1. Robert Downey Jr. Gothika
Really, it's hard to hate Gothika. Oh I know, it's a terrible film, but it served as an important milestone in Robert Downey Jr's then-moribund career. As we all know by now, at this point Downey Jr. was in the throes of his drug and alcohol addiction and had been blackballed by most of Hollywood. However, he was still occasionally finding work, and to that end rocked up 2004's Halle Berry vehicle. These days, Halle Berry serves as something of a walking reminder about the perils of Oscar glory. While still obviously a good actress, her post-Monster's Ball film choices have done her no favours and these days her solo film efforts rank among the surest bets of critical backlash you're ever likely to come across. Yet obviously, Downey Jr. was in no position to turn down work, so accepted a role as a therapist. Now, we all knew that Downey Jr. was talented, but he didn't show it here leaden by the film's odd script, his Pete Graham was strangely unabsorbing, an odd prospect for someone as charismatic as he is. He's the Robin to Berry's boring Batman, but again, it's probably not his fault even the most eye-catchingly talented actors can be blunted by poor films, and as his role as Tony Stark made abundantly clear, Downey Jr. can do a hell of a lot with a good team behind him. But though I might rubbish Gothika, it's nonetheless important it's on this film that Downey Jr. met his wife, who he credits with making him kick his addictions and get back to being the eye-wateringly talented actor we all knew he was. So without this dud we wouldn't have seen the bloke bounce back in such fine style, cast aside his nay-sayers and kick the Marvel Cinematic Universe into overdrive. If nothing else, it's a fine example of an actor casting aside bad roles to rock superhero-dom in the future, something I've no doubt Affleck will do too. Hell, he already has in conventional film-making, so really, what are you complaining about?