Razzies Announce Nominees For Worst Movies of 2024

The number one name in bad movie awards is, for better or worse, the Razzie Awards. And as is tradition, they announce their annual nominees right before the Academy Awards announce their annual contenders. And so the Razzie nominees for 2024 are here.

The list, unsurprisingly, is dominated by the infamous Spider-Man spinoff Madame Web — which was nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Dakota Johnson), Worst Supporting Actor (Tahar Rahim), Worst Supporting Actress (Emma Roberts), Worst Director (S.J. Clarkson), and Worst Screenplay — and the notorious box-office and critical flop Joker: Folie a Deux — with nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Actor (Joaquin Phoenix, who won an Oscar for playing the same role a few years ago), Worst Actress ()Lady Gaga), Worst Director (Todd Phillips), Worst Onscreen Combo, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel.

In other words, both movies were nominated for almost every single award.

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Other big, uh, “winners” include the video game adaptation Borderlands, which was nominated for multiple awards including Worst Picture, and Francis Ford Coppola’s wildly expensive personal project Megalopolis, which got a Worst Picture nomination, along with a Worst Director nominee for Coppola.

Which is absolutely ludicrous in my opinion. Megalopolis was a mess at times, but it was also extremely ambitious, with a point of view and a lot on its mind. It was trying to do something and to say something, and at times it was genuinely beautiful. (It was often very funny too, although it was not always easy to tell whether it was intentionally hilarious or not.)

In other words, Megalopolis was a world apart from something like Madame Web, which was barely a movie at all and clearly made as part of an effort by Sony to exploit their Spider-Man IP in any way they possible could, regardless of whether that exploitation contained a shred of a compelling narrative reason to exist.

But this is always the Razzies’ M.O. They mix legitimately terrible movies and performances with cheap shots. This year they nominated any two “Comedic Actors” in Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted for Worst Onscreen Combo instead of actually picking two poor performances.. They also nominated Kraven the Hunter (a bad movie, mind you) for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel, even though it is none of those things. This is just what they do, and have always done.

Here’s the full list of Razzie nominees for 2024. The winners will be announced in Los Angeles the day before the Academy Awards, on March 1.

Worst PictureBorderlands Joker: Folie a Deux Madame Web Megalopolis Reagan

Worst ActorJack Black, Dear SantaZachary Levi, Harold and the Purple CrayonJoaquin Phoenix, Joker: Folie a DeuxDennis Quaid, ReaganJerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted

Worst ActressCate Blanchett, BorderlandsLady Gaga, Joker: Folie a DeuxBryce Dallas Howard, ArgylleDakota Johnson, Madame WebJennifer Lopez, Atlas

Worst Supporting ActorJack Black, BorderlandsKevin Hart, BorderlandsShia LaBeouf, MegalopolisTahar Rahim, Madame WebJon Voight, Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land & Strangers

Worst Supporting ActressAriana DeBose, Argylle and Kraven the HunterLeslie Anne Down, ReaganEmma Roberts, Madame WebAmy Schumer, UnfrostedFKA twigs, The Crow

Worst DirectorS.J. Clarkson, Madame WebFrancis Ford Coppola, MegalopolisTodd Phillips, Joker: Folie a DeuxEli Roth, BorderlandsJerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted

Worst Onscreen ComboAny Two Obnoxious Characters (But Especially Jack Black), BorderlandsAny Two Unfunny “Comedic Actors,” UnfrostedThe Entire Cast of MegalopolisJoaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie a DeuxDennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller, Reagan

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or SequelThe Crow Joker: Folie a Deux Kraven the Hunter Mufasa: The Lion King Rebel Moon: Part 2 — The Scargiver

Worst ScreenplayJoker: Folie a Deux Kraven the Hunter Madame Web Megalopolis Reagan