Lance Duerfahrd, an assistant professor of visual culture at Purdue University, teaches a class called "Bad Films." Here is his list of five of the worst films from the past couple decades. He stresses that it would be virtually impossible to declare any five movies "the worst of all time," as the universe of bad movies is so immense. (From the Chicago Tribune)
- Showgirls (1995)
- The Room (2003)
- Poseidon (2006)
- Disaster Movie (2008)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)


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