“Joker 2”, “Megalopolis”, “Borderlands” compete for the worst of the year

Sometimes it is not an honor just to be nominated.

The Golden Raspberry Awards, commonly known as the Razzies, have announced their nominations for the worst films and filmmakers of 2024, with a five-way tie for the most (dis)honors per film. The Villains Musical Joker: Folie à Deuxthe expensive passion project Megalopolisvideo game adaptation Borderlandsthe superhero movie Madame Weband the presidential biopic Reagan each racked up six nominations, including Worst Picture.

They also got several nods UnfrostedJerry Seinfeld’s product placement experiment, with four nominations, and director Rupert Sanders’ ill-fated reboot of The Ravenwith two.

Most nominations in the acting, writing and directing categories came from the above titles. Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga were individually nominated for Worst Actor and Worst Actress, and earned a nomination together in the Screen Combo category for Folie à Deux. Cate Blanchett and Dakota Johnson were recognized for their lead performances in Borderlands And Madame Webjust like Seinfeld and Dennis Quaid for Unfrosted And Reagan.

Interestingly enough, the only artists to receive individual nods from Megalopolis arrived in the Supporting Actor category: Shia Labeouf, whom the nomination body was keen to highlight in his interpretation of part of his role in drag, and Jon Voight, whose four 2024 credits were listed jointly (Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow LandAnd Strangers).

Reagan Director Sean McNamara was the only director of one of the top five nominated films not to receive a Worst Director nod, his spot being taken by Seinfeld for Unfrosted. In the same way, Borderlands scribes Eli Roth and Joe Crombie were the only members of the five to be overlooked for the Worst Screenplay award, their place being taken by the team of screenwriters behind Kraven the Hunter (Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk).

If you counted on Weekly EntertainmentThe choices of the five worst films of the year to bet on the 2025 Razzie nominations, you would have done well this morning. Joker: Folie à Deux, Megalopolis, Madame WebAnd Borderlands included four of EW’s final five, featuring the Netflix YA drama The ugly ones taking fifth and final place against the Razzies’ choice, Reagan.

Read on to see the full list of nominees for the 2025 Golden Raspberry Awards.

Worst picture

Borderlands
Joker: Folie à Deux
Madame Web
Megalopolis
Reagan

Actor

Black Jack / Dear Santa
Zachary Levi / Harold and the Purple Pencil
Joaquin Phoenix / Joker: Folie à Deux
Dennis Quaid / Reagan
Jerry Seinfeld/ Unfrosted

Actress

Cate Blanchett / Borderlands
Lady Gaga / Joker: Folie à Deux
Bryce Dallas Howard / Argyle
Dakota Johnson / Madame Web
Jennifer Lopez / Atlas

Supporting actor

Jack Black (voice only) Borderlands
Kevin Hart / Borderlands
Shia LaBeouf (in drag) Megalopolis
Tahar Rahim / Madame Web
Jon Voight / Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land& Strangers

Supporting actress

Ariana De Bose / Argyle & Kraven the Hunter
Leslie Anne Down (as Margaret Thatcher) Reagan
Emma Roberts / Madame Web
Amy Schumer / Unfrosted
FKA twigs / The Raven

Director

SJ Clarkson / Madame Web
Francis Ford Coppola / Megalopolis
Todd Phillips / Joker: Folie à Deux
Eli Roth / Borderlands
Jerry Seinfeld/ Unfrosted

Screen combination

Two unpleasant characters (but especially Jack Black) in Borderlands
Two unfunny “comedy actors” / Unfrosted
The entire cast of Megalopolis
Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga / Joker: Folie à Deux
Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller (as “Ronnie and Nancy”) in Reagan

Prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel

The Raven
Joker: Folie à Deux
Kraven the Hunter
Mufasa: The Lion King
Rebel Moon 2: The Giver of Scars

Scenario

Joker: Folie à Deux
Kraven the Hunter
Madame Web
Megalopolis
Reagan

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