The actors who consistently make terrible films

I’ve got a lot of time for bad actors, and really no good DVD collection should be without a little Sandler, a little Slater, a lot of Cage.

All three appear in a top 15 list compiled by Vox this week of ‘Actors who appear in the worst films’, the table ranked by lowest average Meteoritic score of all film appearances.

Wholly unsurprisingly, Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler top the list, joining Ashton Kutcher and Kevin James in having had the majority of the films they’ve made panned.

Hayden Christensen also features, his career having pretty much been stillborn following the Star Wars prequels, along with Gerard Butler who exclusively makes bad action films now.

Vince Vaughn and Christian Slater are perhaps slightly more surprising inclusions, while Nicolas Cage is only at 15th due to the fact he very occasionally makes a great movie amid all the surreal/banal ones.

Interestingly, Robert De Niro didn't make the list - the wealth of great films under his belt having apparently not been tarnished by a recent slew of atrocious ones.

List in full:

Criteria: Well-known actor must have performed in at least 10 films, at least one of which has grossed over $30 million (adjusted for inflation) and been released in the past 5 years

1. Rob Schneider (69% negative, 31% mixed) - Avg. score: 30

2. Adam Sandler (54% negative, 38% average, 8% positive) - Avg. score: 36

3. Ashton Kutcher (53% negative, 47% mixed) - Avg. score: 37

4. Kevin James (53% negative, 40% mixed, 7% positive) - Avg. score: 38

5. Taylor Lautner (50% negative, 50% mixed) - Avg. score: 39

6. Cuba Gooding Jr. (44% negative, 40% mixed, 16% positive) - Avg. score: 42

7. Hayden Christensen (40% negative, 47% mixed, 13% positive) - Avg. score: 44

8. Gerard Butler (41% negative, 41% mixed, 18% positive) - Avg. score: 44

9. Charlie Sheen (20% negative, 70% mixed, 10% positive) - Avg. score: 45

10. Jason Statham (27% negative, 55% mixed, 18% positive) - Avg. score: 45

11. Vince Vaughn (30% negative, 53% mixed, 17% positive) - Avg. score: 46

12. Sylvester Stallone (28% negative, 48% mixed, 24% positive) - Avg. score: 46

13. Christian Slater (38% negative, 35% mixed, 27% positive) - Avg. score: 46

14. Josh Hartnett (29% negative, 52% mixed, 19% positive) - Avg. score: 47

15. Nicolas Cage (40% negative, 35% mixed, 25% positive) - Avg. score: 47

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