1980 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards


The 3rd Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1981 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1980. The ballot was later revisited and the expanded version was released in 2006. Listed as follows are the original ballot's picks for Worst Picture and its dishonourable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot, and all nominees included in the expanded ballot. All winners are highlighted.

Original Ballot

Worst Picture

Dishonourable Mentions

CategoryRecipient
Worst PicturePopeye
Worst PictureThe Apple
Worst PictureCaligula
Worst PictureCan't Stop the Music
Worst PictureThe Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Worst DirectorMenahem Golan for The Apple
Worst DirectorRobert Altman for Popeye
Worst DirectorTinto Brass and Bob Guccione for Caligula
Worst DirectorPeter Sellers and Piers Haggard for The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Worst DirectorNancy Walker for Can't Stop the Music
Worst ActorSteve Guttenberg in Can't Stop the Music
Worst ActorChristopher Atkins in The Blue Lagoon
Worst ActorRobby Benson in Die Laughing and Tribute
Worst ActorPeter Sellers in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Worst ActorRobin Williams in Popeye
Worst ActressBrooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon
Worst ActressNancy Allen in Dressed to Kill
Worst ActressFaye Dunaway in The First Deadly Sin
Worst ActressFarrah Fawcett in Saturn 3
Worst ActressRobin Johnson in Times Square
Worst Supporting ActorBruce Jenner in Can't Stop the Music
Worst Supporting ActorMarlon Brando in The Formula
Worst Supporting ActorJackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit II
Worst Supporting ActorRon Leibman in Up the Academy
Worst Supporting ActorLaurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer
Worst Supporting ActressRhonda Bates in Roadie
Worst Supporting ActressElizabeth Ashley in Windows
Worst Supporting ActressAnne Bancroft in Fatso
Worst Supporting ActressAmy Irving in Honeysuckle Rose
Worst Supporting ActressElizabeth Taylor in The Mirror Crack'd
Worst ScreenplayThe Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Worst ScreenplayThe Apple
Worst ScreenplayCan't Stop the Music
Worst ScreenplayPopeye
Worst ScreenplayUp the Academy
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyThe Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyFirst Family
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyJust Tell Me What You Want
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedySimon
Most Painfully Unfunny ComedyUp the Academy
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"He Needs Me" by Shelley Duvall from Popeye
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"B.I.M." by Alan Young and Grace Kennedy from The Apple
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"Milkshake" by Village People from Can't Stop the Music
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"Mr. Weinstein" by Robby Benson from Die Laughing
Worst Song or Song Performance in a Film or Its End Credits"Universal Melody" by George Gilmour and Mary Hylan from The Apple
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreThe Blue Lagoon
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreThe Apple
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreCruising
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreFirst Family
Most Intrusive Musical ScoreSmokey and the Bandit II
Worst On-Screen CoupleSam J. Jones and Melody Anderson in Flash Gordon
Worst On-Screen CoupleChristopher Atkins and Brooke Shields in The Blue Lagoon
Worst On-Screen CoupleRobert Blake and Dyan Cannon in Coast to Coast
Worst On-Screen CoupleKirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett in Saturn 3
Worst On-Screen CoupleRichard Dreyfuss and Amy Irving in The Competition
Most Annoying Fake Accent Robby Benson in Die Laughing
Most Annoying Fake Accent Marlon Brando in The Formula
Most Annoying Fake Accent Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit II
Most Annoying Fake Accent Charles Haid in Altered States
Most Annoying Fake Accent Laurence Olivier in The Jazz Singer
Most Annoying Fake Accent Sally Field in Smokey and the Bandit II
Most Annoying Fake Accent Sarah Holcomb in Caddyshack
Most Annoying Fake Accent Kaki Hunter in Roadie
Most Annoying Fake Accent Robin Johnson in Times Square
Most Annoying Fake Accent Rita Taggart in Die Laughing
Worst SequelAny Which Way You Can
Worst SequelCheech and Chong's Next Movie
Worst SequelHerbie Goes Bananas
Worst SequelOh, God! Book II
Worst SequelSmokey and the Bandit II
Worst RemakePopeye
Worst RemakeFlash Gordon
Worst RemakeThe Jazz Singer
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RoleLouanne in Oh, God! Book II
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RoleJohn Adames in Gloria
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RoleRicky Schroder in The Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Worst Performance by a Child in a Feature RoleJill Whealon in Airplane!
Least "Special" Special EffectsThe Apple
Least "Special" Special EffectsGalaxina
Least "Special" Special EffectsThe Last Flight of Noah's Ark
Least "Special" Special EffectsXanadu