Worst Years for Movies

1. 2011

   

   2011 (MMXI) was a common year that began on a Saturday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations. This year marked the 11th year of the 21st century and the second year of the 2010s decade.

   In my opinion, 2009 and 2010 were the best years for movies (in the 21st century at least). However, 2011 was disappointing.

   There were lots of failed comedy movies, generic action movies, and sci-fi movies, as well as obnoxious animated movies like Cars 2.

   Nothing really Oscar-worthy came out that year.

2. 2017

   

   2017 (MMXVII) was a common year that began on a Sunday according to the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2017th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations. The year was also the 17th of the 21st century, the 17th of the 3rd millennium, and the eighth year of the 2010s decade.

3. 2020

   

   2020 (MMXX) was a leap year that began on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar. It marked the 20th year of the third millennium, the 20th year of the 21st century, and the first year of the 2020s.

   The year was globally defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic caused widespread disruptions... read more

   2020 was a bad year for movies because the coronavirus pandemic closed cinemas around the world. This caused movies to either postpone their release dates or cancel their theatrical releases and go straight to digital.

   Thanks to COVID, finding a half-decent movie from this year was like scoring a Hail Mary.

   Because of COVID-19, there was only one 2020 release worth watching, and that was Sonic the Hedgehog.

4. 2013

   

   2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.... read more

5. 2005

   

   2005 was a common year beginning on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar. It marked the 2005th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations. The year was the sixth of the 2000s decade and included several notable global events in politics, science, and entertainment.

   There was not a single film on Metacritic that year with a score of 90 or higher. Not to mention, there was Son of the Mask, Alone in the Dark, BloodRayne, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Fantastic Four, Elektra, Doom, Chicken Little, Bewitched, and The Ring Two. The list goes on.

   That year had many remakes: Fun with Dick and Jane, The Longest Yard, The Producers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and The Poseidon Adventure, just to name a few.

   This made Hollywood get too lazy!

   For some reason, very few good movies came out this year. Madagascar, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Batman Begins were the only ones I watched and thought were properly good. There were no spectacularly good movies that could save the year.

   From the franchises, it did present us with Revenge of the Sith and Goblet of Fire, the best outing in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and my least favorite of the Harry Potter movies. The Lucario Pokémon movie is one of the better Pokémon movies, but those are not of very high quality. It did bring the first Narnia movie, which was charming, but far from its Inkling predecessor, the Lord of the Rings.

   Other than that:

   Kingdom of Heaven: Though I like the movie, I do agree it suffers from its length and doesn't fully make sense when you're not watching the Director's Cut.

   Ice Princess: Charming, liked it, but not really a cinematic great.

   Pride & Prejudice: Solid version of the movie, but not very innovative.

   Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Didn't hate it, just didn't love it either.

   Hitch: Fine, but not a very distinct romcom.

   Robots: Probably the third-best Blue Sky movie after Ice Age and Ferdinand (I haven't seen Rio yet).

   Meh movies:

   Fantastic Four: The best Fantastic Four movie ever made (aside from The Incredibles), but the competition is extremely weak.

   King Kong: Didn't think this King Kong movie was as interesting thematically as it thinks it is.

   Terrible movies that came out:

   Elektra: The worst comic book movie of all time, including Catwoman.

6. 1987

   

   1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.... read more

   This was truly the worst year for movies. It has to be a bad year for it to have Jaws: The Revenge and The Garbage Pail Kids Movie both in the same year, along with other awful sequels.

7. 2014

   

   2014 (MMXIV) was a common year that began on a Wednesday according to the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2014th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations. It was also the 14th year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2010s decade.

   2014 was very bad, though 2017 sucked more! Strangely enough, I am getting to a point now where 2017 reminds me a lot of 2014 because they were both terrible.

   A lot of celebrities died in 2014. I was also hospitalized a lot in 2014.

   2014 was hell for sure.

8. 2016

   

   2016 (MMXVI) was a leap year that began on a Friday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations. It also marked the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.

   Zootopia, a preachy waste of two hours peppered with pop culture references, was released and unfortunately went on to win the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar over the more deserving Kubo and the Two Strings and Moana.

9. 2001

   

   2001 (MMI) was a common year that began on a Monday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2001st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations. It marked the first year of the third millennium, the 21st century, and the second year of the 2000s decade.

10. 2008

    

    2008 was a leap year that began on a Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2008th year of the Common Era and the Anno Domini designations. It was also the 8th year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.

The Newcomers
11. ?

    2025

    

    2025 (MMXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2025th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 25th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2020s decade.... read more

    The year that good awful movie starring 3 girls who are Hunters premiered.

    Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to woke we go.

12. ?

    2024

    

    2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.

    It was the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.

    Wicked Part 1 starring Ariana Grande.

The Contenders

13. 2003

    

    2003 (MMIII) was a common year that began on a Wednesday, according to the Gregorian calendar. It marked the 2003rd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations. The year was the third of the third millennium, the 21st century, and the fourth of the 2000s decade.

    House of the Dead, Gigli, Boat Trip, The Cat in the Hat, Freddy vs. Jason, Scary Movie 3, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle... and undoubtedly the worst movie of all time: The Room!

    Spy Kids 3: Game Over. Enough said. At least it had good CGI.

14. 2000

    

    The year 2000 (MM) was a century leap year that began on a Saturday in the Gregorian calendar. It marked the 2000th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations. It was the final year of the 2nd millennium and the 20th century, as well as the first year of the 2000s decade.

    I was born that year, and I have to say that it is a pretty disappointing year for movies. As a die-hard Mission Impossible fan, Mission Impossible 2 was released that year, and that movie is just bad. Every other one is good. The only good movies that year were Gladiator, X-Men, and Cast Away. The rest is pretty forgettable.

15. 2004

    

    2004 was a leap year that began on a Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2004th year of the Common Era and of the Anno Domini designations. Major events in 2004 included the Athens Summer Olympics and the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in December.

    The year had a couple of decent movies, but very few that stand out.

    Then again, it was the year of turds like Catwoman, Scooby-Doo 2, Superbabies, and Garfield.

16. 1997

    

17. 2009

    

    The year 2009 was a common year that started on a Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2009th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations. This year also marked the final year of the 2000s decade.

    The only movie I can recall from this year was Moon.

18. 2006

    

    2006 was a common year beginning on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2006th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations. This year marked the sixth year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st century, and the 2000s decade.

    The Wicker Man reboot. Enough said.

19. 2018

    

    2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year that began on a Monday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2018th year of the Common Era, the 9th year of the 2010s decade, the 18th year of the 21st century, and the 18th year of the 3rd millennium. Notable global events included the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang... read more

    Man, this has been a horrible year for movies.

    Too many mediocre movies got bad reviews, other than Incredibles 2 and maybe Black Panther.

20. 1998

    

    1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade. Google was incorporated as... read more

21. 2010

    

    The year 2010 was a common year that began on a Friday according to the Gregorian calendar. It marked the 10th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century. It was also the first year of the 2010s decade.

22. 2015

    

    2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations. It was the 15th year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade. Major global events in 2015 included the Paris Climate... read more

23. 2007

    

    2007 (MMVII) was a common year that started on a Monday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2007th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations. It was also the 7th year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2000s decade.

    The list of the top 10 best movies of 2007 doesn't really have the best options. Yes, we've got Ratatouille, 300, and The Simpsons Movie, but what else?

    Heck, Michael Bay's Transformers, which is nothing more than an explosion-focused robot smash-em-up, is #1!

24. 1980

    

    There are a lot of movies in 1980 that lost money!

25. 2002

    

    2002 (MMII) was a common year that began on a Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2002nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations. It was also the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.

    The year I was born was rather bad for movies. Not for music, though.

    The early 2000s marked the downfall of movies, but 2002 was probably the worst year of all.

26. 1995

    

27. 1989