Worst Movies by the Best Actors
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 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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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.
You may discuss the poll here
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- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsKatharine HepburnKevin McKenzieDennis DimsterTwo 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.Katharine Hepburn's worst movie
- DirectorSusan SeidelmanStarsMeryl StreepRoseanne BarrEd Begley Jr.A surprisingly resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.Meryl Streep's worst movie
- DirectorMartin B. CohenStarsCameron MitchellBruce DernDiane LaddBikers beat up on some squares who turn to the law for help and get a shrug.Jack Nicholson's worst movie
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsLiza MinnelliIngrid BergmanCharles BoyerA 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.Ingrid Bergman's worst movie
- DirectorPat O'ConnorStarsDaniel Day-LewisHarry Dean StantonKent BroadhurstA 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.Daniel Day-Lewis's worst movie
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsWalter BrennanMary BrianLyle TalbotCappy 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, and his future mother-in-law has taken over everything and is set to merge his business with that of a rival company. Worst of all, though, is that she--in the interests of "progress"--has completely automated his beloved ship, "Electra"!. He sets out to put an end to all this foolishness and comes up with what he thinks is a foolproof plan.Walter Brennan's worst movie
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsBette DavisBarbara CarreraColleen CampA mother-and-daughter pair of witches wreaks havoc on a suburban family.Bette Davis's worst movie
- DirectorHenry KingStarsSpencer TracyKetti GallianNed SparksMarie 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.Spencer Tracy's worst movie
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsMarlon BrandoTom SelleckGeorges CorrafaceGenoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.Marlon Brando's worst movie
- DirectorHarvey MillerStarsJack LemmonDan AykroydLily TomlinA moral college ethics professor plans to kill his neighbor, a Nazi death camp commander.Jack Lemmon's worst movie
- DirectorBrett LeonardStarsDenzel WashingtonRussell CroweKelly LynchWhen 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.Denzel Washington's worst movie
- DirectorTerrence MalickStarsChristian BaleCate BlanchettNatalie PortmanA 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.Cate Blanchett's worst movie
- DirectorJordan LeondopoulosStarsRobert De NiroSybil DanningJarred MickeyA 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.Robert De Niro's worst movie
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsPeter FinchJane FondaAngela LansburyAfter 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 emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon run off to Greece together to pursue the romance.Jane Fonda's worst movie
- DirectorGiorgio GentiliStarsElsa MartinelliCesar RomeroDustin HoffmanThe U.S. Treasury Department is interested in Madigan's one million dollars owed, sending Agent Jason Phister to Italy to collect the money, ensuring no one knows he's an agentDustin Hoffman's worst movie
- DirectorGeoffrey ReeveStarsMichael CaineJames FoxMatthew PochinHaskell (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 of radio contact with the main security firm). He assembles a team to carry out the heist, but things don't go according to plan, and Haskell begins to think his boss might be double crossing him. Add to this, a teenage boarding school pupil has already witnessed some of the meetings of the team and Haskell's in real trouble.Michael Caine's worst movie
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsTom HanksJohn CandyRita WilsonAfter graduating from Yale in 1962, womanizing Lawrence flees a gambling debt that his rich dad won't pay and takes his roomie's place as Peace Corps Volunteer in Thai Golden Triangle with two other PCVs. Will he survive two years?Tom Hanks's worst movie
- DirectorSam ShepardStarsJessica LangeCharles DurningTess HarperAfter generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.Jessica Lange's worst movie
- DirectorKároly MakkStarsChristopher PlummerMaggie SmithElke SommerAging Broadway star Fitz Wynn, upset his wife wrote a lead role for a younger man, disguises himself as a handsome young Italian to snag the part. His wife is unaware as he pursues the role he believes should be his.Maggie Smith's worst movie
- DirectorArchie MayoJohn CromwellStarsGary CooperSigrid GurieBasil RathboneAdventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.Gary Cooper's worst movie
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsOlivia de HavillandGilbert RolandPaul ScofieldIn 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.Olivia de Havilland's worst movie
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsChristopher ReeveGene HackmanMargot KidderWith the world on the brink of a nuclear war, Superman takes it upon himself to destroy all nuclear weapons. However, Lex Luthor creates Nuclear Man, a force strong enough to take down Superman.Gene Hackman's worst movie
- DirectorDorothy ArznerStarsRuth ChattertonFredric MarchFuller Mellish Jr.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, finally has enough time and money to begin a search for him.Fredric March's worst movie
- DirectorJohn RaffoStarsPeter GallagherFrances McDormandJohn LithgowJohnny "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.Frances McDormand's worst movie
- DirectorJim GoddardStarsSean PennMadonnaPaul FreemanShanghai, 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.Sean Penn's worst movie