Award for worst film screenplay of the past year
The Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards for the worst film screenplay of the past year. The following is a list of nominees and recipients of that award, including each screenplay's author(s).
1980s
- 1980 Can't Stop the Music, written by Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr
- A Change of Seasons, written by Erich Segal, Ronni Kern and Fred Segal
- Cruising, written by William Friedkin
- The Formula, written by Steve Shagan
- It's My Turn, written by Eleanor Bergstein
- Middle Age Crazy, written by Carl Kleinschmidt
- Raise the Titanic, written by Adam Kennedy and Eric Hughes
- Touched by Love, written by Hesper Anderson
- Windows, written by Barry Siegel
- Xanadu, written by Richard C. Danus and Marc C. Rubel
- 1981 Mommie Dearest, screenplay by Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner and Robert Getchell, based on the memoir by Christina Crawford
- 1982 Inchon,[1] written by Robin Moore and Laird Koenig
- Annie, screenplay by Carol Sobieski, based on the play by Thomas Meehan, based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie created by Harold Gray (uncredited)
- Butterfly, screenplay by John Goff and Matt Cimber, adaptation by Matt Cimber, based on the novel by James M. Cain
- The Pirate Movie, written by Trevor Farrant, "ripped off from" Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Pirates of Penzance
- Yes, Giorgio, screenplay by Norman Steinberg, "suggested" by the novel by Annie Piper
- 1983 The Lonely Lady, screenplay by John Kershaw and Shawn Randall, adaptation by Ellen Shephard, from the novel by Harold Robbins
- 1984 Bolero, written by John Derek
- Cannonball Run II, screenplay by Harvey Miller, Hal Needham and Albert S. Ruddy
- Rhinestone, screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson and Sylvester Stallone, story by Phil Alden Robinson
- Sheena, screenplay by David Newman and Lorenzo Semple, Jr., story by David Newman and Leslie Stevens, based on the comic by S.M. Eiger and Will Eisner (uncredited)
- Where the Boys Are '84, screenplay by Stu Krieger and Jeff Burkhart, "suggested" by the novel by Glendon Swarthout
- 1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II, screenplay by Sylvester Stallone and James Cameron, story by Kevin Jarre, based on characters created by David Morrell
- 1986 Howard the Duck, written by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, based on the Marvel Comics character created by Steve Gerber
- 1987 Leonard Part 6, screenplay by Jonathan Reynolds, story by Bill Cosby
- 1988 Cocktail, screenplay by Heywood Gould, based on his book
- 1989 Harlem Nights, written by Eddie Murphy
1990s
- 1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, screenplay by Daniel Waters, James Cappe & David Arnott, based on characters created by Rex Weiner
- 1991 Hudson Hawk, screenplay by Steven E. de Souza and Daniel Waters, story by Bruce Willis and Robert Kraft
- 1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, written by Blake Snyder, William Osborne & William Davies
- 1993 Indecent Proposal, screenplay by Amy Holden Jones, based upon the novel by Jack Engelhard
- 1994 The Flintstones, screenplay by Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza, Al Aidekman, Kate Barker, Cindy Begel, Ruth Bennett, Bruce Cohen, Robert Conte, Rob Dames, Lon Diamond, Michael J. Di Gaetano, Fred Fox Jr., Lloyd Garver, Daniel Goldin, Joshua Goldin, Richard Gurman, Jason Hoffs, Brian Levant, Babaloo Mandel, Mitch Markowitz, Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, David Richardson, Leonard Ripps, Gary Ross, Dava Savel, David Silverman, Nancy Steen, Stephen Sustarsic, Roy Teicher, Neil Thompson, Michael Wilson, and Peter Martin Wortmann, based on the television series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (Steven E. de Souza and the team of Tom S. Parker & Jim Jennewein were the only "winners" credited in the film; the other 29 recipients all wrote drafts of the screenplay.)
- 1995 Showgirls, written by Joe Eszterhas
- 1996 Striptease, screenplay by Andrew Bergman, based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen
- 1997 The Postman, screenplay by Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland, based on the novel by David Brin
- 1998 An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, written by Joe Eszterhas
- Armageddon, screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and J. J. Abrams, story by Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh, adaptation by Tony Gilroy and Shane Salerno
- The Avengers, screenplay by Don MacPherson, based on the television series created by Sydney Newman
- Godzilla, screenplay by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, story by Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, based on the Godzilla character created by Toho
- Spice World, written by Kim Fuller, idea by Fuller and the Spice Girls
- 1999 Wild Wild West, story by Jim Thomas & John Thomas, screenplay by S. S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, based on the television series created by Michael Garrison
2000s
- 2000 Battlefield Earth, screenplay by Corey Mandell and J.D. Shapiro, based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard
- 2001 Freddy Got Fingered, written by Tom Green & Derek Harvie
- 2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones,[2] screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales
- 2003 Gigli, written by Martin Brest
- 2004 Catwoman,[3] written by Theresa Rebeck and John Brancato & Michael Ferris and John Rogers
- 2005 Dirty Love, written by Jenny McCarthy
- 2006 Basic Instinct 2, screenplay by Leora Barish and Henry Bean, based on characters created by Joe Eszterhas
- 2007 I Know Who Killed Me, written by Jeffrey Hammond
- 2008 The Love Guru, written by Mike Myers & Graham Gordy
- 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, screenplay by Ehren Kruger, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, based on Hasbro's Transformers toys
2010s
- 2010 The Last Airbender - screenplay by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko
- 2011 Jack and Jill - screenplay by Steve Koren and Adam Sandler, story by Ben Zook
- 2012 That's My Boy - written by David Caspe
- 2013 Movie 43 - written by Rocky Russo, Jeremy Sosenko, Ricky Blitt, Bill O'Malley, Will Graham, Jack Kukoda, Matthew Alec Portenoy, Claes Kjellstrom, Jonas Wittenmark, Tobias Carlson, Will Carlough, Jonathan van Tulleken, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, Olle Sarri, Jacob Fleisher, Greg Pritikin, James Gunn and Bob Odenkirk
- 2014 Saving Christmas - written by Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey
- 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey - screenplay by Kelly Marcel, based on the novel by E. L. James
- 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - screenplay by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer, based on characters created by DC Comics
- 2017 The Emoji Movie[4] - screenplay by Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel and Mike White, story by Tony Leondis and Eric Siegel
- Baywatch - screenplay by Mark Swift and Damian Shannon, story by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, based on the television series created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz and Gregory J. Bonann
- Fifty Shades Darker - screenplay by Niall Leonard, based on the novel by E. L. James
- The Mummy - screenplay by David Koepp, Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman, story by Jon Spaihts, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, based on The Mummy franchise
- Transformers: The Last Knight - screenplay by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Ken Nolan, story by Akiva Goldsman, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Ken Nolan, based on Hasbro's "Transformers" toys
- 2018 Fifty Shades Freed - screenplay by Niall Leonard, based on the novel by E. L. James
- 2019 Cats – screenplay by Lee Hall and Tom Hooper; based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot
2020s
Multiple winners
Multiple nominations
References
- ^ Worst Movies Ever Made (According To The Razzies)|ScreenRant
- ^ Oscar winners who also have Razzies|EW.com
- ^ Worst Movies Ever Made (According To The Razzies)|ScreenRant
- ^ Razzies Awards 2018: Complete Winners List|Hollywood Reporter
- ^ Razzie Awards 2021 Winners: MUSIC, 365 DAYS WIN BIG AT 41ST GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes
