‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ leads this year’s Razzie Awards nominations

The Academy Awards are gearing up to announce their nominations tomorrow, honouring the crème de la crème. And that also means that the worst must get a look-in. 

Enter satirical awards organization Razzie Awards, which shines a dull light on the “worst” movies of the year. 

While they can be taken in jest, the awards aren’t to be taken seriously. It’s worth remembering that this is the organisation who loves to punch down and previously nominated Stanley Kubrick as Worst Director for The Shining and deemed that Ennio Morricone’s score for The Thing was rubbish. 

Yep, credibility isn’t their main register.

That said, their flop picks for the 2025 awards are on point. 

Joker: Folie a Deux leads this year’s nominations – five years after the first film led the noms for the Oscars with 11 nods. How things change… The sequel to the Oscar-winning film is up for seven prizes including Worst Film, with Phoenix and his co-star Lady Gaga also nominated in the acting categories. 

Close behind is Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed disaster Megalopolis with six nominations.

Also up for Worst Film are Borderlands, starring Oscar winner Cate Blanchett; the critically panned Spider-Man spin-off Madame Web; and Reagan, starring Dennis Quaid as the former president. 

Other actors nominated for what the Razzies describes as “less-than-stellar star turns in 2024” include Kevin Hart (Borderlands), Jennifer Lopez (Atlas) and Jon Voight.  

The latter is worth singling out. Not only is he one of Donald Trump’s newly appointed “ambassadors to Hollywood” but also he’s nominated for not one but FOUR movies. They are: Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land and Strangers.

This year’s Razzie winners will be unveiled on Saturday 1 March, with the Oscars ceremony taking place the following evening.

Here are this year’s nominees: 

Worst Picture

• Borderlands
• Joker: Folie a Deux
• Madame Web
• Megalopolis
• Reagan

Worst Director

• S.J. Clarkson, Madame Web 
• Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis
• Todd Phillips, Joker: Folie a Deux
• Eli Roth, Borderlands
• Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted

Worst Actor

• Jack Black, Dear Santa
• Zachary Levi, Harold and the Purple Crayon 
• Joaquin Phoenix, Joker: Folie a Deux
• Dennis Quaid, Reagan
• Jerry Seinfeld, Unfrosted

Worst Actress

• Cate Blanchett, Borderlands
• Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie a Deux
• Bryce Dallas Howard , Argylle
• Dakota Johnson, Madame Web 
• Jennifer Lopez, Atlas

Worst Supporting Actor

• Jack Black (Voice Only), Borderlands 
• Kevin Hart, Borderlands 
• Shia LaBeouf (in drag), Megalopolis
• Tahar Rahim, Madame Web
• Jon Voight, Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land and Strangers

Worst Supporting Actress

• Ariana DeBose, Argylle and Kraven the Hunter
• Leslie Anne Down (as Margaret Thatcher), Reagan
• Emma Roberts, Madame Web
• Amy Schumer, Unfrosted
• FKA twigs, The Crow

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 and Lady Gaga, Joker: Folie a Deux
• Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller (as “Ronnie and Nancy”), Reagan

Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel

• The Crow
• Joker: Folie a Deux
• Kraven the Hunter
• Mufasa: The Lion King
• Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver

Worst Screenplay

• Joker: Folie a Deux
• Kraven the Hunter
• Madame Web
• Megalopolis
• Reagan