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Tim Blake Nelson as a Carny Boss (with a mustache) sitting in Nightmare Alley

Guillermo Del Toro's Toughest Movie To Make Was Also A Major Box Office Bomb

By Witney Seibold 17 hours ago

As a director, Guillermo del Toro has never backed down from a challenge. Unfortunately, perhaps his toughest film to make was also a box office flop.

Robin Williams as Gabriel Noone sitting at a diner with a coffee cup in The Night Listener

Robin Williams' Forgotten 2006 Psychological Thriller Has A Chilling Premise

By Danielle Ryan 20 hours ago

Robin Williams is remembered by most for his comedic roles, but in 2006, he starred in a forgotten psychological thriller.

A collage of Juror 8 (Henry Fonda) holding a knife in 12 Angry Men (1957) surrounding by, in clockwise order, Brandon Shaw (John Dall) and Rupert Cadell (James Stewart) in Rope, Lola (Franka Potente) in Run Lola Run, Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino) in Dog Day Afternoon, and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) in Before Sunset

10 Best Movies That Take Place In Real Time, Ranked

By Sam Stone 23 hours ago

Be they taut thrillers that keep viewers at the edge of their seats or tightly focused dramas, there are the best movies that take place in real time, ranked.

Robert Pattinson's Reynolds stands in front of a chain link fence in The Rover

Robert Pattinson's Underseen Dystopian Western Is A Hidden Gem Streaming On Netflix

By Joe Roberts 1 day ago

In 2014 Robert Pattinson broke away from his Twilight pretty-boy typecasting with a bleak dystopian Western, now streaming on Netflix.

Cary Grant's John Robie stands in a flower market in To Catch a Thief

Cary Grant And Alfred Hitchcock's Intense Thriller On Paramount+ Is The Perfect '50s Throwback

By Joe Roberts 2 days ago

Cary Grant starred in four films directed by master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock, and one of the best of the bunch is now streaming on Paramount+.

Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser holding up a paddle and pointing during a ping pong match in Marty Supreme

How To Watch Timothée Chalamet's Marty Supreme At Home

By Jeremy Mathai 2 days ago

Here's how to watch Marty Supreme, director/co-writer Josh Safdie's electric story of a ruthlessly ambitious table tennis player, at home.

Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho, surrounded by Song Kang-ho as Kim Ki-taek in Parasite, Michael B. Jordan as Smoke in Sinners, Clint Eastwood as Frankie Dunn and Hilary Swank as Mary Margaret

12 Movies That Switched Genres Halfway Through (And Were Still Good)

By Trace Sauveur 2 days ago

Asking an audience to shift gears from one genre to another, especially unexpectedly, can be a difficult task, but these movies did it and fully succeeded.

Anya Taylor-Joy is looking to get lucky in Lucky

Apple TV Streams The Best Movies And TV Shows - And They're Fixing Their Biggest Problem

By Bill Bria 3 days ago

Apple TV has quietly been one of the best streaming services in the game, and they're finally fixing their biggest problem.

Nick Wells looking skeptically at Max in The Score

Robert De Niro's Most Stressful Movie Shoot Came From A Wild Marlon Brando Request

By Witney Seibold 4 days ago

2001's The Score brought Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando together on screen, but a major request from Brando made it a stressful film to shoot for De Niro.

Ben Affleck glowers with his mask off as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Ben Affleck Played A Real-Life Superhero Actor In This Underrated Mystery Movie

By Jeremy Smith 4 days ago

Before Ben Affleck suited up as Batman, he played a very different kind of Superman in an underrated mystery movie with Adrien Brody.

A collection of stills from Josephine, Everybody to Kenmure Street, The Musical, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, and Buddy in Sundance 2026 Film Festival graphics

Sundance 2026: The 10 Best Movies We Saw At The Festival, Ranked

By SlashFilm Staff 4 days ago

From a musical-themed comedy to a documentary about the disappearance of glaciers, here are our favorite films from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.

Paul Walker as Brian in Furious 7 surrounded by Heath Ledger as Tony in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, and Charlie and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven

12 Movies That Were Completed After A Lead Star Died

By Audrey Fox 4 days ago

Occasionally, a film's production gets shaken up by the untimely passing of a cast member. But these movies still got released in the wake of such a tragedy.

16 Movies Like Taken That You Should Check Out

By Liam Gaughan 4 days ago

Do you love Liam Neeson's action movie Taken? Check out these 16 thrilling feature films next.

Bill Paxton's Elliot Vaughn smiles as he looks off into the distance in Vertical Limit

Bill Paxton's Survival Thriller From A James Bond Director Is A Must-Watch On Netflix

By Joe Roberts 5 days ago

Between making his two James Bond movies, Martin Campbell directed Bill Paxton in the mountain climbing survival thriller Vertical Limit, now on Netflix.

Gerard Butler as Bob Viddick sitting in a jail cell in Copshop

The Rip Director's Box Office Bomb With Gerard Butler Blows Up Netflix's Top Charts

By Danielle Ryan 5 days ago

With director Joe Carnahan's The Rip tearing up Netflix, the streamer's subscribers are flocking to a lesser-seen film he made starring Gerard Butler.

Annie in front of a card table looking intense in The Gift

Billy Bob Thornton Co-Wrote A Creepy Supernatural Thriller Directed By Sam Raimi

By Witney Seibold 6 days ago

One of Sam Raimi's most underrated films was a supernatural thriller co-written by Billy Bob Thornton. No, we're not making this up.

Samuel L. Jackson as Harry looks up at the sphere in Sphere

Samuel L. Jackson And Dustin Hoffman Teamed Up For Michael Crichton's Worst Adaptation

By Sandy Schaefer 7 days ago

This sci-fi dud marked the beginning of the end for adaptations of Michael Crichton's books, despite having a cast led by Samuel L. Jackson and Dustin Hoffman.

Audrey Hepburn looks at someone off camera as Susy Hendrix in Wait Until Dark

Audrey Hepburn's Terrifying Oscar-Nominated Thriller Will Give You Nightmares

By Jeremy Smith 7 days ago

Audrey Hepburn is spectacular in 1967's Wait Until Dark, a terrific thriller in which she plays a blind woman terrorized by a group of crooks in her apartment.

Mike Smith, Michael Parkinson, and Sarah Greene standing in front of a screen made of many little screens that read

10 Best Found Footage Movies That Truly Elevate The Subgenre

By Lex Briscuso 7 days ago

The found footage genre tends to be repetitive, but these movies elevated the framework and used it in ways that were truly innovative.

Linda Liddle with a spear in the underbrush in Send Help

Send Help Confirms That Sam Raimi Does One Thing Better Than All Other Horror Directors

By Witney Seibold 7 days ago

Sam Raimi returns to the director's chair with Send Help, and reminds audiences that he's still the king of gross-out horror.

Dylan O'Brien's Fred is seen wearing a suit from a low angle in Flashback

Dylan O'Brien's Mind-Bending 2020 Thriller Will Leave You Confused (In A Good Way)

By Joe Roberts 7 days ago

The Maze Runner star Dylan O'Brien has carved out an interesting career for himself, including this overlooked thriller from 2020 that's worth checking out.

Linda Liddle standing with a spear in Send Help

Sam Raimi's Send Help Is A Secret Horror Remake Of An Acclaimed Oscar Nominated Film

By Witney Seibold 8 days ago

Send Help is a Sam Raimi movie through and through, but hardcore cinephiles might notice some similarities with an Oscar-nominated film.

A24's New Horror Film Is Already The Scariest Movie Of 2026 [Sundance 2026]

By Bill Bria 8 days ago

A24 delivers aural terror at Sundance with Undertone, a low-budget found-audio horror that's already the scariest movie of 2026.

Paul experiences hell in the course of single night in After Hours

Roger Ebert Was A Huge Fan Of Martin Scorsese's Little-Discussed '80s Comedy

By Debopriyaa Dutta 8 days ago

The late film critic Roger Ebert once called Martin Scorsese's 1985 manic comedy After Hours an example of "pure filmmaking."

Margot Robbie in a red jacket in close-up in Terminal

Margot Robbie And Mike Myers Teamed Up For A Bizarre Crime Thriller That's Streaming For Free

By Danielle Ryan 8 days ago

Barbie star Margot Robbie once teamed up with Mike Myers (Austin Powers) for the bizarre crime thriller Terminal, which is currently streaming for free.

Sydney Sweeney as Millie looking over her shoulder in front of a dollhouse in The Housemaid

Sydney Sweeney Just Broke Her Own Box Office Record Thanks To The Housemaid

By Ryan Scott 8 days ago

Sydney Sweeney had a string of box office misfires in 2025, but she also had The Housemaid, which just broke one of her own records.

Billy Bob Thornton's Jacob Mitchell wearing glasses in A Simple Plan

Billy Bob Thornton's Toughest Scene Ever Was In An Underrated '90s Crime Thriller

By Joe Roberts 8 days ago

Billy Bob Thornton earned his Oscar nod for A Simple Plan, having shot the most challenging scene of his career for Sam Raimi's excellent 1990s crime thriller.