 3 has a 0% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb users rated the sequel 2.2/10.

21. Son of the Mask (2005)

Son of the Mask is the second — and, mercifully, final — installment of The Mask franchise. The comedy stars Jamie Kennedy as Tim Avery, whose son is born with the power of the Mask.

In 1994’s hit movie The Mask, Jim Carrey stars as the zoot suit-wearing titular trickster imbued with the power to alter his appearance and surroundings at will. Eleven years later, the sequel no one asked for bombed at the box office. Critics commented that Son of the Mask “sorely missed the presence of Jim Carrey” and dismissed the sequel as “loud,” “dumb,” and “painfully unfunny.”

Son of the Mask got nominated for eight Razzies, winning for Worst Prequel or Sequel. Don’t hold your breath for Grandson of the Mask to go into production anytime soon, especially since IMDb users rated Son of the Mask 2.3/10.

22. Hobgoblins (1988)

The low-budget comedy-horror film Hobgoblins rips off every movie you can think of featuring mischievous little monsters, including Gremlins, Ghoulies, and Critters. The demonic little aliens in Hobgoblins have the power to make fantasies come true… except, apparently, the fantasy of making a top-notch Gremlins rip-off.

Hobgoblins is notorious for its laughable production values and became a cult film after Mystery Science Theater 3000 featured it on an episode. Writer-director Rick Sloane commented in 2009 that his biggest fear is that Hobgoblins would slip out of the bottom IMDb films and be forgotten. He can rest easy since Hobgoblins still has a 2.2/10 rating on IMDb.

23. Student of the Year 2 (2019)

Hooray for Bollywood for producing some of the lowest-rating films on IMDb. In the stand-alone sequel Student of the Year 2, Tiger Shroff (remember him from earlier?) plays Rohan Sachdev, a young man who battles bullies and his own insecurities as he tries to win the Student of the Year title. Will Smith even makes a surprise cameo in “The Jawaani Song.”

Despite the addition of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, critics found the stale Student of the Year 2 “unnecessary,” “cliché,” and “predictable.” Although Shroff shows off some impressive dance moves, he struggles to convincingly play a student.

Student of the Year 2 flunks out on IMDb with a 2.2/10 rating.

24. Who’s Your Caddy? (2007) 

This desperate Caddyshack rehash features Big Boi as a hip-hop star who hatches a plan to join the conservative Carolina Pines Country Club after the president denies his membership. Who’s Your Caddy? also stars Lil Wayne, Terry Crews, and Jeffrey Jones.

Who’s Your Caddy? opened to universally negative reviews and failed to recoup even its modest $7 million budget at the box office. Critics described it as “unoriginal,” “unfunny,” and “forgettable.” IMDb users rated this subpar golf comedy 2.3/10.

25. Epic Movie (2007)

Despite an appearance by national treasure Jennifer Coolidge, the parody film Epic Movie doesn’t live up to its title. Epic Movie tries to poke fun at blockbuster movies such as Harry Potter, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Pirates of the Caribbean, and X-Men, to name a few.

Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer — the dudes to blame for Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie — Epic Movie epically failed with critics despite making a profit at the box office. Described by one reviewer as “bereft of anything resembling wit or inspiration,” Epic Movie boasts a not-so-epic 2.4/10 rating on IMDb. Maybe it’s time someone made a great parody movie about lame parody movies.