The 9th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 29, 1989, at the Hollywood Palace to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1988.

Awards and nominations

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File:Sylvester Stallone Cannes 2019.jpg|Sylvester Stallone, Worst Actor winner

File:Liza Minnelli Publicity 1973.jpg|Liza Minnelli, Worst Actress winner

File:Dan Aykroyd cropped.jpg|Dan Aykroyd, Worst Supporting Actor winner

File:Kristy McNichol (1982).jpg|Kristy McNichol, Worst Supporting Actress winner

File:Blake Edwards 1966.jpg|Blake Edwards, Worst Director co-winner

File:Stewart Raffill (2).png|Stewart Raffill, Worst Director co-winner

File:MG 8571 (19492588742) (cropped).jpg|Ronald McDonald, Worst New Star winner

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! Category

! Recipient

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| rowspan=5|Worst Picture

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Cocktail (Touchstone)

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|Caddyshack II (Warner Bros.)

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|Hot to Trot (Warner Bros.)

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|Mac and Me (Orion)

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|Rambo III (TriStar)

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| rowspan=5|Worst Actor

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III as John Rambo

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|Tom Cruise in Cocktail as Brian Flanagan

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|Bobcat Goldthwait in Hot to Trot as Fred Chaney

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|Jackie Mason in Caddyshack II as Jack Hartounian

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|Burt Reynolds in Rent-a-Cop and Switching Channels as Tony Church and John L. Sullivan IV (respectively)

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|rowspan=5|Worst Actress

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Liza Minnelli in Arthur 2: On the Rocks and Rent-a-Cop as Linda Marolla Bach and Della Roberts (respectively)

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|Rebecca De Mornay in And God Created Woman as Robin Shea

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|Whoopi Goldberg in The Telephone as Vashti Blue

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|Cassandra Peterson in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark as Elvira

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|Vanity in Action Jackson as Sydney Ash

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| rowspan=5| Worst Supporting Actor

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Dan Aykroyd in Caddyshack II as Captain Tom Everett

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|Billy Barty in Willow as The High Aldwin

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|Richard Crenna in Rambo III as Colonel Sam Trautman

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|Harvey Keitel in The Last Temptation of Christ as Judas Iscariot

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|Christopher Reeve in Switching Channels as Blaine Bingham

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| rowspan=5|Worst Supporting Actress

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Kristy McNichol in Two Moon Junction as Patti Jean

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|Eileen Brennan in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Miss Bannister

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|Daryl Hannah in High Spirits as Mary Plunkett Brogan

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|Mariel Hemingway in Sunset as Cheryl King

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|Zelda Rubinstein in Poltergeist III as Tangina Barrons

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|rowspan=5|Worst Director

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Blake Edwards for Sunset (TIE)

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| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Stewart Raffill for Mac and Me (TIE)

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|Michael Dinner for Hot to Trot

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|Roger Donaldson for Cocktail

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|Peter MacDonald for Rambo III

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| rowspan=5|Worst Screenplay

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Cocktail, screenplay by Heywood Gould, based on his book

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|Hot to Trot, screenplay by Steven Neigher & Hugo Gilbert and Charlie Peters, story by Neigher & Gilbert

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|Mac and Me, written by Stewart Raffill and Steve Feke

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|Rambo III, written by Sylvester Stallone and Sheldon Lettich, based on characters created by David Morrell

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|Willow, screenplay by Bob Dolman, story by George Lucas

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|rowspan=5|Worst New Star

|style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Ronald McDonald (as himself) in Mac and Me <!-- Yes, the McDonald's mascot has a movie credit -->

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|Don (the talking horse) in Hot to Trot

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|Tami Erin in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking as Pippi Longstocking

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|Robi Rosa in Salsa as Rico

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|Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport as Frank Dux

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| rowspan=3|Worst Original Song

| style="background:#B0C4DE;" |"Jack Fresh" from Caddyshack II, written and performed by Full Force

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|"Skintight" from Johnny Be Good, written and performed by Ted Nugent

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|"Therapist" from A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, written and performed by Vigil

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Films with multiple nominations

These films received multiple nominations:

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!Nominations

!Films

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| rowspan="2" |5

|Hot to Trot

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|Rambo III

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| rowspan="3" |4

|Caddyshack II

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|Cocktail

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|Mac and Me

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| rowspan="5" |2

|The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

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|Rent-a-Cop

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|Sunset

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|Switching Channels

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|Willow

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See also

  • 1988 in film
  • 61st Academy Awards
  • 42nd British Academy Film Awards
  • 46th Golden Globe Awards
  • Official summary of awards
  • Nomination and award listing at the Internet Movie Database