Netflix's strategy for original content has proved time and again that the streaming service values quantity — sometimes over quality.
In December, the company released the Will Smith-led movie "Bright" into a critical bloodbath. But Netflix CEO Reed Hastings later brushed off the negative reviews by calling the film a commercial success and critics "disconnected from the mass appeal."
This week, critics are tearing apart "The Cloverfield Paradox," a sequel to the sci-fi film "Cloverfield" that Netflix bought from Paramount and surprise-released following the Super Bowl on Sunday.
To find out which Netflix original films critics have deemed the worst of the worst, we turned to the reviews aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to rank the movies that received a "Rotten" critical score of less than 60%. We excluded films that didn't have enough reviews to receive a designation of "Rotten," and we used audience scores to break any ties.
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Here are the 18 worst Netflix original movies, ranked in descending order:
18. "Shimmer Lake" — 57%
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17. “War Machine” — 51%
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16. "Mascots" — 50%
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15. "Sand Castle" — 47%
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14. "The Discovery" — 47%
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13. "The Most Hated Woman in America" — 44%
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12. "ARQ" — 43%
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11. "Death Note" — 41%
Critic score: 41%
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Netflix description:"Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class.
10. "Sandy Wexler" — 32%
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9. "Step Sisters" — 29%
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8. "Bright" — 27%
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7. "Brain on Fire" — 22%
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6. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny" — 19%
Critic score: 19%
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5. "The Cloverfield Paradox" — 17%
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4. "The Open House" — 14%
Critic score: 14%
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3. "The Do-Over" — 5%
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2. "The True Memoirs of an International Assassin" — 0%
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1. "The Ridiculous 6" — 0%
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