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Some movies are so frustrating, slow, or poorly made… you just can't sit through them.
In this countdown, we’re taking a look at the Top 20 most unwatchable films that tested the patience of even the most loyal movie lovers. From confusing plots to awkward acting and messy direction, these movies are hard to get through — no matter how much popcorn you have.
🎥 Did you make it to the end of any of these? Tell us in the comments below!
In this countdown, we’re taking a look at the Top 20 most unwatchable films that tested the patience of even the most loyal movie lovers. From confusing plots to awkward acting and messy direction, these movies are hard to get through — no matter how much popcorn you have.
🎥 Did you make it to the end of any of these? Tell us in the comments below!
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00:00I have a Gumby cat in mind, her name is Jenny Annie Dots
00:08Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for those movies that are truly difficult to sit through in their entirety
00:15Either due to terrible quality, the cringe factor, disturbing content, or even just being plain old boring
00:21Billy Zane, it's been years
00:30Number 20, The Emoji Movie
00:33The Emoji Movie is classified as an animated comedy, well, that's half right
00:38This film is definitely animated, we aren't arguing with that, but comedy, that's pushing the definition of the term
00:45Mary, I think we're being followed, but don't overreact
00:49Unless that term refers to the hysterical amount of obvious and cringe product placements
00:55Because in that case, the Emoji Movie was perfect
00:57But if we're talking actual funny stuff, allow us to quote Alonzo Duraldi of The Wrap, who called the film soul-crushing
01:04Why do they call this Dropbox anyway?
01:07Oh, this is why! I see that now!
01:11If there was an unwatchable emoji, that's the one we would be using right now
01:16Number 19, Collateral Beauty
01:18How could a movie starring Will Smith, Edward Norton, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, and Helen Mirren be unwatchable?
01:25It's not easy, but 2016's Collateral Beauty managed to do it
01:29I don't care about time
01:32This is a prison sentence!
01:34I don't want your gift!
01:36After tragedy strikes Will Smith's character, he writes letters to love, time, and death in an attempt to find answers and an understanding of the universe
01:46This could either be deep and powerful, or emotionally manipulative
01:49Guess which one it was?
01:51Well, what if I get a restraining order?
01:53Well, I don't think you're going to be able to do that
01:54Well, I'll get Mom to pay for it
01:56Well, for your information, they're free
01:58Well, then I'll get you to pay for it
02:00Sitting through Collateral Beauty means feeling the obvious and superficial jerking of your tears
02:04We love a good movie cry as much as the next person
02:07But we don't when it feels like it's being forced out of us to cover up poor writing
02:11Number 18, The Snowman
02:13With Michael Fassbender in the lead role and promising source material
02:16The Snowman could have been 100% watchable
02:19This psychological thriller is about a police inspector chasing a serial killer
02:23Who leaves snowmen in his crime scenes
02:25It's unsimple enough, right?
02:27Wrong!
02:27Sit down, Harry
02:35As critics pointed out, the film's plot was all over the place and kind of hard to comprehend
02:40This takes us back to that 100% comment we made earlier
02:43You see, according to director Thomas Alpertson
02:46Due to the short pre-production schedule and budget issues during production
02:4910-15% of the script didn't get shot
02:52Number 17, Fantastic Four
03:02To some, superhero movies are like pizza
03:04Even the bad ones are still pretty good
03:06But we have yet to experience a pizza we didn't finish
03:092015's Fantastic Four is a superhero movie we just can't get through
03:20Given the film's 9% Rotten Tomatoes score, we aren't alone
03:24Not that the 2005 Fantastic Four film was anything great
03:27But it was better than this one
03:28I'm gonna need to borrow your car
03:30The transmission sticks!
03:32Not gonna be a problem!
03:39Acting, directing, editing
03:42The 2015 reboot failed on all levels
03:44Let's hope the planned reboot finally puts the Fantastic back into Fantastic Four
03:48In any case, it doesn't get worse than this
03:51How about the big brain and his neurons?
03:53How about the big brain and her neurons?
03:55How about two guys, a girl, and the thing that nobody wanted?
03:59Number 16, A Thousand Words
04:01We could use a thousand words to tell you why this 2012 film is utterly unwatchable
04:06But all we need is one
04:08Un-funny
04:09Given his early work, we don't use the word unfunny lightly about anything Eddie Murphy does
04:26But when it comes to a thousand words, it's unwatchably true
04:29To be fair, the uber-talented actor and comedian isn't working with anything here
04:34Not to mention the fact that the film is all about Murphy having to stop talking
04:37Thus taking away the man's greatest comedic strength
04:40I'd run my life down
04:42A Binti triple shot
04:43Ice latte
04:44Extra milk?
04:49Number 15, Soul Man
04:51A white student pretends to be black to get a scholarship to university
04:54Are you cringing yet?
04:56Okay, so I misplaced my license. What the hell are you going to do? Arrest me?
05:02Okay, wait for it
05:03To complete his ruse, the guy uses a massive amount of tanning pills to look darker
05:08Let the cringing begin!
05:11While the filmmakers may have had the best of intentions to explore racism in American society
05:15Those intentions were very much not fulfilled
05:17Instead, the blackface-esque makeup was widely criticized
05:21Even beyond that, the movie was a well-intentioned mess that, as one critic put it
05:25Approach the topic on the level of a dim-witted sitcom
05:28Sarah Whitteson!
05:36Number 14, Gotti
05:38John Gotti was one of the most famous New York mob bosses of all time
05:41His life was filled with drama, crime, and intrigue
05:45Perfect for a Hollywood movie
05:46However, when it comes to the 2018 biopic about the man
05:50Well, let's just say it should have been whacked before it ever saw the light of day
05:54What are you talking about? We've been doing this for 20 years
05:58Let me ask you something
05:59You're going to put these good people in jail because they're proud of the country?
06:02Is that right?
06:02The film went through years of development with multiple directors coming on and getting out
06:06Maybe they read the script and jumped ship since the writing was a main point of contention for many critics
06:11Speaking of critics, we're talking 0% on Rotten Tomatoes
06:15And we assume that's only the ones that made it through the entire film
06:18I wish for...
06:20Okay...
06:23Promise...
06:25Promise...
06:26Number 13, Empire
06:29Andy Warhol is a pop art god
06:32And one of the most influential artists of the 20th century
06:34However, his 1965 film Empire had to make this list
06:38Not because it wasn't an avant-garde masterpiece that explored our concepts of time
06:42But because it is 8 hours and 5 minutes long
06:46Yep, that's right
06:47The film is a slow-mo view of the Empire State Building
06:50For 8 hours and 5 minutes
06:53We're not sure if Warhol intended for people to sit there for all 29,100 seconds
06:58But let us know if you could
07:00Number 12, The Love Guru
07:02From Wayne's World to Austin Powers to Shrek
07:05Mike Myers had an amazing run of comedic success in the 90s and early aughts
07:10Then in 2008 came The Love Guru
07:12One of the most unfunny comedies of the century so far
07:15I'd like to thank the Academy
07:17Wow, these things are heavy
07:19Yeah
07:20This Razzie Award winner for worst picture was so bad
07:23And so panned by both audiences and critics
07:26That Myers' career almost came to a screeching halt
07:28He hasn't written another film
07:30Or been the star of a non-animated movie since then
07:33It probably would have been better for him if nobody had watched it
07:36Number 11, Gummo
07:45Harmony Corrin burst onto the scene with his script for the controversial coming-of-age film Kids in 1995
07:50For his next film, he wrote the screenplay and got behind the camera to direct
07:55That movie was Gummo
07:57An experimental and disturbing film about
07:59Well, that's hard to say
08:01Hold your shoulders now
08:03You miss your dad?
08:06I do
08:07Come on, hold that tummy in
08:08The movie incorporates vignette and non-narrative storytelling
08:11Along with graphic content to make for a very different movie
08:14One that people generally have strong emotions about
08:17They love it, or they hate it
08:19With more falling into the latter category
08:21And many of those probably finding it unwatchable as well
08:24Number 10, Son of the Mask
08:31When Jim Carrey turned down 10 million dollars to make a sequel to his hit 1994 film The Mask
08:36That should have been the end of it
08:38But when the studios have a hit movie
08:39They have a hard time letting go of the idea of sucking every last possible penny from the property
08:44That's how you get things like Son of the Mask
08:46Instead of Jim Carrey, you have Jamie Kennedy
08:54Instead of top-notch physical comedy
08:56You have an over-reliance on special effects
08:58Instead of a lot of laughs
09:00You have very, very, very few
09:02Richard Roper called it the closest he come to walking out halfway through the film
09:06Agreed
09:07That was such a good show
09:11Number 9, Alone in the Dark
09:13Director Uwe Boll made a name for himself in the 2000s
09:16Unfortunately for him
09:18That name was synonymous with making really bad movies
09:21Often adaptations of video games
09:29The gold standard people always point to
09:32Is Alone in the Dark
09:33With a 1% Rotten Tomatoes rating
09:35And a CinemaScore audience grade of F
09:37This thing is purely awful
09:39Acting, directing, writing
09:42This film fails on all levels
09:44You'd be better off literally sitting alone in the dark
09:47Than subjecting your eyes to even a few minutes of this film's 96 minutes
09:50Number 8, Zoolander 2
09:58Hey, if you're looking for celebrity cameos
10:01Then Zoolander 2 might be one of the most watchable movies of all time
10:04The problem is
10:05That a celebrity's presence alone isn't automatically funny
10:08You have to write them jokes
10:11Moo
10:12There are only so many cameos and blue steel faces they can throw at us
10:22Before we realize we haven't lulled in a while
10:24Sure, living up to the audience's expectations after the first film was going to be hard
10:29But you know what you do if you can't make a good sequel?
10:31Just don't make it!
10:32Everybody loves you guys again
10:34Did you hear that?
10:36We did it!
10:37Number 7, Titicut Follies
10:39While the term unwatchable is generally associated with a bad product
10:43That isn't always the case
10:44As with the 1967 documentary Titicut Follies
10:47In fact, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation
11:00In the United States National Film Registry
11:02No, in this case, the unwatchable nature of the film is the subject matter itself
11:06Filmed over 29 days at the Massachusetts Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane
11:12The film captured the harsh and disturbing realities of the institution and the patience therein
11:17It's definitely worth watching
11:18If you can
11:20Number 6, Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom
11:34Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom
11:37Was Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini's final film
11:41And undoubtedly his most controversial
11:42And I don't want to rob you of that pleasure
11:45Well, the theme of the stories we have heard today
11:47Suggests to me that we should change or amend the rules we have accepted
11:51To some, it's a masterpiece
11:53To others, it's disturbing, repugnant
11:56And to quote the TV Guide Review
11:58Nearly unwatchable
11:59Loosely based on a novel by Marquis de Sade
12:02The film sets itself in World War II Italy
12:04Where a bunch of rich libertines kidnap teenagers and torture them
12:08We don't need to say any more for you to understand how this one could be hard to watch
12:11Do we?
12:12Oh yes, obviously our hero knew not only Nietzsche
12:15But Wiesmann's as well, as you will soon understand, I assure you
12:20Number 5, Catwoman
12:222004's Catwoman won more awards than many other superhero films
12:26Unfortunately, they were Golden Raspberry Awards
12:29And of the film's 7 nominations
12:31It won Worst Picture, Worst Actress for Halle Berry
12:34Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay
12:36You hear that?
12:41It's called silence
12:42If by some miracle you make it through the first part of the movie
12:45Just wait until Barry and Benjamin Brad to play basketball
12:48The downright ridiculousness of that one-on-one scene
12:51Will have you saying enough is enough
12:53You'd think that maybe this is one of those so-bad-it's-good movies
12:57But no, it's just so bad, it's bad
13:00And unwatchable
13:01Number 4, Jack and Jill
13:08Adam Sandler is an enigma
13:10While he has made some of the funniest movies we've seen
13:13He's also made a bunch that are downright unwatchable
13:16Case in point, Jack and Jill
13:18You have a panic, buddy?
13:19Yeah, and we'll soon find out where we are, you know?
13:22Basically, the joke here is that Sandler is playing both twin siblings, Jack and Jill
13:28And that's it
13:29This is a one-joke movie
13:31And that one joke isn't very funny to begin with
13:34Okay, yes, it does have Al Pacino in it
13:37And he, as always, is worth watching
13:39However, even the great Pacino can only save the film for so long
13:43But for the unfunny and unwatchableness of it becomes overwhelming
13:46Number 3, The Last Airbender
13:56In 2007, it was announced that M. Night Shyamalan had signed on to make three live-action films
14:02Based on the animated series, Avatar The Last Airbender
14:05Hold on, we know what you're thinking
14:13Didn't they make only one movie?
14:15Yes, they did
14:16And you know why
14:17Because the one they made was so terrible
14:19They canceled the plans for the other two
14:21Shyamalan took a beloved property with an interesting, deep, and exciting world
14:26And made it, well, really boring
14:29If you're a fan of the series, you'll hate it knowing what could have been
14:32If you've never seen the show, you'll just hate it
14:35Either way, making it through this one is harder than bending the air
14:39Number 2, Cannibal Holocaust
14:48Now, no one probably thinks that a movie called Cannibal Holocaust is going to be a fun, family-friendly viewing experience
14:54But this 1980 Italian horror film is even more disturbing than you might imagine
14:59How much of the material is without sound?
15:02Less than half
15:03Gruesome might not be a strong enough word to describe some of the sexual violence
15:07And animal cruelty that assaults the viewer in this movie
15:10Even those who wrote positive reviews of the film
15:13Often noted the imagery as truly repugnant
15:15And sometimes unwatchable
15:17Just so you know what you're getting into if you do decide to give it a shot
15:20John, I want this material burned
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15:37Number 1, Battlefield Earth
15:42We're sure some of you saw this one coming from a mile away
15:45Bad, unwatchable, worst ever
15:48There are so many adjectives that have been used to describe Battlefield Earth
15:51And they are all well-deserved
15:53And you were waiting for me to be transferred
15:55So you could turn it in and get all the credit for yourself
15:58I didn't think you'd mind
15:59I don't mind
16:00Based on a novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard
16:03The film was a passion project for John Travolta
16:05Who saw it as part one of a two-part telling of the novel
16:08However, when this film bombed as hard as it did
16:11That put an end to any chance of a second film getting made
16:14Well, that's a silver lining at least
16:16Imbecile!
16:18What kind of crap-lousy game are you playing?
16:20How many of these unwatchable movies have you watched?
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