16th Golden Raspberry Awards

The 16th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 1996, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1995. For the first time in Razzie history, an actual "winner" showed up to the ceremony and accepted his award: Showgirls director Paul Verhoeven.

Awards and nominations

  Winner (in bold)

• Pauly Shore, Worst Actor winner
  Pauly Shore, Worst Actor winner
• Elizabeth Berkley, Worst Actress winner and Worst New Star winner
  Elizabeth Berkley, Worst Actress winner and Worst New Star winner
• Dennis Hopper, Worst Supporting Actor winner
  Dennis Hopper, Worst Supporting Actor winner
• Madonna, Worst Supporting Actress winner
  Madonna, Worst Supporting Actress winner
• Paul Verhoeven, Worst Director winner
  Paul Verhoeven, Worst Director winner
• Dave Stewart, Worst Original Song co-winner
  Dave Stewart, Worst Original Song co-winner
• Terry Hall, Worst Original Song co-winner
  Terry Hall, Worst Original Song co-winner

Category	Recipient
Worst Picture	Showgirls (MGM/UA)
	Congo (Paramount)
	It's Pat (Touchstone)
	The Scarlet Letter (Hollywood Pictures)
	Waterworld (Universal)
Worst Actor	Pauly Shore in Jury Duty as Tommy Collins
	Kevin Costner in Waterworld as The Mariner
	Kyle MacLachlan in Showgirls as Zack Carey
	Keanu Reeves in Johnny Mnemonic and A Walk in the Clouds as Johnny Mnemonic and Paul Sutton (respectively)
	Sylvester Stallone in Assassins and Judge Dredd as Robert Rath and Judge Joseph Dredd (respectively)
Worst Actress	Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls as Nomi Malone
	Cindy Crawford in Fair Game as Kate McQuean
	Demi Moore in The Scarlet Letter as Hester Prynne
	Julia Sweeney in It's Pat as Pat Riley
	Sean Young in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde as Helen Hyde
Worst Supporting Actor	Dennis Hopper in Waterworld as The Deacon
	Tim Curry in Congo as Herkermer Homolka
	Robert Davi in Showgirls as Al Torres
	Robert Duvall in The Scarlet Letter as Roger Chillingworth
	Alan Rachins in Showgirls as Tony Moss
Worst Supporting Actress	Madonna in Four Rooms as Elspeth
	Amy the Talking Gorilla in Congo
	Bo Derek in Tommy Boy as Beverly Barish
	Gina Gershon in Showgirls as Cristal Connors
	Lin Tucci in Showgirls as Henrietta Bazoom
Worst Screen Couple	Any combination of two people (or two body parts!) in Showgirls
	William Baldwin and Cindy Crawford in Fair Game
	Tim Daly and Sean Young in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
	Dave Foley and Julia Sweeney in It's Pat
	Demi Moore and either Robert Duvall or Gary Oldman in The Scarlet Letter
Worst Director	Paul Verhoeven for Showgirls
	Renny Harlin for Cutthroat Island
	Roland Joffé for The Scarlet Letter
	Frank Marshall for Congo
	Kevin Reynolds (with More Than a Little Un-Asked Assistance from Kevin Costner) for Waterworld
Worst Screenplay	Showgirls, written by Joe Eszterhas
	Congo, screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, from the novel by Michael Crichton
	It's Pat, written by Jim Emerson & Stephen Hibbert & Julia Sweeney, based on characters created by Sweeney
	Jade, written by Joe Eszterhas
	The Scarlet Letter, screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart, freely adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Worst New Star	Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls as Nomi Malone
	Amy the Talking Gorilla in Congo
	David Caruso in Jade and Kiss of Death as David Corelli and Jimmy Kilmartin (respectively)
	Cindy Crawford in Fair Game as Kate McQuean
	Julia Sweeney in It's Pat and Stuart Saves His Family as Pat Riley and Mea C. (respectively)
Worst Original Song	"Walk into the Wind" (also known as Love Theme from the Rape Scene) from Showgirls, adapted/covered originally written by David A. Stewart and Terry Hall
	"(Feel the) Spirit of Africa" from Congo, music by Jerry Goldsmith, lyrics by Lebo M
	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" from Batman Forever, music by U2, lyrics by Bono (also nominated for a Golden Globe)
Worst Remake Or Sequel	The Scarlet Letter (Hollywood Pictures)
	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (Warner Bros.)
	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (Savoy Pictures)
	Showgirls (MGM/UA) (remake of both All About Eve and The Lonely Lady)
	Village of the Damned (Universal)

Films with multiple nominations

These films garnered multiple nominations:

Nominations	Films
13	Showgirls
7	Congo
	The Scarlet Letter
5	It's Pat
4	Waterworld
3	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
	Fair Game
2	Jade

See also

• 1995 in film
• 68th Academy Awards
• 49th British Academy Film Awards
• 53rd Golden Globe Awards
• 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards