15 Movies That Ruined Careers

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9. Swept Away

Madonna always tried really, really hard to do the impossible and thrive in being an international superstar and performer and an amazing actress.

Well sorry, Madge, it just ain’t gonna happen, especially not after the debacle that is known as Swept Away.

She finally threw in the towel in 2002 when then-husband Guy Ritchie directed her in the year’s most detested flop, and finally sent a red flag to Madonna’s brain: you just can’t act (and your ex-husband is a bad director, but that’s not the point).

After all those decades trying to show the world that she can have it all, the Queen of Pop finally called it quits and the world rejoiced!