The 2026 Razzies shortlist is here, and it’s exactly the mess you’d expect from an organization where anyone with $40 can vote. Snow White leads with the most mentions—deserved. War of the Worlds is everywhere—also deserved. But Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt landing in Worst Picture territory? That’s the Razzies telling on themselves.
- Complete shortlist
- Worst Picture
- Worst Actor
- Worst Actress
- Worst Supporting Actor
- Worst Supporting Actress
- Worst Director
- Worst Screenplay
- Worst Screen Combo
- Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
- Why After the Hunt Doesn’t Belong Here
- The Voting Body Problem
- What the 2026 Razzies Shortlist Actually Tells Us
- FAQ: 2026 Razzies Shortlist Questions
Complete shortlist
Worst Picture
- After the Hunt
- Alarum
- The Electric State
- Hurry Up Tomorrow
- In the Lost Lands
- Love Hurts
- Off the Grid
- Snow White
- Star Trek: Section 31
- War of the Worlds
Worst Actor
- Gabriel Basso – The Strangers: Chapter 2
- Dave Bautista – In the Lost Lands
- Ice Cube – War of the Worlds
- Scott Eastwood – Alarum
- John Krasinski – Fountain of Youth
- Jared Leto – Tron: Ares
- Al Pacino – The Ritual
- The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow
Worst Actress
- Maria Elsa Camargo – Off the Grid
- Madelyn Cline – I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Ariana DeBose – Love Hurts
- Heather Graham – Gunslingers
- Milla Jovovich – In the Lost Lands
- Madelaine Petsch – The Strangers: Chapter 2
- Natalie Portman – Fountain of Youth
- Rebel Wilson – Bride Hard
- Michelle Yeoh – Star Trek: Section 31
Worst Supporting Actor
- All seven artificial dwarves – Snow White
- Nicolas Cage – Gunslingers
- Stephen Dorff – Bride Hard
- Greg Kinnear – Off the Grid
- Ricky Russert – Off the Grid
- Sven Ruygrok – Star Trek: Section 31
- Sylvester Stallone – Alarum
- Peter Stormare – Off the Grid
- Rob Yang – She Rides Shotgun
Worst Supporting Actress
- Anna Chlumsky – Bride Hard
- Eiza González – Fountain of Youth
- Ema Horvath – The Strangers: Chapter 2
- Amara Okereke – In the Lost Lands
- Kacey Rohl – Star Trek: Section 31
- Scarlet Rose Stallone – Gunslingers
- Isis Valverde – Alarum
Worst Director
- Paul W.S. Anderson – In the Lost Lands
- Jonathan Eusebio – Love Hurts
- Luca Guadagnino – After the Hunt
- Rich Lee – War of the Worlds
- Johnny Martin – Off the Grid
- Olatunde Osunsanmi – Star Trek: Section 31
- Michael Polish – Alarum
- Joe and Anthony Russo – The Electric State
- Trey Edward Shults – Hurry Up Tomorrow
- Marc Webb – Snow White
Worst Screenplay
- After the Hunt
- Alarum
- The Electric State
- Hurry Up Tomorrow
- In the Lost Lands
- Love Hurts
- Off the Grid
- Snow White
- Star Trek: Section 31
- War of the Worlds
Worst Screen Combo
- All seven artificial dwarves – Snow White
- James Corden and Rihanna – Smurfs
- Ariana DeBose and Ke Huy Quan – Love Hurts
- Robert De Niro and Robert De Niro – The Alto Knights
- Scott Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone – Alarum
- Dave Franco and Allison Williams – Regretting You
- Ice Cube and his Zoom camera – War of the Worlds
- Clara Rugaard and Jamie Ward – Juliet & Romeo
- The Weeknd and his colossal ego – Hurry Up Tomorrow
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel
- Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Ice Road: Vengeance
- Juliet & Romeo
- Smurfs
- Snow White
- Star Trek: Section 31
- The Strangers: Chapter 2
- War of the Worlds
Why After the Hunt Doesn’t Belong Here
Now let’s talk about the actual problem with this list.
Guadagnino—director of Call Me by Your Name, Challengers, Bones and All—is now sharing space with War of the Worlds and Snow White. One of these things is not like the others.
The Razzies have done this before. Stanley Kubrick got Worst Director for The Shining in 1980. Brian De Palma was nominated for Dressed to Kill, Body Double, and Scarface. Ennio Morricone—ENNIO MORRICONE—got a Worst Score nod for The Thing.
Pattern recognition: the Razzies punish films that make audiences uncomfortable, films that refuse easy answers. After the Hunt doesn’t exonerate anyone. It offers ambiguity instead of closure. That’s not incompetence. That’s intention.
Thirty-seven percent on Rotten Tomatoes feels harsh for a Guadagnino film… but critics can be just as reactive as Razzie voters when a movie refuses to play their game.
Julia Roberts delivers something genuinely complex in this film—a woman paralyzed between conscience and survival. Whether it works for you or not, “Worst Picture” territory requires complete failure. After the Hunt is a divisive swing, not a disaster.
The Voting Body Problem
Here’s what matters about the Razzies: the 1,200-member voting body requires only a fee to join. Pay $40, cast your ballot. You don’t even need to have seen all the movies. It’s democracy in its most absurd form.
That’s why Snow White leading makes sense—genuine disaster. And why Guadagnino being included reveals more about the voters than the film.
At least “Ice Cube and his Zoom camera” as a Worst Screen Combo gave me a genuine laugh. The Razzies aren’t entirely without entertainment value.
What the 2026 Razzies Shortlist Actually Tells Us
$40 Buys You a Vote — No qualifications required, no proof of viewing. The Razzies function as angry online poll, not critical assessment.
Snow White Earned This — CGI dwarves getting their own Supporting Actor nomination says everything about that production’s failures.
Auteurs Get Punished for Ambiguity — Kubrick, De Palma, Morricone, now Guadagnino. Pattern is clear.
Some Nominees Are Hilarious — “The Weeknd and his colossal ego” deserves acknowledgment for sheer comedy value.
FAQ: 2026 Razzies Shortlist Questions
Why did After the Hunt end up on the Razzies shortlist despite Guadagnino’s reputation?
The film refused closure on its central mystery, forcing audiences to sit with ambiguity. That discomfort gets punished by voters who can’t distinguish “I didn’t like how this ended” from “this was poorly made.” Same impulse that targeted Kubrick forty-five years ago.
Why does the Razzies voting system undermine their credibility?
When $40 buys voting membership without needing to watch nominated films, you’ve created popularity contest, not critical assessment. The organization generates controversy more reliably than accurate worst-of-year lists.
Which 2026 Razzies nominations are actually deserved?
Snow White’s multiple mentions make sense—the CGI dwarves alone justify the attention. War of the Worlds, The Electric State, Star Trek: Section 31… these are genuine studio misfires that failed on their own terms. After the Hunt failed because it had different terms entirely.
