Indecent Proposal

1993 American drama film by Adrian Lyne

This article is about the film. For the album by Timbaland & Magoo, see Indecent Proposal (album).

Indecent Proposal

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Adrian Lyne
Screenplay by| Amy Holden Jones
Based on| Indecent Proposal
by Jack Engelhard
Produced by| Sherry Lansing
Michael Tadross
Starring|

* Robert Redford
* Demi Moore
* Woody Harrelson
* Oliver Platt
* Seymour Cassel

Cinematography| Howard Atherton
Edited by| Joe Hutshing
Music by| John Barry
Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release date

* April 7, 1993 (1993-04-07)

Running time

| 118 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $38 million[1]
Box office| $266.6 million[2]

Indecent Proposal is a 1993 American erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Amy Holden Jones. It is based on the 1988 novel by Jack Engelhard, in which a couple's marriage is disrupted by a stranger's offer of a million dollars for the wife to spend the night with him. It stars Robert Redford, Demi Moore, and Woody Harrelson.[3]

The film received a mostly negative response from critics for the contrivances and implausibilities of its story. It also sparked controversy, with feminists arguing the film's premise promotes prostitution and the treatment of women as property. Despite this, the film was a box office success and grossed nearly $267 million worldwide on a $38 million budget, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 1993.

## Plot

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David and Diana Murphy are married high school sweethearts living in California. Diana is working as a real estate agent, while David hopes to establish himself as an architect by designing their dream home. The couple invest everything they have in David's project, purchasing beachfront property in Santa Monica, California and beginning construction, but the recession leaves Diana without houses to sell and David without a job. In desperate need of $50,000 to save their land from being repossessed, they travel to Las Vegas to gamble with the last of their savings.

At a casino, Diana catches the eye of high roller John Gage, while David wins over $25,000 at craps. Reveling in their winnings, Diana assures David that she loves him regardless of the money. The next day, they lose everything at roulette; leaving the casino, they notice a crowd gathered to watch Gage play baccarat. Gage asks Diana to join him for good luck, and she makes a winning craps roll on his $1 million bet. As thanks, Gage insists on paying for the Murphys' stay, giving them a lavish hotel suite and a dress he saw Diana admire. After an enjoyable evening together, Gage offers the couple $1 million to allow him to spend a night with Diana, with David flatly refusing.

Later, Diana convinces David to agree to Gage's proposal. David contacts his lawyer, who prepares a contract for the arrangement. Leaving Diana with Gage, David has a change of heart and races to stop them but arrives just as they depart by helicopter. Gage flies Diana to his private yacht and offers her a chance to void their deal and return to her husband if he loses a toss of his lucky coin. He wins the toss, and Diana spends the night with him.

Agreeing to forget the incident, the Murphys return home to discover that the bank had already foreclosed on and sold their land. Overcome with anger and jealousy, David accuses Diana of continuing to see Gage after finding his business card in her wallet, which she denies knowing about. Discovering that it was Gage who bought out their land, Diana angrily confronts him and rejects his attempts to pursue her. When she informs David, their tension reaches a breaking point, and they separate; Diana allows David to keep the $1 million.

Weeks later, Gage visits Diana at work and renews his advances. Initially resistant, she eventually consents to spending time with him, and a romance develops between them. David, meanwhile, turns to alcohol and eventually hits rock bottom, leading to a public confrontation with Gage and Diana. He pulls his life back together and finds a teaching position, and Diana files for divorce. Finding her at a zoo benefit with Gage, David donates the entire $1 million in a charity auction bid, then makes his peace with Diana and signs their divorce papers.

Realizing that Diana will never love him the way she loves David, Gage lies to her that she is merely the latest member of his "million-dollar club" of women. Seeing through his deception, she gratefully ends their relationship; before parting ways, he gives her his lucky coin, which she realizes is double headed. Diana returns to the pier where David proposed to her seven years earlier, finding him there. Repeating their unique declaration of love, they join hands.

## Cast

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* Robert Redford as John Gage
* Demi Moore as Diana Murphy
* Woody Harrelson as David Murphy
* Seymour Cassel as Mr. Shackleford, Gage's chauffeur
* Oliver Platt as Jeremy Green
* Billy Bob Thornton as Day Tripper
* Rip Taylor as Mr. Langford
* Billy Connolly as auction MC
* Pamela Holt as David's girlfriend
* Tommy Bush as Mr. Murphy
* Sheena Easton as herself
* Herbie Hancock as himself

## Production

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### Development

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Paramount Pictures bought the rights to Jack Engelhard's 1988 novel Indecent Proposal for $120,000.[4] Adrian Lyne signed on to direct, reuniting with producer Sherry Lansing, with whom he had worked on Fatal Attraction.[5] Lyne had a falling out with past collaborator Stanley Jaffe, who wanted the film to be released by Christmas season of 1992 and thus allotted for limited post-production time.[5]

The film was originally planned as a vehicle for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, with Warren Beatty as John Gage.[5][6] Kidman and Isabelle Adjani screen tested for the role of Diana.[5] Cruise backed out amidst speculation that the film's morals conflicted with his new involvement in the Church of Scientology.[5] Robert Redford accepted the part of Gage on the condition that his character be adjusted to be less of a villain.[7] He turned down the $4 million salary initially offered to him in exchange for gross profit participation from the film's box office.[5]

Johnny Depp,[5] Tim Robbins,[5] and William Baldwin[8] were among the actors considered for the role of David Murphy. Woody Harrelson dropped out of the film Benny & Joon to commit to the role, resulting in a lawsuit from MGM-Pathe Entertainment that was settled out of court.[9][5]

### Writing

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Of the script, screenwriter Amy Holden Jones said there were multiple third-act changes to the script, made primarily by men.[10] Jones initially wrote the ending with Diana leaving Gage of her own accord, without prompting from Gage.[11]

Jones said: "I always had a lot of trouble with the movie after [David and Diana] split up. The men in charge, and particularly Redford, decided to make [Gage] very sympathetic. In the original script, it was a clear journey where she came to realize that she was his next acquisition. There were four or five people that Redford cycled through to work on his character. In my draft, what she said to him was that you can’t buy love, and then she left him. He had that changed, because Robert Redford couldn’t be left."[10]

Jones added: "I thought [Diana] should leave both men at the end. I brought it up several times [in studio meetings], including once the movie was greenlit. And that was basically laughed at. No one would consider it, really."[10]

William Goldman says he was brought in to work on the script after John Cusack had turned it down. "They couldn’t get anyone to do it," he said. "I wrote a draft and I don’t think they changed anything. I don’t know why the actors decided to do it or didn’t do it, but it was an enormous success so that’s good for me."[12]

### Filming

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Filming began in Las Vegas in June 1992.[13] The casino scenes were filmed at the Westgate Las Vegas.[13] After a month in Las Vegas, the production moved to southern California, where locations included the Echo Park neighborhood and a Santa Barbara mansion that stood in for Gage’s home.[5]

Lyne decided to feature the book Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women in a scene because author Susan Faludi had notably criticized Lyne’s film Fatal Attraction.[14][15]

Lyne completed post-production work on the film roughly two weeks before its opening in April 1993.[5]

### Differences between novel and film

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Engelhard's novel contained cultural friction that the screenwriter left out of the movie: the main character, named Joshua, is Jewish, and his billionaire foil is Arab.[7] In a review of the novel, The New York Times summarized its themes as "the sanctity of marriage versus the love of money, the Jew versus significant non-Jews such as shiksas and sheiks, skill versus luck, materialism versus spirituality, Israel versus the Arab countries, the past versus the future, and the religious world versus the secular one."[16]

## Reception

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### Box office

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Indecent Proposal was a box office success, grossing $106,614,059 in the US and Canada and $159,985,941 internationally for a worldwide total of $266,600,000.[2][17]

The film opened on 1,694 screens in the United States and Canada on April 7, 1993, and grossed $18,387,632 in its opening weekend to top the US box office, the biggest opening at the time for an April release. It was number one for four weeks[17] and became the sixth highest-grossing film of 1993.[18] Some journalists attributed the audience turnout to Paramount’s strong marketing campaign, as well as the film's sensational premise that made for heated debates.[19][20][3]

It entered international release on April 23, 1993, previewing on 66 screens in Australia for the weekend. Despite only playing for three days, it topped the Australian box office for the week with a three-day gross of $0.8 million (A$1.16 million).[21][22] It officially opened in Australia on April 29 and remained at number one for four more weeks.[23] In the UK, it also benefited from previews in topping the UK box office with an opening weekend gross of $2.4 million (£1.5 million) including previews.[24][25] It remained number one in the UK for three weeks.[26] In Italy, it was Paramount/United International Pictures' second biggest ever opening with an opening weekend gross of $1.6 million.[24]

### Critical response

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The film received negative reviews from critics, who cited the contrivances of the film's script and its underdeveloped characters.[27][28][29][30] Critics noted that the film was the latest of a string of movies that involved women being treated as property, such as Pretty Woman, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Mad Dog and Glory.[31][11][32][33] A major criticism was that the film did not fully explore its potentially enticing premise. Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote: "For all its ostensible daring, Indecent Proposal is much too cautious. None of the three principals really change as a consequence of the story. None of the frankness that might make matters interesting is allowed to sully the romantic mood. None of the characters have lives outside the confines of the story, although the lonely Gage, when celebrating a big gambling win, suddenly gives a party for 200 anonymous, soigne-looking friends."[34]

In The Telegraph, Anthony Brett said that despite its packaging as a steamy thriller, "Indecent Proposal is in fact a largely distasteful and bizarrely plodding romantic drama, one that gently pokes at lofty ideas about power and marriage and the American dream but scurries away before it hits on anything too dicey."[7] In Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman wrote: "Indecent Proposal starts out kinky and turns into a languid — and shockingly banal — domestic soap opera. Like 9 1/2 Weeks, the movie is all tease, all come-on. Next time Lyne should try for something a little more indecent."[32]

Critics generally praised Redford's performance, but some lamented that the character of John Gage was given too much of a sympathetic edge, and that the role was merely a chance for Redford to once again play Jay Gatsby.[32][34][35][30] Gleiberman wrote: "Like Michael Douglas' Gordon Gekko, he has that aura of money that’s almost tactile — even in his dark suit, he glows — and he speaks with the dry enticement of someone who has had too much of what he wants and now gets his kicks by testing people, living through their experiences."[32]

Of Moore, Maslin wrote, she "pours all of her effort into going through such motions smolderingly, and none into whatever sense may lie behind them. That's fine for the role; she falters only when the screenplay turns mute or turns up howlers."[34] Todd McCarthy wrote: "What emotional legitimacy the film does possess stems from Moore's performance, which is lively, heartfelt and believable until the script ceases to permit it."[35] Several critics found Harrelson to be the weak link of the cast, with McCarthy writing the actor is not given much to do except display "puppydog love in the first section and standard-issue jealousy in the second".[35][36][37] However, multiple critics were complimentary of the film's supporting cast, particularly Oliver Platt as the Murphys' wisecracking, sleazy lawyer.[35][37][34]

Multiple critics opined that the film loses its narrative steam after the climactic deal takes place.[34][35][27] In a 2014 review, Nathan Rabin wrote: "Indecent Proposal suffers from a distinct lack of stakes. The second [Diana returns from her night with Gage], the million dollars that just moments ago was going to change her and her husband's lives ceases to matter. Diana doesn’t want it. David doesn’t want it...Money ultimately doesn’t matter in the sleazy fairy-tale world of Indecent Proposal, only love, and when money threatens to soil that love, then it must be openly rejected."[38]

The film also sparked significant backlash from feminists and critics for its depiction of a woman bartering with her body for the benefit of her husband.[39] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called the film "sexist propaganda."[40] Activist Betty Friedan and filmmaker Callie Khouri argued the film promotes the idea of prostitution, with Friedan saying, "What does it say? Thirteen-year-old girls will see that movie and be told you don’t need to bother to do your homework or to get an MBA, all you need to do is diet enough to be anorexic, get some silicone and look for that lonely billionaire."[3] Feminist writer Susan Faludi likened Gage's actions in the film to "essentially...raping a woman with money."[31] Producer Denise Di Novi suggested the film could be characterized as a women in prison film, because it has a woman in a "submissive, controlled situation."[31] Camille Paglia dissented, saying "What is it about this picture that moviegoers are in sync with? (Is it) women’s sexuality in ways feminist rhetoric is unable to define?"[3]

Amy Holden Jones wrote a defense of the film in the Los Angeles Times, arguing that Diana had agency in her choice and that much of the criticism levied against the film came from male critics.[41] Jones later said: "When the film was released, it caused a great deal of controversy, because, you know, how could I write this thing about a woman spending the night with this guy for a million dollars? The idea that a woman should not be tempted by any of those things, or she should be so pure that you can’t make a movie about her feeling that way — I mean, go watch some French cinema! It's more complicated than that. I’m as big a feminist as you’ll find, but part of feminism for me is that women can be portrayed not as visions of perfection on-screen, but as whole human beings with choices."[10]

Among the few critics to review the film positively was Roger Ebert.[42] Ebert gave the film a thumbs up on Siskel & Ebert, while his colleague Gene Siskel gave it a thumbs down.[43] In his print review, Ebert admitted there "are large challenges to logic" and the plot is "manipulative", but said "there is a genuine romantic spirit at work here", concluding that a necessary suspension of disbelief is "why we line up at the ticket window: We want to leave the real world, for a couple of hours, anyway".[44] He also described the film's decision to keep the actual night of adultery offscreen as wise.[44]

Caryn James of The New York Times also gave a positive review, writing that while Honeymoon in Vegas and Mad Dog and Glory "dance around the issue of buying and bartering people, Indecent Proposal embraces it. It isn't aways a good film; it employs lazy voice-overs to express sappy sentiments about the Murphys' eternal love. But it turns an inflammatory plot into a surprisingly honest and entertaining movie."[37] Her colleague Janet Maslin gave a similarly mixed response, saying the film "calls for grudging admiration. Working with a ridiculous premise and...[a] badly underwritten script...the director of Flashdance and Fatal Attraction has still come up with the sort of sexy pop parable that is his specialty. Mr. Lyne's films may not cast any new light on the human condition, but they do keep you glued to the screen."[34]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Indecent Proposal has a 34% "rotten" rating based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The consensus reads: "Lurid but acted with gusto, Indecent Proposal has difficulty keeping it up beyond its initial titillating premise."[45] Audience response was less negative, with those polled by CinemaScore giving an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[46] The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of the "100 most enjoyably worst movies ever made".[47]

### Awards and nominations

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Award  | Category  | Recipient  | Result

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BMI Film & TV Awards | BMI Film Music Award  | John Barry | Won
Golden Raspberry Awards[48] | Worst Picture | Sherry Lansing | Won
Worst Director | Adrian Lyne | Nominated
Worst Actor | Robert Redford | Nominated
Worst Actress | Demi Moore | Nominated
Worst Supporting Actor | Woody Harrelson | Won
Worst Screenplay | Screenplay by Amy Holden Jones;
Based on the novel by Jack Engelhard  | Won
Worst Original Song | "(You Love Me) In All the Right Places"
Music by John Barry;
Lyrics by Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney & Andy Morris  | Nominated
Golden Screen Awards | Won
MTV Movie Awards[49] | Best Female Performance | Demi Moore  | Nominated
Most Desirable Female | Nominated
Best Kiss | Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson  | Won
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards | Worst Actor  | Robert Redford  | Nominated
Worst Actress  | Demi Moore  | Nominated
Yoga Awards  | Worst Foreign Film  | Adrian Lyne  | Won

## Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was released on April 6, 1993, by MCA Records. "In All the Right Places" by Lisa Stansfield was released as the album's lead single on May 24, 1993, and is the film's theme song. Sheena Easton makes a cameo appearance in the movie performing "The Nearness of You" at a pivotal part of the movie. The length of the soundtrack is 60 minutes and 37 seconds.[50] "No Ordinary Love" by English band Sade was also prominently featured in the film, though it was not included on its soundtrack album.

In 2015, Intrada Records released an album of John Barry's score.[51]

Indecent Proposal: Music from the Original Motion Picture SoundtrackNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "I'm Not in Love" (The Pretenders)| Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart| Trevor Horn| 3:50
2.| "What Do You Want the Girl to Do" (Vince Gill featuring Little Feat)| Allen Toussaint| Tony Brown| 5:07
3.| "If I'm Not in Love With You" (Dawn Thomas)| Thomas| Scott Sheriff| 3:38
4.| "Out of the Window" (Seal)| Seal| Horn| 5:35
5.| "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (Bryan Ferry)| Gerry Goffin, Carole King| Robin Trower| 4:15
6.| "The Nearness of You" (Sheena Easton)| Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington| Patrice Rushen| 3:16
7.| "In All the Right Places" (Lisa Stansfield)| John Barry, Stansfield, Ian Devaney, Andy Morris| Devaney| 5:42
8.| "Instrumental Suite from Indecent Proposal"| Barry| Barry| 25:20
9.| "A Love So Beautiful" (Roy Orbison)| Jeff Lynne, Orbison| Lynne| 3:31

Chart (1993)  | Peak
position

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Australia (ARIA Charts)[52] | 67
Dutch Albums Chart[53] | 71
US Billboard 200[54] | 137

## Remake

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On July 30, 2018, Paramount Players announced that a remake of the film was in development, with the screenplay being written by Erin Cressida Wilson.[55][1]

## In popular culture

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The animation series The Simpsons's 2002 episode "Half-Decent Proposal" parodies the movie's premise.[56]

In the television series Mad About You episode, "A Pair of Hearts", during the end credits, the married couple Paul and Jamie Buchman are approached by a man who offers a million dollars to sleep with Jamie. They immediately reply "Sure!", and, after a quick smooch, Jamie leaves with the man (to the laughter of the audience).[56]

The TV series Impractical Jokers featured a punishment inspired by Indecent Proposal in the Season 7 episode of the same name where Sal Vulcano is forced to ask couples while working as a dance instructor's assistant if they would be willing to meet him in a more passionate setting in exchange for money.

## See also

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* Lecherous millionaire
* List of films set in Las Vegas

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## External links

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* Indecent Proposal at IMDb
* Indecent Proposal at Box Office Mojo
* Indecent Proposal at Metacritic
* Indecent Proposal at Rotten Tomatoes

Awards

Preceded by

Shining Through

|  Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture
14th Golden Raspberry Awards | Succeeded by

Color of Night

* v
* t
* e

Films directed by Adrian Lyne

Short films|

* The Table (1973)
* Mr. Smith (1976)

Feature-length films|

* Foxes (1980)
* Flashdance (1983)
* 9½ Weeks (1986)
* Fatal Attraction (1987)
* Jacob's Ladder (1990)
* Indecent Proposal (1993)
* Lolita (1997)
* Unfaithful (2002)
* Deep Water (2022)

Awards for Indecent Proposal

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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture

* Can't Stop the Music (1980)
* Mommie Dearest (1981)
* Inchon (1982)
* The Lonely Lady (1983)
* Bolero (1984)
* Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
* Howard the Duck / Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
* Leonard Part 6 (1987)
* Cocktail (1988)
* Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
* The Adventures of Ford Fairlane / Ghosts Can't Do It (1990)
* Hudson Hawk (1991)
* Shining Through (1992)
* Indecent Proposal (1993)
* Color of Night (1994)
* Showgirls (1995)
* Striptease (1996)
* The Postman (1997)
* An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
* Wild Wild West (1999)
* Battlefield Earth (2000)
* Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
* Swept Away (2002)
* Gigli (2003)
* Catwoman (2004)
* Dirty Love (2005)
* Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
* I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
* The Love Guru (2008)
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
* The Last Airbender (2010)
* Jack and Jill (2011)
* The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
* Movie 43 (2013)
* Saving Christmas (2014)
* Fantastic Four / Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
* Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016)
* The Emoji Movie (2017)
* Holmes & Watson (2018)
* Cats (2019)
* Absolute Proof (2020/21)
* Diana: The Musical (2021)
* Blonde (2022)
* Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)
* Madame Web (2024)

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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay

1980s|

* Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr – Can't Stop the Music (1980)
* Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, Tracy Hotchner, and Robert Getchell – Mommie Dearest (1981)
* Robin Moore and Laird Koenig – Inchon (1982)
* John Kershaw, Shawn Randall, and Ellen Shephard – The Lonely Lady (1983)
* John Derek – Bolero (1984)
* Sylvester Stallone, James Cameron, and Kevin Jarre – Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
* Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz – Howard the Duck (1986)
* Jonathan Reynolds and Bill Cosby – Leonard Part 6 (1987)
* Heywood Gould – Cocktail (1988)
* Eddie Murphy – Harlem Nights (1989)

1990s|

* Daniel Waters, James Cappe, and David Arnott – The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
* Steven E. de Souza, Daniel Waters, Bruce Willis, and Robert Kraft – Hudson Hawk (1991)
* Blake Snyder, William Osborne, and William Davies – Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
* Amy Holden Jones – Indecent Proposal (1993)
* Tom S. Parker, Jim Jennewein, Steven E. de Souza, and various others – The Flintstones (1994)
* Joe Eszterhas – Showgirls (1995)
* Andrew Bergman – Striptease (1996)
* Eric Roth and Brian Helgeland – The Postman (1997)
* Joe Eszterhas – An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
* Jim Thomas, John Thomas, S. S. Wilson, Brent Maddock, Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman – Wild Wild West (1999)

2000s|

* Corey Mandell and J. David Shapiro – Battlefield Earth (2000)
* Tom Green and Derek Harvie – Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
* George Lucas and Jonathan Hales – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
* Martin Brest – Gigli (2003)
* Theresa Rebeck, John Brancato, Michael Ferris, and John Rogers – Catwoman (2004)
* Jenny McCarthy – Dirty Love (2005)
* Leora Barish and Henry Bean – Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
* Jeffrey Hammond – I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
* Mike Myers and Graham Gordy – The Love Guru (2008)
* Ehren Kruger, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

2010s|

* M. Night Shyamalan – The Last Airbender (2010)
* Steve Koren, Adam Sandler, and Ben Zook – Jack and Jill (2011)
* David Caspe – That's My Boy (2012)
* Steve Baker, Ricky Blitt, Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda, Bob Odenkirk, Bill O'Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy, Greg Pritikin, Rocky Russo, Olle Sarri, Elizabeth Wright Shapiro, Jeremy Sosenko, Jonathan van Tulleken, and Jonas Wittenmark – Movie 43 (2013)
* Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey – Saving Christmas (2014)
* Kelly Marcel – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
* Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
* Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel, and Mike White – The Emoji Movie (2017)
* Niall Leonard – Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
* Lee Hall and Tom Hooper – Cats (2019)

2020s|

* Tomasz Klimala, Barbara Białowąs, Tomasz Mandes, and Blanka Lipińska – 365 Days (2020/21)
* Joe DiPietro and David Bryan – Diana: The Musical (2021)
* Andrew Dominik – Blonde (2022)
* Rhys Frake-Waterfield – Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)
* Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, S. J. Clarkson, and Kerem Sanga – Madame Web (2024)

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Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor

* John Adames / Laurence Olivier (1980)
* Steve Forrest (1981)
* Ed McMahon (1982)
* Jim Nabors (1983)
* Brooke Shields (1984)
* Rob Lowe (1985)
* Jerome Benton (1986)
* David Mendenhall (1987)
* Dan Aykroyd (1988)
* Christopher Atkins (1989)
* Donald Trump (1990)
* Dan Aykroyd (1991)
* Tom Selleck (1992)
* Woody Harrelson (1993)
* O. J. Simpson (1994)
* Dennis Hopper (1995)
* Marlon Brando (1996)
* Dennis Rodman (1997)
* Joe Eszterhas (1998)
* Ahmed Best (1999)
* Barry Pepper (2000)
* Charlton Heston (2001)
* Hayden Christensen (2002)
* Sylvester Stallone (2003)
* Donald Rumsfeld (2004)
* Hayden Christensen (2005)
* M. Night Shyamalan (2006)
* Eddie Murphy (2007)
* Pierce Brosnan (2008)
* Billy Ray Cyrus (2009)
* Jackson Rathbone (2010)
* Al Pacino (2011)
* Taylor Lautner (2012)
* Will Smith (2013)
* Kelsey Grammer (2014)
* Eddie Redmayne (2015)
* Jesse Eisenberg (2016)
* Mel Gibson (2017)
* John C. Reilly (2018)
* James Corden (2019)
* Rudy Giuliani (2020/21)
* Jared Leto (2021)
* Tom Hanks (2022)
* Sylvester Stallone (2023)
* Jon Voight (2024)

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