Top 10 Worst Movies of 2023 

I’m also a horror completist and drove 45 minutes to see “It’s a Wonderful Knife” on a big screen. What a colossal waste of time. This is why it edges out “Winnie the Pooh; Blood n Honey” as my least favorite movie of 2023.

The audacity to put no time or effort into a cheap cash grab, talk about how you put no time or effort into it, and then get offended when people say they don’t enjoy it is just laughable.

Hypnotic - 2:32 Expendables 4 - 4:43 Exorcist Believer - 8:10 Nefarious - 13:40 Fear - 17:58 Children of the Corn - 19:29 Don't Suck - 22:17 Skinamarink - 26:16 Natty Knocks - 29:42 Winnie The Pooh (lmao) - 34:18

What you said in the beginning about people shying away from doing worst movies is spot on. It’s an annoying. Everyone’s so scared to call shit for what it is

Everybody involved in the making of blood and honey must have felt like they won the lottery because it’s absolutely insane that it actually got a special edition steel book Blu-ray release

You're a great reviewer Cody. Articulate, passionate, and down to earth, well done.

I love worst movie of year lists! Please don't stop doing them. Happy new year everyone! 🎉❤😊

Hypnotic shoud've been a Batman film with Madhater as the villian.

Back in high school, me and a bunch of friends had a film project that we submitted about a horror-ish Winnie the Pooh who is just this big hulking tank of a man with a deep voice. Then like 6-7 years later Blood and Honey got announced and we all went and saw it and ironically loved it so much cause it was literally seeing our idea on a big screen, so seeing everyone put Blood and Honey as the worst, I find both disappointing and completely 110% justified.

Keep making these worst lists. I respect that you don’t let self-righteous Twitter “critics” discourage you from doing so. Not to mention the thin skinned people who made Blood and Honey

WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY is a travesty and those creators need to shut their big fat mouths don’t worry Cody we’re with you. I dumped on it a ton on my channel. I absolutely hate the film and if that creator ever has the nerve to do this again, I along with most people will defend you.

You're one of my favorite reviewers. I respect your opinion. Keep up the great work.

Despite how much pain it would cause you, I'd still love to see you rank the Children of the Corn movies someday, Cody.

Honestly Saw X was the best horror film of the year and that eye ball trap was intense I even thought it was happening in real time but no it was all in John’s imagination as he watched the kid trying to steal the watch from the watch from the window…

Happy New Year to you and your family, Cody! This was another great ranking (and I, for one, LOVE 'worst of' lists). However, I have to correct you on one factual point regarding your 3rd choice, 'The Exorcist: Believer'. You've often said that you do not believe that 'The Exorcist' needed to be a franchise; however, there was, in fact, a legitimate reason for making the excellent 'Exorcist 3' - i.e. it's based fairly closely on William Peter Blatty's sequel - 'Legion' - to his own bestselling novel, 'The Exorcist'

I found you and your channel earlier this year and I respect the hell out of you for being the guy to tell it like it is with your opinions on movies. Honest, funny, and super entertaining. Good or bad, every film gets taken to task on all its merits and I like it when reviewers do that. Keep up the great work!

Please do your action films lists. Year-end lists are my favourites to watch. Happy New Year Cody!

I'll never understand why some filmmakers can't take any type of criticism about their movie. If you make a bad movie, like Winnie the Pooh was, then people will say bad things about. Other than the opening of the movie, there was nothing good about Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey. I've seen better independent horror films that had a lower budget than this mess had.

My Top 10 Worst of 2023… 10. Heart of Stone 9. The Pope’s Exorcist 8. The Out-Laws 7. Operation Fortune 6. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 5. Barbie 4. Megan 3. The Mother 2. Shotgun Wedding 1. You People

I actually enjoyed Nefarious quite a lot. I was engaged in the film and actually had a chill or two. Sean Patrick Flannery was phenomenal.

I have mixed feelings about Skinamarink. I like the concept, and some scenes are genuinely unnerving but it was way too long and obscure to be enjoyable as a viewer.

If the people behind Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey can’t take a single form of criticism from people who expect more than just making a beloved children’s property into a slasher villain, I’ve got a good tip for them: Don’t make movies whatsoever.

This year, I actually watched a good bit of the worst of the year released to both theaters and streaming. Here are the ten I think are the worst 10. Hypnotic-As much as I genuinely love Robert Rodriguez, this was a very strange misfire that had a sleepwalking Ben Affleck, a whole lot of exposition, and a concept, reveals, and ideas that felt they were from a knockoff Christopher Nolan 9. It’s a Wonderful Knife-A complete and total misfire that could’ve worked relatively well if the creatives actually picked the story elements they wanted to explore and develop instead of choosing several story directions to put in an eighty seven minute movie 8. Meg 2: The Trench-A shockingly lame sequel to 2018’s “The Meg” that has a large budget, multiple prehistoric creatures, and Jason Statham, but completely underdelivers on the monster carnage that people watch shark movies for 7. Skinamarink-It’s certainly a different kind of horror film in that it’s trying to be atmospheric in its scares, which I can respect, but that doesn’t mean I enjoyed or got anything out of it 6. Dashing Through the Snow-A dull, forgettable Disney+ original movie that had so little effort put into it to the point where it feels like Ludacris and Lil Red Howery were competing with who could give the lazier performance 5. We Have a Ghost-Even though it’s harmless enough, it didn’t work for me on any of the levels it was trying to work on, especially because it was trying to explore and develop way too much 4. You People-It takes a comedy formula and utterly drops the ball when it comes to that formula because the vast majority of the jokes were low hanging fruit, there wasn’t any chemistry from the leads, and the script felt like it was entirely written by incredibly out of touch people who live in a bubble 3. The Exorcist: Believer-Despite being a superficially watchable horror film, it’s a hollow legacy sequel that stands for the cynical attempt by studio executives to make a movie completely devoid of any artistic merit or value to sell tickets to an audience, which is something I basically hate 2. Ghosted-It has two charismatic stars, multiple talented writers, a good director, a fun genre and tens of millions of dollars, but what it doesn’t have is a soul or anything interesting to offer 1. Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey-An incredibly soulless and pathetic film that uses the Winnie-the-Pooh IP as a gimmick to get people to watch this movie in theaters or for rental, and they certainly succeeded in their plan as this movie made over fifty times its $100,000 budget

This was the first year that the only movies or shows I got little to no enjoyment watching were made by marvel

I like both worst and best movie list. Exorcist : Believer - It has been many years since I saw the original Exorcist but the reason to keep anyone (male or female) out when performing an exorcist (per TV Shows / Movies / Books) is to protect the non-participant not to protect the patriachy. I liken an exorcist to a surgery. The reason to keep non-medical people out of the operating room - To keep the room sterile and to be able to perform the surgery. Not some crazy "Protect the patriachy"

I think it's time we all concede that Cody rants are elite, iconic, works of art 🤣💪

@Cody love your top 10's and ranking films so fun to watch. Thanks for taking the hit on these 10 bad flicks. Hope your able to spend New year with family and recharge your batteries. Again Thank you for sharing your fandom

There was no movie this year that I saw, worse than Blood and Honey. One of the actors from the movie actually liked my review on TikTok. Hopefully that was his way of agreeing with me.

Cody you are my favorite youtuber, you seem chill af, I love your work and hope you and your family have a kick ass new year!!

Happy new year Cody ! Great channel, looking forward to what ever you produce in the new year!

Great video, I admire the honesty and while we may not agree on some of the choices, I love watching the worst of videos.

Happy new year Cody and great video and can’t wait for the other rankings

Thanks for the List and Video 😀 Happy and a HEALTHY New Year !!!

I agree with 9 out of 10 of the movies, but I loved Nefarious- granted it's a movie that was preaching to the choir with me, but I thought it made thought-provoking points with the budget that it had. But the rest looked bad and thanks for suffering through them @Cody Leach!

Agree 1000% with your #1 choice. Know what they'll hate more than negative reviews for their next movie? A financial flop by nobody giving a fuck

I would love to see the action movie list! I watch all of your videos, even if it's a movie I think I'm not interested in, because I have found a few I really love that way. I also just enjoy your personality and truthfulness. I have also watched all of your "F%#&CK this movie reviews more than any others LOL! Still hoping for a Birdemic watch and rank of the 3 amazing films!! Happy New Year, Dude!!!

Cody Happy New Year to you and your family keep up the great work you are one of the top reviewers on RU-vid thank you.

The worst experience for me in a movie this year was when I went to Aquaman and it was just me two families and some people having sex in the backpack row

Thank you Cody for saving me from seeing Blood and Honey. That sounds like a miserable experience.

The worst movie I saw in theaters this year was easily Cocaine Bear. It was like an SNL skit that was never funny and never ended

I didn’t have any idea that Jagged Edge Productions were being this petty and cynical after Winnie the Pooh’s release and like attempting to have beef with you on social media. It’s just an astonishing thing to read about and it must feel shitty as a film critic that is unapologetically honest and objective about their opinions. I feel like anybody with a pulse could practically smell the cash grab that Winnie the Pooh was from a mile away from its title alone. Now I just have this sour taste in my mouth that’s making me rethink about seeing the sequel out of curiosity. Cody by all means all power to you for being honest with your opinions and sticking to it despite the criticism actual petty filmmakers give to you. Also cheers to a Marvelous 2024!

I'm calling it now, Saw X is gonna be his pick for most surprising film of the year.

First, as always, keep being you! Your reviews, takes, opinions, etc are ALWAYS balanced, well thought out and, wait for it, LOGICAL lol. You premise everything well and articulate it in such a way that if anyone does get upset, it's because they simply wish to be. I'll keep watching and supporting as long as you keep being you! With all that being said, I had this thought in regards to Exorcist: Believer and the potential future for Linda Blair's character. As we all know, the demon who possessed her is Pazuzu. The new demon in Believer is Lamashtu, and, according to myth/history, they are rival demons, Pazuzu specifically being invoked to stand as protection against Lamashtu. I'm expecting Linda to allow Pazuzu back into her body in order to protect the girl. Plus, the protection "prayer/ceremony" we see in the beginning of the film could be a way of invoking Pazuzu and "destiny". Just my thoughts on the future in answering your question about what they plan to do.

Hey Cody. Haven't commented much, but I've been watching your channel for about 3 years now. LOVE IT, MAN! And I always REALLY LOVE watching you rant about movies you hate! We share a lot of the same opinions. Freddy's Dead and Seed of Chucky SUCK SOOOOOO MUCH!!! Anyway, YOU ROCK! Thanks!!! And Happy New Year!!

great worst list man

We need negativity when it comes to movie reviews so that we know which ones to avoid. If we don’t, we’ll get more Fifty Shades or in this case WTB: Blood and Honey’s

I love the top worst and best lists, its a great balance and life is all about balance. Thank you Cody for your amazing videos and Happy New Year! 💜🎉

I personally never thought that Christianity was meant to be the "hero" in The Exorcist..all the holy water and liturgies and shouting "The Power of Christ compels you!" didn't save Regan. It was Father Karras taunting the demon to come into him and then leaping out the window that ultimately saved her; i.e. a catholic committed a mortal sin under their own doctrine by killing himself. But that's whatever...I never saw Believer because it looked nothing like a film that belonged in the franchise. Skinamarink was utterly painful, so much so that I"m shocked that there were two films lower on the list. By the way, I'm an independent filmmaker and it's quite obvious that you are no enemy to independent film, precisely because of how much you didn't want to bash Skinamarink despite your experience with it.

Happy New Year Cody, hope all is well! here's to another year of great movies 👏

Nefarious, nope, thanks for the heads up, hate movies/shows that do that propaganda BS.

Happy New Year’s Eve Cody! Luv ya bro keep making people’s days better! ❤🤘 Btw will you make a video where you rank every movie you saw this year like last year?

Keep doing these lists every year Cody....you're so right. People just reviewing films they like and not talking about the ones they didn't enjoy in a ranking video is very disingenuous. Listing out both the good and the bad is the fair thing to do. Good job and I'm so happy you're not swayed by any social media discourse.

I'm sure that the description won't clue anyone in on what Netharius is ACTUALLY about on streaming, either. Thanks for the warning, Cody!

100% agree with your take on comedy movies. But I think No Hard Feelings was the type of old school comedy movie we haven't seen in theaters in years.

Thanks, Cody. Your number one was absolutely correct. It's frustrating when a film is inferior and the filmmaker KNOWS IT, especially in this economy is terrible. Then they turned on YOU for doing your job? YUCK! I have a quote that applies to the filmakers " Are you mad at me for what I said, or are you mad BECAUSE IT WAS TRUE?" HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Worst movies of the year lists are needed! Thanks for always giving your honest opinions. Exorcist and Winnie the pooh were such assheaps. Both lacked a clear vision other than trying to make that sweet sweet money.

First of all a very Happy New Year Cody🤘🏻 In fact, Winnie-the-Pooh is also my number 1 worst (even today I cry for the money I spent on a cinema ticket) And I refuse to see the other adaptations that are coming. I made the mistake once and that was it. Always continue with that honesty and directness. You make the difference.

I'm sorry Cody. I know you don't like crapping on movies, but damn you're great at it when they've earned it. For reference my favorite review of yours is Jeepers Creepers Reborn.

I agree that Skinamarink should have been a short film. I certainly didn't hate it, and there were sequences wherein its conceit worked wonderfully to keep me on the edge of my seat; the sound design in particular could really raise my hairs. But it definitely felt padded out at 100 minutes, with no real character development or story to justify it.

Happy new years Eve 🎆 Cody

Pooh is literally in my bottom 5 all time. Passionless. The movie “Clock” may still be my least favorite this year but it’s more of a drama but technically horror.

Keep covering your most loved and most hated movies, this is why I follow you! Also, I knew what the number one is going to be!

Great video. I don't believe in trashing art personally. That means I try not to practice trashing art, but I don't care what other people do. Not all films are works of art though. Some films are just made to generate cash. Those "films" are nothing more than product and you have every right as a consumer to smash them into bits if you feel ripped off.... I don't care to spend the time it takes to artiticulate fully my point, but if a film is distributed and sold then the buyer has every right to voice an opinion. To what degree? That is another topic. In case of the blood and honey thing, you're 100% in the right and should have everyone's blessing to go for the throat. I'm glad you did. When you are 100% right, don't back down one bit. Good job.

Two demons at the same time. Well, you don’t need a million dollars for that. I figure for two demons to team up on a guy like me, a million ought to do it

I went to a Terrorcon in my area a couple months back, and the actor who played “Winnie the Pooh” in Blood and Honey was there with his Pooh mask to sign stuff. I was there for several hours and I swear I didn’t see one person walk up to get an autograph 😬

Can't wait for them to extend the Poohverse with Tigger & Mickey.

I love independent horror films but Blood & Honey was horrible & they knew it when they put that crap out. There's no way the makers of that movie looked at it with those cheap looking mask, bad kills & horrible characters & dialog & thought that it was a masterpiece lol. Hopefully the inevitable sequel will be better with a higher budget because as bad as this was the premise does have potential. As you can tell this was my worst movie of this year as well but awesome video as always & looking forward to your next video...Happy New Year to you🤘🏼

Agree with u Hypnotic was really disappointing that ending just left me speechless of how horrible it was…

Please continuing to do what you do, you make my days better!

You do a good job and I enjoy all of your videos. Keep up the good work.

In terms of Comedies I would HIGHLY recommend "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story". Now I could just be biased being a HUGE Yankovic fan but this was genuinely the funniest movie I have seen in years. Especially when you consider Al is famous for doing parodies and his "biopic" is in fact a parody of the genre it just works on so many levels. Daniel Radcliffe is amazingly hilarious in it and I honestly can't recommend it enough.

As someone who's actually seen The Exorcist...I'm pretty sure the "patriarchy" that treated Chris MacNeil like she was stupid because she was female was the medical community, not the church?

I love your channel!! I found it in 2016 and continue to watch as you’re super awesome! I knew what your #1 would be and I agree. I remember watching your review on it back in Feb and so when it came to Peacock I knew it would be hot garbage. I watched it just to see how bad and I 100% agree with you on that one! Here’s to 2024🎉🎉🎉

1. The Flood 2. Five Nights at Freddys 3. Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain 4. Manodrome 5. Squealer 6. Foe 7. Fast X 8. The Black Demon 9. The Machine 10. Meg 2: The Trench

Bless you for going to see the shit and dealing with the shit talkers. Congrats on another great year on YT. Happy New Year!

I love critic's "worst of" lists. It saves me a lot of time watching terrible movies. I avoided Expendables 4, The Meg 2, Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey, and numerous other movies because they were SO universally hated. Ya'll saved me some money at the theater this year. Thank you.

The exorcist my good god..the mother of course had to blame men for not letting her in her daughters room. She had no experience fighting demons and if she got into the room, the demon would have used her love for her daughter to help him escape

Enjoyed the video from top to bottom, but that last rant should be the reason you make a clips channel. Had me rolling.

Anyone know the name of the intro song?

You get an A for effort for just watching that Exorcist thing. The Exorcist is one of my top 10 movies, so you couldn't make me watch that thing.

36:32 They even put a subplot of one of the girls being stalked which was out of place in a film about Pooh and Piglet killing people.

I honestly agree with your take on how people don’t want to do top 10 worst films. Perfect example for me is Chris Stuckmann, I genuinely like the guy, I think is extremely passionate about making movies and I will watch his movie once it comes out, but while I understand his reasoning on not reviewing bad movies, part of me thinks it’s solely about keeping connections in Hollywood and trashing films while wanting to join the industry may have been the major reason because Hollywood can be incredibly petty. But as much as I still respect the guy I completely disagree with his view on why he doesn’t review bad films, mainly because if people only heard good reviews they never grow or get better, I get that he sympathizes with people who worked hard and realizes they making a movie is hard, but I don’t think a movie should get a pass just because something was hard to make. if it’s something like he doesn’t have time and only wants to focus on good films, that’s fine with me, but having a best list and no worst list feels incomplete. Again, I am holding out for Chris and do wish him the best (I’m only subscribed because I relate to his journey) and I think he knows what he’s talking about when he’s passionate about what he’s talking about but I respectfully disagree with his stance on reviewing bad media, because to me, ignoring bad films is the equivalent giving them a participation trophy rather than tell it for what it is

My top 3 Worst Movies of 2023: #3. My Big Fat Greek Wedding #2. Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania #1. The Strays

Happy new year dude.looking forward to your 2024 reviews🙂

I'm here for the talking with your hands 🤣 I can't get enough! Makes me giggle. And also makes you one of the most authentic and real youtubers out there.

Thought this was an appropriate place to voice this opinion. Does anyone else think that Dermot Mulroney should get a worst supporting actor razzle nomination for Scream 6?!? I LITERALLY don't even know what to say! WTF WAS THAT?!?

Winnie the Pooh was one of my childhood favourites so the very idea and concept of Blood and Honey offends me to my very core even having not seen it

Love your last of the year rankings man! I’ve been checking on your channel every hour or so to see if you posted any end of the year videos. I love em! Happy new year 🎉

i got five minutes into blood and honey and turned it off enough said

Children Of The Corn was never considered a good horror film. It had aspects to it that entered into the pop culture zeitgeist but as a whole no one rated it in the years after its release.

I can't believe Blood and Honey is getting a sequel

CODY!!! THANK GOD! Ive been so bored all day. Now i can stay home do my puzzle and listen to you all night. I'm down. HAPPY NEW YEARS bro. Hope you and your family is well😎😁

17:52 what the heeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllll -The Steven he RU-vid channel

Thanks for defending "worst of" lists!!! Especially these days-- some content creators are doing away with being critical about ANYTHING because they don't want their followers to give them a hard time about sharing "problematic ideas" or they're just plain worried about offending people and then having to deal with retaliation. I am so over ALL that nonsense and I think most normal people with brains are, too. Side note, I initially got annoyed with your review of Beau is Afraid because I thought you were being too harsh on the film and Ari Aster. But then after watching it a second time, I wholeheartedly agree with you. Anyway, I hope you and yours have a GREAT New Year's and that 2024 is filled with a bunch of good stuff! AND thank you for all of your comments about The Exorcist Believer and the stupid patriarchy garbage. Couldn't agree more!

They spent too much on the exorcist rights. They had to say fuck it and do it live. Fucking thing sucks

13:46 With a movie like Nefarious we have to remember that The Exorcist and The Exorcist 3 are also religious propaganda. They represent an unapologetic, deep Catholic faith and belief in demons, angels, Satan, God, and the power of religious faith to conquer evil. Even a non-Catholic or non-Christian audience can watch those films and easily understand the conflict and appreciate the films on their own merits without subscribing to the religious tenets. The difference between those two Exorcist films and Nefarious is that Blatty doesn't treat his audience like a bunch of blubbering idiots who need their diapers changed and who need their faith relentlessly reaffirmed and the religious message carefully spoonfed to them and fisted up and down their bodyholes. The competence of the filmmakers and their approach to storytelling makes all the difference with these types of movies.

Doing “worst of” lists is not a problem as long as it is respectful. Some people be straight up bullying people for making bad movies though

In my head watching I said there’s no way Winnie the Pooh isn’t number 1. Thankfully my wish came true. How filmmakers can’t take fair criticism for there almost scam because they jacked up the money by working with fathom, is baffling, they should make their money and leave everyone alone but they don’t.

Yes to action ranking list please 🙂

It’s amazing how we can have such different experiences with the same film. Skinamarink was one of my top movies of the year because some of the sequences genuinely had me so fucking unnerved and waiting for a jumpscare that never came