There were lots of great movies in 2022, which you probably saw listed in our Best Movies of 2022, According to Metacritic piece. However, not every movie can be Mr. Bachman and His Class, as not every movie is looking to be that. Most films just want to entertain the masses for a couple of hours, to get your mind off of the daily grind. And while many movie achieved that, there were quite a few stinkers released over the course of the year. But what were the worst movies of 2022?
Within the past year, over 500 feature-length movies released with at least seven critic reviews on Metacritic. Obviously, it can be hard to keep up with all of films that came out, good or bad, unless something ended up going viral, even if it’s for all the wrong reasons.
While many of us got caught up in “Morbin’ time” with Jared Leto’s Marvel vampire movie Morbius–again, not good–there were plenty of movies both fans and critics did not like. So looking over at GameSpot’s sister site Metacritic–a review aggregate giving critic’s reviews a score between 1-100–we’re figuring out what the worst reviewed movies of the year are.
Of course, you’ll find a few movies that were quietly released on streaming services and a few others you may not have heard of. The one thing they all have in common is that the majority of critics that reviewed them didn’t like them. Looking at the site, we found the 10 worst critically-reviewed movies on Metacritic and have them presented in a list for you below.