20 Worst Film Directors of the 21st Century (So Far)
Recently, we looked at the best directors of the 21st century so far. Now, it's time for the flipside: our list of the century's worst filmmakers, ranked by their average Metascores.
To be included, a director must have four or more eligible films. Such films have seven or more reviews from professional critics and were first released (in any country) on or after January 1, 2000, and must have been released (including as a straight-to-Netflix streaming release) at some point in the USA. Multi-director anthology films are excluded, as are theatrical re-releases of older films. Averages were calculated using Metascores from July 12, 2017, and include films released through July 7, 2017.
#15
Peter Hyams
The now-73-year-old Hyams had a decent start to his film career (after first working as a CBS news reporter in the 1960s and '70s), especially with sci-fi thrillers such as Capricorn One, 2010, and Outland. His recent work, however, has been a series of critically panned box office duds, including his third Jean-Claude Van Damme collaboration, Enemies Closer.
| Films directed, 2000-2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ▣ | A Sound of Thunder | 2005 |
| ▣ | The Musketeer | 2001 |
| ▣ | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | 2009 |
| ▣ | Enemies Closer | 2013 |