15 Lowest Rated Oscar Winning Movies

2. A Little Night Music (1977)

A Little Night Music Liz Taylor
New World Pictures

Oscar Win: Best Musical Score

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 11%

A wretched adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical, A Little Night Music was a late-period failure for Elizabeth Taylor, whose casting alone in the role of actress Desiree Armfeldt brought much ire.

It didn't help that Taylor's weight shifts noticeably during scenes - which became the butt of many jokes upon the movie's initial release - while Harold Prince's flat direction ensures this is nothing more than a wildly disappointing adaptation of arguably Sondheim's best musical.

Sadly this won't be the first and only time Liz Taylor appears on this list. Speaking of which, in our #1 spot...

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