We all like different kinds of movies. While some of us will gladly watch a romance unfold between the main characters on the screen, others would rather hold their breath and follow a wild car chase scene. But whatever genre we choose to watch, one thing is certain for all of us — we crave entertainment. If we commit to spending two hours in a dark room with other people staring at a screen, it better be entertaining!
Unfortunately, movies don’t always deliver on their promises. And the problem is not always that the movie you’re watching is bad. Even dumb movies can sometimes be entertaining. If you are in the right mood, you can find fun in a movie being so bad it’s good. But all of us have watched at least one film in our lives that did not necessarily fall into the category of stupid movies but was so boring that you couldn’t help but wonder why it was made in the first place.
Personally, I don’t walk out of a movie theater easily. Even though the cast and crew of the film can’t see me, I somehow feel that it would be rude of me to walk out on the job they put effort into. You have no idea how many cringe movies I have sat through in my life! But even I have seen some truly terrible movies where I’ve had to walk out or change the channel because of how boring and bad they were.
In this article, people on the internet share their experiences of what the worst movies of all time were for them, and it turns out, moviegoers do care what they watch. Sometimes even very high-ranking films made them roll their eyes and leave the cinema. How many of these opinions do you agree with? What is the worst movie you have ever watched? Was it so bad that you couldn’t even finish it and just left in the middle? Share your story in the comments.
#1 Cats (2019)
protosam said:
"I went to see Cats with my friends as a joke and we walked out because it was just too unentertaining. I’ve seen bad movies with friends before (like The Emoji Movie) and had a fun time but I actually felt like I was wasting my time watching Cats."
KenJay25 replied:
"Only movie I ever walked out of too. It was late and I was sleepy and decided it wasn't worth staying up for the rest of it. I held on till Taylor Swift cat showed up then bailed."
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37points
#2 Holmes & Watson (2018)
"The only movie I’ve ever walked out of was the Sherlock Holmes movie with Will Ferrell. I was with my mom and dad and my sister. My mom whispered to me “this is the worst movie I’ve ever seen, want to leave?” at around the halfway mark.
It was truly the worst movie I’ve ever seen. I was almost falling asleep and I NEVER get tired while at a movie theater. Like half the people in the theater were asleep."
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31points
#3 Morbius (2022)
yoloswagbot191 said:
"Morbius. It was morbin time to gtfo that theater."
nosnack replied:
"But you missed the part where he said it’s morbin time then morbed all over them."
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31points
#4 Sausage Party (2016)
ColoradoRS7 said:
"One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen."
woahdude12321 replied:
"That’s gotta be one of the worst ones I get being high enough to say “what if we made a movie called sausage party” and lay out the idea but being high enough to actually do it…
They must’ve just thought the idea and ridiculousness would sell tickets and it probably did."
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27points
#5 Norbit (2007)
"My friends and I walked out of Norbit. I can’t remember who among us thought that it would be even remotely funny, but we made it about 15 minutes."
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26points
#6 Epic Movie (2007)
"Epic Movie was briefly the worst reviewed movie of all time, so naturally we went day one. We were the only people in the theater and left after 30 minutes, pure audio/visual torture."
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25points
#7 Halloween Ends (2022)
"The Halloween ends movie, I have never left a film till then."
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24points
#8 Saw III (2006)
JackLondonHUN said:
"I think it was Saw 3, as soon as the kid started getting his limbs* twisted until his bones broke I had to NOPE outta there."
JackLondonHUN replied:
"When I hear about horror movie descriptions saying 'people walked out of the theater!!' I always think sure… What a feeble attempt at marketing... But here you are!"
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23points
#9 Crash (2004)
"It's the only movie I've ever walked out of in a theater. I was even on a date. I told her if she wanted to finish it, I'd be in the arcade. But she hated it as much as I did and we laughed at how horrible it was all the way home.
10 months later, it won the Oscar for Best Picture."
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23points
#10 The Neverending Story (1984)
"I walked out of The Neverending Story when it ended and I demanded my money back for false advertising."
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23points
#11 Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
"Jurassic World Dominion, idk what I was expecting but it did not do it for me."
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22points
#12 Cloverfield (2008)
"I walked out of 2008's Cloverfield...Felt sick to my stomach. Too much camera shaking."
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22points
#13 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)
"Ashamed to admit I even paid to see it at all but Police Academy 5 Assignment Miami Beach."
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22points
#14 Men In Black: International (2019)
pacmain1 said:
"Men In Black International."
"Men In Black International."
TheeMunson replied:
"In hindsight, this is a movie I wish I had walked out on. I enjoyed all three of the previous ones - yes, even the lesser of the three - MIB 2. But that last one was just a friggin' chore to get through."
"In hindsight, this is a movie I wish I had walked out on. I enjoyed all three of the previous ones - yes, even the lesser of the three - MIB 2. But that last one was just a friggin' chore to get through."
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22points
#15 Lost In Space (1998)
"Lost in space with Matt LeBlanc, couldn't even see the funny side to the terribleness I was witnessing."
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22points
#16 Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
Solo_SL said:
"I 'walked out' of Rise of the Skywalker. I was watching at home, turned it off halfway through, and haven’t considered giving it a second chance since. And I actually love Star Wars, especially the new show Andor and many others. Couldn’t waste another moment of my life on ep 9 though."
axolotl_afternoons replied:
"Andor is great, and I'm that one weirdo who loves The Last Jedi, but Rise of Skywalker is dreadful."
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21points
#17 Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
"Never walked out on one, but I did watch about 10 minutes of Highlander 2, pull it out of the VCR, and immediately drive to the video store to return it."
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21points
#18 Amsterdam (2022)
"Recently I walked out of Amsterdam, that movie was so boring."
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21points
#19 The Good Dinosaur (2015)
"I had my 2 kids with me so I couldn’t, but I remember absolutely hating The Good Dinosaur with every bone in my body. I’m not sure why I hated it so, nor do I even remember anything about it, other than me thinking I’d rather watch grass grow then be watching this right now."
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21points
#20 The Revenant (2015)
"My then-girlfriend (now wife) at the time could only watch so much of Leo squirming around on the ground or Tom Hardy being weird, so we left and went back to the Outback Steakhouse where we had dinner and got dessert.
Still the only flick I've ever walked out of."
Still the only flick I've ever walked out of."
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20points