Media Notes / Golden Raspberry Award Winners

These are truly the best of the worst in terms of the film industry, with a trophy to prove it.

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• Worst Picture
• Worst Director
• Worst Actor
• Worst Supporting Actor
• Worst Actress
• Worst Supporting Actress
• Worst Screenplay
• Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
• Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble/Combo
• The Razzie Redeemer Awards

Worst Original Song

The longest-running category that is no longer awarded, having been handed out for 20 consecutive years, followed by a one-off return three years later. By this time, theme songs for movies had become increasingly rare and even the equivalent Oscar category appeared in danger of being eliminated (with the Academy struggling to name a full five-song slate of nominees most years). Although that category has since rebounded, this one remains retired.

• 1980: "The Man with Bogart’s Face" (from The Man with Bogart's Face)
  • "Suspended in Time" (from Xanadu)
  • "Where Do You Catch the Bus for Tomorrow?" (from A Change of Seasons)
  • "You, Baby, Baby!" by Neil Diamond (from The Jazz Singer)
  • "(You) Can't Stop the Music" (from Can't Stop the Music)
• 1981: "Baby Talk" (from Paternity)
  • "Hearts, Not Diamonds" (from The Fan)
  • "The Man in the Mask" (from The Legend of the Lone Ranger)
  • "Only When I Laugh" (from Only When I Laugh)
  • "You, You're Crazy" (from Honky Tonk Freeway)
• 1982: "Pumpin' and Blowin'" (from The Pirate Movie)
  • "Comin' Home to You" (from Author! Author!)
  • "Happy Ending" (from The Pirate Movie)
  • "It's Wrong for Me to Love You" (from Butterfly)
  • "No Sweeter Cheater than You" (from Honkytonk Man)
• 1983: "The Way You Do It" (from The Lonely Lady)
  • "Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves" (from Querelle)
  • "Lonely Lady" (from The Lonely Lady)
  • "Yor's World" (from Yor: The Hunter from the Future)
  • "Young and Joyful Bandit" (from Querelle)
• 1984: "Drinkenstein" (from Rhinestone)
  • "Love Kills" by Freddie Mercury (from the Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis)
  • "Sex Shooter" (from Purple Rain)
  • "Smooth Talker" (from Body Rock)
  • "Sweet Lovin' Friends" (from Rhinestone)
• 1985: "Peace in Our Life" (from Rambo: First Blood Part II)
  • "All You Can Eat" (from Krush Groove)
  • "The Last Dragon" (from The Last Dragon)
  • "Oh, Jimmy" (from The Slugger's Wife)
  • "7th Heaven" (from The Last Dragon)
• 1986: "Love or Money" (from Under the Cherry Moon)
  • "Howard the Duck" (from Howard the Duck)
  • "I Do What I Do" (from 9½ Weeks)
  • "Life in a Looking Glass" (from That's Life!)
  • "Shanghai Surprise" (from Shanghai Surprise)
• 1987: "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael (from Beverly Hills Cop II)
  • "El Coco Loco (So, So Bad)" (from Who's That Girl)
  • "Let's Go to Heaven in My Car" (from Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol)
  • "Million Dollar Mystery" (from Million Dollar Mystery)
  • "You Can Be a Garbage Pail Kid" (from The Garbage Pail Kids Movie)
• 1988: "Jack Fresh" (from Caddyshack II)
  • "Skintight" (from Johnny Be Good)
  • "Therapist" (from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master)
• 1989: "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" by Bruce Dickinson (from A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child)
  • "Let's Go" by Kool Moe Dee (from A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child)
  • "Pet Sematary" (from Pet Sematary)
• 1990: "He's Comin' Back (The Devil)" (from Repossessed)
  • "The Measure of a Man" (from Rocky V)
  • "One More Cheer" (from Stella)
• 1991: "Addams Groove" (from The Addams Family)
  • "Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" (from Cool as Ice)
  • "Why Was I Born (Freddy's Dead)" (from Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare)
• 1992: "High Times, Hard Times" (from Newsies) ^note  Accepted by the song's writers, Jack Feldman and Alan Menken, in 2016 and 2019 respectively, making the later the first ever "REGOT" winner.
  • "Book of Days" (from Far and Away)
  • "Queen of the Night" (from The Bodyguard)
• 1993: "Addams Family Whoomp!" (from Addams Family Values)
  • "Big Gun" (from Last Action Hero)
  • "(You Love Me) in All the Right Places" (from Indecent Proposal)
• 1994: "Marry the Mole" (from Thumbelina)
  • "Under the Same Sun" (from On Deadly Ground)
  • "The Color of the Night" (from Color of Night)
• 1995: "Walk Into the Wind" (from Showgirls)^note  Described parenthetically as "the love theme from the rape scene"
  • "(Feel the) Spirit of Africa" (from Congo)
  • "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2 (from Batman Forever)
• 1996: "(Pussy Pussy Pussy) Whose Kitty Cat Are You?" (from Striptease) ^note  This win is a bit of a stretch as the song was originally released in 1938.
  • "Welcome to Planet Boom" (from Barb Wire)
  • "Whenever There is Love" (from Daylight)
• 1997: The entire song score (from The Postman)
  • "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (from Batman & Robin)
  • "Fire Down Below" (from Fire Down Below)
  • "How Do I Live" (from Con Air)
  • "My Dream" (from Speed 2: Cruise Control)
• 1998: "I Wanna Be Mike Ovitz!" (from An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn)
  • "Barney, the Song" (from Barney's Great Adventure)
  • "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (from Armageddon)
  • "Storm" (from The Avengers (1998))
  • "Too Much" (from Spice World)
• 1999: "Wild Wild West" (from Wild Wild West)
• 2002: "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (from Crossroads (2002))
  • "Die Another Day" (from Die Another Day)
  • "Overprotected" (from Crossroads (2002))

Worst New Star

Based on the Golden Globe award for New Star of the Year (divided into Actor and Actress categories). May have hastened the elimination of that award in 1983, though the Razzies continued awarding it for another 15 years thereafter.

• 1981: Klinton Spilsbury (as John Reid/The Lone Ranger in The Legend of the Lone Ranger)
  • Gary Coleman (as Lester in On the Right Track)
  • Martin Hewitt (as David Axelrod in Endless Love)
  • Mara Hobel (as child Christina Crawford in Mommie Dearest)
  • Miles O'Keeffe (as Tarzan in Tarzan, the Ape Man)
• 1982: Pia Zadora (as Kady in Butterfly)
  • Morgan Fairchild (as Jamie Douglas in The Seduction)
  • Luciano Pavarotti (as Giorgio Fini in Yes, Giorgio)
  • Aileen Quinn (as Annie in Annie)
  • Mr. T (as Clubber Lang in Rocky III)
• 1983: Lou Ferrigno (as Hercules in Hercules)
  • Loni Anderson (as Pembrook Feeny in Stroker Ace)
  • Reb Brown (as Yor in Yor, the Hunter from the Future)
  • Cindy and Sandy ("the shrieking dolphins") (as themselves in Jaws 3D)
  • Finola Hughes (as Laura in Staying Alive)
• 1984: Olivia d'Abo (as Paloma in Bolero and Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer)
  • Michelle Johnson (as Jennifer Lyons in Blame It on Rio)
  • Apollonia Kotero (as Apollonia in Purple Rain)
  • Andrea Occhipinti (as Angel in Bolero)
  • Russell Todd (as Scott Nash in Where the Boys Are '84)
• 1985: Brigitte Nielsen (as Red Sonja in Red Sonja and Ludmilla Drago in Rocky IV)
  • Ariane (as Tracy Tzu in Year of the Dragon)
  • The new computerized Godzilla (as himself in Godzilla 1985)
  • Julia Nickson-Soul (as Co-Bao in Rambo: First Blood Part II)
  • Kurt Thomas (as Jonathan Cabot in Gymkata)
• 1986: "The six guys and gals in the duck suit" ^note Ed Gale, Tim Rose, Steve Sleap, Peter Baird, Mary Wells and Lisa Sturz (as Howard the Duck in Howard the Duck)
  • Joan Chen (as May-May in Tai-Pan)
  • Mitch Gaylord (as Steve Tevere in Amererican Anthem)
  • Kristin Scott Thomas (as Mary Sharon in Under the Cherry Moon)
  • Brian Thompson (as the Night Slasher in Cobra)
• 1987: David Mendenhall (as Michael Hawk in Over The Top)
  • The Barbarian Brothers (as themselves in The Barbarians)
  • The Garbage Pail Kids ^note consisting of Ali Gator, Greaser Greg, Nat Nerd, Foul Phil, Messy Tessie, Valerie Vomit and Windy Winston (as themselves in The Garbage Pail Kids Movie)
  • Debra Sandlund (as Patty Lareine in Tough Guys Don't Dance)
  • Jim Varney (as Ernest P. Worrell in Ernest Goes to Camp)
• 1988: Ronald McDonald (as himself in Mac and Me)
  • Don the talking horse (as himself in Hot To Trot)
  • Tami Erin (as Pippi Longstocking in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking)
  • Robi Rosa (as Rico in Salsa)
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme (as Frank Dux in Bloodsport)
• 1990: Sofia Coppola (as Mary Corleone in The Godfather Part III)
  • Ingrid Chavez (as Aura in Grafitti Bridge)
  • Leo Damian (as Fausto in Ghosts Can't Do It)
  • Carrie Otis (as Emily Reed in Wild Orchid)
  • Donald Trump (as himself in Ghosts Can't Do It)
• 1991: Vanilla Ice (as Johnny Van Owen in Cool as Ice)
  • Brian Bosworth (as Joe Huff/John Stone in Stone Cold)
  • Milla Jovovich (as Lilli Hardgrave in Return to the Blue Lagoon)
  • Brian Krause (as Richard Lestrange, Jr. in Return to the Blue Lagoon)
  • Kristin Minter (as Kathy Winslow in Cool as Ice)
• 1992: Pauly Shore (as Stoney in Encino Man)
  • George Corraface (as Christopher Columbus in Christopher Columbus: The Discovery)
  • Kevin Coster's crew cut (as itself in The Bodyguard)
  • Whitney Houston (as Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard)
  • Sharon Stone's tribute to Theodore Cleaver (as itself in Basic Instinct)
• 1993: Janet Jackson (as Justice in Poetic Justice)
  • Roberto Benigni (as Gendarme Jacques Gambrelli in Son of the Pink Panther)
  • Mason Gamble (as Dennis Mitchell in Dennis the Menace)
  • Norman D. Golden II (as Devon Butler in Cop and a Half)
  • Austin O'Brien (as Danny Madigan in Last Action Hero)
• 1994: Anna Nicole Smith (as Tanya Peters in Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult)
  • Jim Carrey (as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber, and Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask)
  • Chris Elliott (as Nathaniel Mayweather in Cabin Boy)
  • Chris Isaak (as Dean Conrad in Little Buddha)
  • Shaquille O'Neal (as Deon in Blue Chips)
• 1995: Elizabeth Berkley (as Nomi Malone in Showgirls)
  • "Amy the talking gorilla" (as herself in Congo)
  • David Caruso (as David Corelli in Jade and Jimmy Kilmartin in Kiss of Death)
  • Cindy Crawford (as Kate McQuean in Fair Game)
  • Julia Sweeney (as Pat Riley in It's Pat! and Mea C. in Stuart Saves His Family)
• 1996: Pamela Anderson (as Barbara "Barb Wire" Kopetski in Barb Wire)
  • Beavis and Butt-head (as themselves in Beavis and Butt-head Do America)
  • Ellen DeGeneres (as Martha Alston in Mr. Wrong)
  • Friends cast members turned movie star wannabes:
    • Jennifer Aniston (as Renee Fitzpatrick in She's The One)
    • Lisa Kudrow (as Linda in Mother)
    • Matt LeBlanc (as Jack "Deuce" Cooper in Ed)
    • David Schwimmer (as Tom Thompson in The Pallbearer)
  • The new "serious" Sharon Stone (as Nicole Horner in Diabolique and Cindy Liggett in Last Dance)
• 1997: Dennis Rodman (as Yaz in Double Team)
  • "The anamatronic andaconda" (as itself in Andaconda)
  • Tori Spelling (as Lesly in The House of Yes and herself in Scream 2)
  • Howard Stern (as himself in Private Parts)
  • Chris Tucker (as Ruby Rhod in The Fifth Element and Franklin Hatchett in Money Talks)
• 1998: Tie
  • Joe Eszterhas (as himself in An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn)
  • Jerry Springer (as Jerry Farelly in Ringmaster)
    • Barney the Dinosaur (as himself in Barney's Great Adventure)
    • Carrot Top (as Edison in Chairman of the Board)
    • Spice Girls (as themselves in Spice World)

Worst Musical Score

• 1981: The Legend of the Lone Ranger
  • Heaven's Gate
  • Thief
  • Under the Rainbow
  • Zorro, the Gay Blade
• 1982: The Pirate Movie
  • Butterfly
  • Death Wish II
  • Monsignor
  • The Thing
• 1983: The Lonely Lady
  • Querelle
  • Superman III
  • Yentl
  • Yor: The Hunter from the Future
• 1984: Bolero
  • The Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis
  • Thief of Hearts
  • Rhinestone
  • Sheena
  • Where the Boys Are '84
• 1985: Rocky IV
  • Fever Pitch
  • King Solomon's Mines
  • Revolution (1985)
  • Turk 182

Worst Career Achievement Award

• 1980: Ronald Reagan ("Retired Movie Star")
• 1982: Irwin Allen ("The Master of Disaster")
• 1984: Linda Blair ("Razzie Scream Queen")
• 1986: Bruce ("The Rubber Shark")
• 2008: Uwe Boll ("Germany's answer to Ed Wood")

Worst Visual Effects

• 1986: Howard the Duck
  • Invaders from Mars
  • King Kong Lives
• 1987: Jaws: The Revenge
  • The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property

• 1997: Con Air
  • Batman & Robin
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park
  • Turbulence
  • Volcano
• 2019: Rambo: Last Blood
  • Dragged Across Concrete
  • The Haunting of Sharon Tate
  • Hellboy
  • Joker

The Barry L. Bumstead Award

• 2015: United Passions
• 2016: Misconduct
• 2017: CHiPs
• 2018: Billionaire Boys Club

One-Off Awards

• 1996: Worst Written Film Grossing Over $100 Million - Twister
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame^note The only nomination received to date by a film of the Disney Animated Canon.
  • Independence Day
  • Mission: Impossible
  • A Time to Kill
• 1998: Worst Movie Trends of the Year - "Gidgets 'n' geezers (58-year-old leading men wooing 28-year-old leading ladies)" (examples include A Perfect Murder, Six Days, Seven Nights, and Stepmom)
  • "If you've seen the trailer, why bother to see the movie?!? (previews that give away the film's entire plot)"
  • "30 minutes of story – conveyed in less than three hours! (l-o-n-g-e-r movies... shorter plots)"
  • "THX: The audio is deafening! (movie sound so loud it constitutes assault with a deafening weapon)"
  • "Yo quiero tacky tie-ins! (Mega-zillion-dollar cross-promotional overkill: Armageddon, Godzilla, etc.)"
• 2002: Most Flatulent Teen-Targeted Movie - Jackass: The Movie
  • Crossroads
  • Eight Crazy Nights
  • Scooby-Doo
  • xXx
• 2003
  • Worst Excuse for an Actual Movie (All Concept/No Content) - The Cat in the Hat
    • 2 Fast 2 Furious
    • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
    • From Justin to Kelly
    • The Real Cancun
  • Governor's Award for Distinguished Under-Achievement in Choreography - Travis Payne (for From Justin to Kelly)
• 2005: Most Tiresome Tabloid Targets - Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Oprah Winfrey's couch, the Eiffel Tower, and "Tom's baby"
  • Tom Cruise and his anti-psychiatry rant
  • Paris Hilton and … "who-EVER!"
  • Mr. and Mrs. Britney, their baby (Sean Preston Federline), and their camcorder
  • The Simpsons: Ashlee, Jessica, and Nick
• 2006: Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment - RV
  • Deck The Halls
  • Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
  • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
  • The Shaggy Dog
• 2007: Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie - I Know Who Killed Me
  • Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
  • Captivity
  • Hannibal Rising
  • Hostel: Part II
• 2010: Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3-D - The Last Airbender
  • Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
  • Clash of the Titans
  • The Nutcracker in 3D
  • Saw 3D
• 2017: The Razzie Nominee So Rotten You Loved It - Baywatch ^note  Accepted by Dwayne Johnson.
  • The Emoji Movie
  • Fifty Shades Darker
  • The Mummy
  • Transformers: The Last Knight
• 2020: Special Governors' Award for the Worst Calendar Year EVER! - 2020
• 2021: Worst Performance By Bruce Willis In A 2021 Movie - Cosmic Sin ^note (This award was rescinded five days after it was awarded — and one day after Willis announced his retirement due to a brain disorder that had a demonstrable effect on the kinds of roles he was taking and how he was performing them.)
  • American Siege
  • Apex
  • Deadlock
  • Fortress
  • Midnight in the Switchgrass
  • Out of Death
  • Survive the Game

Anniversary Awards

• 1989
  • Worst Actor of the Decade: Sylvester Stallone
    • Christopher Atkins
    • Ryan O'Neal
    • Prince
    • John Travolta
  • Worst Actress of the Decade: Bo Derek
    • Faye Dunaway
    • Madonna
    • Brooke Shields
    • Pia Zadora
  • Worst Picture of the Decade: Mommie Dearest
    • Bolero
    • Howard the Duck
    • The Lonely Lady
    • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  • Worst New Star of the Decade: Pia Zadora
    • Christopher Atkins
    • Madonna
    • Prince
    • Diana Scarwid
• 1999
  • Worst Actor of the Century: Sylvester Stallone
    • Kevin Costner
    • Prince
    • William Shatner
    • Pauly Shore
  • Worst Actress of the Century: Madonna
    • Elizabeth Berkley
    • Bo Derek
    • Brooke Shields
    • Pia Zadora
  • Worst Picture of the Decade: Showgirls
    • An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
    • Hudson Hawk
    • The Postman
    • Striptease
  • Worst New Star of the Decade: Pauly Shore
    • Elizabeth Berkley
    • Ahmed Best
    • Sofia Coppola
    • Dennis Rodman
• 2004
  • Worst Razzie Loser of Our First 25 Years: Arnold Schwarzenegger
    • Kim Basinger
    • Angelina Jolie
    • Ryan O'Neal
    • Keanu Reeves
  • Worst "Drama" of Our First 25 Years: Battlefield Earth
    • The Lonely Lady
    • Mommie Dearest
    • Showgirls
    • Swept Away
  • Worst "Comedy" of Our First 25 Years: Gigli
    • The Adventures of Pluto Nash
    • The Cat in the Hat
    • Freddy Got Fingered
    • Leonard Part 6
  • Worst "Musical" of Our First 25 Years: From Justin to Kelly
    • Can't Stop The Music
    • Glitter
    • Rhinestone
    • Spice World
    • Xanadu
• 2009
  • Worst Actor of the Decade: Eddie Murphy
    • Ben Affleck
    • Mike Myers
    • Rob Schneider
    • John Travolta
  • Worst Actress of the Decade: Paris Hilton
    • Mariah Carey
    • Lindsay Lohan
    • Jennifer Lopez
    • Madonna
  • Worst Picture of the Decade: Battlefield Earth ^note  Accepted by co-writer J. David Shapiro at the ceremony.
    • Freddy Got Fingered
    • Gigli
    • I Know Who Killed Me
    • Swept Away

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