Very few movies achieve masterpiece status. Some are great. Many are average. There are countless more that are bad.
While it’s fun to discuss cinematic successes, it’s just as important to acknowledge the opposite. Other lists may feature “War of the Worlds,” “M3GAN 2.0” or “The Electric State.” Not this one.
Despite watching 180 new releases in 2025, I didn’t subject myself to every “bad” movie. These are the 10 worst movies of the year.
10. ‘Keeper’
A taxing experience from start to finish, “Keeper” commits the ultimate sin of any horror movie: it’s flat-out boring.
As the film attempts to explain, it loses all sense of reality. This results in a conclusion with a barrage of genuinely unnerving images. But also one that feels laughably forced.
Tatiana Maslany (Liz) is the movie’s saving grace, but she can only do so much.
“Keeper” is not a keeper. It’s a horror movie without soul, having no meaning behind the creepy visuals within.
9. ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’
With uninspired performances, tonal imbalances and a script that is all over the place, “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” proves to be a sequel with no purpose.
The film may find success with fans of the game, but everyone else — not so much. Going back and forth between various subplots, it’s more focused on checking boxes than actually telling a cohesive story.
After meandering through the 104-minute runtime, it still can’t find a way to end. Without directly setting up the next installment.
“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is pointless. Besides setting up more sequels.
8. ‘Honey Don’t!’
“Honey Don’t!” is boring. And not the kind of boring where lulls eventually pay off. It’s just relentlessly dull.
From the cinematography to the score to the performances to the script, the film is a complete misfire.
Rather than feeling like real people, the characters within “Honey Don’t!” function as puzzle pieces. The movie gives no reason to care for them beyond their billing as main characters. This lack of development further drags an already weak storyline.
“Honey Don’t!” is an exhausting exercise that never pays off.
7. ‘The Ritual’
“The Ritual” makes no attempt at being different. Falling in line with tried-and-true tropes of the genre, it never manages to actually bring anything new to the table.
The film is also monotonous on a story level. It’s not just one ritual; it’s many. “The Ritual” develops an early pattern and recycles it over and over again.
The movie features solid performances from Al Pacino (Father Theophilus Riesinger), Dan Stevens (Joseph Steiger) and Abigail Cowen (Emma Schmidt). Unfortunately, however, they’re all wasted.
“The Ritual” is the definition of underwhelming — full of clichés, paper-thin characters and overbearing cinematography.
6. ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’
Everyone is invited to The Weeknd’s therapy session in “Hurry Up Tomorrow.”
Abel Tesfaye is a talented musician. As an actor… not so much. Paired alongside Jenna Ortega (Anima) and Barry Keoghan (Lee), he is outmatched in every scene. With weak delivery and bizarre facial expressions, his performance makes for a number of completely unbearable sequences.
As a whole, the film reeks of desperation.
Wasting the talents of Keoghan and Ortega while asking the audience to sympathize with a multimillionaire celebrity, “Hurry Up Tomorrow” doesn’t deserve your time.
5. ‘Anaconda’
There is no reason that “Anaconda” should exist. And it straight-up tells the audience how lazy it is on multiple occasions.
Even those looking for a fun creature feature will likely be disappointed, as there’s hardly any creature at all. The giant snake is almost relegated to a subplot within its own movie.
Leaving horror completely behind, the film goes all-in on comedy. There are a few laughs to be had, but nothing real to actually buy into. It’s full of subplots and side quests that go absolutely nowhere.
“Anaconda” is so bad that it’s good. Until it’s not. Then it’s just bad.
4. ‘Black Phone 2’
“Black Phone 2” is the definition of greed. A movie that diminishes any lasting impact that the first installment had.
Expanding the original idea into full-blown supernatural territory, the film suffers from no longer being a small-scale, terrifying story. At the same time, it also lacks originality. “Black Phone 2” borrows from many horror classics, often playing more like a rip-off than anything else.
With a 114-minute runtime, this lazy script wears thin very quickly. There’s shades of effort early on, but by the time it reaches the midway point, this all goes out the window.
“Black Phone 2” is both unnecessary and uninspired. It struggles to continue the story in any meaningful way, instead rallying off horror clichés to make a quick buck at the box office.
3. ‘A Working Man’
With one of the worst scripts of the year, “A Working Man” doesn’t respect its audience… at all. Spoon-feeding viewers at every turn, the film strips away any sense of nuance or trust.
For an action movie, the thrills aren’t all that riveting. The movie features jarring cuts and drab color grading that repeatedly break the flow.
Jason Statham delivers his usual dependable performance, but the rest of the supporting cast phones it in.
“A Working Man” turns a weighty topic into an ill-considered derivative mess. On nearly every level, the film is a complete misfire.
2. ‘Kinda Pregnant’
Through completely overdramatic characters, “Kinda Pregnant” attempts to find its comedic stride. Instead, personalities are pushed so far into exaggeration that it becomes difficult to buy into them.
The film gives the audience little reason to root for Amy Schumer’s Lainy, who is presented as a bad person with little redeeming qualities. It never attempts to counterbalance this, undercutting itself by centering on a completely unlikable protagonist.
The conclusion only worsens the experience, as the movie showcases no growth within the characters.
“Kinda Pregnant” includes a few touching moments surrounding motherhood and pregnancy, but they are overwhelmed by unfunny jokes, repetitive gags and a lackadaisical plot that never finds its footing.
1. ‘Regretting You’
Full of immense tragedy, “Regretting You” had the potential to be an emotional journey. Instead, it ends up being one of the most immature movies of the year.
Completely out of touch with reality, the film chooses to take every juvenile route possible amidst themes of grief and trauma. After almost every gut punch, it feels obliged to deliver a forced laugh.
Constantly switching from teenage humor to world-shifting reveals, it isn’t able to flow at all. On top of this, “Regretting You” is obsessed with twists and turns. The problem isn’t the reveals themselves but rather their rushed nature.
On top of this are the brand placements, which often earn more focus than the plot itself.
“Regretting You” features seriously talented performers. However, that doesn’t mean the movie itself deserves to be taken seriously. Unable to effectively balance its adult and teenage themes, the film leaves many… regrets.
