Worst Movies by the Best Actors (part 3)
by Hoekkie | created - 16 Aug 2020 | updated - 26 Aug 2020 | PublicBased on the IMDb rating, these are the worst movies by the best actors. If you have to watch one of these movies, which movie would you choose?
Note: The best actors are chosen based on the number of Oscar wins and nominations. They all won 1 Oscar and have 4 or 5 Oscar nominations. Films are selected with more than 100 votes.
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See also:
Worst Movies by the Best Actors (part 1)
Worst Movies by the Best Actors (part 2)
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1. Delgo (2008)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Delgo, an adventurous but naive teenager, must rally his group of friends to protect their world from conflict between the Lockni and Nohrin people.
Directors: Marc F. Adler, Jason Maurer | Stars: Freddie Prinze Jr., Val Kilmer, Anne Bancroft, Chris Kattan
Votes: 3,193 | Gross: $0.51M
Anne Bancroft's worst movie
2. Just Getting Started (2017)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Crime
An ex-F.B.I. Agent (Tommy Lee Jones) and an ex-mob lawyer in the Witness Protection Program (Morgan Freeman) have to put aside their petty rivalry on the golf course to fend off a mob hit.
Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rene Russo, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 8,372 | Gross: $6.07M
Morgan Freeman's and Tommy Lee Jones' worst movie
3. The Conqueror (1956)
Approved | 111 min | Adventure, Biography, History
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
Director: Dick Powell | Stars: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 3,868 | Gross: $4.50M
Susan Hayward's worst movie
4. Bloodline (1979)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When her father is murdered, a pharmaceutical heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Claudia Mori
Votes: 1,916
Audrey Hepburn's worst movie
5. Slipstream (2007)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world. While working on a murder mystery script, and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life, and vice versa.
Director: Anthony Hopkins | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Stella Hopkins, Christian Slater, John Turturro
Votes: 4,912 | Gross: $0.01M
Anthony Hopkins' worst movie
6. Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama
The homely daughter of a rich, vain woman gets mixed up with a kinky, menacing pop singer and his weird friends.
Director: Robert Thom | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Jordan Christopher, Holly Near, Lou Rawls
Votes: 533
Jennifer Jones' worst movie
7. The Little Mermaid (2018)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid.
Directors: Blake Harris, Chris Bouchard | Stars: William Moseley, Poppy Drayton, Loreto Peralta, Armando Gutierrez
Votes: 9,574 | Gross: $7.15M
Shirley MacLaine's worst movie
8. Body of Evidence (1992)
R | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
A lawyer defends a woman accused of killing her older lover by having sex with him.
Director: Uli Edel | Stars: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer
Votes: 16,391 | Gross: $13.28M
Julianne Moore's worst movie
9. The Valiant (1929)
66 min | Drama
After killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law under a false name, intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his ... See full summary »
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Johnny Mack Brown, DeWitt Jennings
Votes: 537
Paul Muni's worst movie
10. The Chairman (1969)
M/PG | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the US government sends a scientist to China to steal the formula for a new agricultural enzyme developed by the Chinese.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Alan Dobie
Votes: 1,414
Gregory Peck's worst movie
11. Ace the Case (2016)
PG-13 | 94 min | Family, Mystery
After being left at home when her mother goes on a business trip, a young girl witnesses a woman being kidnapped. With the help of a veteran New York detective, she undauntedly attempts to solve the kidnapping - no matter what it takes.
Director: Kevin Kaufman | Stars: Ripley Sobo, Lev Gorn, Susan Sarandon, Marc Menchaca
Votes: 608
Susan Sarandon's worst movie
12. Pretty Ladies (1925)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
Comedienne Maggie falls for musician Al Cassidy. They get married, Al becomes a songwriter and Maggie a housewife. Al is hired to write a number for one of the Follies' most beautiful stars and falls for her. Complications ensue.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Tom Moore, Ann Pennington, Lilyan Tashman
Votes: 268
Norma Shearer's worst movie
13. The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An ice skater jeopardizes her marriage after she becomes a movie star.
Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, Lewis Stone
Votes: 1,055
James Stewart's worst movie
14. Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981)
PG | 92 min | Comedy
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, ... See full summary »
Director: David Lowell Rich | Stars: Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, Jack Warden, Danny Aiello
Votes: 354
Alan Arkin's worst movie
15. Royal Deceit (1994)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Norse legend of revenge, power and human spirit, that subsequently inspired William Shakespeare on his tragedy - Hamlet.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, Brian Cox
Votes: 2,464
Christian Bale's worst movie
16. Johnny Trouble (1957)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Katherine Chandler lives in an apartment house that has been purchased by the local college for a boy's dormitory. She refuses to vacate, certain that her son, who was a wild boy and ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Ethel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway, Stuart Whitman, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 172
Ethel Barrymore's worst movie
17. High Stakes (1989)
R | 102 min | Thriller
A New York hooker tries to keep her daughter out of the clutches of the mobsters she works for.
Director: Amos Kollek | Stars: Sally Kirkland, Robert LuPone, Richard Lynch, Sarah Michelle Gellar
Votes: 294
Kathy Bates' worst movie
18. Belphegor: Phantom of the Louvre (2001)
TV-14 | 97 min | Mystery, Fantasy, Horror
At the Louvre museum in Paris, the phantom Belphegor awakens and causes electrical havoc. Night guards at the museum start dying, Lisa gets possessed, and Martin tries to help her.
Director: Jean-Paul Salomé | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Michel Serrault, Frédéric Diefenthal, Julie Christie
Votes: 5,186
Julie Christie's worst movie
19. Grizzly II: Revenge (1983)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Music, Thriller
All hell breaks loose when a giant Grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of Grizzlies by poachers, attacks at a massive big-band rock concert in the National Park.
Director: André Szöts | Stars: George Clooney, Laura Dern, Charlie Sheen, Louise Fletcher
Votes: 1,680
George Clooney's worst movie
20. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Mystery
Detective Charlie Chan helps SFPD solve the many bizarre murders. His clumsy grandson Lee, who's getting married, "helps" him. Is the Dragon Queen behind this?
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter Ustinov, Lee Grant, Angie Dickinson, Richard Hatch
Votes: 1,429
Lee Grant's worst movie
21. Raise the Titanic (1980)
PG | 115 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Once they said God himself couldn't sink her. Then they said no man on Earth could reach her. But an underwater research agency, headed by Admiral James Sandecker, is assigned the job of finding the doomed ship in her North Atlantic grave.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby, Anne Archer
Votes: 5,444 | Gross: $14.82M
Alec Guinness' worst movie
22. Animal Behavior (1989)
PG | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A sign language scholar's romance is disrupted by a chimp.
Directors: Jenny Bowen, Kjehl Rasmussen | Stars: Karen Allen, Armand Assante, Josh Mostel, Holly Hunter
Votes: 255 | Gross: $0.04M
Holly Hunter's worst movie
23. The Legend of Sasquatch (2006)
G | 74 min | Animation, Family
The Davis Family - John, Khristy and Maggie - move in to a secluded log cabin in the mountains above Seattle. They soon discover a family of Bigfoot hiding nearby. When the Bigfoot and ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Callicoat | Stars: William Hurt, John Rhys-Davies, Jewel Restaneo, Blaire Restaneo
Votes: 149
William Hurt's worst movie
24. Mission to Moscow (1943)
Approved | 124 min | Drama, History, War
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oscar Homolka, George Tobias
Votes: 1,019
Walter Huston's worst movie
25. The Devil You Know (2013)
Not Rated | 76 min | Mystery, Thriller
The daughter of once famous actress is faced with her mother's dark past.
Director: James Oakley | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Lena Olin, Dean Winters, Molly Price
Votes: 1,942
Jennifer Lawrence's worst movie
26. Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
The dogs can talk at a family of 4, where mom loses her job the same day dad gets a job as pilot for a cute, single boss.
Director: Tom Ropelewski | Stars: John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, David Gallagher, Tabitha Lupien
Votes: 30,959 | Gross: $10.34M
Diane Keaton's worst movie
27. Bewitched (2005)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic sitcom Bewitched (1964).
Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine
Votes: 75,507 | Gross: $62.25M
Nicole Kidman's worst movie
28. BloodRayne (2005)
R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
In the eighteenth century, a vampire escapes from the freak show, in which she once participated, and teams up with a group of vampire slayers to kill the man who raped her mother.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Madsen
Votes: 37,197 | Gross: $2.41M
Ben Kingsley's worst movie
29. Little Treasure (1985)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Desperate for a better life, a failed dancer turned stripper teams up with a hunky aimless bartender to find her late father's buried treasure.
Director: Alan Sharp | Stars: Margot Kidder, Ted Danson, Burt Lancaster, Joseph Hacker
Votes: 372
Burt Lancaster's worst movie
30. Berlin, I Love You (2019)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance
Latest installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature film is made of ten stories of romance set in the German capital.
Directors: Dianna Agron, Peter Chelsom, Claus Clausen, Fernando Eimbcke, Justin Franklin, Dennis Gansel, Dani Levy, Daniel Lwowski, Stephanie Martin, Josef Rusnak, Til Schweiger, Massy Tadjedin, Gabriela Tscherniak | Stars: Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Luke Wilson, Jim Sturgess
Votes: 3,928
Helen Mirren's worst movie
31. It's All About Love (2003)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Two lovers attempt to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn, Douglas Henshall
Votes: 9,878 | Gross: $0.01M
Joaquin Phoenix's worst movie
32. Cutting Class (1989)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A murderer is loose in a high school in this 'whodunit' movie.
Director: Rospo Pallenberg | Stars: Donovan Leitch Jr., Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 5,913
Brad Pitt's worst movie
33. Blood Red (1989)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In 19th-century California, a Sicilian family of able winemakers gets targeted by a corrupt railroad tycoon after they refuse to leave their land.
Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young
Votes: 981
Julia Roberts' worst movie
34. Gods of Egypt (2016)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Mortal hero Bek teams with the god Horus in an alliance against Set, the merciless god of darkness, who has usurped Egypt's throne, plunging the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Chadwick Boseman
Votes: 125,926 | Gross: $31.15M
Geoffrey Rush's worst movie
35. Gloria (1999)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After serving three years in prison covering for her gangster boyfriend, Kevin, Gloria returns to New York City for the money she was promised. Inside Kevin's base of operations, she finds 7-year-old Nicky, whose family has been killed.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sharon Stone, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Jeremy Northam, Cathy Moriarty
Votes: 6,223 | Gross: $4.16M
George C. Scott's worst movie
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