The 40 Best ’80s Movies You Can Stream Right Now
Imagine, if you will, a time of wild economic inequality, global conflict, and Donald Trump every time you turn on your TV. But all of that in neon, and with…
15 Times Oscar-Winners Slummed It in Popcorn Movies
A series about street racing that turned into a series of heist movies before eventually shooting a car into space hardly seems like the playground of serious actors. And yet…
13 Christmas Movies You Definitely Shouldn’t Watch With Your Family
Screenshot: A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas/New Line Cinema The naughty Christmas movie is a venerable sub-genre, going back at least as far as 1974’s Black Christmas, a movie that…
20 Movies and TV Shows That Prove the Generation Gap Is Real
Nothing brings out conflict between generations like getting everyone together for the holidays. In this 2021 indie from director Stephen Karam, based on his Tony-winning, Pulitzer-nominated play, three generations of…
25 Movies That Will Make You Ugly Cry
Screenshot: Dancer in the Dark/New Line Cinema It’s SAD season, kids, and it’s no joke. I’m talking about Seasonal Affective Disorder, of course, that depressive disorder related to changes in…
18 of the Best Non-Christmas Christmas Movies (That Aren’t ‘Die Hard’)
It’s Christmastime in the old west (1880s Australia, actually, but western-movie style abounds), and there’s murder in the offing. In this case, it involves a choice given to renegade Charlie…
18 Essential Sci-Fi and Fantasy Films Directed by Women
Birds of Prey and cereal.Image: Warner Bros. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ve rounded up 18 essential fantasy and sci-fi films directed by women (want horror? We’ve got a…