Worst Movies You Can Watch on Amazon Prime Right Now

“Alpha Dog” is about middle-class drug-abusing teens running amuck in Los Angeles. The film has star power with Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone, but to quote critic Todd Gilchrist of IGN Movies, it’s “a lackluster teenage true-crime tale.”

“Overboard” is about a rich woman (Goldie Hawn) who falls off a yacht, suffers amnesia, and is ditched by her husband. A widowed carpenter (Kurt Russell) with four children eventually claims her as his wife. Rita Kempley of the Washington Post said, “If there’s an amnesia movie worse than ‘Overboard,’ it slips my mind.” The film was remade 29 years later starring Anna Faris. It fared no better among the critics.

Richard Gere stars as a husband who discovers his wife (Diane Lane) has been unfaithful and confronts her lover, triggering the rage within him. Peter Rainer of New York Magazine/Vulture dismissed the film as “a glossy, depthless melodrama.”

If you were expecting more from a film based on the long-running television series with a cast featuring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, and Jessica Biel, you would have been disappointed. Ed Travis of Hollywood Jesus said “…nothing about ‘The A-Team’ will really stick with you after watching,”

A drug addict (Jason Schwartzman) encounters wild characters (John Alberto Leguizamo, Mena Suvari) on the street during a narcotics binge in Los Angeles. Nev Pierce of BBC.com opined “Like an ex-addict reminiscing over their days of dependence, it’s dead behind the eyes: hollowed out.”

“Shopgirl” stars Claire Danes in the title role as a young woman who is romanced by an older, commitment-challenged man (Steve Martin). “A slim, charming, romantic story, full of intentionally mild humor about strong themes – passion, commitment, loneliness,” said Ken Tucker of New York Magazine/Vulture

As with many other films on this list, the difference of opinion between critics and audiences is vast. Starring funnymen Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer, the film is about three stoners who sell stolen marijuana to raise bail for one of their friends who was arrested for feeding junk food to a horse that dies. The Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus said “You’d have to be high to dig ‘Half Baked”s half baked production and scattershot sense of humor – although maybe that was the point of this Dave Chappelle-led joint.”

A comedy from the Wayans clan about a young Black man forced to live with his streetwise grandmother in a rough Los Angeles neighborhood who eventually falls in love with an aspiring poet. Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today called it “rude, crude and outrageous.”

“Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” stars Jim Carrey in the title role. He’s trying to find out who has been abducting players from the Miami Dolphins football team. “Neither terrible, boring nor soporific, just not very funny,” said Julian Ketchum of Empire Magazine.

Christian Bale won over some critics for his over-the-top portrayal of a Gulf War veteran working for the Department of Homeland Security whose goal is to wipe out crime in Los Angeles. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star said “‘Harsh Times’ is so into its own nihilism, it sometimes forgets the humanity beneath the hurt.”

“Odd Thomas” is the name of a clairvoyant cook (Anton Yelchin) who along with his girlfriend (Addison Timlin) and the town sheriff (Willem Dafoe) try to prevent an unknown disaster from befalling their town. Stephen Sommers directed, wrote, and co-produced the film, which critic Cary Darling of Fort Worth Star-Telegram found to be “engagingly lightweight and occasionally inventive.”

Comedian Kevin James plays a high school teacher who moonlights as a mixed-martial arts fighter to raise money to save the school’s music program. Some critics on Rotten Tomatoes dismissed the film as formulaic and hackneyed. In the words of critic William Goss of Empire Magazine, it was “amiably average, chiefly due to James’ natural charms.”

This is a rom-com starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a pharmaceutical salesman who hooks up with a Parkinson’s patient (Anne Hathaway). Both question whether their relationship is the real thing. Sukhdev Sandhu of the Daily Telegraph said “[Its] restlessness and lack of conviction make it both fascinating and frustrating.”

Another movie with a wide disparity of approval between critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, “Step Up” is about a young man (Channing Tatum) sentenced to community service who connects with a ballet student (Jenna Dewan) and teaches her hip-hop moves. Guardian critic Philip French said “This is a cliché-ridden movie by people to whom formula is clearly mother’s milk.”

Rap stars Redman and Method Man play two young men who smoke a magical substance, score well on their college-entrance exams, and get into Harvard. All goes well until their supply of supernatural smoke evaporates. Marjorie Baumgarten of the Austin Chronicle was unsparing in her criticism, calling the film “feebly crafted in virtually every way imaginable – directing, cinematography, acting, scriptwriting.”

This Roman Empire-era slaughterfest, starring Michael Fasbender and Dominic West, takes place in ancient Scotland. Jordan Hoffman of UGO snidely remarked that “Centurion treats arterial sprays like ‘Sex and the City’ treats shoes.”

M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village” features his knack for discomfiting audiences with creepy images and themes. Critics thought the film’s plot twist at the end was disappointing. David Ansen of Newsweek said “the entire solemn, portentous edifice that is ‘The Village’ collapses of its own fake weight.” The movie boasted a big cast that included Oscar winners Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, and William Hurt.

“Hackers” stars Jonny Lee Miller as a teenage computer hacker framed for the theft of millions of dollars from a large corporation. Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune said the movie “sums up the worst of the computer era: zapping you with techno-clichés and trapping you in constant visual crash and burn.”

This sequel to “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” found even less favor among critics than its predecessor. In this film, Ace Ventura has to find a sacred bat in the Himalayas or else a civil war will erupt between two tribes. Leigh Paatsch of the Herald Sun in Australia was put off by “…a wide variety of toilet humour-based atrocities in rapid-fire succession.”

After her parents are killed by a crime boss and his henchmen, a young Colombian woman goes to work as a contract killer and seeks revenge. Critic David Hughes of Empire Magazine praised the performance of Zoe Saldana in the starring role, but said she “can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear – much less a dog’s dinner.”

The King Arthur story was retold by director Antoine Fuqua in something of a history mashup, which included the Roman Empire’s legions. Despite a well-regarded cast that included Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, and Ray Winstone, critic Nell Minow of Common Sense Media found the film “entertaining, but ultimately forgettable.”

This rom-com stars Miles Teller and Analeigh Tipton as a couple who meet online and end up trapped in a New York apartment during a snowstorm. Some critics liked the two leads and lauded the dialogue, while critic Geoffrey Macnab of the Independent found the movie “charming in parts but also contrived.”

This thriller directed by Rowan Joffe stars Nicole Kidman as Christine Lucas and Colin Firth as her husband, Ben. The two grapple with the aftermath of an attack that nearly killed her and the amnesia caused by the assault. Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com said “there’s no edge, no pulp, no grit under its fingernails.”

“The Collector” is a torture-porn film about a debt-ridden man targeting a wealthy family to steal valuable jewelry. But a madman has gotten to the residence first, imprisoned the family, and set lethal traps in the house. David N. Butterworth of La Movie Boeuf wrote off the film, saying it “plays like a collection of outtakes from some ‘Saw’ script that never saw the light of day.”

“London” received the lowest score among Rotten Tomatoes critics of any film on this list, despite a cast featuring Chris Evans, Jessica Biel, Isla Fisher, and Jason Statham. It’s about a man, played by Evans, who crashes his ex-lover’s going-away party in a bout of anguish fueled by cocaine. Critics found the characters unlikable and the film pretentious.