This somehow takes the idea of a shark sequel and stretches it into something even more absurd, with the shark basically stalking the same family across the ocean. The story and effects are so widely criticized that it’s hard to find anything that really works beyond a few actors trying their best. It ends up feeling like a franchise that didn’t know when to stop, dragging things out long past the point of reason. | © Universal Pictures
A lot of the praise centers on Nicole Kidman, but it mostly feels like a personal acting exercise rather than something the audience really connects with. The story itself isn’t nearly as bold as people claim, boiling down to a familiar older-woman-younger-man affair that’s been done better before. Outside of a few intense moments, it ends up feeling overhyped and not nearly as interesting as it wants to be. | © A24
There’s just no chemistry between the leads, which kind of kills the whole point of the movie. The scenes that are supposed to feel sensual come off awkward and flat, while the performances don’t help much either. It looks polished on the surface, but underneath it’s pretty empty and hard to stay invested. | © Focus Features
This completely misses what made Slender Man scary in the first place. Instead of building tension and dread, it tries to force a story around bland, cookie-cutter characters you don’t care about. What you get is a generic horror movie that feels forgettable almost immediately, and even the trailer does a better job. | © Sony Pictures Releasing
This feels like the franchise turning itself into a joke, stripping away everything that made Batman work in the first place. The characters are reduced to over-the-top caricatures, the villains spout ridiculous one-liners, and none of it is actually funny. Instead of campy fun, it just ends up loud, awkward, and often called one of the worst superhero movies ever made. | © Warner Bros. Pictures
This is one of those movies people only revisit as a joke, and even then it’s a struggle to sit through. Adam Sandler playing both himself and his obnoxious twin sister gets old fast, and the humor barely lands at all. Somehow, it even manages to make Al Pacino look ridiculous, which kind of says everything. | © Sony Pictures Releasing
This takes everything that worked in The Mask and somehow turns it into a loud, chaotic mess. Instead of clever comedy, you get things like a CGI baby bouncing around the room that aren’t funny even for kids. It feels like a complete waste of a great concept, to the point where it almost ruins the original by association. | © New Line Cinema
This is basically a checklist of every tired 80s cliché thrown into one movie. You’ve got hacking into school systems, random rich older women handing out money and cars, and the obvious “wrong girl vs right girl” setup that plays out exactly how you expect. Even decades later, it still sticks in memory for all the wrong reasons, which says a lot. | © MGM
This feels less like a portrait of Marilyn Monroe and more like a miserable obsession with her suffering. The film leans hard into misery and shock, even throwing in bizarre moments like a talking fetus that just make it more uncomfortable. Instead of saying anything meaningful, it comes off as pretentious, mean-spirited, and exhausting to sit through. | © Netflix
This one plays like straight-up FIFA propaganda, painting its executives as noble figures instead of what was actually coming out at the time. It was funded by FIFA itself, then released right as massive corruption scandals were blowing up, which makes the whole thing even more ridiculous. The movie barely made any money, and even the people involved later distanced themselves from it. | © Leuviah Films
This is the kind of movie that’s so bad you can’t even laugh at it. The CGI looks unsettling, the story barely holds together, and the whole thing has this bizarre, uncomfortable energy. Even the weird cat-human tension just makes it feel more awkward than entertaining. | © Universal Pictures
Coming right after the books and the whole Lord of the Rings boom, this had everything it needed to work. Instead, it rushes through major plot points just to squeeze the story into barely over two hours. It feels like a wasted setup for something that could’ve been much bigger, which honestly just makes it more frustrating. | © 20th Century Fox
This is basically a romance where a woman gets kidnapped by a rich gangster and somehow ends up falling for him. The whole thing leans on coercion and control, then pretends it’s steamy instead of disturbing. Even by trashy romance standards, it feels gross, tone-deaf, and honestly kind of insulting. | © Next Film
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are genuinely funny together, but this movie gives them almost nothing to work with. The jokes rarely land, the plot is forgettable, and there's no real story holding any of it together. If you want to see this duo at their best, rewatch Step Brothers and pretend this one never happened. | © Sony Pictures Releasing
John Travolta has had some genuinely great movies, so it's easy to assume he's a safe bet. Battlefield Earth proved that assumption dangerously wrong. This sci-fi disaster is widely considered one of the worst films ever made, and no amount of Travolta goodwill can save it. | © Warner Bros. Pictures
Some movies miss the mark. Others crash so hard they become unforgettable for all the wrong reasons. These are the ones that didn’t just fail; they left you wondering how they ever got made in the first place.
