For many, the Razzies represent an antidote to the Oscars' stuffiness and the self-congratulatory smugness of Oscar-bait movies. But the Razzies is still an awards show, and it ends up suffering from many of the same problems as others, stuck in a rut of favourite genres or actors to pick on, no matter the actual quality of their work. If there's a type of film that's Oscar-bait, there is assuredly also a type that's Razzie-bait. Just as there's a 'good movie' bandwagon that can sweep a film to awards success, so too can a 'bad movie' bandwagon condemn a movie to Razzies on reputation and hearsay alone, regardless of the quality of the movie itself. Heaven's Gate, for example, was condemned as a box office bomb during its troubled production and was 'known' to be a disaster by the time it was nominated for five Razzies in 1982. Since then, however, the film's reputation has been somewhat rehabilitated. Sure, there are some who still think it one of the worst films of its time, but others now think of it as an unappreciated classic. Ultimately, just as the Oscars can make some choices that look pretty bad in hindsight (like virtually any Best Picture winner in the 1980s), there are a number of films picked out by the Razzies as the "worst" that have instead been judged by posterity as among the greats. Films like these.
