NASA officials have named 2012 — the apocalyptic disaster flick released in 2009 —the silliest and most scientifically flawed film.

The honours were bestowed on the John Cusack movie at a conference in California recently, according to a report in The Australian newspaper. And while 2012 took the top spot, there were many other contenders on the list.

The Day After Tomorrow, The Sixth Day, Armageddeon, The Core and The Volcano were also singled out for their scientific shortcomings.

2012, NASA says, is the worst of the bunch. The film tells the story of the end of the world, as forecasted by the Mayan calendar which ends Dec. 21, 2012.

“The filmmakers took advantage of public worries about the so-called end of the world as apparently predicted by the Mayans of Central America, whose calendar ends on December 21, 2012,” NASA senior researcher Donald Yeomans told The Australian.

“The agency is getting so many questions from people terrified that the world is going to end in 2012 that we have had to put up a special website to challenge the myths. We have never had to do this before.”

One of the biggest issues with the film was its use of neutrino particles, which 2012 depicts as being carried to the Earth on solar flares, causing earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. NASA says that while neutrino particles do exist and have interacted with radio waves, they cannot interact with physical substances.

The Day after Tomorrow was panned for its depiction of an accelerated global warming. Armageddon, which received NASA support — something the agency now regrets — also made the list.

The Core (which had asked for Yeomans to consult on the film, but was declined after he saw the script) was criticized for its depiction of the Earth’s core. The Core was at the top of the list until 2012’s release.

It wasn’t all bad news, though. The U.S. government agency did give praise to films that managed to get the science right — namely Blade Runner, Gattaca and Jurassic Park.