The 45th Golden Raspberry Awards, or the Razzies, honored the worst films released in 2024 on February 28, 2025. The awards are based on votes from members of the Golden Raspberry Foundation. The nominees were initially set to be announced on January 16, 2025; due to the Southern California wildfires, however, the announcement was delayed to January 18 and again to January 22, before they were eventually announced a day early on January 21.
Winners were announced a day early before the originally scheduled date (March 1) on February 28.
The nominations were selected through emailed ballots by 1,202 Razzie members: movie enthusiasts, film critics, and journalists from 49 U.S. states and approximately two dozen other countries, who identified the top five contenders in each of the nine categories.
Winners and nominees
Madame Web (Columbia / Sony Pictures Releasing) – Lorenzo di Bonaventura Borderlands (Lionsgate) – Ari Arad, Avi Arad, and Erik Feig Joker: Folie à Deux (Warner Bros.) – Joseph Garner, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, and Todd Phillips Megalopolis (Lionsgate) – Michael Bederman, Francis Ford Coppola, Barry Hirsch, and Fred Roos Reagan (ShowBiz Direct) – Mark Joseph | valign="top" width="50%"|
Francis Ford Coppola – Megalopolis S. J. Clarkson – Madame Web Todd Phillips – Joker: Folie à Deux Eli Roth – Borderlands Jerry Seinfeld – Unfrosted Jerry Seinfeld – Unfrosted as Bob Cabana Jack Black – Dear Santa as Asmodeus / "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 Dakota Johnson – Madame Web as Cassandra Webb Cate Blanchett – Borderlands as Lilith Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux as Harleen "Lee" Quinzel Bryce Dallas Howard – Argylle as Elly Conway Jennifer Lopez – Atlas as Atlas Shepherd Jon Voight – Megalopolis, Reagan, Shadow Land, and Strangers as Hamilton Crassus III, Viktor Petrovich, Robert Wainwright, and Richard Evans (respectively) 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 Amy Schumer – Unfrosted as Marjorie Post 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 FKA Twigs – The Crow as Shelly Webster Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux Any two obnoxious characters (but especially Jack Black) – Borderlands Any two unfunny "comedic actors" – Unfrosted The entire cast of Megalopolis Dennis Quaid & Penelope Ann Miller (as "Ronnie & Nancy") – Reagan Joker: Folie à Deux (Warner Bros.) The Crow (Lionsgate) Kraven the Hunter (Columbia / Sony Pictures Releasing) Mufasa: The Lion King (Disney) Rebel Moon 2: The Scargiver (Netflix) |- | valign="top" width="50%"|
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) 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) 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) | valign="top" width="50%"|
Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl Megan Fox – Subservience Demi Moore – The Substance
Films with multiple nominations The following films received multiple nominations:
+ Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 7 Joker: Folie à Deux 6 Borderlands Madame Web Megalopolis Reagan 4 Unfrosted 3 Kraven the Hunter 2 Argylle The Crow
Films with multiple wins The following films received multiple awards:
+ Films with multiple awards Wins Film 3 Madame Web 2 Joker: Folie à Deux Megalopolis Unfrosted
Ceremony information A majority of this year's nominees were comic book adaptations and superhero films, receiving eighteen nominations overall, which consists of The Crow, Joker: Folie à Deux, Kraven the Hunter, and Madame Web. Joker: Folie à Deux received the most nominations with seven, including Worst Picture, Worst Director (Todd Phillips) and Worst Remake, Rip-off or Sequel; conversely, the 2019 original film received the most nominations, with eleven, at the 92nd Academy Awards, which itself caused some controversy, in 2020. Furthermore, the first film received a lone Razzie nomination for Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property, which received criticism, losing to Rambo: Last Blood, in 2020.Attributed to multiple references:
Folie à Deux, however, set the record as the first direct sequel to be nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay following the previous installment receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. In a press release, the Razzies described and panned the jukebox musical as "a highly anticipated comic-book based sequel that had its protagonists express their mental illness and villainy — by singing and dancing!" Furthermore, it is the fifth film to be nominated for Worst Picture based on DC publications. Since its release in February 2024, Madame Web was considered "a serious Razzie contender" (according to the Razzies), and was predicted by several entertainment news outlets as a frontrunner to be nominated for multiple categories.Attributed to multiple references:
Overall, multiple film journalists have considered 2024 to be one of the "worst" years for comic book/superhero films, with both Folie à Deux and Madame Web being the most mentioned and written about.Attributed to multiple references:
Among the previous Academy Award winners receiving nominations were Cate Blanchett, Francis Ford Coppola, Ariana DeBose, Lady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix and Jon Voight, the latter being one of President Donald Trump's appointed "Ambassadors to Hollywood" (alongside multiple Razzie-winning actors Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone), who was nominated for his performances in a "near record" four films in a single year. Phoenix also holds the rare distinction of receiving a Razzie nomination for acting for the same role he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for in 2020. Jennifer Lopez and Voight were also nominated again following their respective nomination and win at the previous ceremony for The Mother and Mercy. Voight ultimately won, while Gaga and Phoenix both won for Worst Screen Combo; the latter two becoming Oscar- and Razzie-winning performers. The following month, during her monologue on Saturday Night Live as host, Gaga mocked Folie à Deux, and acknowledged and joked about her and Phoenix's win, saying "Joke's on them. I love winning things!", and that she is one step closer to an "EGORT".
Coppola became the fourth individual to win the Razzie Award for Worst Director and the Academy Award for Best Director after Michael Cimino, Kevin Costner, and Tom Hooper. Accepting the honor, Coppola posted on his Instagram account: "I am thrilled to accept the Razzie Award in so many important categories for Megalopolis, and for the distinctive honor of being nominated as the Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Picture."
In June 2025, when Dakota Johnson was a guest on the podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, she admitted that after receiving news of her Worst Actress win she contacted the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation asking for her award. Johnson also shared that she had to take to stride the negative reception of a project that became "a completely different script than what I [was] attached to" due to heavy studio interference, saying, "Like, what am I gonna do? Fucking cry about Madame Web? No. I'm gonna laugh." She also revealed that previous Worst Actress winner Sandra Bullock (for 2009's All About Steve) sent her a voice note, saying, "I heard you are in the Razzie Club and we should have brunch. We should have like a monthly brunch."
Furthermore, this year contained the rare scenario of an actor appearing in both a Best Picture nominee (at the Academy Awards) and Worst Picture nominee, with Dennis Quaid appearing in both Reagan (Worst Picture) and The Substance (Best Picture).
In response to his nomination for Worst Actor for Harold and the Purple Crayon, Zachary Levi posted on his X account: "Some great actors have been nominated for Razzies. I'll take it as a front-handed compliment."
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