Indeed, another year of incredible movies comes to an end and what a year it has been. What a year this has been. The crowded streaming landscape, the decline of the collective movie-going experience and the ever-shortening window between theatrical and home-viewing are just some of the factors that have made movies appear more marginal — issues certain to be amplified with news of the Netflix-Warner Bros. merger and what seems an inevitable squeeze on competition. Yet, contrary to all that justifiable alarm, this still turned out to be quite a year for movies, and the success of audacious, highly original entertainment like Sinners or One Battle After Another, lets us hope we’re not yet condemned to be stuck in an endless loop of the same regurgitated IP. However, like every year, this time too we were condemned to some stinkers, films which can be cataloged as crimes against the silver screen—each one guilty of cinematic malpractice. Yes, I did not see every single release this year, however, from what I have seen this are some of the worst of the list, according to my viewing experience, a mix of both theatrical and streaming releases:

1. Hurry Up Tomorrow
2. After the Hunt
3. Him
4. Bride Hard
5. The Woman in Cabin 10
6. Five Nights At Freddy’s 2
7. I Know What You Did Last Summer
8. The Old Guard 2
9. The Woman in the Yard
10. The Strangers – Chapter 2
11. Fear Street: Prom Queen
12. The Pickup
13. Eddington
14. Oh. What. Fun.
15. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey