The Ice Cube starrer War of the Worlds has been named the worst picture of 2025 by voters of the 46th Razzie Awards.
The movie “won” five of the six categories in which it was nominated, including worst actor (Ice Cube); worst prequel, remake, rip-off or sequel; worst director (Rich Lee); and worst screenplay (Kenny Golde, Marc Hyman).
The movie became “a cult hate-watch classic almost immediately,” the Razzies said. “War of the Worlds (the 2025 version) has been cemented in Razzie history as a near sweeper of our $4.97 trophy winner.”
Organizers went on to say: “Utterly destroying H.G. Wells’ classic novel, director Rich Lee (maybe inspired by Ed Wood) chose a goofy gimmick, hack dialogue and a particularly hilarious performance by its lead, Ice Cube, to seize 2025’s biggest number of statues.”
Other winners for this year’s Razzie Awards — aka the Golden Raspberry Awards, which honor the “worst” of the year — include “all seven artificial dwarfs” in Snow White, with two Razzies. Of the film, organizers said: “It cost a fortune and lost a fortune, perhaps cursed by Walt [Disney] himself for having ignored his dying wish for it never to be remade.”
Rebel Wilson won for “her not-quite-believable performance as an action hero in Bride Hard with weaponized curling irons,” while Scarlet Rose Stallone won “for her modernized performance in the odd western Gunslingers.”
Meanwhile, Kate Hudson has been named the recipient of this year’s Razzie Redeemer Award for her “pitch-perfect performance” in Song Sung Blue. Hudson, who is nominated for an Oscar this year for her role in the film, has previously been singled out by the Razzies for her roles in Music, Mother’s Day and My Best Friend’s Girl after having earned an Oscar nom for Almost Famous in 2001.
Awards are voted on online by 1,223 Razzie members from all 50 states and more than two dozen countries.
A full list of the 46th Razzie Award winners follows.
- Worst Picture The Electric State Hurry Up TomorrowDisney’s Snow White (2025) Star Trek: Section 31War of the Worlds (2025) (WINNER)
- Worst Actor Dave Bautista / In the Lost LandsIce Cube / War of the Worlds (WINNER)Scott Eastwood / AlarumJared Leto / Tron: AresAbel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye / Hurry Up Tomorrow
- Worst Actress Ariana DeBose / Love HurtsMilla Jovovich / In the Lost LandsNatalie Portman / Fountain of Youth Rebel Wilson / Bride Hard (WINNER)Michelle Yeoh / Star Trek: Section 31
- Worst Supporting Actress Anna Chlumsky / Bride Hard Ema Horvath / The Strangers: Chapter 2Scarlet Rose Stallone / Gunslingers (WINNER)Kacey Rohl / Star Trek: Section 31Isis Valverde / Alarum
- Worst Supporting Actor All Seven Artificial Dwarfs / Snow White (2025) (WINNER)Nicolas Cage / GunslingersStephen Dorff / Bride HardGreg Kinnear / Off the GridSylvester Stallone / Alarum
- Worst Remake / Rip-Off / Sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)Five Nights at Freddy’s 2Smurfs (2025)Snow White (2025)War of the Worlds (2025) (WINNER)
- Worst Screen Combo All Seven Dwarfs / Snow White (2025) (WINNER)James Corden & Rihanna / Smurfs (2025)Ice Cube & His Zoom Camera / War of the Worlds (2025)Robert De Niro & Robert De Niro (as Frank & Vito) / The Alto KnightsThe Weeknd & His Colossal Ego / Hurry Up Tomorrow
- Worst Director Rich Lee / War of the Worlds (2025) (WINNER)Olatunde Osunsanmi / Star Trek: Section 31The Russo Brothers / The Electric StateTrey Edward Shults / Hurry Up TomorrowMarc Webb / Snow White (2025)
- Worst Screenplay The Electric State / Screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Adapted from the illustrated novel by Simon Stalenhag.Hurry Up Tomorrow / Screenplay by Trey Edward Shults, Abel Tesfaye, Reza FahimSnow White (2025) / Screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson and a bunch of others too numerous to mention. Drawing from the original fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.Star Trek: Section 31 / Screenplay by Craig Sweeny with original story concept developed by Bo Yeon Kim & Erika LippoldtWar of the Worlds (2025) / Screen story and screenplay by Kenny Golde and screenplay by Marc Hyman, adapting (or destroying) the classic novel by H.G. Wells (WINNER)
- Razzie Redeemer Award Kate Hudson / Song Sung Blue (WINNER)
The Electric State Hurry Up TomorrowDisney’s Snow White (2025) Star Trek: Section 31War of the Worlds (2025) (WINNER)
Dave Bautista / In the Lost LandsIce Cube / War of the Worlds (WINNER)Scott Eastwood / AlarumJared Leto / Tron: AresAbel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye / Hurry Up Tomorrow
Ariana DeBose / Love HurtsMilla Jovovich / In the Lost LandsNatalie Portman / Fountain of Youth Rebel Wilson / Bride Hard (WINNER)Michelle Yeoh / Star Trek: Section 31
Anna Chlumsky / Bride Hard Ema Horvath / The Strangers: Chapter 2Scarlet Rose Stallone / Gunslingers (WINNER)Kacey Rohl / Star Trek: Section 31Isis Valverde / Alarum
All Seven Artificial Dwarfs / Snow White (2025) (WINNER)Nicolas Cage / GunslingersStephen Dorff / Bride HardGreg Kinnear / Off the GridSylvester Stallone / Alarum
Worst Remake / Rip-Off / Sequel
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)Five Nights at Freddy’s 2Smurfs (2025)Snow White (2025)War of the Worlds (2025) (WINNER)
All Seven Dwarfs / Snow White (2025) (WINNER)James Corden & Rihanna / Smurfs (2025)Ice Cube & His Zoom Camera / War of the Worlds (2025)Robert De Niro & Robert De Niro (as Frank & Vito) / The Alto KnightsThe Weeknd & His Colossal Ego / Hurry Up Tomorrow
Rich Lee / War of the Worlds (2025) (WINNER)Olatunde Osunsanmi / Star Trek: Section 31The Russo Brothers / The Electric StateTrey Edward Shults / Hurry Up TomorrowMarc Webb / Snow White (2025)
The Electric State / Screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Adapted from the illustrated novel by Simon Stalenhag.Hurry Up Tomorrow / Screenplay by Trey Edward Shults, Abel Tesfaye, Reza FahimSnow White (2025) / Screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson and a bunch of others too numerous to mention. Drawing from the original fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.Star Trek: Section 31 / Screenplay by Craig Sweeny with original story concept developed by Bo Yeon Kim & Erika LippoldtWar of the Worlds (2025) / Screen story and screenplay by Kenny Golde and screenplay by Marc Hyman, adapting (or destroying) the classic novel by H.G. Wells (WINNER)
Kate Hudson / Song Sung Blue (WINNER)
