The nominees for the best of the worst of cinema – the awards known as the Razzies – were released Tuesday, and the oft-derided “Joker” sequel led the pack.

It’s that time of year again, when Hollywood celebrates the year’s best motion pictures and performances and such. It’s also when the Razzie Awards turns all that on its ear. In the running for Worst Picture at the 45th Golden Raspberry Awards are vidgame adaptation Borderlands,

Joker” sequel nabbed seven nominations, including for Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Actress and Worst Screen Combo.

This year’s Academy Award nominations are set to be announced Thursday, after being delayed due to the devastating Los Angeles fires. As such, the annual Golden Raspberry Awards got to get ahead of the Oscars on Tuesday with their own crop of nominees,

"Joker: Folie a Deux" was nominated for seven Razzies on Tuesday, leaving the sad clown atop the annual tongue-in-cheek list of the worst movies of the year.

When you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you — but there’s nothing to smile about for Joker: Folie à Deux. The Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga-fronted bomb tied Sony’s Spider-Man Universe spinoff Madame Web,

Joker: Folie à Deux leads the Razzie Awards noms, which recognize the worst movies and performances of the year, with a total of seven mentions. Borderlands, Madame Web, Megalopolis and Reagan followed with six noms apiece, it was announced Tuesday. Unfrosted landed with four noms, while The Crow nabbed two noms.

For anyone unfamiliar, the Razzies are the antithesis to the Oscars, seeking to spotlight, mock, and shame the “worst” movies of the year. Some people find this a cathartic part of the awards season that counteracts the solemnity of it all with a bit of levity. Others think the Razzies denigrate the hard work the cast and crew put into a movie.

Jerry Seinfeld's 'Unfrosted,' 'Megalopolis,' and Jennifer Lopez also received nominations in various 'worst' categories