The 1980s was the age of the blockbuster, a time when stories and backdrops were getting bigger and more lavish by each passing year. The Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises led the decade when it came to box office receipts, while sequels and prequels also guaranteed big bucks. In the eyes of both the […]
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The 10 Most Rewatchable Sci-Fi Films of All Time
Great sci-fi movies satisfy a unique craving in all of us that no other genre can. To qualify for this list, however, it’s not sufficient to be a universally acclaimed or highly influential genre touchstone that’s held up remarkably well today. Screw that. Today, we’re counting down a number of compulsively rewatchable sci-fi movies that […]
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10 Great Western Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
The western has been a quintessentially American film genre since the silent era, however, its dimensions considerably expanded during the sound era, from John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939), My Darling Clementine (1946), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) to Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon (1952) and George Stevens’ Shane (1953). One of […]
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The 10 Most Philosophical Movies of All Time
Cinema has always asked profound and timeless questions: What is it to be human? Are we alone in the cosmos? What is the meaning of life? It’s hard to pin down what makes a movie inherently philosophical, it’s not based on set criteria and they come in all shapes and forms — from bleak post-apocalyptic […]
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10 Great 1980s Crime Thriller Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen
The 1980s was a fine enough decade for the crime cinema. Brian De Palma switched to the crime genre from his thrillers and made classics like “Scarface” and “The Untouchables”. Michael Mann and Abel Ferrara were delivering great films in the genre, even though they were still the indicator of even better films to come. […]
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The 10 Most Entertaining Western Movies of All Time
Perhaps no other film genre has fallen so in and out of style over the years as the Western, with reports of its inevitable demise harkening back all the way to the mid-20th century during its brief twilight and steady decline at the close of the studio era to its subsequent resurgences and revivals. Though […]