Worst Movies by the Best Actors (part 2)
Based 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 or 2 Oscars. The actors who won 1 Oscar have at least 6 Oscar nominations. Films are selected with more than 100 votes.
See also: Worst Movies by the Best Actors (part 1)
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Note: The best actors are chosen based on the number of Oscar wins and nominations. They all won 1 or 2 Oscars. The actors who won 1 Oscar have at least 6 Oscar nominations. Films are selected with more than 100 votes.
See also: Worst Movies by the Best Actors (part 1)
You may discuss the poll here
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- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayMelvyn DouglasWhen corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.Melvyn Douglas' worst movie
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineSally FieldTelly SavalasAn extension of the previous film, wherein a group of adventurers return to the overturned ship to seek several fortunes.Sally Field's worst movie
- DirectorJan TroellStarsJason RobardsMia FarrowMax von SydowThe desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and an American painter, against the will of her father. Amid this man-made tension comes a hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled.Jason Robards' worst movie
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsPeter UstinovLee GrantAngie DickinsonDetective 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?Peter Ustinov's worst movie
- DirectorMaris CurranStarsDavid OyelowoDianne WiestRosie PerezA young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.Dianne Wiest's worst movie
- DirectorDeon TaylorStarsJoe AndersonDawn OlivieriDerek LukeA just paroled white neo-nazi and his ruthless girlfriend kill a cop and take an African-American family hostage. Meanwhile the supremacist leader who oversees his criminal empire from behind bars, is not happy. Inspired by real events.Mahershala Ali's worst movie
- DirectorClarence BrownRobert Z. LeonardStarsHelen HayesRamon NovarroLewis StoneA large group of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco is clandestinely donating whatever money they earn to smuggle arms into China for the rebels in their fight against the centuries old Manchurian imperial oppressors. The secrecy of their mission is to hide their identities from anyone supporting the imperial regime. One of the immigrants supporting the rebels is Dr. Dong Tong. His only offspring, the demure Lien Wha, who also supports the cause, is in love with poor university student, Tom Lee, the two who, after meeting formally, want to get married, which Dr. Tong supports. However, Dr. Tong learns that the rebel backers are short $100,000 for the latest shipment of arms, and are asking the four men within the group with eligible daughters to donate $25,000 apiece, that money to be raised by selling their daughters into marriage to a wealthy buyer. Dr. Tong is one of the four, Lien Wha the daughter to be sold. Simultaneously, Dr. Tong learns of Tom's true identity as the son of one of the most important leaders of the rebel movement in China. Dr. Tong's answer to the request not only threatens Tom and Lien Wha's marriage plans and happiness, but also the arms shipment and all their lives.Helen Hayes worst movie
- DirectorBasil DeanStarsVivien LeighLeslie BanksLaurence OlivierAfter Larry accidentally kills his lover Wanda's estranged blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. Larry and Wanda nervously await the verdict: if the innocent suspect is found guilty then Larry will give himself up.Vivien Leigh's worst movie
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsLuise RainerMelvyn DouglasRobert YoungThe beautiful, frivolous wife of a plantation owner in antebellum Louisiana proves unsatisfactory at running the household, leading her serious-minded husband to enlist the help of her unmarried sister.Luise Rainer's worst movie
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsKevin SpaceyJennifer GarnerRobbie AmellA stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.Kevin Spacey's worst movie
- DirectorChristopher CainStarsPat MoritaHilary SwankMichael IronsideMr. Miyagi is back and he takes a new pupil under his wing: a troubled adolescent girl.Hilary Swank's worst movie
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsIan DuncanOphélie WinterMarie BäumerLeo Vincey receives a map from his late father, leading him to the legendary city of Kor in search of an explanation for his mysterious ancestry. He is accompanied by his girlfriend Roxanne. He discovers that he is the only descendant of an Egyptian priest who had been executed for the crime of falling in love with the Egyptian Princess. The ruling queen Ayesha, or rather She, is the same Egyptian Princess of centuries ago, her beauty and youth look being preserved by magic. She becomes convinced that Leo is the reincarnation of her former lover, and wants to kill him. Leo and Roxanne will have to fight against surprise attacks on them, but survival in that foreign land with strange customs, is difficult. Leo is terribly attracted to She's beauty, but at the same time he fears for her obscure spirit, and finally he must take a decision - to run away from her, or to love her and die.Christoph Waltz's worst movie
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsLaurence OlivierJacqueline BissetBen GazzaraDuring the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur masterminds the amphibious invasion of Inchon in September 1950.Laurence Olivier's worst movie
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsPaul NewmanJacqueline BissetWilliam HoldenAn active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.Paul Newman's worst movie
- DirectorDennis DuganStarsAdam SandlerKatie HolmesAl PacinoFamily guy, Jack Sadelstein, prepares for the annual event he always dreads--the Thanksgiving visit of his fraternal twin sister, the needy, and passive-aggressive Jill, who then refuses to leave.Al Pacino's worst movie
- DirectorConnie KaisermanStarsJames Earl JonesGeraldine PageMary Stuart MastersonA young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and tries to help them, but only gets herself into trouble with her parents and supervisor.Geraldine Page's worst movie
- DirectorBurgess MeredithStarsJames MasonJack MacGowranIrene TsuBuddha has the power to change the nature of a person into their opposite. He uses this power only when the world is in danger. When a villain obtains plans that could be used for peace or war, Buddha turns him into a good guy. Now what?Jeff Bridges' worst movie
- DirectorTom HooperStarsJames CordenJudi DenchJason DeruloA tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.Judi Dench's worst movie
- DirectorCinzia TH TorriniStarsJohn SavageRachel WardMassimo TroisiMarco Venieri receives word that his brother Luca, an ex-terrorist turned state's evidence, has killed himself in Columbia. Marco takes the journey to Columbia only to find a country permeated with poverty, corruption, racism and crime.Robert Duvall's worst movie
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsRobert TaylorGreer GarsonLew AyresA jilted man gives his divorced best friend and his ex-wife - to whom he was previously engaged - a potion that causes them to forget each other. Will they fall in love all over again?Greer Garson's worst movie
- DirectorElizabeth BanksSteven BrillSteve CarrStarsEmma StoneStephen MerchantRichard GereA series of interconnected short films follows a washed-up producer as he pitches insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.Kate Winslet's worst movie
- DirectorNeil LaButeStarsNicolas CageEllen BurstynLeelee SobieskiA sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.Ellen Burstyn’s worst movie
- DirectorKristine PetersonStarsJohn CalvinAimee BrooksChristian CousinsThe tiny fur ball aliens that will eat anything or anyone set their sights on a Los Angeles apartment tower.Leonardo DiCaprio's worst movie
- DirectorJulien LandaisStarsJonathan Rhys MeyersVanessa RedgraveJoely RichardsonA young writer tries to obtain romance letters a poet sent to his mistress.Vanessa Redgrave's worst movie
- DirectorCourtney SolomonStarsDonald SutherlandSissy SpacekRachel Hurd-WoodAn invisible entity haunts a 19th century family, and family secrets soon begin to surface.Sissy Spacek's worst movie