Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of the Year

Awarded to the eligible film from the award year that voters secretly enjoyed despite its low-brow appeal. These are typically films they would not consider nominating for a major category, though they might be appropriate for some of the niche categories. Of course, what one voter considers to be a guilty pleasure, another might embrace without shame.

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2004

Winner

  • Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
  • Eating Out (2004)
  • Ella Enchanted (2004)
  • Eurotrip (2004)
  • Mean Girls (2004)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2005

Winner

  • The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)

Additional Nominees

  • Amityville Horror (2005)
  • Fantastic Four (2005)
  • Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
  • The Wedding Date (2005)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure Released in 2006

Winner

  • Borat (2006)

Additional Nominees

  • Another Gay Movie (2006)
  • Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds (2006)
  • Small Town Gay Bar (2006)
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2010

Winner

  • Easy A (2010)

Additional Nominees

  • Death at a Funeral (2010)
  • Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
  • Jackass 3D (2010)
  • Piranha 3D (2010)
  • She’s Out of My League (2010)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2012

Winner

  • Magic Mike (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • The Campaign (2012)
  • The Inbetweeners Movie (2012)
  • The Paperboy (2012)
  • Ted (2012)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2013

Winner

  • Warm Bodies (2013)

Additional Nominees

  • Ender’s Game (2013)
  • The Heat (2013)
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
  • Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
  • Rapture-Palooza (2013)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2014

Winner

  • The Maze Runner (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • 22 Jump Street (2014)
  • Divergent (2014)
  • Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
  • Life After Beth (2014)
  • Neighbors (2014)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2015

Winner

  • The Overnight (2015)

Additional Nominees

  • Magic Mike XXL (2015)
  • San Andreas (2015)
  • Ted 2 (2015)
  • Unfinished Business (2015)
  • Vacation (2015)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2016

Winner

  • Sausage Party (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
  • The Bronze (2016)
  • Dirty Grandpa (2016)
  • Nerve (2016)
  • Swiss Army Man (2016)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2017

Winner

  • Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

Additional Nominees

  • Atomic Blonde (2017)
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
  • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
  • The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
  • Rough Night (2017)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2018

Winner

  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! (2018)

Additional Nominees

  • Blockers (2018)
  • The Meg (2018)
  • Rampage (2018)
  • Ready Player One (2018)
  • The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2019

Winner

  • Under the Silver Lake

Additional Nominees

  • Cats
  • Charlie’s Angels (2019)
  • Isn’t It Romantic?
  • Wine Country
  • Zombieland: Double Tap

Favorite Cinematic Guilty Pleasure of 2020

Winner

  • The King of Staten Island

Additional Nominees

  • Bill & Ted Face the Music
  • Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island
  • The Boys in the Band (2020)
  • The New Mutants
  • The Witches (2020)

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