Worst Movies by the Best Actors
by Hoekkie | created - 05 Aug 2020 | updated - 06 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 2 or more Oscars and have 4 or more Oscar nominations. Films are selected in which the actor has a major role and with more than 100 votes.
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1. Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978)
G | 83 min | Adventure
Two young boys and an eccentric old woman who owns a junkyard work together to build a hot-air balloon in time to launch it on the birthday of one boy's late grandfather.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Kevin McKenzie, Dennis Dimster, Peter Kilman
Votes: 311
Katharine Hepburn's worst movie
2. She-Devil (1989)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy
A surprisingly resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley Jr., Linda Hunt
Votes: 19,079 | Gross: $15.35M
Meryl Streep's worst movie
3. The Rebel Rousers (1970)
R | 78 min | Crime, Drama
Bikers beat up on some squares who turn to the law for help and get a shrug.
Director: Martin B. Cohen | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, Jack Nicholson
Votes: 800
Jack Nicholson's worst movie
4. A Matter of Time (1976)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A simple young woman helps eccentric old countess deal with her old age and she introduces the young woman to a world of upper class society.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Spyros Fokas
Votes: 773
Ingrid Bergman's worst movie
5. Stars and Bars (1988)
R | 94 min | Comedy
A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.
Director: Pat O'Connor | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, Kent Broadhurst, Maury Chaykin
Votes: 1,018 | Gross: $0.11M
Daniel Day-Lewis's worst movie
6. Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cappy Ricks, a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and his business are in chaos--his daughter is set to marry a nitwit that he can't stand, ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Walter Brennan, Mary Brian, Lyle Talbot, Frank Shields Sr.
Votes: 237
Walter Brennan's worst movie
7. Wicked Stepmother (1989)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A mother-and-daughter pair of witches wreaks havoc on a suburban family.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Lionel Stander
Votes: 2,391 | Gross: $0.04M
Bette Davis's worst movie
8. Marie Galante (1934)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Marie is kidnapped and taken aboard ship, then thrown off at Yucatan. She winds up singing in a café in the Panama Canal zone. There she gets involved in a plot to destroy the canal and runs into American intelligence officer Crawbett.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan
Votes: 409
Spencer Tracy's worst movie
9. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)
PG-13 | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.
Director: John Glen | Stars: Marlon Brando, Tom Selleck, Georges Corraface, Rachel Ward
Votes: 3,225 | Gross: $8.25M
Marlon Brando's worst movie
10. Getting Away with Murder (1996)
R | 91 min | Comedy
A moral college ethics professor plans to kill his neighbor, a Nazi death camp commander.
Director: Harvey Miller | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Dan Aykroyd, Lily Tomlin, Bonnie Hunt
Votes: 1,468 | Gross: $0.20M
Jack Lemmon's worst movie
11. Virtuosity (1995)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, Stephen Spinella
Votes: 32,404 | Gross: $24.05M
Denzel Washington's worst movie
12. Knight of Cups (2015)
R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas have to offer, undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 29,439 | Gross: $0.56M
Cate Blanchett's worst movie
13. Sam's Song (1969)
R | 89 min | Drama
A film editor spends a weekend in Long Island with his friends Andrew and Erica Moore, a wealthy couple. Later, a young woman named Carol enters their lives and proceeds to disrupt everyone.
Director: Jordan Leondopoulos | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sybil Danning, Jarred Mickey, Jennifer Warren
Votes: 960
Robert De Niro's worst movie
14. In the Cool of the Day (1963)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Romance
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill
Votes: 642
Jane Fonda's worst movie
15. Madigan's Millions (1968)
G | 86 min | Comedy, Crime
When a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. Treasury Department is very interested in the one million dollars Madigan owed the government, but managed to take to Italy with him. They ... See full summary »
Director: Giorgio Gentili | Stars: Elsa Martinelli, Cesar Romero, Dustin Hoffman, Gustavo Rojo
Votes: 436
Dustin Hoffman's worst movie
16. Shadow Run (1998)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime
Haskell (Sir Michael Caine) is assigned a job by his boss, the aristocratic Landon-Higgins (James Fox), to highjack a high-security van in broad daylight while it's in the shadow run (out ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Reeve | Stars: Michael Caine, James Fox, Matthew Pochin, Rae Baker
Votes: 560
Michael Caine's worst movie
17. Volunteers (1985)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy
1962, after Yale graduation, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay. He takes his roomie's place as Peace Corps Volunteer in Thai Golden Triangle with 2 other PCVs. Will he survive 2 years?
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson
Votes: 10,516 | Gross: $19.88M
Tom Hanks's worst movie
18. Far North (1988)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama
After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.
Director: Sam Shepard | Stars: Jessica Lange, Charles Durning, Tess Harper, Donald Moffat
Votes: 758 | Gross: $0.15M
Jessica Lange's worst movie
19. Lily in Love (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
Broadway star Fitzroy Wynn (Christopher Plummer) is thrilled when his wife Lily (Dame Maggie Smith) writes a new script with a brilliant lead role. While egocentric Fitz thinks himself ... See full summary »
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Maggie Smith, Elke Sommer, Adolph Green
Votes: 259 | Gross: $0.38M
Maggie Smith's worst movie
20. The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Approved | 104 min | Adventure, Biography, Romance
Adventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.
Directors: Archie Mayo, John Cromwell | Stars: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier
Votes: 1,162
Gary Cooper's worst movie
21. That Lady (1955)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1570, widowed Princess Ana de Mendoza becomes the love object of a deadly rivalry between her cousin Don Inigo, King Philip II of Spain and his secretary of state Antonio Perez.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Françoise Rosay
Votes: 193
Olivia de Havilland's worst movie
22. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Man of Steel crusades for nuclear disarmament and meets Lex Luthor's latest creation, Nuclear Man.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 52,742 | Gross: $15.68M
Gene Hackman's worst movie
23. Sarah and Son (1930)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance
After years of abusing his wife, a ne'er-do-well husband disappears with their son--and winds up selling him to a wealthy family. Years later, the wife, now a world-famous opera singer, ... See full summary »
Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Fuller Mellish Jr., Gilbert Emery
Votes: 336
Fredric March's worst movie
24. Johnny Skidmarks (1998)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Johnny "Skidmark" Scardino is a free-lance crime-scene photographer and part-time blackmailer. When his associates begin to turn up murdered, he has a very short time to discover the killer before it is his turn.
Director: John Raffo | Stars: Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, John Kapelos
Votes: 1,056
Frances McDormand's worst movie
25. Shanghai Surprise (1986)
PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Shanghai, 1938: A missionary woman hires a fortune hunter to help her find 1100 lbs. opium lost, as wounded need the morphine. Adventure and romance follows.
Director: Jim Goddard | Stars: Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths
Votes: 5,772 | Gross: $2.32M
Sean Penn's worst movie
26. Ash Wednesday (1973)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery
After getting plastic surgery in Switzerland to help rejuvenate her shaky marriage, Barbara Sawyer has an affair with a younger man while waiting for her husband's arrival from the U.S.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter
Votes: 781 | Gross: $1.03M
Elizabeth Taylor's worst movie
27. Mesmerized (1985)
PG | 94 min | Drama
An orphaned New Zealand girl married to an older, wealthy businessman learns to deal with his strange sexual desires.
Director: Michael Laughlin | Stars: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor
Votes: 1,019
Jodie Foster's worst movie
28. Beyond Therapy (1987)
R | 93 min | Comedy
A few unusual characters and their unconventional therapists cross paths resulting in hilarious interactions.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Julie Hagerty, Jeff Goldblum, Glenda Jackson, Tom Conti
Votes: 1,414 | Gross: $0.79M
Glenda Jackson's worst movie
29. Ghosts Can't Do It (1989)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.
Director: John Derek | Stars: Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn, Don Murray, Julie Newmar
Votes: 2,942
Anthony Quinn's worst movie
30. Tentacles (1977)
PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis | Stars: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda
Votes: 4,453
Shelley Winters's worst movie
31. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface (Robert Jacks) and his insane family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
Director: Kim Henkel | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks, Tonie Perensky
Votes: 26,033 | Gross: $0.14M
Renée Zellweger's worst movie
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