The 11 Most Excruciatingly Awful Films to Ever Exist

11. The Avengers (1998)

The Avengers mistakes the viewing public’s interest in the main characters, creating a film with too many unconvincing effects, an incomprehensible plot, and a great actor putting in a misguided performance as the villain.

No, this isn’t about 2012’s The Avengers, the delightful Marvel movie about Captain America and Iron Man. This is about 1998’s The Avengers, an adaptation of the campy British espionage show from the 1960s.

Director Jeremiah S. Chechik and writer Don Macpherson lean into camp and get a solid cast with Ralph Fiennes as the dapper Mr. Steed, Uma Thurman as the sleek Mrs. Peel, and Sean Connery as a mad scientist. But all these qualities work toward a loud, self-satisfied film that never delivers on the good time it promises.