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Top 20 Worst Acting Performances of All-Time

Posted on 8/9/19 at 3:52 am
Posted by RollTide1987
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 3:52 am
As provided by the YouTube channel, Watch Mojo. Be aware, there is a lot of recency bias in this list. No performance on this list was given before 1990 with the vast majority of the mentions coming after the year 2000. There are some stinkers throughout cinema history that should have made this list.

Dishonorable Mentions:

Will Arnett, Show Dogs (2018)
Mariah Carey, Glitter (2001)
Britney Spears, Crossroads (2002)
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, Holmes & Watson (2018)
Matthew McConaughey, The Dark Tower (2017)

20. Sofia Coppola, The Godfather Part III (1990)
19. Dennis Hopper, Super Mario Bros. (1993)
18. Steven Seagal, Half Past Dead (2002)
17. Meagan Fox, Transformers franchise (2007-2009)
16. Kirk Cameron, Saving Christmas (2014)
15. Johnny Depp, Mordecai (2015)
14. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman & Robin (1997)
13. Halle Berry, Catwoman (2004)
12. Madonna, Swept Away (2002)
11. Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey franchise (2015-2018)
10. Jaden Smith, After Earth (2013)
09. Mike Myers, The Love Guru (2008)
08. Kristen Stewart, Twilight (2008)
07. Taylor Lautner, Abduction (2011)
06. Jennifer Lopez, Gigli (2003)
05. Hayden Christensen, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
04. John Travolta, Battlefield Earth (2000)
03. Tommy Wiseau, The Room (2003)
02. Nicholas Cage, The Wicker Man (2006)
01. Adam Sandler, Jack and Jill (2011)

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Posted by KirkLazarus
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 5:20 am to
Chevy Chase, Snow Day
Posted by Parmen
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 5:33 am to
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14. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Batman & Robin (1997)


Downvoted.
Posted by Pilot Tiger
North Carolina
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 5:59 am to
love the movie as a guilty pleasure but Vanilla Ice should be on there for Cool as Ice

and Sofia Coppola should be much higher. Her "acting" is legit worse than everyone else on that list
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 6:02 am to
Seriously, he kicks ice in that film
Posted by Lakefront-Tiger
Da Lakefront
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 6:16 am to
Wiley Wiggins (Mitch) in Dazed and Confused - FACT!
Posted by GetCocky11
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Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 6:26 am to
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Dishonorable Mentions:
Britney Spears, Crossroads (2002)


Should be higher on the list. I can't believe I've actually seen part of that movie.
Posted by dallastiger55
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 7:06 am to
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05. Hayden Christensen, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)



How the hell does the whole cast from Phantom Menace not make it?

Jake Lloyd anyone?
This post was edited on 8/9/19 at 7:07 am
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 7:11 am to
Leonardo Dicaprio - Man in the Iron Mask
Posted by biglego
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 7:21 am to
Rihanna in Battle ship
Posted by The Godfather
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 7:53 am to
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20. Sofia Coppola, The Godfather Part III (1990)



Too low
Posted by teke184
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 7:58 am to
Denise Richards, The World Is Not Enough
Posted by Roaad
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 7:58 am to
I couldn't stop at 20:

full list
Posted by BilJ
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 8:00 am to
Pacino should on there for Jack and Jill
Posted by Brosef Stalin
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 8:00 am to
Elizabeth Berkeley in Showgirls is top 3
Posted by parrotdr
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 8:01 am to
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20. Sofia Coppola, The Godfather Part III (1990)

Too low


Agreed. I often argue that this movie was actually not a bad flick if you can ignore her performance. Having George Hamilton--who was already a Hollywood punchline as "the tanned one"--as the Corleone's attorney/financial advisor didn't help.
Posted by teke184
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Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 8:02 am to
I give Wiggins a pass because he was a completely untrained actor and put in that role to try and show him as being an odd man out.


Not a good performance by any means but it is like trying to complain about a Little League player who is inexplicably put on a MLB team.
Posted by Cousin Key
Member since Dec 2017
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 8:05 am to
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02. Nicholas Cage, The Wicker Man (2006)






Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 8:13 am to
put the bunny back in the box
Posted by Bench McElroy
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 8:15 am to
List is garbage. Every person on that top 20 outside of Madonna, Coppola, Wiseau and maybe Smith are all professional actors by trade. The truly worst acting performances involve musicians and other celebrities who aren't professional actors. For example, Beyonce has been beyond atrocious in pretty much every movie she's been in outside of Dream Girls. She delivers every line with a flat monotone delivery and there is zero believability in her characters when you see her on-screen outside of Dream Girls when she basically played herself. The worst performances from the likes of Sandler, Cage, Travolta, and Hopper are nowhere near as bad as the typical Beyonce performance.
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