Top 10 Worst Old Age Effects in Movies

#10: Julianne Moore "The Hours" (2002)

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In this movie, Moore plays a 1950s housewife whose life is connected to two other women through Virginia Woolf's novel "Mrs. Dalloway." At the end of the movie, Moore's story jumps forward and we now see her as an 80 year old woman. Now, we're not saying the makeup is particularly bad in these scenes, but damn, if I look that good at 80 I'll be one happy old person. Moore barely looks a day over 60, as all they seemed to do to the 42 year old actress was add a few wrinkles and make her hair gray. Sorry guys, but we think an 80 year old looks just a bit older than that.

#9: Winona Ryder "Edward Scissorhands" (1990)

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Here's a tip. When you have a 19 year old actress, don't make her up to look like an old woman. Just hire an older actress. Otherwise you get this atrocity. After telling her granddaughter of the famous Edward Scissorhands, Ryder's character is shown slumped in a chair, seemingly dead to the world through her soulless eyes. That was probably just Winona being furious that she had to sit in the makeup chair for like fifteen hours. She is barely recognizable, but not in a good way, as her skin looks fake and her forehead is like Frankenstein's monster. We don't know what they were thinking, but damn if it doesn't end the movie on a sour note.

#8: Michael J. Fox "Back to the Future Part II" (1989)

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Let's just start by saying that no one looks particularly good in this movie, but no one looks as bad as Michael when Marty travels to 2015 to save his future son. In these scenes, Marty is supposed to be 47, but the opposite of Julianne Moore happened; they made him look far older. Not only did they give him a really weird hairstyle, but his makeup is caked on so heavily that it looks like he should be retiring sometime soon. It's also a bad sign that Michael J. Fox is now 54 in 2015 and still looks younger and better than his movie counterpart.

While we have to give makeup artist Dick Smith props for making 33 year old Dustin Hoffman look unrecognizable, if you plaster enough wrinkles and prosthetics on anyone it would turn out the same. Dustin Hoffman plays a 121 year old man recounting his life as a cowboy, and damn if he doesn't look like a face-drooping zombie fresh from the grave. His nose is as pointy as a witch's, and there's an insane amount of wrinkles and droopiness going on around his face. While we understand that you won't look like George Clooney at 121, this movie takes it just a bit too far.

#6: Leonardo DiCaprio "J. Edgar" (2011)

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In this movie, Leo gives it his all to portray famous American FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, and this includes going through a makeup process in order to look like the aged president. This means some terrible looking prosthetics, and his makeup is caked on so badly you can almost see where his real face ends and the makeup begins when he turns his head. The constantly-furrowed eyebrows don't help any, and neither do his little beady eyes among all the makeup. For such an Oscar bait-y movie, you'd think they would get a better makeup artist, as Armie Hammer's certainly wasn't any better.

Does anyone even remember this movie? No? That's probably because the horrible makeup effects scared everybody off, and our brains just automatically erased it from memory. To refresh, Middler plays Dixie Leonard, a 30-something performer who entertains soldiers during World War II. The story is told through a flashback, so naturally Middler needed to be aged for the present day, 1990 scenes, but we can hardly tell it's Middler under all that makeup. No, we don't mean the old age effects, we mean beauty makeup. When her natural face is shown, her skin looks like putty, and again, nowhere near what a woman pushing 80 should look like.

#4: Mel Gibson "Forever Young" (1992)

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Mel Gibson may as well be forever young in this movie considering the complete lackluster effort that the makeup department put into aging him. Maybe that's why they named the movie that. In this forgettable film about a man who is cryogenically frozen for fifty three years, Gibson plays said man, and as such, requires some extensive makeup to appear older. And by extensive makeup we mean giving him white hair. That's about it. Gibson's face is barely aged a day, as if the makeup department thought that getting older only encompassed changing hair and a lighter complexion. Some movies go too far, some don't go far enough. This one barely even tried.

Yes, even precious "Citizen Kane" is not safe from our wrath! Considered one of the finest movies ever, there's one glaring problem, and that's the bad makeup job of the aged tycoon Kane, played by Welles, who was only 25 at the time. His makeup has divided viewers for years, mostly because some consider it good for the time, but we can't help but agree with the naysayers. Welles' hair is cut and grayed, his face becomes slightly plump, and his eyes get REALLY baggy. It would be fine for an amateur production, but this Hollywood's prized gem, and it tarnishes the quality today.

#2: Guy Pearce "Prometheus" (2012)

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This is the "Alien" prequel that disappointed everyone, but perhaps no one was more upset than Guy Pearce, who had to sit in the makeup chair for six hours a day for a movie that really wasn't worth the effort. Pearce still looks like himself, only extremely wrinkly and fake. The wrinkles go a little overboard, and the blue veins running throughout his forehead make him look like a scarier alien than the alien itself. It doesn't help that his character is completely forgettable, either. Apparently Max von Sydow was Scott's first choice, but really, any older actor would be better than this. Before we gape in disbelief at our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions. Lea Thompson "Back to the Future Part II" (1989) Robin Williams "Bicentennial Man" (1999) James Dean "Giant" (1956)

#1: Jared Leto "Mr. Nobody" (2009)

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In this film about a man's differing lives based on a pivotal decision, Leto plays Nemo, the last man to receive the chance of immortality. We have to commend Leto for his acting chops. It's just too bad that the poor makeup job really lets him down. His old age makeup is absolutely caked on to the point where we can only laugh, and it doesn't help that he kind of looks like Johnny Knoxville in "Bad Grandpa." This was Leto's last role before refocusing on his music career, and we really can't blame him. The makeup process must have been absolutely torturous, especially for such a lackluster final product. Do you agree with our list? What poor old age effect had you shaking your head at the screen? For more well-done top tens published every day, be sure to subscribe to Watchmojo.com.