There are plenty of terrible movies out there. However, even the worst of the worst tend to have at least one or two redeeming qualities. Perhaps it's a solid performance, or strong visuals, or even just an irresistible so-bad-it's-good tone that keeps viewers laughing their way through the torture of watching the film in question.
In those cases, a movie is probably worth watching only once. There's no reason to subject yourself to repeated viewing if the project is underwhelming, nonsensical, or atrocious in more than a few ways. for the audience's sake. They might have one or two things that work, but one time is more than enough to fully appreciate them.

Referred to by many as the single worst film ever made, is an old B-movie whose reputation precedes it. Popularized by its appearance in , it's usually considered one of the most essential so-bad-it's-good classics. However, unlike films like and , this one's title is very much up for debate.
The thing about Manos is that it's . It all looks and feels cheap, incompetent, and so atrocious that it's absolutely nonsensical, which means that even though some scenes are hilarious due to how terrible they are, the charm wears off pretty quickly. You could make an argument that its ineptitude is a somewhat redeemable aspect, but when the whole thing is so boring outside of that one-trick-pony element, "redeemable" becomes too strong a word.

Manos: The Hands of Fate
- November 15, 1966
- 70 Minutes
- Harold P. Warren
- Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Adelson, Harold P. Warren, Stephanie Nielson, Sherry Proctor, Robin Redd, Jackey Neyman Jones
- Harold P. Warren

Although has proved on repeated occasions, with movies like and , that he can be a genuinely great actor when given the right script and director, he has also starred in plenty of duds throughout his career. His worst, though, happens to be his feature film debut: .
There are plenty of elements that make this Sandler's worst film. Entirely amateurish, poorly performed, , Going Overboard was definitely not a promising start to the Sandman's filmography. There are plenty of comedies so atrocious that they end up being funny for all the wrong reasons. Going Overboard is sometimes unintentionally amusing, but it's grating more often than not.

Going Overboard
- May 11, 1989
- 97 Minutes
- Valerie Breiman
- Adam Sandler, Scott LaRose, Tom Hodges, Lisa Collins, Adam Rifkin
- Valerie Breiman

No list of the worst anything in cinema would be complete without at least a mention of a movie. Once upon a time, he was a moderately likable action star, but that started changing pretty dramatically as his career progressed. Today, he's become the butt of the genre's biggest jokes, and his films never really seem to be in on it. This, obviously, includes his worst: .
This straight-to-video fiasco is among the worst action flicks of the past 25 years: atrociously dubbed, atrociously acted, and absolutely nonsensical. There isn't really much of a reason to make the effort to decipher the plot, either, seeing as there isn't a single action set piece that's the least bit exciting or suspenseful. — in fact, it might be too much.

Attack Force
- December 5, 2006
- 94 minutes
- Michael Keusch
- Danny Webb, Steven Seagal, Andrew Bicknell, Mark Dymond, David Kennedy, Matthew Chambers, Cheryl Ko, Lisa Lovbrand, Del Synnott, Adam Croasdell, Tomi Cristin, Emanuel Pârvu, Ioan Ionescu, Florian Ghimpu, Șerban Celea, Evelyne Armela O'Bami, Bogdan Uritescu, Mihai Stănescu, Ileana Lazariuc, Coca Bloos

sees play a woman who agrees to go on a date with a man () only if he finds a suitor for her unattractive best friend (). If this sounds like the most unpleasantly superficial and misogynistic premise for a film, that's because it is. And the whole thing plays out exactly as one would expect — .
The film was a failure both at the box office and with critics, who expressed disdain for its crass gross-out humor and for Hilton's lackluster performance. It's also one of the worst-written comedy movies ever made, a wretched and mean-spirited waste of time that has next to nothing to offer to any self-respecting movie viewer. Yet, it's arguably a must-watch as a capsule of the 2000s sensibilities that dominated the decade.

The Hottie & the Nottie
- February 8, 2008
- 91 minutes
- Tom Putnam
- Paris Hilton, Joel David Moore, Christine Lakin, Johann Urb, Adam Kulbersh, Greg Romero Wilson, Marianne Muellerleile, Kathryn Fiore, Morgan Rusler
- Heidi Ferrer

Based on a sci-fi novel by failed writer and Scientology founder , is about as good as Hubbard's writing — which is to say not good at all. One of the most infamous sci-fi and action movies ever made, , except it's even worse than many people give it credit for.
Some have , but so-bad-it's-good failure is actually a more fitting descriptor. Although it tries to incorporate some dynamic camerawork and even some social commentary into the mix, the action scenes are so dull, the performances are so bad, and the visuals are so ugly that nothing contributes anything to making this an even remotely enjoyable experience.

The action genre is usually pretty hard to mess up completely. You really need to make an effort to make a film where stuff blowing up and people beating each other up is entirely uninteresting. Alas, some filmmakers have gone out of their way to make such an effort. This includes the team behind , which is about as boring as an adaptation of an action figure can possibly get.
With a staggering 0% approval from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, Max Steel is one of the lowest-rated action movies on the site. It's poorly edited, the visual effects are lackluster, and the writing is inept. What's worse: it's entirely, making it a sad and forgettable experience for all involved. It's hard to believe a movie can be so meaningless, yet Max Steel is.

Max Steel
- October 14, 2016
- 92 minutes
- Stewart Hendler

During the mid-2000s, the filmmaking duo composed of and started making parody films that were moderate commercial successes but were derided by critics and audiences alike. The atrocity kept rising until it reached the pinnacle of deplorable parody filmmaking: , one of the worst movies of all time.
Racist jokes, potty humor, and only the slimmest semblance of any sort of character development, Disaster Movie is just a non-stop cascade of unfunny gags.
Packed with with no rhyme or reason, racist jokes, potty humor, and only the slimmest semblance of any sort of character development, Disaster Movie is just a non-stop cascade of unfunny gags. Those who like campy parody B-movies have plenty of options out there. If they want to watch this one, they could, as long as they agree never to talk about it again.

is supposed to be an adaptation of the legendary manga and anime , although any fan of the source material will tell you that . With a pathetic 0.9 out of 5.0 stars, it's the lowest-rated film on Letterboxd, a title that it definitely deserves.
One would be hard-pressed to find anyone willing to defend Evolution as anything else than a tragic disaster. One of the worst fantasy films of the past 25 years, this bizarre adaptation is a hyperactive barrage of depressingly boring action scenes with a script that feels like it was written by a 9th-grader who was given a 1-hour crash course on what Dragon Ball is and was asked to write the movie in a day — it's simply that bad. Once will be enough to decide the film's quality, and you'll probably never forget it afterward.

There are plenty of notable exceptions, but faith-based cinema can sometimes result in some of the absolute underwhelming and confused films ever to see the light of day. The worst of these offenses is arguably , one of the worst Christmas movies of all time, a film that pretends to be about reclaiming Christmas as a Christian celebration but is actually just pro-consumerism propaganda.
Aside from the laughable irony of its message, though, there is absolutely by any stretch of the imagination. , it's the kind of cinematic abomination that barely qualifies as a film. No matter their beliefs, values, or taste in movies, everyone who likes celebrating the holidays with Christmas films will find something to dislike here. Watch it once, and that should be enough to fully appreciate it in all its awfulness.

Saving Christmas
- November 14, 2014
- 79 minutes
- Darren Doane
- Darren Doane, Kirk Cameron, Bridgette Cameron, Raphi Henly, Ben Kientz, David Shannon
- Cheston Hervey

technically does have a synopsis. It's about Dex Dogtective () and his friends, the longtime residents of a supermarket city, banding together to prevent the evil Lady X () from taking over their world. However, the plot plays out in such a psychedelically stupid and nonsensical way that the whole thing transcends the boundaries of storytelling as we know it.
That may make it sound like , and it is. Foodfight! is hard to call a so-bad-it's-good gem, though; it's simply too abysmal, a film so bad that it almost causes physical discomfort. By far the worst animated movie of all time, Foodfight is an innuendo-laden parade of nightmare-fuel visuals and bizarre plot points that should be fairly fascinating to watch once, if only to witness it in all its shame.

Foodfight!
- Release Date
- June 15, 2012
- Cast
- Charlie Sheen, Hilary Duff, Eva Longoria, Wayne Brady, Christopher Lloyd, Chris Kattan, Larry Miller, Ed Asner, Jerry Stiller, Martin Klebba, Christine Baranski, Lawrence Kasanoff, Harvey Fierstein, Cloris Leachman, Haylie Duff, Shelley Morrison, Edie McClurg, George Johnsen, Greg Ellis, James Arnold Taylor, Robert Costanzo, Jeff Bennett, Stephen Stanton, Jeff Bergman, Sean Catherine Derek
- Runtime
- 91 minutes
- Writers
- Brent V. Friedman, Rebecca Swanson