
Amid all the hubbub around awards season, the Golden Raspberry Award a.k.a. The Razzies always stands out for awarding the opposite of the best in movies. The nominees for this year’s edition were announced on January 21, with Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux leading in the nominations. The film racked up 7 nominations, 5 years after its predecessor, Joker, led the nominations at the 2020 Oscars with 11. Following close behind is Madame Web, Borderlands, Reagan and Megalopolis with 6 nominations each.
Here is the full list of the nominees:
Worst Picture
- Reagan
- Borderlands
- Joker: Folie à Deux
- Madame Web
- Megalopolis
Worst Director
- S. J. Clarkson – Madame Web
- Francis Ford Coppola – Megalopolis
- Todd Phillips – Joker: Folie à Deux
- Eli Roth – Borderlands
- Jerry Seinfeld – Unfrosted
Worst Actor
- Jack Black – Dear Santa as Satan / “Santa Claus”
- Zachary Levi – Harold and the Purple Crayon as Harold
- Joaquin Phoenix – Joker: Folie à Deux as Arthur Fleck / Joker
- Dennis Quaid – Reagan as Ronald Reagan
- Jerry Seinfeld – Unfrosted as Bob Cabana
Worst Actress
- Cate Blanchett – Borderlands as Lilith
- Bryce Dallas Howard – Argylle as Elly Conway
- Dakota Johnson – Madame Web as Cassandra Webb
- Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux as Harley “Lee” Quinzel
- Jennifer Lopez – Atlas as Atlas Shepherd
Worst Supporting Actor
- Jack Black – Borderlands as Claptrap (voice only)
- Kevin Hart – Borderlands as Roland Greaves
- Shia LaBeouf – Megalopolis as Clodio Pulcher (in drag)
- Tahar Rahim – Madame Web as Ezekiel Sims
- Jon Voight – Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land, and Strangers as Hamilton Crassus III, Viktor Petrovich, Robert Wainwright, and Richard (respectively)
Worst Supporting Actress
- Ariana DeBose – Argylle and Kraven the Hunter as Keira and Calypso Ezili (respectively)
- Lesley-Anne Down – Reagan as Margaret Thatcher
- Emma Roberts – Madame Web as Mary Parker
- Amy Schumer – Unfrosted as Marjorie Post
- FKA Twigs – The Crow as Shelly Webster
Worst Screen Combo
- Any two obnoxious characters (but especially Jack Black) – Borderlands
- Any two unfunny “comedic actors” – Unfrosted
- The entire cast of Megalopolis
- Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux
- Dennis Quaid & Penelope Ann Miller (as “Ronny & Nancy”) – Reagan
Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
- The Crow
- Joker: Folie à Deux
- Kraven the Hunter
- Mufasa: The Lion King
- Rebel Moon 2: The Scargiver
Worst Screenplay
- Joker: Folie à Deux – screenplay by Scott Silver and Todd Phillips (based on characters by DC Comics)
- Kraven the Hunter – screenplay by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk; story by Richard Wenk (based on characters by Marvel Comics)
- Madame Web – screenplay by Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, and S. J. Clarkson; story by Kerem Sanga, Matt Sazama, and Burk Sharpless (based on characters by Marvel Comics)
- Megalopolis – screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola
- Reagan – screenplay by Howard Klausner (based on the book The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism by Paul Kengor)
Razzies ceremony will be held on March 1, 2025 – just days before the Oscars as per usual.