The 1978 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards were released by the Hastings Bad Cinema Society in 1979 to honour the worst the film industry had to offer in 1978. The ballot was later revisited and the expanded version was released in the summer of 2003. Listed as follows are the original ballot's picks for Worst Picture and its dishonourable mentions, which are films that were considered for Worst Picture but ultimately failed to make the final ballot (15 total), and all nominees included in the expanded ballot. All winners are highlighted.
| Film[1] | Production company(s) |
|---|---|
| If Ever I See You Again | Columbia Pictures |
| The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | Paramount Pictures |
| Moment by Moment | Universal Pictures |
| Paradise Alley | Universal Pictures |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band | Universal Pictures |
| Film[3] | Production company(s) |
|---|---|
| Renaldo and Clara | Circuit Films |
| If Ever I See You Again | Columbia Pictures |
| Moment by Moment | Universal Pictures |
| Paradise Alley | Universal Pictures |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band | Universal Pictures |
| Director | Film |
|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | Renaldo and Clara |
| Joe Brooks | If Ever I See You Again |
| Joan Rivers | Rabbit Test |
| Sylvester Stallone | Paradise Alley |
| Jane Wagner | Moment by Moment |
| Actor | Film |
|---|---|
| Sylvester Stallone | F.I.S.T. and Paradise Alley |
| Lee Majors | The Norseman |
| Kim Milford | Laserblast |
| Dudley Moore | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| John Travolta | Moment by Moment |
| Actress | Film |
|---|---|
| Farrah Fawcett-Majors | Somebody Killed Her Husband |
| Sondra Locke | Every Which Way But Loose |
| Brooke Shields | Pretty Baby |
| Lily Tomlin | Moment by Moment |
| Mae West | Sextette |
| Actor | Film |
|---|---|
| Burt Young | Convoy |
| Jackie Earl Haley | The Bad News Bears Go To Japan |
| George Kennedy | Brass Target |
| Laurence Olivier | The Betsy and The Boys from Brazil |
| O. J. Simpson | Capricorn One |
| Actress | Film |
|---|---|
| Joan Greenwood | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Lelia Goldoni | Bloodbrothers |
| Ruth Gordon | Every Which Way But Loose |
| Dianne Steinberg (aka Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds) | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band |
| Shelley Winters | King of the Gypsies |
| Film | Production company(s) |
|---|---|
| Rabbit Test | AVCO Embassy |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Atlantic |
| Moment by Moment | Universal |
| Paradise Alley | Universal |
| Renaldo and Clara | Circuit Films |
| Film | Production company(s) |
|---|---|
| Rabbit Test | AVCO Embassy |
| The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | Paramount |
| The End | United Artists |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Atlantic |
| Sextette | CIP |
| Song and Artist | Film |
|---|---|
| "Too Close To Paradise" by Sylvester Stallone | Paradise Alley |
| "I Seek The Night" by Sondra Locke | Every Which Way But Loose |
| "If Ever I See You Again" by Joe Brooks | If Ever I See You Again |
| "Love Keeps Getting Stronger Every Day" by Neil Sedaka | Somebody Killed Her Husband |
| "On the Shelf" by Donny & Marie Osmond | Goin' Coconuts |
| Couple | Film |
|---|---|
| John Travolta and Lily Tomlin | Moment by Moment |
| Joe Brooks and Shelley Hack | If Ever I See You Again |
| Clint Eastwood and Clyde The Orangutan | Every Which Way But Loose |
| Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset | The Greek Tycoon |
| Mae West and Timothy Dalton | Sextette |
| Actor | Film |
|---|---|
| Burt Young | Convoy |
| Jeremy Black | The Boys from Brazil |
| Richard Gere | Bloodbrothers and Days of Heaven |
| Dudley Moore | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Laurence Olivier | The Betsy and The Boys from Brazil |
| Actress | Film |
|---|---|
| Linda Manz | Days of Heaven |
| Ann-Margret | The Cheap Detective |
| Barbara Eden | Harper Valley PTA |
| Brooke Shields | Pretty Baby |
| Shelley Winters | King of the Gypsies |
| Non-Human | Film |
|---|---|
| Clyde The Orangutan | Every Which Way But Loose |
| Bruce the Mechanical Shark | Jaws 2 |
| Fats the Dummy | Magic |
| Jake The Annoying Cat From Outer Space | The Cat from Outer Space |
| The New Toto | The Wiz |
| Film | Production company(s) |
|---|---|
| The Bad News Bears Go to Japan | Paramount |
| Fox | |
| It Lives Again | Warner Bros. |
| Jaws 2 | Universal |
| Revenge of the Pink Panther | United Artists |
| Group | Film |
|---|---|
| The Bad News Bears | The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
| The Black Widow Motorcycle Gang | Every Which Way But Loose |
| The Bloodbrothers | Bloodbrothers |
| The Gypsies | King of the Gypsies |
| Lucy and the Diamonds | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band |