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100 Best Hollywood Movies Of All Time

From The Kid (1921) to The Godfather (1972), here are the 100 best Hollywood movies of all time. In 1910, a short silent Western titled ‘In Old California’ was entirely shot in Hollywood, California. Before that, film production in America predominantly happened in Chicago, and filmmaking back then was still a cottage industry. A year ...

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30 R Rated Movies That Should Be On Your Watchlist

From The Godfather (1972) to No Country for Old Men (2007), these are the best R-rated movies worth adding to your watchlist. Filmmakers have constantly pushed the technical boundaries of storytelling, challenging existing notions while bringing in fresh ideas. Unlike other arts, cinema established itself as a medium of mass consumption, dealing with mature, adult ...

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35 Best Teenage Romance Movies, Ranked

From Dirty Dancing (1987) to West Side Story (1961), these are the best teen romance movies of all time. The awkward smile. The lustful gaze. The mortified “Why did I just say that?” moment. Let’s give the movie subgenre of “teen romance” a big old casual “Yup.” Teen romance is most definitely a rite of ...

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25 Best Films Of 2022

From Top Gun: Maverick to Everything Everywhere All At Once, here are the best movies 2022 has offered. After two tough years of the pandemic, moviegoers returned, if not as massively, to theatres in 2022, giving the year its fair share of blockbusters. (There’s a rebound in ticket sales but we’re nowhere close to the pre-pandemic levels. But ...

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Ranking The 20 Greatest Alfred Hitchcock Movies

From Rebecca (1940) to North By Northwest (1959), these are the best Alfred Hitchcock movies, ranked. One of the most influential filmmakers of all time, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980) mastered the art of creating suspense and interweaving fear, holding us captive and in awe, unlike any other filmmaker. Brought up in a strict, Catholic household, Hitchcock was ...

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25 Best Suspense Movies Of All Time, Ranked

From The Prestige (2006) to The Silence of the Lambs (1991), these are the best suspense movies ever made. Suspense films, designed to keep audiences on the edge of their seats, often involve intense storylines and characters that are placed in life-threatening situations or are trying to uncover a mystery. Our perspective in these films is often subjective, as ...

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11 Best Daniel Day Lewis Movies, Ranked

From Gangs of New York (2002) To Phantom Thread (2017), here’s my ranking of the best Daniel Day Lewis movies. In over three decades of his acting career, Daniel Day Lewis has left us with a tapestry of masterful performances. He had the luxury of choosing roles that only interested him. At the same time, he painfully ...

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50 Best Murder Mystery Movies, Ranked

From Cure (1997) to Psycho (1960), these are the best murder mystery movies ever made. There’s a disarming thrill in a well crafted murder mystery that keeps us riveted. The hunt for a fictional murderer’s identity, narrated with enough suspense, can keep us thoroughly invested in a story. Edgar Allan Poe is often regarded as the author ...

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10 Most Powerful Film Franchises In Hollywood

(This article was update on January 16, 2024) From the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Star Wars, these are the biggest movie franchises of all time. Imagine a world where the thrills of intergalactic battles, the charm of enchanted realms, and the adrenaline rush of high-speed car chases come together. That’s the world created by the ...

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20 Best Natalie Portman Movies, Ranked

Natalie Portman is one of the most talented and accomplished actresses of the 21st century. Born to Jewish parents in Jerusalem in 1981, Natalie Hershlag aka Natalie Portman started her film career at the age of 12. Prior to that, she was cast in an off-Broadway musical when she was only 10. She continued her ...

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20 Best Kristen Stewart Movies, Ranked

From Personal Shopper (2016) to Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), we rank the best Kristen Stewart movies. From playing a lead role in a successful movie franchise to starring in diverse critically acclaimed independent movies, Kristen Stewart is a force to be reckoned with. Born in 1990 in Los Angeles to a TV producer father and ...

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13 Best Mark Wahlberg Movies, Ranked

From TED (2012) to Boogie Nights (1997), we rank the best Mark Wahlberg movies. One of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, Mark Wahlberg is also an accomplished producer. Born June 5, 1971, he was raised in a working class neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. His father drove a delivery truck and mother worked as a nurse. Mark ...

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Ranking The 30 Best Zombie Movies Ever Made

Indie filmmaker George A. Romero was often credited with inventing the modern zombie horror subgenre. Interestingly, his 1968 movie Night of the Living Dead didn’t once use the z-word. But the history of zombies in cinema goes further back to 1932, with Victor Halperin’s White Zombie. Now, the zombie in this B-movie horror classic is ...

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20 Best Samurai Movies Of All Time, Ranked

From Harakiri (1962) to Seven Samurai (1954), these are the best Samurai movies of all time. Samurai movies have much in common with the Western Hollywood genre. The cinematic persona of samurai and cowboys have been both real and mythic. In fact, mythology overrides reality often, and these heroic figures are ordained to become the ...

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18 Essential Japanese Silent Films

From Souls on the Road (1921) to A Page of Madness (1926), these are some of the finest silent Japanese films. If we believe in the Western perspective of Japanese cinema, the latter gained prominence only after the arrival of Akira Kurosawa. While Kurosawa winning an award at Venice Film Festival for Rashomon (1950) unveiled ...