Golden Raspberry Awards
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The Golden Raspberry Awards (also known as the Razzies and Razzie Awards) is a parody award show honoring the worst of cinematic failures. Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film industry veterans John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy, the Razzie Awards' satirical annual ceremony is predated by its progenitor, the Academy Awards, by five decades. The term raspberry is used in its irreverent sense, as in "blowing a raspberry". The statuette is a golf ball-sized raspberry atop a Super 8mm film reel atop a 35-millimeter film core with brown wood shelf paper glued and wrapped around it—sitting atop a jar lid spray-painted gold. The Golden Raspberry Foundation has claimed that the award "encourages well-known filmmakers and top-notch performers to own their bad." The first Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held on March 31, 1981, in John J. B. Wilson's living-room alcove in Hollywood, to honor the perceived worst films of the 1980 film season. Sylvester Stallone has the most Razzies, with 12.
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| Year | Category | Winner | Nominees |
| 1996 | Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million | Twister—Michael Crichton & Anne-Marie Martin | The Hunchback of Notre Dame—Tab Murphy, Irene Mecchi, Bob Tzudiker & Noni WhiteIndependence Day—Dean Devlin & Roland EmmerichMission: Impossible—David Koepp and Robert TowneA Time to Kill—Akiva Goldsman |
| 1997 | Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property | Con Air | Batman & RobinThe Lost World: Jurassic ParkTurbulenceVolcano |
| 2019 | Rambo: Last Blood | Dragged Across ConcreteThe Haunting of Sharon TateHellboyJoker | |
| 1998 | Worst Movie Trends of the Year | Gidgets 'n' geezers (58-year-old leading men wooing 28-year-old leading ladies) | If you've seen the trailer, why bother to see the movie?!? (previews that give away the film's entire plot)30 minutes of story – conveyed in less than three hours! (l-o-n-g-e-r movies... shorter plots)THX: The audio is deafening! (movie sound so loud it constitutes assault with a deafening weapon)Yo quiero tacky tie-ins! (Mega-zillion-dollar cross-promotional overkill: Armageddon, Godzilla, etc.) |
| 2002 | Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie | Jackass: The Movie | Eight Crazy NightsCrossroadsScooby-DooXXX |
| 2003 | Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie (All Concept/No Content) | The Cat in the Hat | 2 Fast 2 FuriousCharlie's Angels: Full ThrottleFrom Justin to KellyThe Real Cancun |
| 2005 | Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets | Tom Cruise, his baby (Suri Cruise), Katie Holmes, Oprah Winfrey's couch and the Eiffel Tower | Tom Cruise and his anti-psychiatry rantParis Hilton and... "who EVER!"Mr. and Mrs. Britney, their baby (Sean Preston Federline) and their camcorderThe Simpsons: Ashlee, Jessica and Nick |
| 2006 | Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment | RV | Deck the HallsGarfield: A Tail of Two KittiesThe Santa Clause 3: The Escape ClauseThe Shaggy Dog |
| 2007 | Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie | I Know Who Killed Me | Aliens vs. Predator: RequiemCaptivityHannibal RisingHostel: Part II |
| 2010 | Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3D | The Last Airbender | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreClash of the TitansThe NutcrackerSaw 3D |
| 2017 | The Razzie Nominee So Rotten You Loved It | Baywatch | The Emoji MovieFifty Shades DarkerThe MummyTransformers: The Last Knight |
| 2021 | Worst Bruce Willis Performance in a 2021 Movie | Cosmic Sin | American SiegeApexDeadlockFortressMidnight in the SwitchgrassOut of DeathSurvive the Game |
| Period/Ceremony | Category | Winner | Nominees |
| 1980s (10th) | Worst Actor | Sylvester Stallone | Christopher AtkinsRyan O'NealPrinceJohn Travolta |
| Worst Actress | Bo Derek | Faye DunawayMadonnaBrooke ShieldsPia Zadora | |
| Worst Picture of the Decade | Mommie Dearest (1981) | Bolero (1984)Howard the Duck (1986)The Lonely Lady (1983)Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | |
| Worst New Star of the Decade | Pia Zadora | Christopher Atkins MadonnaPrinceDiana Scarwid | |
| 1990s (20th) | Worst Actor of the Century | Sylvester Stallone | Kevin CostnerPrinceWilliam ShatnerPauly Shore |
| Worst Actress of the Century | Madonna | Elizabeth BerkleyBo DerekBrooke ShieldsPia Zadora | |
| Worst Picture of the Decade | Showgirls (1995) | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)Hudson Hawk (1991)The Postman (1997)Striptease (1996) | |
| Worst New Star of the Decade | Pauly Shore | Elizabeth BerkleyAhmed BestSofia CoppolaDennis Rodman | |
| Of Our First 25 Years (25th) | Worst Razzie Loser | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Kim BasingerAngelina JolieRyan O'NealKeanu Reeves |
| Worst Drama | Battlefield Earth (2000) | The Lonely Lady (1983)Mommie Dearest (1981)Showgirls (1995)Swept Away (2002) | |
| Worst Comedy | Gigli (2003) | The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)The Cat in the Hat (2003)Freddy Got Fingered (2001)Leonard Part 6 (1987) | |
| Worst Musical | From Justin to Kelly (2003) | Can't Stop the Music (1980)Glitter (2001)Rhinestone (1984)Spice World (1998)Xanadu (1980) | |
| 2000s (30th) | Worst Actor of the Decade | Eddie Murphy | Ben AffleckMike MyersRob Schneider John Travolta |
| Worst Actress of the Decade | Paris Hilton | Mariah CareyLindsay LohanJennifer LopezMadonna | |
| Worst Picture of the Decade | Battlefield Earth (2000) | Freddy Got Fingered (2001)Gigli (2003)I Know Who Killed Me (2007)Swept Away (2002) |
| Nominations | Title |
| 13 | Showgirls |
| 12 | Jack and Jill |
| 11 | Batman & Robin |
| The Lonely Lady | |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | |
| 10 | Butterfly |
| Transformers: The Last Knight |
| Awards | Title |
| 10 | Jack and Jill |
| 7 | Battlefield Earth |
| I Know Who Killed Me | |
| Showgirls | |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | |
| 6 | Bolero |
| Cats | |
| Gigli | |
| The Lonely Lady | |
| Striptease |
| Nominations | Title |
| 16 | Showgirls |
| 14 | The Lonely Lady |
| 12 | Jack and Jill |
| 11 | Batman & Robin |
| Battlefield Earth | |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | |
| 10 | Butterfly |
| Gigli | |
| Swept Away | |
| Transformers: The Last Knight |
| Awards | Title |
| 10 | Jack and Jill |
| 9 | Battlefield Earth |
| 8 | Showgirls |
| 7 | I Know Who Killed Me |
| Gigli | |
| The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | |
| 6 | Bolero |
| Cats | |
| The Lonely Lady | |
| Striptease |
| Nominations | Title |
| 40 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 39 | Adam Sandler |
| 21 | Tyler Perry |
| 17 | Kevin Costner |
| 16 | Madonna |
| 15 | Eddie Murphy |
| 14 | Michael Bay |
| 13 | M. Night Shyamalan |
| 12 | Ben Affleck |
| Lorenzo di Bonaventura | |
| Jennifer Lopez | |
| 11 | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 10 | Jack Giarraputo |
| Awards | Title |
| 12 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 9 | Adam Sandler |
| Madonna | |
| 6 | Kevin Costner |
| Bo Derek | |
| Eddie Murphy | |
| 5 | M. Night Shyamalan |
References
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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