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The 18 worst Netflix original movies of all time, according to critics

18. “Shimmer Lake” — 57%

The 18 worst Netflix original movies of all time, according to critics

17. “War Machine” — 51%

17. “War Machine” — 51%

Critic score: 51%

Audience score: 34%

Netflix description: "When a proud general is tasked with winning an unpopular war, he takes the challenge head-on, not knowing that hubris may be his own worst enemy."

16. “Mascots” — 50%

16. “Mascots” — 50%

Critic score: 50%

Audience score: 35%

Netflix description: "Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot in this offbeat, comic romp from Christopher Guest."

15. “Sand Castle” — 47%

15. “Sand Castle” — 47%

Critic score: 47%

Audience score: 41%

Netflix description: "After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a reluctant soldier's platoon is dispatched on a dangerous mission to repair a hostile village's water system."

14. “The Discovery” — 47%

14. “The Discovery” — 47%

Critic score: 47%

Audience score: 44%

Netflix description: "A scientist whose proof of an afterlife caused a rash of suicides forges ahead with his research, while his disapproving son falls for a troubled woman."

13. “The Most Hated Woman in America” — 44%

13. “The Most Hated Woman in America” — 44%

Critic score: 44%

Audience score: 43%

Netflix description: "This drama follows the controversial life of outspoken atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, from her landmark court battles to her infamous abduction."

12. “ARQ” — 43%

12. “ARQ” — 43%

Critic score: 43%

Audience score: 46%

Netflix description: "Trapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity."

11. “Death Note” — 41%

11. “Death Note” — 41%

Critic score: 41%

Audience score: 25%

Netflix description: "Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class."

10. “Sandy Wexler” — 32%

10. “Sandy Wexler” — 32%

Critic score: 32%

Audience score: 40%

Netflix description: "When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off."

9. "Step Sisters" — 29%

9. "Step Sisters" — 29%

Critic score: 29%

Audience score: 45%

Netflix description: "With her Harvard Law dreams on the line, a black sorority leader agrees to help a rhythmically challenged sisterhood win a step dance championship."

8. "Bright" — 27%

8. "Bright" — 27%

Critic score: 27%

Audience score: 86%

Netflix description: "In an LA rife with interspecies tensions, a human cop and his orc partner stumble on a powerful object and become embroiled in a prophesied turf war."

7. “Brain on Fire” — 22%

7. “Brain on Fire” — 22%

Critic score: 22%

Audience score: 60%

Netflix description: "Struck by a mysterious, mentally devastating illness, a young reporter searches for answers while battling psychosis, catatonia and memory loss."

6. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” — 19%

6. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” — 19%

Critic score: 19%

Audience score: 38%

Netflix description: "Renowned warrior Yu Shu-Lien comes out of retirement to keep the legendary Green Destiny sword away from villainous warlord Hades Dai."

5. "The Cloverfield Paradox" — 17%

5. "The Cloverfield Paradox" — 17%

Critic score: 17%

Audience score: 58%

Netflix description: "Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality."

4. "The Open House" — 14%

4. "The Open House" — 14%

Critic score: 14%

Audience score: 10%

Netflix description: "Following a tragedy, a mother and her teen son move to a relative's vacant vacation home, where eerie and unexplained forces conspire against them."

3. “The Do-Over” — 5%

3. “The Do-Over” — 5%

Critic score: 5%

Audience score: 42%

Netflix description: "The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure."

2. “The True Memoirs of an International Assassin” — 0%

2. “The True Memoirs of an International Assassin” — 0%

Critic score: 0%

Audience score: 42%

Netflix description: "After his publisher markets his crime novel as a memoir, a novice author finds himself forcibly recruited into a deadly political plot in Venezuela."

1. “The Ridiculous 6” — 0%

1. “The Ridiculous 6” — 0%

Critic score: 0%

Audience score: 31%

Netflix description: "When his outlaw dad is kidnapped, Tommy 'White Knife' Stockburn sets off across the West on a rescue mission with five brothers he never knew he had."


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