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Chad Michael Collins' Brandon Beckett is seen in closeup in Sniper The Last Stand

The 2025 Action-Packed Sniper Movie That's Killing It On Netflix

By Joe Roberts

With 11 films in the franchise, the latest addition to the Sniper film series is currently crushing it on the Netflix charts.

Pinocchio getting swallowed by a whale in Pinocchio

Forget Deep Impact And Armageddon — Here Come Two Movies About People Swallowed By Whales

By Nina Starner

Dueling movies are nothing new in Hollywood, but the fact we're getting two films about people being swallowed by sperm whales is still a little odd.

Cooper Hoffman as Raymond Garraty looking shocked in The Long Walk

The Long Walk Trailer Brings Stephen King's Bleakest Story To The Big Screen

By Ryan Scott

The highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King's The Long Walk is finally here, and this horrifying competition is bleak as can be.

A collage of Seibei Iguchi (Hiroyuki Sanada) in The Twilight Samurai, Tsugumo Hanshirō (Tatsuya Nakadai) in Harakiri (1962), Ogami Ittō (Tomisaburō Wakayama) in Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Kikuchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) in Seven Samurai, and Shimada Shinzaemon (Kōji Yakusho) in 13 Assassins (2010)

15 Best Samurai Movies Of All Time, Ranked

By Samuel Stone

Samurai movies are as iconic as westerns, delivering a heroic archetype tied to Japan's history, and these are the best samurai movies of all time.

Dane DeHaan's Andrew sits cross legged and makes a gesture with his hand in Chronicle

One Of The Best (And Most Underrated) Superhero Movies Of The 2010s Is Taking Over Max

By Joe Roberts

Movie lovers are seeking out unconventional superhero movies, with one of the best (not based on a comic) currently crushing it on the Max charts.

Jude Law in Enemy at the Gates, Colin Farrell in Phone Booth, Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher, Yuliya Peresild in Battle for Sevastopol, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in The Wall

15 Best Sniper Movies Of All Time, Ranked

By Rob Hunter

A chilling silence, a still soldier, a deadly gunshot. It's a thrill that is seen time and time again in the best sniper movies, which we've assembled here.

A close-up of Dennis Quaid as Jimmy Morris standing on a baseball field, squinting intensely while wearing a baseball cap in a scene from The Rookie

Dennis Quaid Turned Down A Major Role In One Of Kevin Costner's Best Sports Movies

By Caroline Madden

One of Kevin Costner's best sports movies nearly pitted his character in the film against a romantic rival played by Dennis Quaid.

Alec Baldwin as Hardland Rust standing by his horse in Rust

Alec Baldwin's Controversial Rust Finally Arrived At The Box Office – And It Was Totally Ignored

By Ryan Scott

Rust, the Alec Baldwin movie that experienced a fatal tragedy on its set, has finally been released in theaters and on digital platforms.

Karen Meagher's Ruth Beckett looks shell shocked in Threads

The Infamously Disturbing TV Movie With A Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score

By Joe Roberts

TV movies don't always get the respect they deserve, but critics agree that this unsettling British-Australian apocalyptic war drama is the best of the best.

Highest 2 Lowest Trailer: Spike Lee's Akira Kurosawa Remake Looks Extremely Cool

By Jeremy Mathai

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee finally reunite in the trailer for Highest 2 Lowest, the duo's new take on the Akira Kurosawa classic High and Low.

James Gandolfini as Carol from Where the Wild Things Are stands next to Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach from Watchmen, the sandworm from Dune, Ian McKellen as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, and Emma Stone as Bella Baxter in Poor Things

The Best Movies Based On 'Unfilmable' Books

By Katie Ranno

Some of the best movies have been based on books, but some of those books were once deemed unfilmable or too difficult to ever adapt, like these titles.

Steven Spielberg is seen wearing a cap and jacket in Austin Powers in Goldmember

A Steven Spielberg Classic Gave Rise To The Worst Video Game In History

By Joe Roberts

Steven Spielberg wanted the creator of a Raiders of the Lost Ark video game to make a game based on his next movie, but the results were legendarily abysmal.

Spider-Gwen (masked) from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in the middle, and on the sides, Hailee Steinfeld as Nadine in The Edge of Seventeen and as Mattie in True Grit.

10 Best Hailee Steinfeld Movies & TV Shows, Ranked

By Blaise Santi

Hailee Steinfeld has a relatively short career so far, but she's already one of the best actors of her generation, and these are her best movies & TV shows.

Ray about to pitch a baseball at night in Field of Dreams.

Ben Affleck And Matt Damon Briefly Worked With Kevin Costner On A Classic Sports Movie

By Witney Seibold

Before Ben Affleck and Matt Damon made it big with Good Will Hunting, the then-up-and-coming duo worked with Kevin Costner on a classic sports movie.

Sylvester Stallone's John Rambo stands looking into the distance against a blue sky in First Blood

Sylvester Stallone Made An Uncredited Appearance In One Of The Greatest War Movies Ever

By Joe Roberts

Years before the success of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone made an uncredited appearance in one of the biggest war movies of the 1970s.

Tom Highway being yelled at by cops in Heartbreak Ridge

One Clint Eastwood War Movie Was Loved By Soldiers But Hated By The Government

By Witney Seibold

While this particular Clint Eastwood war movie was pro-military and applauded by real-life soldiers, the military itself wasn't a fan.

How Dune 2 Corrects One Key Paul Atreides Issue From Frank Herbert's Book

By Jaron Pak

Thanks to the benefit of hindsight regarding Frank Herbert's books, Denis Villeneuve ensured Paul Atreides in Dune 2 wouldn't be misunderstood.

Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) standing in the desert in Thunderbolts

Marvel's Thunderbolts* Is The Rare MCU Movie To Truly Be About Something

By Pauli Poisuo

Marvel's Thunderbolts* is being called one of the best in the MCU, and it's likely because this movie is actually saying something important.

Florence Pugh as Saraya/Paige in Fighting With My Family, as Katherine in Lady Macbeth, and as Almut in We Live In Time

10 Best Florence Pugh Movies & TV Shows, Ranked

By Lex Briscuso

In a relatively short time, Florence Pugh has carved out an impressive career for herself. Here are Florence Pugh's best movies and TV shows (so far).

Bucky and Red Guardian argue in the streets of New York in Andor

Thunderbolts Confirms One Thing We've Always Suspected About Marvel Movies

By Rafael Motamayor

The Marvels, Deadpool & Wolverine, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Thunderbolts* are some of Marvel's best films, and they all have one thing in common.

Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa stands in a living room wearing his hat in Rocky

Sylvester Stallone Almost Lost His Rocky Role To A Gunsmoke Actor

By Joe Roberts

Rocky completely changed the course of Sylvester Stallone's life, but the studios wanted a Gunsmoke star instead of the Italian Stallion in the titular role.

Jack Black as Bernie Tiede smiling while wearing a doctor coat in Bernie

Jack Black's Overlooked Darkly Comedic Crime Thriller Is Finally Finding An Audience On Tubi

By Witney Seibold

This under-seen crime drama, which features one of Jack Black's best performances, is actively climbing the streaming charts at Tubi.

Mike shoots his flamethrower in The Deer Hunter

The Robert De Niro War Movie That Shocked Studio Executives

By Bill Bria

The Deer Hunter, a Vietnam War movie starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, made some studio executives nervous. Here's why.

Tom Cruise saluting as Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men

The Beloved Tom Cruise Drama That's Dominating Tubi's Charts

By Jeremy Smith

One of Tom Cruise's best films is an absolute pleasure to watch, so it's no surprise to see folks are streaming it in large numbers on Tubi.

Vito Corleone listening to his confidant in The Godfather

The Crime Epic Steven Spielberg Called The 'Greatest American Film Ever Made'

By Kieran Fisher

The great Steven Spielberg called this crime epic the "greatest American film ever made," and it's hard to disagree with him.

Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave

Is Conclave Based On A True Story? What The Movie Gets Right About Choosing A New Pope

By Danielle Ryan

Last year's Oscar-nominated movie Conclave has become a big streaming hit in the wake of the death of the Pope. But how accurate is the film?

Father Gabriele Amorth, holding a sledgehammer and a flashlight, creeping through a wall hole in The Pope's Exorcist.

Russell Crowe's Spooky Pope Movie Is A Must-Watch For Hulu Users

By Witney Seibold

Finished Conclave and looking for a new pope movie to watch? Hulu is currently streaming Russell Crowe's incredibly memeable must-watch pope horror movie.