The Worst of the Best
by penchofifteenpolls | created - 11 Aug 2015 | updated - 14 Jan 2016 | PublicThis poll includes the worst rated film of each director with a film in the best 15 places of the IMDb Top 250.
Which of them deserves more consideration than it gets?
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1. The Majestic (2001)
PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 57,678 | Gross: $27.81M
Worst film directed by Frank Darabont, who also made The Shawshank Redemption.
6.9 at the IMDb, 2.7 at Metacritic.
2. Tonight for Sure (1962)
69 min | Comedy, Western
On a club stage reality and fiction are mixed.
Directors: Francis Ford Coppola, Jerry Schafer | Stars: Karl Schanzer, Don Kenney, Marli Renfro, Virginia Gordon
Votes: 359
Worst film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who also made The Godfather and The Godfather part 2.
3.2 at the IMDb, no Metacritic score.
3. Insomnia (2002)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan
Votes: 319,268 | Gross: $67.36M
Worst film directed by Christopher Nolan, who also made The Dark Knight and Inception.
7.2 at the IMDb, 7.8 at Metacritic.
4. My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy
It's Mickey's Birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that's when his friend Clarence shows him a birthday he'll never forget.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Craig Hamann, Quentin Tarantino, Crystal Shaw Martell, Allen Garfield
Votes: 4,777
Worst film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who also made Pulp Fiction.
5.8 in the IMDb, no Metacritic score.
5. Gloria (1999)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After serving three years in prison covering for her gangster boyfriend, Kevin, Gloria returns to New York City for the money she was promised. Inside Kevin's base of operations, she finds 7-year-old Nicky, whose family has been killed.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sharon Stone, Jean-Luke Figueroa, Jeremy Northam, Cathy Moriarty
Votes: 6,223 | Gross: $4.16M
Worst film directed by Sidney Lumet, who also made Twelve Angry Men.
5.1 in the IMDb, 2.6 in Metacritic.
6. 1941 (1979)
PG | 118 min | Action, Comedy, War
Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Nancy Allen
Votes: 36,280 | Gross: $31.76M
Worst film by Steven Spielberg, who also made Schindler's List.
5.9 in the IMDb, no Metacritic score.
7. The Changing of the Guard (1962)
90 min | Comedy
During WW2, it's not wise to be a mayor chosen by the fascists with the Americans' impending arrival.
Director: Giorgio Bianchi | Stars: Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Franco Parenti, Andrea Aureli
Votes: 173
Worst film by Sergio Leone, who also made The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
5.7 in the IMDb, no Metcritic score.
8. The Lovely Bones (2009)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon
Votes: 179,970 | Gross: $43.82M
Worst film by Peter Jackson, who also directed The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
6.7 in the IMDb, 4.2 in Metacritic
9. Alien 3 (1992)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Votes: 319,548 | Gross: $55.47M
Worst film by David Fincher, who also made Fight Club.
6.4 in the IMDb, 5.9 in Metacritic.
10. S*P*Y*S (1974)
PG | 87 min | Action, Comedy
Two spies end up being chased by the CIA, the KGB, and a group of anarchists after a botched mission invoked an unwritten "corpse for a corpse" pact.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Zouzou, Joss Ackland
Votes: 1,064 | Gross: $2.46M
Worst film by Irvin Kershner, who also made The Empire Strikes Back.
4.3 in the IMDb, no Metacritic score.
11. Beowulf (2007)
PG-13 | 115 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover, Angelina Jolie, Robin Wright
Votes: 174,182 | Gross: $82.16M
Worst film by Robert Zemeckis who also made Forrest Gump.
6.3 in the IMDb, 5.9 in Metacritic.
12. A Walk Worthwhile (2009)
85 min | Musical
The young couple Uli and Vanilla want to split up, but lust and money get in their way.
Directors: Milos Forman, Petr Forman | Stars: Petr Stach, Dagmar Zázvurková, Petr Písa, Jirí Suchý
Votes: 133
Worst film by Milos Forman, who also made One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
6.6 in the IMDb, no Metacritic score.
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