Willem Dafoe's 8 Lowest-Scoring Movies

Willem Dafoe's lowest-scoring movies. His bottom eight starts at an 8.5, which is honestly rude to other actors. We're roasting him anyway, gently.

#1 is a stacked-cast crowd favorite the numbers absolutely refuse to forgive.

1. 8
   Poor Things (2023)8.5

   An 8.5 in his bottom eight. Ridiculous flex, sir.

   Poor Things scores 8.5 with 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and still counts as a low point. It made $117.6M worldwide on a reported $35M.
2. 7
   The Lighthouse (2019)8.0

   Underrated even at 8.0. Guru says higher.

   movie.guru score 8.0, Guru's Take 8.5. Dafoe and Robert Pattinson went full intensity and it made just $18.2M worldwide on a reported $11M. More people need to suffer through this.
3. 6
   Spider-Man (2002)7.4

   The Green Goblin deserved better than a 7.4.

   Over 1,000,000 IMDb votes and $810.9M worldwide. Dafoe's face carried the villain. The Guru's Take is 7.8 because that laugh still lives in everyone's head.
4. 5
   The Boondock Saints (1999)6.6

   Overrated. The fan love outran the actual movie.

   26% on Rotten Tomatoes, 7.6 on IMDb, and a domestic gross of $52,000 on a reported $6M. Guru's Take is 4.4. A dorm room poster is not a review.
5. 4
   American Psycho (2000)6.3

   Criminally low. This belongs near the top.

   A 6.3 score and a D CinemaScore, yet 860,871 IMDb voters keep coming back. Guru's Take is 8.6. Audiences in 2000 just weren't ready.
6. 3
   Aquaman (2018)5.8

   A billion dollars can't buy a good score.

   $1.15B worldwide and an A minus CinemaScore, but a 5.8 here. Dafoe gave an ocean blockbuster with a reported $160M to $200M budget his full serious-actor energy anyway.
7. 2
   The Legend of Ochi (2025)4.6

   Critics were right on this one. Give it a shot.

   75% on Rotten Tomatoes, but only 10,429 IMDb votes and $4.9M worldwide. Guru's Take is 5.9. Not a classic, just way better than nobody showing up.
8. 1
   Murder on the Orient Express (2017)4.3

   His lowest score, and the train earned every bit.

   A 4.3 despite $352.8M worldwide. Branagh, Penélope Cruz and Dafoe on one train, and critics and audiences both shrugged: 39% and 34% beat rates. Stacked cast, sleepy ride.

$318.47 says the first comment is someone defending Boondock Saints with a completely straight face.

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