The 15 Worst Movies of 2022

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – December 17, 2022

The gallery on this page contains the lowest-scoring films released in the United States between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Films are ranked by Metascore (an average of grades given by top professional critics) prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 4 reviews are excluded. All scores are from December 16, 2022.

9 of 16 photo by Lionsgate

27 Shattered

(#7) The worst film yet from director Luis Prieto (best known, if at all, for directing the English-language remake of Pusher) is ... yes, you guessed it, another generic action-thriller, though maybe without much in the way of action. Who signed up for this one? If you had John Malkovich and Frank Grillo on your bingo card, congratulations! But if you actually saw Shattered, you probably aren't a winner. Fun fact: Shattered screenwriter David Loughery also brought the world the worst Star Trek movie and other such classics as Nurse 3D.

“David Loughery’s writing isn’t necessarily bad, it just isn’t interesting, and when you’re doing this type of done-to-death B-movie, you need to bring something fresh to the table or else your film just fades away.” —Lex Briscuso, Paste

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