As well as celebrating the 10 best movies of the year now we have reached the halfway stage of 2024, it is also a good time to look back and reflect on some of the worst films the year has had to offer. This list is undoubtedly harder to put together as I tend to avoid as many potential stinkers as possible, especially if early reactions are incredibly negative, hence why the likes of “Madame Web” and “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2” are absent from my list.
I would not necessarily say that all 10 of the movies listed below are extremely awful but they just so happen to be the worst films I have seen this year so far….I am sure there is a lot worse out there.
10. Scoop
Dir: Phillip Martin
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Billie Piper, Rufus Sewell
Synopsis: An insider account of how the women of “Newsnight” secured Prince Andrew’s infamous 2019 interview about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Despite some solid, albeit TV level, performances by Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell, the controversy surrounding Prince Andrew’s historic interview is never really addressed
9. Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire
Dir: Adam Wingard
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Bryan Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, Fala Chen
Synopsis: Godzilla and the almighty Kong face a colossal threat hidden deep within the planet, challenging their very existence and the survival of the human race.
Despite providing some ludicrous escapism, the latest instalment in the Monsterverse lacks the peril and scale that made its titular titans so iconic
8. Back to Black
Dir: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Cast: Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville
Synopsis: Singer Amy Winehouse’s tumultuous relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil inspires her to write and record the ground-breaking album “Back to Black.”
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s pedestrian Amy Winehouse biopic justly sympathises with the generational talent but never quite hits the heights that the icon’s legacy deserves
7. Mean Girls
Dir: Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.
Cast: Angourie Rice, Renee Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho, Christopher Briney
Synopsis: New student Cady Heron gets welcomed into the top of the social food chain by an elite group of popular girls called the Plastics, ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend, she soon finds herself caught in their crosshairs.
While it tries its hardest at preserving the essence of the original, this unnecessary musical remake of the iconic high school flick ultimately feels as shallow and plastic as its central clique
6.Argylle
Dir: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Henry Cavill, Sofia Boutella, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena, Samuel L. Jackson
Synopsis: Reclusive author Elly Conway writes best-selling espionage novels about a secret agent named Argylle who’s on a mission to unravel a global spy syndicate. However, when the plots of her books start to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, the line between fiction and reality begin to blur.
This ludicrously over-the-top spy caper remains relatively entertaining despite a convoluted plot, shoddy visual effects and a plethora of increasingly predictable twists
5. Imaginary
Dir: Jeff Wadlow
Cast: DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne Taegan Burns, Pyper Braun, Matthew Sato, Veronica Falcon, Betty Buckley
Synopsis: When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter, Alice, finds a stuffed bear named Chauncey. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize that Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
Contrary to its title, this instantly forgettable Blumhouse horror is lacking in imagination but narrowly avoids being a total catastrophe thanks to a suitably wacky final act
4. Night Swim
Dir: Bryce McGuire
Cast: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amelie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren
Synopsis: Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. However, a dark secret from the home’s past soon unleashes a malevolent force that drags the family into the depths of inescapable terror.
Kerry Condon and Wyatt Russell try their best to keep the latest Blumhouse horror afloat but this schlocky swimming pool horror never truly embraces its ridiculous concept
3. Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Dir: Zack Snyder
Cast: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, E. Duffy, Anthony Hopkins
Synopsis: A colony on the edge of the galaxy fights for survival against a tyrannical ruling force, relying on the efforts of a small group of rebels.
Zack Snyder’s stylistic visuals are not enough to save his derivative space opera franchise from stumbling to a far from satisfactory conclusion
2. Unfrosted
Dir: Jerry Seinfeld
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Max Greenfield, Hugh Grant, Amy Schumer
Synopsis: In 1963, Kellogg’s and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that will change the face of breakfast forever.
American comedian Jerry Seinfeld is defrosted from Hollywood obscurity to direct and star in this painfully unfunny and often annoying cereal based “comedy”
1. Lift
Dir: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ursula Corbero, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno, Sam Worthington
Synopsis: A master thief is wooed by his ex-girlfriend and the FBI to pull off an impossible heist with his international crew on a 777 passenger flight from London to Zurich.
This uninspired and shockingly stale heist caper is the latest in a long line of generic and forgettable Netflix original movies
Dan Loves Film 
Here are my ten worst films I’ve seen all from either online film festivals, streaming or in theaters:
Sentinel
The Complex Forms
Lisa Frankenstein
Drive-Away Dolls
Mother of the Bride
Noclip
Passages
The Retirement Plan
The Kitchen
Sam’s World
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The Kitchen was on the cusp for me think it was 11th. Only seen Lisa Frankenstein out of the others which was meh
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Yes, this is a list of “why did they make this” cinema…a few simple cash grabs, and several just so full of themselves and self-satisfied…a most so obviously not worthy of my time that I avoided but sadly not all!
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Hello nice to meet you I like your site/blog
Tim
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