The Worst Movie Podcast

On the air since September 2025 · theworstmoviepodcast.com

44Films
45Episodes
42Hours of talk
23 yrsAvg. film age

LATELY

Recently covered

All episodes
American NinjaOct 27, 2026American Ninja (The One Where Michael Dudikoff Does a Lot of Somersaults)
Invasion U.S.A.Oct 20, 2026Invasion U.S.A. (The One Where Chuck Norris Saves America with His Truck)
Action JacksonOct 13, 2026Action Jackson (The One Where Carl Weathers Gets Greased Up)
Tango & CashOct 6, 2026Tango & Cash (The One Where Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell Waste Bullets)
Dirty WorkSep 29, 2026Dirty Work (The One Where Norm Macdonald Calls the Real Cops)
Joe DirtSep 15, 2026Joe Dirt (The One Where David Spade Has a Mullet Fused to His Head)

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Milestones

First filmWar of the WorldsSep 2, 2025
25th filmStreet FighterMar 10, 2026
LatestAmerican NinjaOct 27, 2026

WHO'S IN IT

Directors

45 different directors across 44 films. Nobody has come up twice yet.

Cast

BY THE NUMBERS

How the films rate on TMDB

Median 5.5 out of 10 · 43 films with 50+ votes
2.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 1 film14.0 to 4.5: 8 films844.5 to 5.0: 4 films45.0 to 5.5: 8 films855.5 to 6.0: 16 films166.0 to 6.5: 4 films466.5 to 7.0: 2 films27.0 to 7.5: 0 films77.5 to 8.0: 0 films8.0 to 8.5: 0 films88.5 to 9.0: 0 films9.0 to 9.5: 0 films92.0 to 2.5: 0 films22.5 to 3.0: 0 films3.0 to 3.5: 0 films33.5 to 4.0: 1 film14.0 to 4.5: 8 films844.5 to 5.0: 4 films45.0 to 5.5: 8 films855.5 to 6.0: 16 films166.0 to 6.5: 4 films466.5 to 7.0: 2 films27.0 to 7.5: 0 films77.5 to 8.0: 0 films8.0 to 8.5: 0 films88.5 to 9.0: 0 films9.0 to 9.5: 0 films9

Highest rated on TMDB

A Night at the Roxbury★ 6.6 / 10 · 1998
Tango & Cash★ 6.5 / 10 · 1989
Dirty Work★ 6.2 / 10 · 1998

Lowest rated on TMDB

Troll 2★ 3.9 / 10 · 1990
Gigli★ 4.0 / 10 · 2003
War of the Worlds★ 4.0 / 10 · 2025

Box office

A hit grossed 2.5× its budget. A flop grossed less than its budget.
$3.1BWorldwide gross
$2.0BCombined budgets
23% hits44% flops · 33% in between

Biggest hits

Fifty Shades of Grey$570M on a $40M budget
Wild Wild West$222M on a $170M budget
Cocktail$172M on a $20M budget

Biggest flops

Swept Away$0.6M on a $10M budget
Gigli$7.3M on a $76M budget
Cool as Ice$1.2M on a $6.0M budget

THE MIX

95% of the films are American and 7 are from the United Kingdom. Every one is in English. 3 were new releases when covered.

Genres

Comedy24
Action20
Adventure12
Drama11
Fantasy10
Romance10
Thriller10

Release decades

1980s: 7 films7'80s1990s: 15 films15'90s2000s: 11 films11'00s2010s: 5 films5'10s2020s: 6 films6'20s