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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 worst movies to get Oscar nominations
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’ll
be breaking down the most baffling
flicks to have ever scored an Academy
Award nomination no category is
off-limits number 10 the boss baby
Holmes by director and animator Tom
McGrath who’s worked on everything from
Space Jam to Megamind
and headlined by such vocal talents as
Alec Baldwin and Steve Buscemi it’s no
surprise that the boss baby cleaned up
at the box office so keep quiet stay out
of my way or there’s gonna be cutbacks
but let’s be honest this film which is
about an infant who wears a suit calls
himself the boss and is actually a
secret agent isn’t the kind of film
people will be talking about a decade
from now stop acting like a baby baby
you take that back in fact despite being
nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated
Feature the boss baby didn’t even garner
the best reviews from film critics you
know the people that do that sort of
thing for a living number 9 click if you
had told us back in 2006 that a film
starring Adam Sandler in which he plays
a man who discovers a remote control
that can manipulate time would be
nominated for an Academy Award we would
have laughed her out of the room click
is by no means a good movie sure it made
copious amounts of money but so do most
Adam Sandler flicks Jen Kirkman
fast ponytail I’m better with a measly
32 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and
reviews such as this one from The Wall
Street Journal which called the film an
abomination it’s not difficult to see
why we were surprised it scored an Oscar
nom but it did for Best Makeup number 8
Batman Forever Batman and Batman Returns
both of which were directed by Tim
Burton are certifiable classics
however Batman Forever which was
directed by Joel Schumacher is not can I
persuade you to take a sandwich with you
sir
I’ll get drive-through despite a cast
that includes Val Kilmer Nicole Kidman
Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey at the
height of his 90s Fame the film was a
critical disappointment though not
nearly as bad as the film that followed
it which shall not be named was that
over-the-top I can never tell and yet
Batman Forever still managed to score an
Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography
though it would lose out to Braveheart
and press we’re just wondering what it
feels like to be outsold outclassed out
quaffed and generally outdone in every
way number 7 alien 3 David Fincher the
director who’s given us such cinematic
gems as Fight Club and the social
network dropped the ball on this one and
he knows it that does deserve an
explanation but I don’t think now is the
moment
Fincher publicly disowned the film and
in 2009 quipped a lot of people hated
alien 3 but no one hated it more than I
did
damn that’s harsh when he agreed to
direct alien 3 his first feature film by
the way he was in his late 20s and
working under constant pressure from
studio executives
the infamously plagued production still
managed to make a pretty penny at the
box office on route to an Oscar nom for
Best Visual Effects so it wasn’t a total
loss then you take care of me no problem
quick easy and painless number 6 Suicide
Squad with an enormous amount of hype
surrounding it what with its all-star
cast and brilliant source material
Suicide Squad cruised to a cool 746
million dollars at the box office in
2016 but don’t let that doe fool you
it’s the evil doll first it’s bred to
work the film which is about a group of
criminals forced to work together in
order to bring down an evil which was
panned by critics and currently holds a
26 percent approval rating on Rotten
Tomatoes it’s better this way
trust me however that didn’t stop it
from being nominated for and winning an
Academy Award for Best makeup and
hairstyling in all honesty that was one
of the film’s few silver linings I think
you would be nice thank you
number 5 The Lone Ranger starring Johnny
Depp and Armie Hammer The Lone Ranger
was one of 2013’s biggest productions
based on the popular 20th century radio
and TV series the film is about a
crime-fighting duo of the Lone Ranger
and Tonto who battle outlaws in the Old
West
so Corpse looking for
and be stupid unfortunately the premise
failed to connect with audiences and
today the film is considered a critical
and commercial disappointment with one
critic calling it frustrating lazy and
lifeless it’s nothing personal
despite all that it still managed to
earn Oscar nominations for Best Visual
Effects and best makeup and hairstyling
the film’s won bid to save face was
dashed when it failed to win in either
category don’t ever do that again
number 4 Waterworld
when it was released Waterworld was the
most expensive film ever made directed
by and starring Kevin Costner who at the
time was one of the biggest movie stars
on the planet
the film was about a post-apocalyptic
world in which the polar ice caps had
melted causing the oceans to envelop
practically all inhabitable land the
bizarre premise failed to hit the mark
with audiences and critics alike and was
a flop in the United States well then
we better keep it to ourselves of course
that didn’t stop it from being nominated
at the 68th Academy Awards for best
sound
an award it would lose to Apollo 13
[Music]
number three fifty shades of gray before
you ask no we’re not making this up
enlighten me that fifty shades of gray
the erotic drama based on the 2011 novel
of the same name scored an Oscar
nomination for Best Original Song at the
88th Academy Awards the song in question
was earned it by the weekend and it lost
to spectres writings on the wall to say
that Fifty Shades of Grey isn’t for
everyone may seem like an understatement
to most critics just listen to a few of
these from respective reviewers who
called it boring abysmally bad and lousy
hmm tough crowd
are you gonna go
number two Transformers Revenge of the
Fallen of all the Transformers films
that have been released one could make
the argument that this one is the worst
but it would have some tough competition
I’d do anything for an a sporting a
lowly rating of 19% on Rotten Tomatoes
and peppered with negative reviews from
the get-go many people would describe
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen as
terrible
in fact the Michael Bay directed flick
was nominated for a whopping seven
Razzies and one for worst picture worst
director and worst screenplay
but it wasn’t all bad the film is also
nominated for best sound mixing at the
82nd Oscars but lost to The Hurt Locker
sorry I
I really in before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
oh that’s cute the only person who slept
with his guns under the pillow they were
done
you’ve just been erased
[Music]
sorry I’m human I made a mistake
I’m sorry number one Norbit without
further ado we present you what’s
possibly the worst movie to have ever be
nominated for an Academy Award Norbit
open a map the film which features Eddie
Murphy portraying multiple characters is
about a man attempting to distance
himself from his craft overweight an
adulterous wife so that he can woo his
childhood crush
Norbit pulled in decent numbers at the
box office but that didn’t stop Richard
Roeper from calling it offensively bad
dwarfing it’s won Oscar nomination for
Best Makeup is eight Razzie nominations
including five from Murphy three of
which he won in the pantheon of bad
movies nominated for Oscars Norbit has
no equal
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these other great clips from WatchMojo
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 worst movies to get Oscar nominations
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’ll
be breaking down the most baffling
flicks to have ever scored an Academy
Award nomination no category is
off-limits number 10 the boss baby
Holmes by director and animator Tom
McGrath who’s worked on everything from
Space Jam to Megamind
and headlined by such vocal talents as
Alec Baldwin and Steve Buscemi it’s no
surprise that the boss baby cleaned up
at the box office so keep quiet stay out
of my way or there’s gonna be cutbacks
but let’s be honest this film which is
about an infant who wears a suit calls
himself the boss and is actually a
secret agent isn’t the kind of film
people will be talking about a decade
from now stop acting like a baby baby
you take that back in fact despite being
nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated
Feature the boss baby didn’t even garner
the best reviews from film critics you
know the people that do that sort of
thing for a living number 9 click if you
had told us back in 2006 that a film
starring Adam Sandler in which he plays
a man who discovers a remote control
that can manipulate time would be
nominated for an Academy Award we would
have laughed her out of the room click
is by no means a good movie sure it made
copious amounts of money but so do most
Adam Sandler flicks Jen Kirkman
fast ponytail I’m better with a measly
32 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and
reviews such as this one from The Wall
Street Journal which called the film an
abomination it’s not difficult to see
why we were surprised it scored an Oscar
nom but it did for Best Makeup number 8
Batman Forever Batman and Batman Returns
both of which were directed by Tim
Burton are certifiable classics
however Batman Forever which was
directed by Joel Schumacher is not can I
persuade you to take a sandwich with you
sir
I’ll get drive-through despite a cast
that includes Val Kilmer Nicole Kidman
Tommy Lee Jones and Jim Carrey at the
height of his 90s Fame the film was a
critical disappointment though not
nearly as bad as the film that followed
it which shall not be named was that
over-the-top I can never tell and yet
Batman Forever still managed to score an
Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography
though it would lose out to Braveheart
and press we’re just wondering what it
feels like to be outsold outclassed out
quaffed and generally outdone in every
way number 7 alien 3 David Fincher the
director who’s given us such cinematic
gems as Fight Club and the social
network dropped the ball on this one and
he knows it that does deserve an
explanation but I don’t think now is the
moment
Fincher publicly disowned the film and
in 2009 quipped a lot of people hated
alien 3 but no one hated it more than I
did
damn that’s harsh when he agreed to
direct alien 3 his first feature film by
the way he was in his late 20s and
working under constant pressure from
studio executives
the infamously plagued production still
managed to make a pretty penny at the
box office on route to an Oscar nom for
Best Visual Effects so it wasn’t a total
loss then you take care of me no problem
quick easy and painless number 6 Suicide
Squad with an enormous amount of hype
surrounding it what with its all-star
cast and brilliant source material
Suicide Squad cruised to a cool 746
million dollars at the box office in
2016 but don’t let that doe fool you
it’s the evil doll first it’s bred to
work the film which is about a group of
criminals forced to work together in
order to bring down an evil which was
panned by critics and currently holds a
26 percent approval rating on Rotten
Tomatoes it’s better this way
trust me however that didn’t stop it
from being nominated for and winning an
Academy Award for Best makeup and
hairstyling in all honesty that was one
of the film’s few silver linings I think
you would be nice thank you
number 5 The Lone Ranger starring Johnny
Depp and Armie Hammer The Lone Ranger
was one of 2013’s biggest productions
based on the popular 20th century radio
and TV series the film is about a
crime-fighting duo of the Lone Ranger
and Tonto who battle outlaws in the Old
West
so Corpse looking for
and be stupid unfortunately the premise
failed to connect with audiences and
today the film is considered a critical
and commercial disappointment with one
critic calling it frustrating lazy and
lifeless it’s nothing personal
despite all that it still managed to
earn Oscar nominations for Best Visual
Effects and best makeup and hairstyling
the film’s won bid to save face was
dashed when it failed to win in either
category don’t ever do that again
number 4 Waterworld
when it was released Waterworld was the
most expensive film ever made directed
by and starring Kevin Costner who at the
time was one of the biggest movie stars
on the planet
the film was about a post-apocalyptic
world in which the polar ice caps had
melted causing the oceans to envelop
practically all inhabitable land the
bizarre premise failed to hit the mark
with audiences and critics alike and was
a flop in the United States well then
we better keep it to ourselves of course
that didn’t stop it from being nominated
at the 68th Academy Awards for best
sound
an award it would lose to Apollo 13
[Music]
number three fifty shades of gray before
you ask no we’re not making this up
enlighten me that fifty shades of gray
the erotic drama based on the 2011 novel
of the same name scored an Oscar
nomination for Best Original Song at the
88th Academy Awards the song in question
was earned it by the weekend and it lost
to spectres writings on the wall to say
that Fifty Shades of Grey isn’t for
everyone may seem like an understatement
to most critics just listen to a few of
these from respective reviewers who
called it boring abysmally bad and lousy
hmm tough crowd
are you gonna go
number two Transformers Revenge of the
Fallen of all the Transformers films
that have been released one could make
the argument that this one is the worst
but it would have some tough competition
I’d do anything for an a sporting a
lowly rating of 19% on Rotten Tomatoes
and peppered with negative reviews from
the get-go many people would describe
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen as
terrible
in fact the Michael Bay directed flick
was nominated for a whopping seven
Razzies and one for worst picture worst
director and worst screenplay
but it wasn’t all bad the film is also
nominated for best sound mixing at the
82nd Oscars but lost to The Hurt Locker
sorry I
I really in before we unveil our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
oh that’s cute the only person who slept
with his guns under the pillow they were
done
you’ve just been erased
[Music]
sorry I’m human I made a mistake
I’m sorry number one Norbit without
further ado we present you what’s
possibly the worst movie to have ever be
nominated for an Academy Award Norbit
open a map the film which features Eddie
Murphy portraying multiple characters is
about a man attempting to distance
himself from his craft overweight an
adulterous wife so that he can woo his
childhood crush
Norbit pulled in decent numbers at the
box office but that didn’t stop Richard
Roeper from calling it offensively bad
dwarfing it’s won Oscar nomination for
Best Makeup is eight Razzie nominations
including five from Murphy three of
which he won in the pantheon of bad
movies nominated for Oscars Norbit has
no equal
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these other great clips from WatchMojo
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