1997 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards


The 20th Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1998 to honour the worst films the film industry had to offer in 1997. This was the first year that the ballots would be open to the public, which is why percentages of votes for each candidate were listed besides most categories. To celebrate the 20th award ballot, the Lifetime Non-Achievement Award was given out to Chevy Chase and a multitude of other categories, including Worst On-Screen Couple and Worst Director, were introduced. Founder Ray Wright listed Batman and Robin and Crash among his five worst movies of the 1990s, which also included It's Pat, , and Nothing but Trouble. While Batman and Robin was a preliminary target and took home several awards, Crash was largely ignored aside from the Founders Award because it was a low-key indie film. The founders also admitted that if they had expanded the Worst Picture ballot to 10 nominees, they would have included B.A.P.S., Excess Baggage, Flubber, Jungle 2 Jungle, and McHale's Navy.
Listed as follows are the different categories with their respective winners and nominees, including Worst Picture and its dishonourable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot. All winners are highlighted.

Winners and Nominees

Worst Picture

Dishonourable Mentions

Worst Director

Worst Actor

Worst Actress

Worst Supporting Actor

Worst Supporting Actress

Worst Sequel

Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M Worldwide Using Hollywood Math

Worst Resurrection of a TV Show

Worst On-Screen Couple

The Sequel Nobody Was Clamoring For

Most Annoying Fake Accent

Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy

Most Unwelcome Direct-to-Video Release

Lifetime Non-Achievement Award - The Hall of Shame

The Founders Award - What Were They Thinking and Why?

The following thirteen films received multiple nominations:
NominationsFilm
5Batman & Robin
4The Fifth Element
4Alien Resurrection
3McHale's Navy
2Anaconda
2Excess Baggage
2Gone Fishin
2Lost Highway
2'
2Mr. Magoo
2Paradise Road
2The Postman
2That Old Feeling''

Films with multiple wins

The following three films received multiple awards:
WinsFilm
4Batman & Robin
2Anaconda
2McHale's Navy