As we come to the end of 2013, it's prestige time, with every Tom, Dick and Harry throwing their best foot forward in the hope of landing some precious nominations during the awards season. Films like 12 Years a Slave, Gravity and Philomena are hitting all the right notes with critics and audiences alike, yet something sinister continues to rear its ugly head whenever a gold man on a pedestal edges ever closer. Blockbusters get a bad wrap, and most of the time criticisms are justified. But at the very least theres an explosion around the corner to entertain you for five seconds. Most Oscar bait films dont have explosions, which kind of renders the really bad ones utterly unwatchable. While the debate rages on about money-grabbing studios looking to make a quick dollar on the next big franchise, one could argue similarly that some directors are out there pitching ideas they believe will win awards, feeding their own egos and harming the industry in other ways. It happens. Here are 5 very terrible Oscar bait films that were guilty of such a thing...