This movie is often referred to as the worst film of all time. While this point may be argued, it’s definitely Travolta’s worst film of his entire acting career. Travolta played an alien in the convoluted sci-fi film “Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000.” The movie is based on the novel of the same name by L. Ron Hubbard, the creator, and leader of the Church of Scientology.
And it was an absolute mess of a film, receiving a 3% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and the critical consensus called it: “Ugly, campy, and poorly acted, Battlefield Earth is a stunningly misguided, aggressively bad sci-fi folly.” It’s a very bad movie, but not so bad that you’ll actually want to watch it.
Batman & Robin
There was a time when nobody believed it was possible to actually pull off a great Batman film. This myth was completely shattered in 1989 when Michael Keaton took the role of Batman in Tim Burton's dark adaptation of the caped crusader. The movie was extremely successful, so studios were putting pressure on producers to make the film more "family-friendly."
This was in stark contrast to Tim Burton's dark and grime view of the character. The result was the horrendous "Batman & Robin." The film received an 11% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, largely due to the film being completely out of touch with who Batman is. The entire production felt completely out of place.
Silence of the Hams
Parody films that mocked famous movies were all the rage back in the '90s and early 2000s. One of the most popular films of the early '90s was the groundbreaking "Silence of the Lambs," featuring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in a tense and thrilling psychological thriller. So, of course, somebody tried to make a parody of it.
"The Silence of the Hams" attempted to capitalize on that success and also took the chance to mock popular figures. This parody film was considered one of the worst films of all time and received a 0% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It was panned for being bereft of humor and creatively bankrupt.
House of the Dead
German film director, Uwe Boll, is known for single-handedly giving video game films a bad name by making some of the worst video game movie adaptations of all time. "The House of the Dead" was a popular zombie shooting video game so when fans heard that it was going to receive a film adaptation, they were ecstatic until they found out that the director was going to be Uwe Boll.
The film turned out just as expected; it was a critical mess, receiving just a 3% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie was ranked the 41st worst film of the 2000s and was overwhelmingly hated by fans just as much as critics. This film received attention from both the video games it's based on and the media attention from just how bad it was.
Stratton
It's hard to believe that a film that came out in 2018 with a budget of just under $20 million can get a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This is exactly what happened with Simon West's British action thriller "Stratton." Our hero is a tough-boy British Special Boat Operative, who gets betrayed by a friend and suspects a mole, then goes out to save the world.
"Stratton" had one of the worst box office bombs in recent years, earning less than $100,000 worldwide against a budget of almost $20 million. It received a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and was equally hated by the few dozen people that bothered to watch and review it.