The 15 Worst Movies of 2018

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 21, 2018

Updated January 3, 2019 to add late-arriving dud Holmes & Watson.

Above are the lowest-scoring films released in the United States between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018. Films are ranked by Metascore (an average of grades given by top professional critics) prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews are excluded. All scores are from December 20, 2018.

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(#7) While Adam Sandler somehow managed to avoid our worst films list this year, Nicolas Cage just couldn't stay away. Here, Cage stars as a cop who accidentally stumbles into a bank heist in progress—pitting him against a heavily armed group of men. Unfortunately, it is those men who get the bulk of the screen time in this "loud," "pedestrian," and "frustrating" action-thriller.

“Unwatchable even by the subterranean standards of a direct-to-video Nicolas Cage thriller, director York Shackleton’s 211 is the kind of low-grade schlock that leaves you with a newfound respect for the basic competence that most bad movies bring to the table.” —David Ehrlich, IndieWire

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