Originally by Ranker FilmList RulesList includes all movies that WON the Oscar for Best Picture. Upvote the worst films.
These are the absolute worst Best Picture movies ever made, ranked by the Ranker community. This list is made up of best picture Oscar winners that are generally regarded by film lovers as terrible movies.What are the absolute worst Best Picture winning films ever made? Remember, these films have to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
This list features the most embarrassing Best Picture winning movies that were ever made, including titles such as Ordinary People, The Artist, Crash, All About Eve, Midnight Cowboy, Shakespeare in Love, and Dances With Wolves. Vote up the most awful films below that have won the Best Picture award at the Oscars, or add a film that has won the award that you think is terrible, but isn't already on the list.
For the best of the Best Picture winners, check out and vote on this list of the Very Best Oscar-Winning Movies.
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722471Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson
Directed by: John Madden
Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John... more2
643477Crash
2004Actors: Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Ludacris, Thandie Newton, Don Cheadle
Directed by: Paul Haggis
This movie is a 2004 ensemble drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis.... more3
418316Gigi
1958Actors: Eva Gabor, Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Cecil Beaton, Pat Sheehan
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Gigi is a 1958 American Metrocolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli.... more![Gandhi]()
4534237Gandhi
1982Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ben Kingsley, Martin Sheen, Candice Bergen, John Gielgud
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Gandhi is a 1982 epic biographical film which dramatises the life of Mohandas Karamchand... more5
483352Actors: Willem Dafoe, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas
Directed by: Anthony Minghella
The English Patient is a 1996 romantic drama directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script... more6
284233Actors: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Marlene Dietrich, David Niven, Buster Keaton
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 Technicolor epic action adventure comedy film starring... more7
579517Chicago
2002Actors: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lucy Liu, Renée Zellweger, Queen Latifah, Richard Gere
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Chicago is a 2002 American musical comedy film adapted from the satirical stage musical of the... more![Mutiny on the Bounty]()
8406181Actors: Clark Gable, David Niven, James Cagney, Charles Laughton, Movita Castaneda
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Mutiny on the Bounty is an American 1935 drama film starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable,... more9
246198Actors: James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 American drama film produced and directed by Cecil B.... more10
230168Tom Jones
1963Actors: Albert Finney, Lynn Redgrave, Susannah York, Julian Glover, Hugh Griffith
Directed by: Tony Richardson
Tom Jones is a 1963 British adventure comedy film, an adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic... more11
8547Actors: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
The Shape of Water is a 2017 Spanish-American fantasy romance film directed by Guillermo del... more12
270260Oliver!
1968Actors: Oliver Reed, Leonard Rossiter, Hugh Griffith, Elaine Paige, Ron Moody
Directed by: Carol Reed
Oliver! is a 1968 British musical drama film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage... more13
199174Cimarron
1931Actors: Irene Dunne, Edna May Oliver, Richard Dix, Estelle Taylor, George E. Stone
Directed by: Wesley Ruggles
Cimarron is a 1931 Pre-Code Western film directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Richard Dix and... more![Terms of Endearment]()
14429198Actors: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow, Shirley MacLaine, Jeff Daniels
Directed by: James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment is a 1983 comedy-drama film adapted from the novel of the same name by... more![All About Eve]()
15280123All About Eve
1950Actors: Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Thelma Ritter
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and... more16
349342The Artist
2011Actors: John Goodman, Malcolm McDowell, James Cromwell, Bérénice Bejo, Penelope Ann Miller
Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist is a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama in the style of a black-and-white silent... more17
278234Out of Africa
1985Actors: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Iman Abdulmajid, Leslie Phillips, Michael Gough
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney... more18
339342Actors: Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd, Jessica Tandy, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and... more19
222210Actors: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
An American in Paris is a 1951 American musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral... more20
446489Actors: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan,
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2009 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle Jamal Malik, a young... more21
298296Annie Hall
1977Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Walken, Paul Simon
Directed by: Woody Allen
Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen. Neurotic New York... more![The Hurt Locker]()
22320323The Hurt Locker
2009Actors: Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Renner, Guy Pearce, David Morse
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker is a 2009 American film about a three-man Explosive Ordnance Disposal team... more23
419467Actors: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Charles Rocket, Graham Greene, Maury Chaykin
Directed by: Kevin Costner
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 American epic western film directed, produced by, and starring... more24
249272Chariots of Fire
1981Actors: Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh, Ian Holm, John Gielgud, Richard Griffiths
Directed by: Hugh Hudson
Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical drama film. It tells the fact-based story of two... more![Ordinary People]()
25189206Ordinary People
1980Actors: Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Adam Baldwin, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth McGovern
Directed by: Robert Redford
Ordinary People is a 1980 American drama film that marked the directorial debut of actor... more
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