The 10 Best Erotic Thrillers Of All Time

Rory O'Connor

Around the start of the 1980s, a group of directors who’d grown up on classic Hollywood movies and neo-noir began making a new kind of cinema where the only thing more costly than the suits were the characters’ romantic affairs. By the end of the decade, these stylish, provocative, and erotic thrillers were among the most profitable films in Hollywood, but they soon went out of fashion with the rise of the Internet and all the things that people were suddenly able to watch in the privacy of their own homes. With recent movies like Deep Water and Babygirl suggesting another revival, we’ve rounded up the 10 best erotic thrillers of all time.

In the interest of variety—and with respect to Adrian Lyne, Paul Schrader, Paul Verhoeven, Brian De Palma, and the rest—we decided to limit our selection to one film per director. They are listed in chronological order, based on release date.

American Gigolo (1980)

Arriving on screens at the start of the decade, American Gigolo introduced Richard Gere and kick-started Paul Schrader’s career as a director, but the movie’s style (all those synths and Armani suits) might have left the biggest mark on the cultural zeitgeist. The plot already contains many of the genre’s most well-worn tropes, with Gere playing a sex worker who becomes wrongfully accused of murder after one of his clients is found dead.

Body Heat (1981)

After making his name as a screenwriter on Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back, Lawrence Kasdan moved to directing with Body Heat, a dangerously humid twist on the neo noir. Set in Miami, the story follows a dubious lawyer (William Hurt), who begins an affair with a married woman (Kathleen Turner) and eventually hatches a plan to kill her wealthy husband. A Hollywood classicist, Kasdan had set out to remake Double Indemnity but instead delivered a blueprint and high watermark for a budding new genre.

Body Double (1984)

Director Brian De Palma helped to invent the erotic thriller in 1980 with Dressed to Kill, but Body Double (the Rear Window to that earlier movie’s Vertigo) feels like the fuller expression of his signature, leering tendencies. The plot follows an actor who agrees to housesit an insanely modernist home in the Hollywood Hills only to discover a beautiful woman in danger through a conspicuously placed telescope. Of course, he becomes obsessed, and of course—for not entirely selfless reasons—he decides to intervene.

Fatal Attraction (1987)

No other actor is more central to the history of the erotic thriller than Michael Douglas, and his first foray into the genre, even if it hasn’t aged the best, remains one of the most infamous. Douglas plays a lawyer who has an affair with an editor while his family is out of town, only for the other woman (a brilliant Glenn Close) to become dangerously obsessed. Earning $320M on a $14M budget, Fatal Attraction confirmed the genre's remarkable profitability while scooping six nominations at the Academy Awards. If you’ve ever enjoyed a rabbit stew, you probably won’t enjoy one again.

Dead Ringers (1988)

Is every David Cronenberg movie an erotic thriller? You could make the case, yet few fit the bill as seductively as this eerily sterile riff on the tale of the doppelgänger. Dead Ringers stars Jeremy Irons in a duel role as twin gynaecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle. One is a cynical womanizer who seduces their patients, the other is a mild-mannered man who occasionally falls in love. What could possibly go wrong?

Bitter Moon (1992)

By 1992, some filmmakers had already started to satirize the genre, none better than Roman Polanski’s still shocking Bitter Moon. The movie stars Hugh Grant as an upper-middle-class Englishman on a honeymoon cruise who becomes obsessed (that word again) with another woman on board. This affliction only grows more problematic as her husband (Peter Coyote) begins to regale him with the lurid story of their marriage. Grant’s famously flustered mannerisms, a kind of stand-in for the audience’s own performative outrage, have rarely been so caustically funny.

Basic Instinct (1992)

It was very tempting to go for Elle in this slot, director Paul Verhoeven’s more recent masterwork, but no list of erotic thrillers would complete without this iconic piece of ‘90s provocation. It says much about how our viewing habits have changed that Basic Instinct was, at that time, the fourth highest-grossing film of 1992—bettered at the box office only by Aladdin, Home Alone 2, and The Bodyguard. Michael Douglas stars again, this time as a detective who is seduced by the primary suspect in a murder case, a novelist famously played by Sharon Stone.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Kubrick dying four months before the premier, a record 400 days of shooting, 95 takes of Tom Cruise walking through a door, Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s disintegrating marriage... There was so much going on around the time of Eyes Wide Shut‘s release that it’s no surprise it took so long to be considered not only one of Kubrick’s best but a classic of the erotic thriller genre. The director’s dreamlike swansong, which follows a New York doctor (Cruise) down a late night rabbit hole of unfulfilled sexual desires, has never been more influential.

Stranger by The Lake (2013)

This modern classic of queer cinema picked up the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013—an early sign that the genre had the potential to make a comeback. Stranger by the Lake takes place around a picturesque cruising spot in the French countryside, where a young man witnesses a murder but is already too consumed by the killer to stay away. A daring film about the limits of desire.

The Handmaiden (2016)

The most recent entry on our list comes from the South Korean master director Park Chan-wook. Brilliantly adapting Fingertips, Sarah Water’s Victorian era-set novel, to Japanese occupied Korea, The Handmaiden follows a pair of Korean con artists posing as a handmaiden and a count who plan to seduce a Japanese woman out of her substantial inheritance. Naturally, things don’t go exactly to plan.

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Where To Watch The Sonic Cinematic Universe In Order

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When the first, uncanny trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog dropped in 2020, few could have predicted that five years later, we would still be talking about a Sonic Cinematic Universe. That original, weirdly toothy design (immortalised in the excellent Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers) was dropped as fast as you could say “let’s do it to it” and the franchise has been on a roll ever since. Three films, three wildly entertaining Jim Carrey performances, one TV show, and plenty of box office later, the only weird thing is that it keeps getting better.

With Sonic the Hedgehog 4 set for release in March 2027, here’s how to watch the Sonic Cinematic Universe in order.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

In the first Sonic movie, the universe’s fastest blue hedgehog (Ben Schwartz) is forced to flee his home planet, ending up in the town of Green Hills, Montana where his earnest attempts to integrate and become friends with a local sheriff (James Marsden) are hampered by the scheming Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey), an evil genius intent on stealing and harnessing his powers.

Understandable given those last minute changes to Sonic’s design, but it took more than one outing for the movies to really find their footing. Still, there is plenty to enjoy here in Marsden and Schwartz’s odd-couple double-act, and Carrey’s energy is never less than infectious.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)

Series director Jeff Fowler expanded on the world of the first film with Sonic the Hedgehog 2, introducing Tails, the Chaos Emeralds and, best of all, Idris Elba’s Knuckles, a strong, comically stoic echidna and the franchise’s first anti-hero. The plot follows Dr. Robotnik’s return from the mushroom planet, and his plan to steal the Chaos Emerald by convincing Knuckles to join his side. With Sheriff Tom and his partner Maddie out of town, Sonic quickly discovers that he still has much to learn. Stick around for the epic final battle.

Knuckles (2024)

The first, and so far only, small screen diversion in the Sonic Cinematic Universe, Knuckles follows the crimson echidna’s struggle to adapt to life in Green Hills following the events of the second movie. Unsure of what to do with himself, he joins deputy sheriff Wade Whipple on a trip to a bowling tournament in Reno but is soon captured by some shady agents who are looking to sell him to an even shadier buyer. Come for the dizzying action scenes but stay for Christopher Lloyd as the voice of Knuckles’ elder, Chief Pachacamac, and Rory “The Hound” McCann as the series’ final boss.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

Anyone who thought that Keanu Reeves might phone-in his performance as Shadow, Sonic’s doppelganger and the series’ most tragic anti-hero, probably doesn’t know enough about Keanu Reeves. The best film in the series, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 follows Robotnik’s efforts to, once again, weaponize one of Sonic’s would-be sidekicks. This leads Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles on a dangerous adventure that will take them all the way to Japan and even outer space. Carrey absolutely cooks in his third appearance as the supervillain, and Reeves is genuinely moving as the heartbroken Shadow.

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Cute Alien Movies To Watch After 'Lilo & Stitch'

Jakob Barnes

JustWatch Editor

More than 20 years on from the original animated Lilo & Stitch movie, young cinemagoers are now getting to experience a fresh take on the alien’s adventures in Hawaii thanks to the Lilo & Stitch live-action remake. Somehow, Disney has managed to nail this new interpretation of the classic story, despite the key character being a furry, feral critter from outer space. It shouldn’t work in live-action, but it does.

So, if watching that new Disney movie has got you hankering for more of the same, here are 10 cute alien movies to watch after Lilo & Stitch, plus details on where you can stream them. From ‘80s hits and ‘90s nostalgia to more recent underrated, animated gems, we’ve got plenty to keep the kids (and adults) occupied.

Chicken Little (2005)

In a riff on the classic folk tale, this Disney flick has its titular character being the only one who seems to understand the severity of the situation as UFOs descend on planet Earth. In many ways, Chicken Little almost feels like a forgotten treat among the House of Mouse’s catalogue, but it’s a sweet, silly little movie that deserves your attention.

Sure, the animation style is slightly dated now, but that hardly matters when you embrace this little hero and his big story. It’s not flashy, and there’s no princess, but Disney B-movies can be just as much fun as the prime pictures.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Let’s be honest, you say cute alien movies, you think of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial immediately, right? There’s a good reason for that, too. This movie rocks! From the impressive design of the endearing alien at the heart of the story to the surprisingly emotional twists and turns in the tale with the magic of Steven Spielberg’s filmmaking, this is a bona fide classic in every single way.

You’ve very likely already seen E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, but if you’re reading this trying to find something to show your child after Lilo & Stitch, there is no better option, really.

Space Jam (1996)

OK, the caveat to this one is, the aliens involved are not that cute. In fact, they’re quite literally monsters. But, the slapstick comedy and silly vibes of the Looney Tunes ensemble keeps things light and child-friendly in this ‘90s cult classic.

Space Jam gets a lot of hate these days, for some reason, but what’s not to like? Michael Jordan and Bill Murray play basketball with Bugs Bunny and his crew to defeat a team of no-good aliens doing the bidding of an evil, money-mad fiend voiced by Danny DeVito. If you’re not sold on that, we feel bad for you.

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

DreamWorks Animation has put out some great stuff since the turn of the century, and while the likes of Shrek steal the headlines, there’s a lot to love about Monsters vs. Aliens. As the title suggests, there’s plenty of unusual characters and out-of-this-world action in this 2009 flick, and it’s all brought to life by a stellar voice cast, including Seth Rogen, Reese Witherspoon, and Hugh Laurie.

The stakes are high, but the film never loses sight of its playful approach to storytelling, with jokes aplenty and a great dynamic between the group of characters chosen to defend Earth from alien invaders.

Escape from Planet Earth (2013)

You’d be forgiven for never even hearing of this movie before, and we’re not about to sit here and tell you that Escape from Planet Earth is going to change your life or anything. But, will it pass 90 minutes for you and the family and leave you with a smile on your face? Absolutely.

It’s a fun twist on the idea of aliens coming to Earth, with these extraterrestrials desperate to stay away from our planet at all costs. Plus, any film that has Brendan Fraser voicing a cavalier hero called Scorch Supernova is worth the time of day, surely?

Home (2015)

In a similar vein to Escape from Planet Earth, 2015’s Home is another perfectly serviceable and fairly charming animated alien movie where the visit to the third rock from the sun is not exactly desirable. In fact, Oh (voiced by Jim Parsons), has been shunned from his home planet and is forced to seek refuge on Earth.

There, he meets Tip (voiced by Rihanna), and the pair go on a daring quest to salvage Oh’s reputation and find Tip’s missing mother. It’s cute, has a great soundtrack, and again, will only take up about 90 minutes of your day.

The Iron Giant (1999)

Now we’re talking. The Iron Giant is not only probably the best film on this list, it’s one of the best animated movies of all time. Expanding on the impeccable short story from Ted Hughes, this Brad Bird effort is a film brimming with life and love and tonnes of heart.

Young Hogarth Hughes encounters the titular alien robot (voiced with a surprising amount of emotional weight by Vin Diesel), and the pair prove what it really means to be a hero, and a friend. The Iron Giant is a sublime piece of animation; it’ll make you laugh, smile, cry, and imbue you with a sense of adventure. It’s sheer movie magic.

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)

Anyone who’s familiar with the Wallace and Gromit movies will know all about this cheeky little sheep, and he’s not done too bad after stepping out of the shadow of those Aardman Animation stalwarts, either.

The first movie in this series was great fun, and the follow-up, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, is equally full of warmth and humour, but it also ramps up the stakes with a full-scale alien invasion. Luckily, Shaun and his flock are on hand to save the day but not after causing plenty of mischief with their new, alien friends.

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

A childhood staple for many growing up in the ‘80s, Flight of the Navigator offers up all those warm, Amblin vibes that we know and love from that era. It’s full of charm and evokes that adventurous spirit that any great, child-friendly sci-fi movie needs to have.

Anyone who’s a fan of Paul Reuben’s work as Pee Wee Herman will love this, too, as his energy helps to bring a sense of levity to proceedings. More than anything, though, this movie is just an astounding achievement in visual effects and production design, especially for its time.

Muppets from Space (1999)

It is always an absolute delight to be in the presence of the Muppets, and Muppets from Space is no exception to that. While this late ‘90s flick has all the usual quirks and endearing qualities we’ve come to expect from Jim Henson’s creations, it’s refreshing for this story to give Gonzo the spotlight for once, as he hopes to find out more about his origins.

That journey of self-discovery takes him through outer space, encountering all kinds of weird and wonderful creatures along the way. It’s absolutely madcap at times, from talking sandwiches to covert government experiments, but that’s what we love about the Muppets.

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'The Matrix' In Order: All Movies And TV Shows

Rory O'Connor

JustWatch Editor

In 1999, The Matrix changed movies forever, but who could have imagined how fast the franchise would grow? Just four years later, the Wachowskis returned with the near simultaneous release of two sequels, an animated anthology series, and a narratively expansive computer game. Fans then had to wait almost two decades for the next installment—not that too many people vibed with it.

With a fifth sequel (from director Drew Goddard) now reportedly in the works, we’ve rounded up every film and TV show from The Matrix Universe. Here’s how to watch all The Matrix movies and TV shows in chronological order.

The Second Renaissance Part I & 2 - The Animatrix (2003)

Released in tandem with The Matrix Reloaded in the summer of 2003, The Animatrix blew the world of the Wachowski’s creation wide open with a series of nine animated short films, each by a different director and in a different style. None did more to deepen the lore than the two-part “The Second Renaissance” by the Ghibli trained director Mahiro Maeda. It’s an unmissable historical account from the early days of AI and the rise of the machines all the way up to humanity’s decision to blot out of the sun and the early versions of the Matrix itself. In typically subversive fashion, humanity is its own worst enemy in a story that casts the plight of the machines as a struggle for civil rights.

A Detective Story - The Animatrix (2003)

“A Detective Story” is set just before the events of the first movie, following a man who tracks down Trinity online with the help of some references to Lewis Carroll. They meet on a train where she removes his bug just as three agents appear. Directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, the legendary creator of Cowboy Bebop, and presented in a black and white aesthetic that pays homage to film noir, “A Detective Story” is one of the most stylish shorts in The Animatrix.

The Matrix (1999)

The Matrix is the source code of The Matrix Universe and the moment where it all began. Keanu Reeves’ Neo, Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus, and Hugo Weaving’s Agent Smith have been guiding audiences down the rabbit hole for nearly three decades. Thanks to its prescient ideas, breathless action, and practical effects, the movie holds up perfectly. It’s impossible to describe how mind-bending the Matrix felt in 1999, you had to see it for yourself.

Kid’s Story - The Animatrix (2003)

Watanabe’s second entry in The Animatrix, “A Kid’s Story” provides the origin story for Kid, the sweet but slightly annoying fanboy who is freed with Neo’s help but without the use of a red pill. Played by Clayton Watson in the sequels, Kid might not be everyone’s favorite Matrix character, but Watanabe’s surreal and dreamlike short offers an intriguing introduction to the process of self-substantiation.

Final Flight of the Osiris - The Animatrix (2003)

As the only short in The Animatrix to use CG animation, appearing like a very good early 2000s computer game cut-scene, Andy Jones’ “Final Flight of the Osiris” hasn’t aged quite so well as other episodes in the series—even if the retro feel scores some nostalgia points. As a prologue to The Matrix Reloaded, establishing the sentinels’ drilling position over Zion, it’s also fine if not essential.

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

The best and most ambitious of the Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded offers the sugar rush of getting to see just what Neo is capable of as The One. The opening scene and the highway chase rank among the best action sequences in the series, and with The Architect, the Twins, and Monica Bellucci’s Persephone, there are a host of new and memorable characters to meet.

Beyond - The Animatrix (2003)

A beautiful children’s story set in some kind of Neo Tokyo, “Beyond” follows a girl, named Yoko, who stumbles upon a haunted house while trying to find her cat. We know that the unusual occurrences in the building (including broken objects that reassemble themselves and areas without gravity) are glitches in the Matrix, but director Kōji Morimoto (who worked on Akira) frames Yoko’s journey as a tragic tale of lost innocence.

World Record - The Animatrix (2003)

The second Animatrix short to explore self-substantiation is one of the best entries in the franchise. Takeshi Koike’s “World Record” tells the story of a 100m sprinter at the summer Olympics who begins to think, while running a record time mid-race, that reality might not be all it seems. The image of three agents failing to keep up with him is such a good metaphor for the possibilities of self-belief, it’s amazing that the executives at Nike didn’t get there first.

Program - The Animatrix (2003)

Set almost entirely in a training exercise, Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s “Program” has style to burn. It focuses on Cis, who battles a samurai named Duo across the tiled rooftops of a beautifully crafted feudal Japan. In terms of story, it’s one of the lighter episodes of The Animatrix, but Kawajiri more than makes up for it with the sheer propulsive energy of his animations.

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

One easy way to check the quality of a Matrix movie is to ask how much time the characters spend in the “real world.” Released just six months after Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions mainly focuses on the battle for Zion and Neo’s death match with a now all-powerful Smith. Revolutions has its charms (who can forget Trinity peaking above the clouds), but it’s weirdly low on the innovative stuff that made fans fall in love with the series in the first place.

Matriculated - The Animatrix (2003)

Æon Flux creator Peter Chung is the mind behind this story of robot rehabilitation. “Matriculated” involves a group of rebels who are trying to reprogram machines to help fight in the war. In order to do so, they plug them in and have them experience human emotions, all in the hope of sparking some kind of machine-learned empathy. It’s a neat science fiction idea told through Chung’s unique visual language.

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

Eighteen years after Revolutions, Lana Wachowski went out on her own with The Matrix Resurrections, a film that feels more like a meta-attempt at trolling sequel-hungry studio bosses than a true addition to the saga. High on concept but unusually uninspired in its action sequences, this one is for the completists and the curious. Set 60 years after Revolutions, the film picks back up with Neo (Reeves), now a video game developer experiencing a blur between fantasy and reality in true Matrix fashion.

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5 Best R-Rated Animated Shows (That Definitely Are NOT For Kids)
Rory O'Connor
JustWatch Editor
Big Mouth finally ended its run on Netflix last week after eight awkward, sticky, and painfully relatable seasons. The show made its name for its inventive, funny, and informative approach to topics that no other mainstream animation had really touched before, from shame and anxiety to periods and masturbation. Needless to say, it leaves behind a gap for adult animation in the streaming landscape.

So with no more episodes on the horizon, it seems like a good time to round up the best R-rated animated shows. From originators to button-pushers and modern classics, check out our guide to 5 animations that definitely are NOT for kids.

(We have chosen not to include anime in this list as we would probably be here all day.)

South Park (1997-present)

Having South Park on a list like this is a bit like having the dictionary on a ranking of best books. The Simpsons was already on autopilot by 1998, about to reach its 200th episode and attracting guest stars like U2, when Trey Parker and Matt Stone threw their deceptively amateurish looking hand-grenade onto Comedy Central and changed TV forever. That the show continues to be such an essential satire—ruthlessly skewering Harry and Meghan, the manosphere and Ozempic in its most recent season—only confirms Parker and Stone’s unique genius. Long may it last.

Most memorable voice cameo: George Clooney as Sparky the dog in the first season set the tone, but it’s got to be Radiohead in the legendary “Scott Tenorman Must Die.”

BoJack Horseman (2014-2020)

One of the most amazing things about BoJack Horseman is that every person who watches it seems to think it was written for them. Not bad for a show in which the hero is an alcoholic and vaguely toxic talking horse whose bete noire is a labrador named Mr. Peanutbutter.

Best voice cameo: We are tempted by Paul McCartney’s micro-appearance, but Alan Arkin as J.D. Salinger is too inspired to leave out.

Invincible (2021-present)

Premiering on Prime Video in March 2021, during arguably the first major crisis of superhero fatigue, Invincible could not have come at a better time. Combining richly sketched characters that could actually die with single episode story arcs that never took away from the series’ overarching narrative, it felt like a breath of fresh air. And after 13 years of the MCU, the show’s blood, guts, and bone-crunching violence provided a welcome visceral thrill.

Most memorable voice cameo: It’s lights-out across the board, but Mark Hamill brings so much warmth in his few scenes as the waistcoated superhero tailor Art Rosenbaum.

Archer (2009-2023)

With its unique visual style and dry sense of humor, nothing looked or sounded like Archer when it released in 2009. Arriving five years after Brad Bird’s The Incredibles, we cannot credit Adam Reed with re-popularizing the retro-futurist spy caper, but you were never going to find this kind of sex or violence in a Pixar movie. It might have overstayed its welcome in later, genre-bending seasons, but its 14 year run still goes down as one of the greatest of any animated show, TV-MA or not.

Most memorable voice cameo: No shortage to choose from, but it’s got to be the late, great Anthony Bourdain as Chef Lance Casteau in “Live and Let Dine.”

Monkey Dust (2003-2005)

Like Nathan Barley and Jam, Monkey Dust was one of those early aughts shows that seemed to only exist as a DVD box-set, strictly limited to one per friend group and passed around like a strange and haunted object—as cursed and irresistible as the VHS in The Ring. How a TV show that poked fun at IRA kneecapping, pedophilia, and adolescent Jihadists ever made it past the censors in 2003 remains a mystery. Even today, it packs a dangerous, subversive punch.

Most memorable voice cameo: Too niche for any big stars at the time, the show featured a young Sharon Horgan in some of her first credited voice roles.

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The Best Wes Anderson Movies, Ranked
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
The release of a new Wes Anderson movie is always cause for celebration. He’s the master of neatness, building perfectly symmetrical, intricate worlds and then populating them with the most absurd yet charming characters you’re ever likely to meet. Anderson’s quirky stories may not be for everyone, but there is simply no denying that he is one of the most sublimely stylish filmmakers around.

From his early indie work and stop-motion animation to Oscar-winning triumphs, we’ve ranked all the Wes Anderson movies (not including his collection of short films) to determine which is the best, and we can tell you where to watch them all, too.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

The truth is, Wes Anderson peaked just over a decade ago, with his sumptuous concierge caper, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Not only is it one of the most stunning pieces of art in the 21st century, but it’s also incredibly funny and surprisingly heartfelt at times.

What is not surprising is that this beautiful picture won the Oscars for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Production Design. The attention to detail in bringing this film to life is astounding. Throw in a career-best performance from Ralph Fiennes and a razor-sharp script, and you have a truly perfect movie.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Turns out, the irreverent humour and quaint charm that comes with Anderson’s work translates wonderfully into stop-motion animation. His take on this classic Roald Dahl story is full of warmth and playfulness, and it’s the kind of film that leaves you marvelling at how anyone is capable of pulling off such a technical feat.

Fantastic Mr. Fox is a very special film. It works for young viewers thanks to its silly, slapstick comedy, but it also has a deeper, more mature edge that’ll give older viewers a slice of the fun, too. This is Wes Anderson at his most creative, and it’s a real treat to behold.

Bottle Rocket (1996)

Anderson’s debut came almost 30 years ago now, but it still stands the test of time as one of his finest works. Bottle Rocket is a film brimming with confidence and swagger, and while it still leans into the comedic side of things, there’s also a real grit to this most accomplished indie feature.

It’s so rare to see someone come out of the blocks firing on all cylinders in this way, but Anderson and his cohort deliver something truly special here. The Wilson brothers are in fine form, while Robert Musgrave offers up one of those lightning in a bottle performances alongside them to steal the show.

The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

One criticism that has sometimes been sent Wes Anderson’s way, rather unfairly, perhaps, is that his work is more style over substance. With The Darjeeling Limited, that’s certainly not the case. Of all Anderson’s work, this is his most powerful and poignant, and you can feel how personal this is to him.

Of course, there’s still that trademark eccentricity we know and love, but it all feeds into the highly cathartic conclusion. Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, and Owen Wilson have phenomenal chemistry together, and it’s because of them that everything collides in such a satisfying way by the end.

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

From Anderson’s most warm and powerful films to his coldest, The Royal Tenenbaums is incredibly raw and bleak at times, with some truly harrowing moments that feel out of place in Anderson’s oeuvre, and yet it all still works.

Gene Hackman carries the film on his shoulders, which should come as no surprise, but the likes of Ben Stiller and Luke Wilson are outstanding in support. What’s interesting with this picture is, it’s the last time we saw Anderson working without the shackles of symmetry. That precision in his work is so often the source of success, but with The Royal Tenenbaums, he is firmly focused on story alone, and the film flourishes because of this.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

If The Royal Tenenbaums marked the end of Anderson’s more linear and straight-shooting era, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was certainly the start of his affinity for the grandiose and extravagant. It’s a film rich with verve and visual flair and also really began to introduce that off-kilter comedy he is now renowned for.

It’s an absurd film, really, taking a mockumentary approach to riff on the life of famed French oceanographer, Jacques Cousteau, and yet it all works so brilliantly. In many ways, this experimental effort could be the most important Wes Anderson movie of all, for what it stirred inside the filmmaker creatively.

Isle of Dogs (2018)

While not as strong as his previous stop-motion work on Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs is still a masterful animated effort. What it lacks in warmth and whimsy, Isle of Dogs more than makes up for in its provocative messaging and slick technical elements. Almost ten years on from his first foray into the medium, it’s clear to see Anderson had evolved as an animated storyteller by this point.

There’s incredible worldbuilding on display here, as Anderson drops us into the fictional city of Megasaki. But, it is the ensemble of voice actors who bring it all to fruition that is the real triumph here.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

In this ranking of Wes Anderson movies, Moonrise Kingdom is the final divider between the very, very good and the very, very disappointing. There’s a lot to love about Anderson’s offbeat camping adventure, with a heavy reliance on child actors that pays off and then some, bringing a cute romantic tale to life.

In truth, there’s actually very little stopping Moonrise Kingdom from being higher up this list. Perhaps it merely lacks that splash of dynamism and energy that Anderson’s slightly more effective work possesses, but that’s nitpicking against a perfectly charming film.

The French Dispatch (2021)

Anthology films are always so hard to judge. Had Wes Anderson opted to simply make a feature film expanding on the first segment, “The Concrete Masterpiece,” we would potentially be looking at one of his best films. Benicio del Toro is outstanding as the enigmatic and unhinged artist, but his story is over far too soon.

Next up in The French Dispatch we see Timothée Chalamet and Frances McDormand combine for a perfectly fine if unremarkable story of political rebellion. Sadly, it all wraps up with a very stylish yet rather dull storytelling session from Jeffrey Wright. In short, The French Dispatch is a mixed bag that ends up being less than the sum of its parts.

The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

The latest Wes Anderson movie has plenty of positives; Benicio del Toro is once again superb, the film looks absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, and there are some truly hilarious moments. Sadly, they are too few and far between in The Phoenician Scheme, and Anderson fails to give us a story we can actually care about, leaving audiences wanting so much more on all fronts.

Those style over substance accusations are getting harder and harder to deny, it seems. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with The Phoenician Scheme, but it’s largely very forgettable and is guilty of failing to get the best out of Michael Cera and Benedict Cumberbatch.

Rushmore (1998)

While Bottle Rocket was a riveting and spectacular debut, Wes Anderson’s follow-up, Rushmore, lacks any of that energy and intrigue. In many ways, this film contains the early seeds of that gratuitous quirkiness that has come to tarnish Anderson’s work in recent years.

Of course, it’s all subjective, but Rushmore is tedious, pretentious, and none of its humour quite works. It’s a shame; what could have been a very interesting idea just seems to lose its way and becomes muddied by the urge to be outlandish.

Asteroid City (2023)

At the bottom of the pile, Asteroid City commits the ultimate cinema sin; there’s no two ways about it, it’s just plain boring. It’s a horrible oversimplification, but it’s the truth. The production design is perhaps the greatest Anderson has ever put in place, and yet it all counts for nothing when the film has nothing to say.

A story about UFO sightings, a quarantined city, and meteorite crash sites sounds like a fascinating tale, but it’s severely let down by stilted dialogue and sluggish pacing. Something is drastically wrong here, with Anderson failing to get the best out of his incredible ensemble cast and struggling to handle the story he created.

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10 Webtoon Anime To Watch After 'Solo Leveling'
Hannah Collins
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Solo Leveling has taken the anime world by storm, cemented by being crowned Anime of the Year at Crunchyroll’s 2025 Anime Awards. On the surface, the series isn’t too dissimilar from other action-oriented shonen properties, featuring an underdog protagonist grinding his way to the top in a tournament-style story. But Solo Leveling is more unique in that it originates from a webtoon, which are also usually manhwa, the Korean equivalent to Japanese manga.

Unlike traditional manga and other comics, webtoons and most manhwa are exclusively published online, using a vertical format optimised for mobile or tablet devices. Growing in mainstream popularity by the year, Solo Leveling isn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last webtoon to receive an anime adaptation. Here are 10 webtoon anime to watch if you’re eager for more.

Tower of God (2020-2024)

One of the highest-ranking webtoons for readership, Tower of God is also the closest forebear to Solo Leveling in terms of genre and plot. In a dystopian, Hunger Games-esque world, the seemingly weak Bam is thrust through a series of increasingly difficult challenges to reach the top of a mysterious tower along with his childhood friend, Rachel.

Adapted as a Crunchyroll original anime, creative battles, unexpected alliances, and shocking betrayals keep the story moving at an absorbing pace while the depth of lore and sprawling cast make Tower of God feel like a true high-fantasy epic.

The God of High School (2020)

This is another Crunchyroll original anime and battle shonen with a tournament structure at its core. If you like beat ‘em up games with fast-paced action backed up with interweaving storylines like Tekken, The God of High School might be for you.

Set in South Korea, the series revolves around an international martial arts competition for high schoolers. However, these are not just any high schoolers, though. These kids’ punches pack supernatural power. Add in demonic forces, criminal conspiracies, and classic Chinese folklore, and The God of High School is essentially Dragon Ball for a new generation.

Noblesse (2020)

What else is a pure-blood vampire to do after nearly a century of sleep but enroll in a modern-day high school? That’s the premise of Noblesse, in which the noble Rai, a particularly powerful vampire, and his loyal servant Frankenstein navigate our world and investigate Rai’s hidden past, as well as a shadowy cabal.

Anime adaptations include two ONAs (Original Net Animation), Noblesse and Noblesse: Awakening, followed by a Crunchyroll original anime series that picks up directly after the latter, so it’s worth either familiarising yourself with the manwha or watching Awakening before diving into the TV show.

ReLIFE (2016)

A popular and award-winning Japanese webtoon, ReLIFE is about an experiment that allows 27-year-old Arata, whose life hasn’t gone the way he wanted, another shot to reach his true potential, making him appear as a 17-year-old again with all his adult life experience.

Though there is a romantic subplot and sci-fi conceit, ReLife will strike a chord more with slice-of-life fans for its gentle pace and focus on character development. There’s a one-season TV series followed by four OVAs for fans to get sucked into.

Viral Hit (2024)

Combining the toxicity of YouTube prank videos and real-life bullying, a down-on-his-luck schoolkid, Hobin, gets his own back on his tormentors in Viral Hit. Things get going when Hobin, sick of being picked on, turns on one of his aggressors during a livestream. When it goes viral, he launches a channel centred on attacking bullies.

Viral Hit is created by the same author as another high school revenge series, Lookism, both of which have been adapted into TV anime; gimmicky but addictive for those who love prolonged action scenes and eccentric mentors.

The Beginning After the End (2025)

The Beginning After the End is a Western-made webtoon, like Lore Olympus, and one of the first to receive a proper anime version. Like many popular action-oriented web comics, it also uses the reincarnation trope: The main character, Arthur, is a young boy who was a tyrannical king in his previous life.

Taking place in a fantastical kingdom, The Beginning After the End is as character-driven as it is focused on world-building and action, with Arthur having to reconcile past wrongs with a new, more innocent perspective. The newly-released anime series has garnered controversy for its quality; watch it for yourself and make your own mind up.

Semantic Error (2021)

Boys Love/yaoi is as prevalent in the webtoon/manhwa sphere as it is in manga, and Semantic Error is a breakout example. In a classic “opposites attract” setup, its two romantic leads—one a fine arts student and the other a computer science major—are thrown together when the latter takes the former’s name off a group presentation.

Enemies-to-lovers fans are well-served by this slow-burning comedy of errors that has not only been turned into an anime miniseries but also a highly successful K-drama.

A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special (2023)

What if the heroes failed to win in the end? That catastrophic predicament is how A Returner’s Magic Should Be Special begins. But hope isn’t lost, however, as one of their number, a mage called Desir, is somehow thrust 13 years into the past to try and course-correct.

Stylish animation, engaging character dynamics and a magic system grounded in actual magic rather than video game mechanics give the anime iteration the feel of an isekai without some of the repetitive trappings.

Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady With the Lamp (2024)

A curiously popular fixture in webtoons and manga alike is the reincarnated and reformed villainess trope, usually with an isekai bent. Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady With the Lamp takes this a step further with more than one rebirth for the titular heroine, who unexpectedly goes from wicked empress to talented doctor.

Those who like the look of classic shojo series like Sailor Moon will appreciate the romanticised art of the webtoon and its anime series, and Elise’s newfound skills make her a compelling, redemptive heroine.

True Beauty (2024)

Much like the YA dystopian franchise Uglies, True Beauty takes place in a world in which one’s appearance is even more important for success than it is in our reality. To get ahead, Ju-Kyang, a young girl not considered attractive, masters the art of beauty to the point that she becomes famous for her looks.

Naturally, one of the story’s main appeals is its critique of beauty standards via exaggeration, but its love triangle subplot adds extra spice. One of the biggest series on the Webtoon platform, True Beauty has been adapted into a homegrown, South Korean aeni (anime) and live-action show.

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The 10 Best Tom Cruise Movies
Jakob Barnes
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He’s a man who needs no introduction, really, but we’ll give it a go anyway. As far as movie stars go, there are quite simply none who can hold a candle to Tom Cruise in this modern era, and he’s quite possibly the main reason we still get to enjoy the cinematic experience at all thanks to his undying drive to preserve the sanctity of the theatre.

Having worked with some of the finest directors around and opposite some of the most esteemed actors of all time, it’s no surprise that picking the best Tom Cruise movies is a gruelling mission that even Ethan Hunt may struggle to accept. But we accept, and we’ll even go the extra mile to tell you where you can watch the movies, too.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Tom Cruise has the honour of being able to say he worked with arguably the greatest filmmaker the world has ever seen, Stanley Kubrick. Not only that, he was a key part of Kubrick’s final movie, Eyes Wide Shut, and frankly, it’s a masterpiece.

This dark and seedy sexual thriller is embellished by glorious, extravagant set designs and the usual Kubrickian flair behind the camera, but there can be no accusations of style over substance with this film. Cruise and Nicole Kidman are terrific in the lead roles here, expertly diving into the layers of intrigue and mystique at the heart of this provocative and pulsating story.

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

If Tom Cruise did save cinema in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, Top Gun: Maverick was the vehicle he used to make it happen. A legacy sequel arriving 26 years after the original, there was no need for Cruise and Joseph Kosinski to go this hard, but god damn we’re glad they did.

Top Gun: Maverick is a marvel of modern filmmaking, and a movie that truly underpins the big-screen experience. From its array of epic set-pieces, to the endlessly charming ensemble cast, and even down to the surprisingly emotional beats, this is why we go to the cinema.

The Color of Money (1986)

Interestingly, it’s another legacy sequel that breaches the upper echelons of this list of the best Tom Cruise movies, with Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money, a follow-up to the 1961 hit, The Hustler.

Truth is, when you get someone like Scorsese behind the lens and pair up the iconic Paul Newman with Cruise, a dynamic young buck at the time, you’re going to get magic, and The Color of Money is just that. The electricity on screen is palpable, and it’s hard to find a film which just exudes coolness quite like this one (apart from maybe Top Gun: Maverick).

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

We couldn’t put this list together without at least one Ethan Hunt outing making the top ten, and the inclusion of Mission: Impossible - Fallout is a simple one, really. This 2018 effort is the pinnacle of the series by some distance, which is saying something when you consider the quality of the franchise.

While Mission: Impossible - Fallout still has its fair share of quintessentially cheesy quips and absurd twists, there’s a grittiness to this effort that helps it stand apart. From the wild halo jump to the helicopter battle in the finale, and even that Henry Cavill bathroom brawl, there are so many memorable moments here that we could almost watch it with our eyes closed—but why would we do that, when it looks so good?

A Few Good Men (1992)

Tom Cruise went on a ludicrous run from the early ‘80s through to the early ‘90s, culminating in the still relatively young actor facing off against one of the all-time greats, Jack Nicholson, in A Few Good Men. But, Cruise doesn’t just make up the numbers here or let himself become overawed by the company he’s keeping; no, he matches Nicholson blow-for-blow throughout this Rob Reiner classic.

To see a then-30-year-old Cruise brimming with confidence, charm, and carrying such an immense screen presence in A Few Good Men is astounding, really, and is perhaps the true marker of when he really established himself as a force in Hollywood.

Collateral (2004)

Nowadays, Cruise is so unilaterally recognised as the hero that it’s hard to imagine him ever being the bad guy, but in Michael Mann’s Collateral, he’s as downright dastardly as they come. His portrayal of Vincent is unflinching, unnerving, and truly menacing, but if Cruise didn’t sell the character half as well as he did, the whole film would collapse.

There’s a reason Collateral is revered as one of the best crime-thrillers of the 21st century. It’s a tight, taut, tension-filled rollercoaster ride, with some of the most sublime visuals you’re likely to see in a film in this genre, and performances to match.

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

From the very sharp and serious to something far more light, with Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow. It’s like Groundhog Day but with aliens and big explosions (and Emily Blunt, too). And, at the heart of it all, you guessed it, Tom Cruise.

This is the epitome of the kind of bombastic popcorn blockbuster you would give anything to have back in theatres right now, but it’s just as much fun in the comfort of your own home. The time loop gimmick has been done to death over the years, and yet it feels fresh and exciting here, largely thanks to the chemistry of the lead actors, with both Blunt and Cruise breathing life into the story.

Rain Man (1988)

Within that wild run of films we spoke about earlier, Cruise also had the privilege of going toe-to-toe with Dustin Hoffman in the late ‘80s. Rain Man has had its fair share of criticism in recent years as audiences reappraise the themes at the heart of the story, but as a product of its time, there’s no denying the objective quality of this picture.

Admittedly, it is Hoffman who’s the star of the show here, but the softness and sincerity of his Raymond would be far less effective were it not for the colder, more cynical portrayal of his brother, Charlie, that Cruise delivers.

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Show me the money! Somehow, Jerry Maguire is a hybrid of a sporting underdog story and a cheesy romantic comedy, and it excels in both areas. While it’s not the most showy or exciting Tom Cruise movie, there’s so much heart and warmth in this ‘90s flick that you just can’t help but fall in love with it.

Cruise is superb as the titular sports agent, while both Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renée Zellweger are fantastic in support. In fact, the cast is so effective in this Cameron Crowe picture that Gooding Jr. won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, while Cruise was nominated in the lead category.

Minority Report (2002)

It’s testament to Tom Cruise’s incredible filmography that his collaboration with the legendary Steven Spielberg only just makes the top ten in this list. Minority Report is a film with big ideas, but it excels in bringing them to the big screen, and is something of a triumph for its time.

It’s a film absolutely soaked in those post-millennium tropes many would rather not be reminded of now, with an abundance of CGI, flashy editing, and a somewhat grungy score, but under the masterful control of Spielberg, and with Cruise to lead the line, it all works. In more ways than one, Minority Report was a film ahead of its time and is a movie many filmmakers would kill to have on their CV today.

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How To Watch 'Attack On Titan' In Order
Hannah Collins
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Created by Hajime Isayama, Attack on Titan is a grim-dark, full-throttle epic. A popular gateway series for many looking to get into the world of manga and anime, the story takes place in a post-apocalyptic, feudal city surrounded and divided by huge walls. These walls not only control the remnants of humanity but also protect them from the giants that roam outside, known as Titans, who have a taste for human flesh.

The manga concluded in 2021 after a best-selling 12-year run. During that time, it was adapted and spun off into various animated and live-action iterations; here’s how to watch all of the Attack on Titan shows and films in order of release.

Attack on Titan (2013-2023)

Kicking off in 2013, the original Attack on Titan anime series aired four seasons across 10 years. Despite various scheduling setbacks and changing animation studios for its final season, from WIT Studio to MAPPA, the show is an impressively faithful and well-produced adaptation.

From its iconic opening episode, in which a young Eren Yeager’s peaceful existence is shattered by a Titan attack, the show never lets up: stunning twists and turns, devastating deaths, and breathtaking fight scenes will grip and shock you in equal measure. Not to mention that Eren’s development is one of the shonen genre’s most divisive and fascinating character arcs.

Attack on Titan: Part 1 & 2 (2015)

The two Attack on Titan live-action films, Attack on Titan and Attack on Titan II: End of the World, came out before either the anime series or the original manga had concluded, leading them to make some wild and controversial departures from the source material. For this reason, it’s better to save them until you’ve finished the TV show, and treat them as interesting, out-of-canon diversions rather than “essential” viewing.

Released almost back-to-back in 2015 as two parts, the Japanese films blend live-action and CG surprisingly well on a constrained budget outside of a Hollywood studio, and they don’t skimp on the horrors of fighting the zombie-esque, hungry Titans.

Attack on Titan: Junior High (2015)

Attack on Titan has a lot of intentionally or unintentionally funny moments—important levity in a story that deals with humanity at its absolute worst at times. But if watching the main anime series leaves you hankering for some silliness, you’ll get a kick out of 2015’s Junior High, a straight-up Attack on Titan parody miniseries that places the cast in a high school setting. Here, high-stakes battles are student-teacher feuds, and the original series’ most dramatic story beats are played for laughs.

Attack on Titan: No Regrets (2014)

Of all the Attack on Titan auxiliary material, No Regrets is the most un-skippable. It features fan-favourite “neat freak” Levi Ackerman, the deadpan, pint-sized powerhouse of the Scouts, and his origin as one-third of a criminal gang in the walled city’s underground slums.

Adapted from a visual novel turned manga, not only does the two-episode anime explore a lesser-seen part of the main setting, but it also sets up the loyal relationship between Levi and his military recruiter, Commander Erwin Smith.

Attack on Titan: Lost Girls (2018)

The last Attack on Titan spinoff to receive an anime adaptation, Lost Girls is a sobering entry in the franchise. No Regrets centres on Mikasa Ackerman and Annie Leonhart, two of the series’ main female characters, set sometime during the latter’s time in the Military Police and the former’s training with Eren as a Survey Corps member.

While not written by Isayama, these three episodes appear to be in canon, offering insights into the pair’s lives that shape their decision-making going into some of the most heart-wrenching events in the main series.

'Attack on Titan' Detailed Watch Order
- Attack on Titan Season 1
- Attack on Titan: Ilse’s Notebook (OVA)
- Attack on Titan: The Sudden Visitor: The Torturous Curse of Youth (OVA)
- Attack on Titan: Distress (OVA)
- Attack on Titan: A Choice with No Regrets: Part 1 (OVA)
- Attack on Titan: A Choice with No Regrets: Part 2 (OVA)
- Attack on Titan (2015)
- Attack on Titan Season 2
- Attack on Titan: Lost Girls: Wall Sina, Goodbye - Part 1 (OVA)
- Attack on Titan: Lost Girls: Wall Sina, Goodbye - Part 2 (OVA)
- Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 1
- Attack on Titan: Lost Girls: Lost in the Cruel World (OVA)
- Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2
- Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 1
- Attack on Titan Season 4 Part 2
- Attack on Titan Season 4 Special 1
- Attack on Titan Season 4 Special 2
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How To Watch The '28 Days Later' Franchise In Order
Rory O'Connor
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With 28 Days Later and its sequel, 28 Weeks Later, Alex Garland and Danny Boyle reinvented the zombie movie with the simple but horrifying idea that the undead could run...fast. Riffing on themes from George A. Romero’s Living Dead films, they also changed how post-apocalyptic storytelling felt in ways that continue to echo in everything from Children of Men to The Road and The Last of Us.

Now Garland and Boyle are bringing the series back a full trilogy of films, beginning with 28 Years Later, continuing with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, already confirmed for a January 2026 release, and concluding with an untitled sequel. Before all that, find out how to watch the 28 Days Later franchise in order.

28 Days Later (2002)

Patient zero of the series, 28 Days Later begins 28 days after the outbreak of the “rage virus.” In a hospital in central London, a bike courier named Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma to discover that society as he knows it has essentially collapsed. After being chased by a group of infected and rescued by two survivors, he attempts to make his way across the city, then to Manchester, and beyond.

Look out for: Brendan Gleeson being typically gruff and a young Naomie Harris in an early role.

28 Weeks Later (2007)

The franchise returned five years later with a new director (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo) and a whole new group of characters. Taking place six months after the outbreak, 28 Weeks Later mostly plays out in a quarantine zone called District One on the Isle of Dogs in London. NATO forces have taken control of Great Britain under the illusion that the infected have already started dying of starvation.

Look out for: Trainspotting alum Robert Carlyle leading a cast of then up-and-comers Idris Elba, Jeremy Renner, and Rose Byrne.

28 Years Later

Almost three decades on, the rage virus has not gone away. What’s left of the quarantined humans of Great Britain have had to learn to live amongst it, rebuilding their society as best they can. 28 Years Later begins on a heavily guarded island just off the mainland but becomes a journey of discovery when a father and son are forced to leave. We expect further examples of humans being the worst monsters of all.

Look out for: Alfie Williams and Aaron Taylor-Johnson star, but Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell look to have the tastiest roles.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

Apparently shot simultaneously with 28 Years Later, fans eager for the next installment will only have to wait seven months for its January 2026 release. For obvious reasons, little about the script of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple has been revealed, but going by the title, it will presumably have something to do with those piles of skulls on the poster.

Look out for: Candyman director Nia DaCosta is on board to direct in what will hopefully be a welcome return to horror after The Marvels.

28 Years Later Part 3 (TBA)

Naturally, even less is known about 28 Years Later Part 3, a rumored fifth installment in the franchise. In an interview with Empire in January 2025, Boyle suggested he will direct the finale. Garland has also claimed to have already written the trilogy. Start prepping the shelters for the long haul!

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The 10 Best Ana De Armas Movies
Rory O'Connor
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With The Gray Man and Ghosted heading straight to streaming, we’ve had to wait a while to see Ana de Armas lead a major cinematic release. The actor makes up for lost time, though, with Ballerina, a spin-off from the John Wick franchise that promises to be de Armas’ biggest role yet and a confirmation of her status as a major action star.

Viewers looking to brush up on her work can use our guide below to find the 10 best Ana de Armas movies on Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV, and elsewhere. We start with the best, taking into account both her performance and the movie around it.

Knives Out (2019)

The fact that Rian Johnson’s riff on Cluedo and Agatha Christie ended up spawning a trilogy of movies and one of the biggest acquisitions in Netflix’s history is a twist even Benoit Blanc might not have seen coming. Daniel Craig and his hilarious southern drawl took most of the spotlight in Knives Out, but a then still relatively unknown de Armas was just as good. Watchful, endearing, and costumed in deceptive mittens, she became the film’s secret weapon (in more ways than one) and rode a wave of recognition all the way to a nomination at the Golden Globes.

No Time to Die (2021)

De Armas was reportedly already being considered by Cary Fukunaga for a role in Daniel Craig’s final James Bond movie even before the two actors worked together on Knives Out. Whether or not it helped to seal the deal, it certainly didn’t hurt their chemistry. Armas is on screen in No Time to Die for less than 20 minutes but, once again, almost steals the entire film as the agent Paloma. As Bond says with a parting glance, “You were excellent.” We agree.

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Many audiences first encountered de Armas as the digital girlfriend of Ryan Gosling’s replicant in Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve’s dazzling update of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic. In another actor’s hands, the character could have easily been little more than an instrument for Gosling’s Agent K to question his own reality, but de Armas imbued the character with warmth and curiosity. The scene when Joi experiences the touch of rain for the first time remains one of the movie’s most memorable moments.

Blonde (2022)

Exploitative, misogynistic, downright boring: There are many reasons not to like Andrew Dominik’s Blonde, but de Armas’ performance isn’t one of them. Finding a sweet spot between caricature and reality that felt suited to Marilyn Monroe’s stratospheric fame, de Armas poured everything she had into a performance that rightfully earned her a nomination, Cuba’s first, for Best Actress at the Academy Awards.

Deep Water (2022)

Of all the attempts to revive the erotic thriller in recent years, Adrian Lyne (a legend of the genre) probably came closest with Deep Water, a steamy tale of a married couple whose polyamorous agreement might be benefitting one of them more than the other. The reviews were tough on Lyne’s film, but there was no denying the chemistry between Ben Affleck and de Armas, who would continue to see each other IRL after the cameras stopped rolling.

Wasp Network (2019)

The closest de Armas has come to an indie side project since breaking into Hollywood was Wasp Network, an engaging if wildly overcomplicated spy thriller. Directed by French auteur Olivier Assayas and set in Florida in the 1990s, de Armas plays the trophy wife of an FBI informant played by Narcos star Wagner Moura. Gael García Bernal and Penélope Cruz round out an impossibly talented (and attractive) cast.

Eden (2024)

Ron Howard cast de Armas as the extravagantly named Baroness Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrborn in this 1920s film about a real-life German couple who relocated to the Galápagos Islands after the First World War. Eden stars Vanessa Kirby and Jude Law as the idealistic Dora and Friedrich Ritter, but de Armas gets to have the most fun.

War Dogs (2016)

With a juicy real-life story, a red hot cast, and a pre-Joker Todd Phillips in the director’s chair, War Dogs seemed to have all the right ingredients for a fun and thrilling ride. Unfortunately, it never quite found the right tone. Still, as the girlfriend to Miles Teller’s accidental arms dealer, de Armas began her ascent as a rising star.

Knock Knock (2015)

Released in 2015, Ana de Armas’ first Hollywood film probably hasn’t aged as well as the others. Shot around the time of the release of John Wick, Knock Knock is one of the last film’s in Keanu Reeve’s mid-career slump. Even though director Eli Roth plays with the tropes of home invasion horror, Knock Knock is never as clever as it needs to be. Still, this is worth revisiting for the strength of its cast, especially de Armas in one of her early roles.

Ghosted (2023)

Let’s be honest, not a whole lot of people were on board for Dexter Fletcher’s switch from directing successful biopics (Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman) to making his own version of True Lies, but Ghosted is still significant in the de Armas back catalogue. She has almost zero chemistry with her co-star, Chris Evans, which is understandable considering she replaced Scarlett Johansson, Evans’ The Avengers co-star, at the last minute. Still, this was the actor’s first-time with top billing on a film of this scale. Thankfully, it wasn’t the last.

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The 8 Best A24 Fantasy Movies
Jakob Barnes
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A24 may not be the biggest film studio on the planet, but it’s certainly one of the most popular. Since its humble beginnings back in 2012, A24 has garnered mass acclaim for its very specific set of vibes and has amassed an army of devoted fans along the way.

A24 movies have become their very own brand now. Indeed, that iconic logo is just as effective at getting bums in seats as the very best movie stars can be. What’s great is that, while A24 was initially rooted in quirky dramas and (dare we say it) elevated horror, the studio has branched out over the years. Now, there’s talk of an Elden Ring movie being produced by the studio, which got us thinking about the best A24 fantasy movies. Here are 15 of them, plus details on where to watch them all.

Under the Skin (2013)

This is one from the early days of the A24 catalogue, but Under the Skin is actually still one of the best A24 movies to date. Unsettling and eerie in tone but absolutely stunning to look at and full of fascinating concepts, this is a blend of sci-fi, horror, and surrealist fantasy elements, that will knock your socks off.

Scarlett Johansson stars as the femme fatale in this gripping picture from Jonathan Glazer, as a mysterious extraterrestrial who lures men to their doom. Truth is, there are few films quite like this one, and it’ll leave you pondering life itself for days afterwards.

The Green Knight (2021)

Arguably the most fantasy-based film on this list, The Green Knight is based on the mythical medieval tale of Sir Gawain, a knight from Arthur’s court, who ventures out on a quest of revenge and self-discovery. Romance, mystery, and adventure collide with supernatural elements in this David Lowery flick.

Not only is The Green Knight a work of art, it’s also steeped in historical allegories and has quite the profound conclusion. Dev Patel knocks it out of the park here, while Ralph Ineson’s booming voice serves as the antagonistic force behind the story.

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Speaking of genres all blending into one, few films do it better than Everything Everywhere All at Once. As a multiversal action-comedy, there are a fair share of fantastical elements in The Daniels’ Oscar-winning effort, from talking rocks to magical bagels, nothing is quite what it seems here.

Everything Everywhere All at Once cleaned up during awards season and ended it all in style by winning big at the Academy Awards. The film picked up 11 nominations and went home with seven wins, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, while Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis all came out on top in their respective acting categories.

Men (2022)

Of a similar ilk to The Green Knight in many ways, Alex Garland’s Men is another film that is rich in mythical stories of old. While on the surface this Jessie Buckley-led thriller appears to be an allegory for the way men oppress women, the story actually takes root in the folklore surrounding the Green Man, a figure representing nature and rebirth.

You can see those influences throughout and most definitely in the film’s climactic moments—which, for the record, are absolutely insane—and the story upon which Men is based is a really intriguing one that’s worth digging into after the film.

Lamb (2021)

Director (and co-writer) Valdimar Jóhannsson drew from various sources of Icelandic folklore to inspire his 2021 twisted fantasy horror movie, Lamb. From its unsettling and bleak mountainous setting to its themes of craving motherhood and defying Mother Nature, this film is a marvellous combination of that which is familiar to us and the highly fantastical.

We shan’t spoil the big twist ending here, but Lamb is a brilliant example of how a movie can take its time to generate a brooding and foreboding atmosphere before letting rip with an absolutely brutal ending.

The Witch (2016)

Folk horror and fantasy combine once more in Robert Eggers’ directorial debut, The Witch. Taking us back to the 1600s and New England, this tale of witchcraft and devilry sees a Puritan family become the victims of a dark and evil force, leading to paranoia and betrayal.

Anya Taylor-Joy’s breakout role here is one upon which the film sinks or swims, and the young actress offers up an intriguing, mysterious performance to deliver on The Witch’s blistering premise. Another entry in this list for Ralph Ineson as well. He truly is the underrated king of A24’s collection.

The Lobster (2015)

Oddly, black comedy and fantasy seem to go hand in hand when it comes to A24 movies. Yorgos Lanthimos really found an audience with his first English language movie, The Lobster, which is an imaginative and surrealist romantic comedy that sees people turned into animals if they can’t find love.

Set in a strange parallel universe to our own, The Lobster is truly a trip into the uncanny valley, with Lanthimos’ trademark for stilted dialogue and off-kilter humour giving the film an uncomfortable yet entertaining edge. While not officially based on any specific folklore, the therianthropic element of this story certainly lends itself to the fantasy genre.

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

This retelling of the classic William Shakespeare story is stacked with ghosts, visions, and witchcraft, making The Tragedy of Macbeth one of the most suitable offerings from A24 for anyone yearning for tales of fantasy.

Perhaps one of the most visually striking movies of the past five years, Joel Coen’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s work is faithful and masterful. That said, credit should go to the cast, too, with Denzel Washington, in particular, delivering an impeccable performance as the titular schemer. Now, can A24 just fund another Shakespeare adaptation, please?

Honourable Mentions
- Death of a Unicorn
- Swiss Army Man
- Tuesday
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What Is The Cast of 'Rogue One' Doing Now?
Rory O'Connor
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As Tony Gilroy’s Andor finishes its incredible two season run, fans have been returning in droves to the film that first gave us Diego Luna’s conflicted hero. Much has come to light over the years about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s troubled production (Gilroy was notably brought in for 11th hour re-shoots), but the film went on to receive some of the best reviews of the Star Wars franchise and plunder over a billion dollars at the worldwide box office.

After 24 episodes of richly fleshed-out backstory, we are surely not alone in saying that Gareth Edward’s film now hits different. So, what better time to look at where the Rogue One cast is now.

Felicity Jones (Jyn Erso)

With an academy award nomination for The Theory of Everything and a blockbuster debut in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 both coming in 2014, Rogue One looked like just another step on Felicity Jones’ steady rise to the Hollywood big leagues. Since then, the actor’s projects have been a bit of a mixed bag. Her performance as Ruth Bader Ginsberg in On the Basis of Sex is probably the high point in a string of middle-brow period pieces that separate her starring turn as Jyn Erso and a career comeback in The Brutalist in 2024. Not everyone appreciated her Hungarian accent in Brady Corbet’s film, but it didn’t stop her from landing a second nomination at the Oscars.

Diego Luna (Cassian Andor)

There was brief talk of a Scarface remake with Antoine Fuqua, but, for the most part, Diego Luna’s performances between Rogue One and Andor have mostly arrived on the small screen. He starred in two seasons of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico as the cartel kingpin Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and provided the voice of Krel in Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia TV show for DreamWorks Animation. Amidst all that, Luna found time for a selection of more indie-minded projects, including Barry Jenkins’ James Baldwin adaptation, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Woody Allen’s A Rainy Day in New York.

Forest Whitaker (Saw Gerrera)

In 2007, Forest Whitaker capped two decades of highly lauded work by winning an Oscar for his performance as Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. The actor’s career then took an unusual dip before a memorable return in 2016 with his first appearance as Saw Gerrera and a role in Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You (which he also produced). Since then, Whitaker has eased into a groove playing elder statesmen in projects like Respect, in which he appeared as Aretha Franklin’s father, C.L., and as the shaman, Zuri, in Black Panther.

Donnie Yen (Chirrut Îmwe)

Donnie Yen’s place in the pantheon of martial arts cinema was already confirmed before he took on the role of the blind warrior, Chirrut Îmwe, in Rogue One. Despite appearing in xXx: Return of Xander Cage in 2017, Yen has mostly continued to work in Hong Kong. He went back to his signature role as IP Man for two further installments before eventually returning to Hollywood in the live-action Mulan and, most memorably, as another blind killer, Caine, in John Wick: Chapter 4. At time of writing, the character’s standalone film is in the works with Yen on board as both director and star.

Ben Mendelsohn (Orson Krennic)

Since his first appearance as Orson Krennic, Mendelsohn has gone from strength to strength, entering the MCU as the alien Talos in Captain Marvel while continuing to be one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood. Alongside playing slimy antagonists for the likes of Steven Spielberg (Ready Player One) and Joe Wright (in Cyrano, alongside fellow Andor villain Joshua James), the Australian has lent his talents to more low-budget fare, such as Shannon Murphy’s indie darling Babyteeth in 2019.

Riz Ahmed (Bodhi Rook)

2016 was a banner year for Riz Ahmed. He won an Emmy for his remarkable performance in The Night Of and scored positive reviews for his hip hop album, Cashmere, while breaking through in Hollywood with roles in both Rogue One and Jason Bourne. The prolific artist has been on a roll ever since, moving into screenwriting with Mogul Mowgli and receiving an Oscar nomination for his moving performance as a drummer losing his hearing in Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal. He is currently on screen in Wes Anderson’s latest ensemble piece, The Phoenician Scheme.

Mads Mikkelsen (Galen Erso)

Coming ten years after his breakout role as Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, and hot on the tails of his three season run on Hannibal, Mikkelsen was already everyone’s favorite Dane by the time he appeared as Galen Erso in Rogue One. He entered the MCU as Kaecilius in Doctor Strange the same year and has since been cast as the main villain in both Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (taking over for Johnny Depp) and Indiana Jones: The Dial of Destiny while giving a career best turn in Another Round for his fellow Dane, Thomas Vinterberg.

Genevieve O’Reilly (Mon Mothma)

It’s wild to think that Genevieve O’Reilly first appeared as Mon Mothma 20 years ago in Revenge of the Sith. With most of her scenes cut from that film, the actor had to wait for Andor before really sinking her teeth into the role. Between that and Rogue One, however, the Irish-born Australian actor has been a mainstay on Irish and British TV, appearing in police procedurals like The Secret and The Fall as well as a central role opposite Tim Roth in the Canada-set Tin Star.

Alan Tudyk (K-2SO)

Since playing what we now know to be a once-murderous and now reformed droid in K-2SO, Alan Tudyk has continued to ply his trade as a voice actor in a wide range of Disney animations and fan-favorite TV shows, including Moana and Harley Quinn. His most prominent on-screen role has been in Resident Alien, in which the Firefly actor, not for the first time, gave a memorable and endearing performance in an underappreciated sci-fi series.

Jimmy Smits (Senator Bail Organa)

When not reprising his role as Bail Organa alongside Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jimmy Smits has been appearing in popular TV shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, How to Get Away with Murder, and East New York. Movie-wise, Smits has kept things relatively low key: His supporting role in John M. Chu’s adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights being the most high profile of a small group of projects.

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'Elden Ring' And 10 Other Upcoming Video Game Adaptations
Rory O'Connor
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With the consistent critical and commercial success in recent years of projects as varied as The Last of Us, A Minecraft Movie, and the Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy, video game adaptations are beginning to overtake comic books as Hollywood’s go-to IP. Now, even arthouse titans A24 are getting involved, with an adaptation of Elden Ring reportedly in the works with Alex Garland (Warfare, 28 Years Later) on board to write and direct.

With so many untapped resources still out there, it’s not surprising that studios are racing to fill their rosters. From nostalgic gems to modern classics, let’s take a look at 10 of the most exciting video game adaptations on the horizon.

Elden Ring (TBA)

Depending on how you look at it, the vast open world and possibilities of Elden Ring could either be made for the cinematic experience or basically unadaptable. Directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki (the man responsible for the Dark Souls series) with world building by none other than Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin, Elden Ring has the potential to become a multi-film franchise, so all credit to A24 and writer-director Alex Garland for being bold enough to try. Garland will point to his work on Annihilation, a surreal science fiction novel from Jeff VanderMeer that he managed to wrangle into an entertaining two hour movie. How Garland fares with The Tarnished and The Land Between, however, will be fascinating to see.

Exit 8 (2025)

The freshest game-to-film adaptation in the pipeline is Kotake Create’s Exit 8 (based on the 2023 psychological horror game of the same name), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last month to a standing ovation and positive reviews. The story takes place in what appears to be a purgatorial metro tunnel, where a man must look out for “anomalies” or risk being trapped in an infinite loop. The film will be released in Japan this August, so keep an eye for it on VOD.

Super Mario World (April 3, 2026)

It might not have had the cultural impact of Barbie, the highest-grossing film of 2023, but with 1.36 billion dollars in ticket sales, The Super Mario Bros. Movie came a close second on that list. The film might not have charmed everyone, but a sequel was inevitable, and while plot details have been kept under wraps, Super Mario World suggests an even bigger adventure awaits for Chris Pratt and Charlie Day’s Italian-ish plumbers.

Street Fighter: The Movie (March 20, 2026)

Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji (Bullet Train), Noah Centineo (Warfare) and WWE star Roman Reigns are all rumored to be involved with Street Fighter: The Movie, a new adaptation of SEGA’s classic beat ’em up. Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Street Fighter (1994) still packs a lively punch, but 2009’s The Legend of Chun Li was a commercial flop, so the jury’s still out on this one.

Resident Evil (September 18, 2026)

Underappreciated on release but financially successful, Paul W. S. Anderson’s six Resident Evil movies have built a deserved cult and cinephile following over the years. The 2021 reboot Welcome to Racoon City and a the Resident Evil series for Netflix didn’t click with audiences in the same way, so fans will be hoping for a new approach from director Zach Cregger (Barbarian) and writer Shay Hatten (John Wick: Chapter 4). Little is known at this stage, but a rumored plot involving a courier suggests Resident Evil (2026) will be an origin story. Austin Abrams (Euphoria) is set to star.

Sonic The Hedgehog 4 (March 19, 2027)

You don’t often expect IP franchises to improve with each installment, but that really has been the case with the Sonic movies so far. How they will make do without Jim Carrey’s energy (whose performances never once felt like just a paycheck) is the main question that will hang over Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Casey, Miller and Wittington will once again provide the screenplay. Against the odds, they’ve yet to let us down.

The Legend of Zelda (March 26, 2027)

Given its obvious potential, it’s surprising that a Legend of Zelda film hasn’t happened already. Rumors of a Netflix series in 2015 were quickly squashed, but now a The Legend of Zelda film appears to be in the works with legendary game developer Shigeru Miyamoto and Marvel Studios founder Ari Arad producing, and Kingdom of The Planet of The Apes director Wes Ball in the hot seat.

Death Stranding (2027)

He might be a certified cinephile, but Hideo Kojima’s work has so far resisted the big screen treatment. There’s been talk of Metal Gear movies (with both Viggo Mortensen and Oscar Isaac attached) for years, but Death Stranding seems like the real deal. Announced in 2023 by A24 and now with Michael Sarnoski (Pig, A Quiet Place: Day One) attached to direct, Kojima San’s surreal but finely detailed post-apocalyptic world is the perfect fit for the cinematic treatment. If the producers can round up the same stars (Léa Seydoux, Mads Mikkelsen, and Guillermo del Toro all appeared in the game), it will have one hell of a cast.

Gears of War (TBA)

Until this month, not a whole lot had come to light about the Gears of War movie since Netflix announced that it picked up the rights to film the locust horde invasion back in 2022. Now it seems that the, erm, gears are finally in motion with former stuntman and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch in talks to direct with Dune co-writer Jon Spaihts on script duty. It’s early days, but that combination of light and dark sounds intriguing—at least Dave Bautista seems to think so.

Horizon Zero Dawn (TBA)

On stage at the CET convention in January 2025, PlayStation Productions head Asad Qizilbash announced that a live-action adaptation of Guerilla Games’ popular open worlder, Horizon Zero Dawn, was in production with Columbia Pictures. Uncharted, the studios’ last collaboration, made a decent profit without winning over too many fans, so let’s hope the Horizon Zero Dawn movie fares better. The robotic beasts and classic “hero’s quest” template seem like a no-brainer for blockbuster success, it’s just sad that the silky-voiced Lance Reddick, who passed away in 2023, won’t be around to reprise his role as Sylens.

The Sims (TBA)

Get your houseguests in the pool and take away that ladder because The Sims movie is coming. In 2024, it was announced that Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap would produce the popular game with Kate Herron (Loki, The Last of Us) on board to direct. Everything is being kept under lock and key, but given Robbie’s Barbie connection, we can expect a good dash of social commentary behind those iconic green diamonds.

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10 Movies To Watch After 'Final Destination Bloodlines'
Rory O'Connor
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Fourteen years after its last outing, the Final Destination franchise makes a long-overdue return to the big screen with Final Destination Bloodlines: A film to remind you, in case you needed it, that there are far worse things to inherit than a receding hairline.

Final Destination and Final Destination 2 still boast some of the series’ most iconic kills, but the franchise only really landed on its signature, playful groove in later sequels. That irreverent brand of horror is back again in Bloodlines, offering a reminder of how reliable this franchise can be. As we wait patiently and hopefully for further installments, here are 10 movies to watch after Final Destination Bloodlines that capture a similar vibe.

Candyman (1992)

Bloodlines delivered a surprisingly poignant moment with Tony Todd’s last appearance as William Bludworth, the mysterious mortician who knows an awful lot about death. The franchise’s one true recurring character (he featured in all but 2009’s The Final Destination), Todd gave his last performance while already fighting a battle with cancer—the film was shot last Spring, just months before he passed—making his reportedly unscripted monologue about enjoying the life you have left all the more moving. Todd’s performance as the titular character in the classic 1992 horror Candyman helped the actor make his name—just don’t say it too many times.

Final Destination 2 (2003)

In all honesty, you could go watch any one of the five original films after seeing Bloodlines. Final Destination is one of the more uneven horror franchises, but that also means that each film has its own distinct flavor. Released in the gritty, faded-color years of the early aughts, David R. Ellis’ Final Destination 2 remains the most self-serious and scariest installment in the series. Bloodlines contains multiple references for fans of the series to pick up on, yet none more obvious than a recurring wink to the iconic opening highway sequence from Ellis’ film: A kill so gruesome it changed the way an entire generation thought about log trucks.

Saw X (2023)

Four years after the first Final Destination was released, James Wan seemed to rejig the film’s formula with 2004’s Saw, exchanging death’s traps for Jigsaw’s man-made contraptions and offering the victims not just a worrying description of what awaited them but the option of a grizzly way out. Saw spawned one of the most prolific and horrific franchises of all time, but the creators seemed to be running out of ideas before Saw X rejuvenated the series. Come for the kills, stick around for a surprisingly touching meditation on death.

Cube (1997)

While we’re on the subject of deadly traps, it’s well worth going back to Cube, Vincenzo Natali’s inventive 1997 cult classic about a group of people who wake up in a maze of booby-trapped rooms and have to band together to find a way out—or, you know, die. The series faded away after some middling straight-to-DVD sequels in the early 2000s, but a proposed project at Lionsgate in 2015 and a recent Japanese remake suggests the IP is still in circulation.

The Monkey (2024)

The Final Destination series has inspired many imitators, most recently Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey, a Stephen King adaptation (by no less than the son of Psycho’s Anthony Perkins) that takes exactly the kind of sadistic funs in its decapitations and disembowelments that fans of the FD franchise have always enjoyed. Theo James plays Hal and Bill Shelburn, twin brothers who rediscover a toy monkey that may or may not have been the cause of a series of random, improbable, hilarious, and increasingly gruesome accidents 25 years ago. Sound familiar?

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

It took a little bit of time before the Final Destination movies decided to drop the lore and focus on delivering what its audience loves best. That self-awareness is commonplace in a lot of horror movies these days, but few have approached it in as fun and interesting ways as The Cabin in The Woods did in 2011. The brainchild of Buffy the Vampire Slayer collaborators Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard, The Cabin in the Woods crammed about as many horror tropes as it possibly could into its 95-minute runtime then proceeded to pick them apart: A film that played as both a nightmare vision of a choose-your-own-adventure story and a wonderfully satanic TV gameshow.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Barring the 1984 original and New Nightmare (a meta experiment from 1994), Wes Craven’s name was absent from the credits of every film in the Freddy Krueger franchise aside from this wildly creative classic from 1987. Fans of FD’s more creative kills will find plenty of demented stuff to enjoy in Dream Warriors, the first in the series in which Freddy’s victims took back some control in the dream world. Phillip getting strung up by a giant Freddy puppet is probably the most inventive, and Taryn’s death by syringe glove the most harrowing, but who can forget the bionic arms protruding from the television set to grab poor Jennifer. Welcome to primetime indeed.

Insidious: The Red Door (2023)

Noisy and dangerously magnetic, solitary and claustrophobic, it’s surprising how few horror films have weaponized the MRI machine. Final Destination Bloodlines boasts probably the most outrageous kill to feature one (oh, that Prince Albert), but audiences looking for something more chilling can take a look at Patrick Wilson’s Insidious: The Red Door from 2023. The most recent film in the Blumhouse franchise was not the strongest in the series by any means, but the scene in which Wilson’s Josh Lambert discovers he’s not alone in an MRI’s darkened passage will make you think twice before getting your next scan.

It Follows (2014)

Released by A24, David Robert Mitchel’s It Follows is one of the great modern gems of indie horror. It’s pace and mood might be a far cry from Bloodlines, but if you like the idea of a nameless force moving through brutal kills in a specific, unflinching order, it is definitely one to seek out. Maika Monroe stars as a college student pursued by an uncannily slow-moving and shape shifting entity—a curse that can only be passed on to someone else by sleeping with them. There are things being said here about the hormonal urges of young people and their anxieties about having sex, but never to the point of interfering with the film’s capacity to terrify. The film’s signature 360-degree panning shot, in which the follower is only gradually revealed, remains influential a decade later.

Back to the Future (1985)

Wait, hear us out! Watching a head get crushed in a trash compactor might not exactly scream Bob Zemeckis, but anyone who comes to the FD movies for their demented spins on Rude Goldberg machines will feel right at home in the opening minutes of Back to the Future. We could have mentioned any number of Wallace and Gromit films here, but Zemeckis beat Aardman to the punch with this unbroken shot of a machine that turned on the TV, made some toast, and fed the dog to, at best, varying degrees of success. Hey, at least no one dies.

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The Nastiest Final Destination Deaths, Ranked
Jack Seale
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From faces sheared off to internal organs sprayed into the faces of innocent swimmers, the Final Destination movie franchise has come to specialise in unbelievable character deaths. So lock away any sharp objects, check your device for loose wiring and make absolutely sure you’re not sitting in a car parked on a railway line, as you check out our top ten ranking of the very best, or very worst, ways in which characters have been written out of the franchise… then scroll on down for a full guide on where you can stream all the films. Good luck!

10. Catching the bus

Terry (Amanda Detmer) being very suddenly run over by a bus in the original Final Destination is a brilliantly executed shock: characters have been pancaked by speeding mass-transit vehicles millions of times in films, but there’s usually an engine noise, a horn blast or just a giveaway change of camera angle to give you half a second of warning that death is coming. Not here: this impact is delivered without any backlift at all. It’s the original FD shocker, although it’s not representative of the franchise because even before the end of the first film, we’ve moved on to comically elaborate expiries, trailed with a ton of clues. There’s none of that here. Just: splat.

9. The grim ripper

No big spoilers here for the new franchise revival movie Final Destination Bloodlines, but of course it features several superb demises, including one character having their face sliced off by a bin-lorry crusher, and a family barbecue that ends messily due to an unfortunate ice/glass/rake/lawnmower/uncle interface. Its top death scene, however, has got to be the one in a hospital, where a series of questionable decisions leads to an MRI machine being turned into a super-powerful magnet. This is bad news for a member of the film’s doomed fraternity who has metal piercings in… various places.

8. Briaaaaaaan!

Being a minor character in a Final Destination movie is always a hazardous business, but being a minor character in a closing scene, when the main protagonists have convinced themselves that everything’s okay now? That, my cursed little friend, is fatal. Poor Brian Gibbons (Noel Fisher) finds this out at the end of Final Destination 2 when his parents host a barbecue, at which it is revealed that Brian recently cheated death. Having broken the news that tells us he is now doomed, he attends to the barbecue. Boom! The grill explodes and Brian’s severed arm lands on his mother’s plate. Like most barbecued meat, it’s burnt on the outside and raw in the middle.

7. Dismounting tension

In FD world, if it’s not one thing, it’s another. Or if it’s not that, it’s something else, and if that’s not what kills you, maybe it’s this other thing, but it’s probably not that, it’s probably something you haven’t noticed yet. Or not. One of the best scenes with myriad potential causes of death happens in Final Destination 5, when gymnast Candice Hooper (Ellen Wroe) competes in a venue where every possible piece of equipment has a screw loose, there’s exposed live wiring and the roof is leaking. Most of these urgent health and safety issues prove to be red herrings, but after an unbearably long build-up, during which Candice gets through an entire routine on a balance beam with an upturned screw on it, what finally gets her is… gravity.

6. These ladies are hot

A notorious FD kill-off thanks to its sheer unpleasantness, the dual ending of gal pals Ashley and Ashlyn (Chelan Simmons and Crystal Lowe) in Final Destination 3 involves a lot more suffering than most of the franchise’s gruesome deaths: at least if a falling sign decapitates you or you’re squished by a pane of heavy glass, you don’t know much about it. After a frankly rather confusing sequence of events that involves a loose shelf, a tube of lotion, a hat rack and slushie water spilled on dodgy electrics, Ashley and Ashlyn end up trapped inside a pair of tanning beds that have been set to “grill” mode. As the best friends slowly cook to death, the use of Love Rollercoaster by Ohio Players on the soundtrack is funny; the cut at the end from two flaming tanning beds side by side to two adjacent coffins is hilarious.

5. Billy, you’ve lost your head

Can you cheat Death, once he’s decided you are destined to die? Yes… and no. In Final Destination, Carter (Kerr Smith) tries to take control of his own demise by driving recklessly and then, when that doesn’t work, parking on a railway track in front of a speeding freight train. Oh, and this is with three of his friends in the car with him. The death is a corker thanks to the screaming hysteria in the car and particularly the reactions of goofy, silly Billy (Sean William Scott) in the passenger seat: “I am so close to puking right now!” is one of the movie’s funniest lines. Mainly, though, it’s a fabulous bait and switch. After Carter changes his mind and is rescued in the nick of time, a piece of jagged metal from the car wreck flies out and cuts Billy’s head clean off. But Carter survives! Yay!

4. Spotting a snag

Some Final Destination harbingers of death are subtle: there can be peril hidden in apparently innocuous everyday objects such as a vending machine, a mobile phone, or a box of sharpened wooden stakes teetering on the top of a collapsing shelving unit. But when Nora (Lynda Boyd) cops it in Final Destination 2, the clue is not a subtle one. She is in a lift with a guy who is creepy anyway, but is also carrying a basket full of prosthetic hooks. Obviously she won’t be able to avoid becoming fatally tangled, which just leaves the question of exactly how that will kill her… it turns out to be a simple case of her head becoming stuck inside the lift with her body outside, which means the former goes up a floor but the latter doesn’t. She really should have seen this coming.

3. A vision of doom

Tapping into our commonest fears is an FD staple, so it’s surprising that it wasn’t until Final Destination 5 that the franchise finally cashed in on something that keeps a lot of us up at night: what if you have corrective laser eye surgery but it goes wrong, because you claw the eye out of the teddy bear you brought along as a stress reliever and it rolls onto the floor, and then the machine malfunctions, burning through both your eyeball and the hand you try to protect yourself with, and then when you escape from the rogue mechanism, you slip over on the eye of the bear, causing you to crash through a seventh-floor window and plummet to your death? We’ve all worried about it but for Olivia Castle (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), the nightmare is real.

2. She’s definitely dead

There are so many ways to cease to be in a Final Destination movie, sometimes Death has several to spare. The kids’ teacher from the first film, Ms Lewton (Kristen Cloke), is already on her way out when she makes the fateful decision to stop making tea in a mug and switch to ice-cold vodka instead, which causes the mug to crack, which makes her drip vodka down the back of her computer monitor, which explodes and fires shrapnel into her neck. But then the vodka catches light and causes a kitchen fire. And then Ms Lewton tries to reach for a cloth to stem the bleeding, but it gets hooked on a knife, which falls and sticks in her chest. And then a chair tips over onto the knife, driving it home. At that point she dies. Then the house blows up.

1. Offally bad luck

Our overall winner scores highly in all the key categories: it’s elaborate, it’s disgusting, it’s ironic and it involves a mode of death that is hard to predict precisely, up to the very moment it happens. We’re in the fourth movie, The Final Destination, and the fantastically named Hunt Wynorski (Nick Zano) is relaxing by the pool at a country club, happy in the knowledge that his lucky coin will keep him safe. But when a child mishits a golf shot, the ball knocks the coin into the pool filtration mechanism and it jams. To cut a long story short, before you can say “death by underwater disembowelment”, Nick has become stuck in a seated position on the floor of the pool, the system’s suction keeping him down. We assume he will simply drown, with the only further indignity likely to be a kid in inflatable armbands kicking his corpse in the head, but no: the pressure builds and builds, and then it blows and it’s gut fountain time. What a way to go.

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All 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' Movies And TV Shows In Order
Hannah Collins
JustWatch Editor
A seminal slice of mecha anime and the medium in general, Hideaki Anno’s Neon Genesis Evangelion has become a powerhouse franchise, enjoying cult status among Western fans and growing into a merchandising juggernaut in Japan since its debut in 1995. Evangelion is both a love letter to its genre-defining predecessors, like the Gundam and Macross franchises, and a deconstruction of their themes: teenage pilots, the emotional cost of war, and the symbiotic bond between man and machine.

Considering its cultural footprint, there’s comparatively little anime content outside of collaborations, cameos, and other crossover material. If you want to get into Evangelion, here’s how to watch all Neon Genesis Evangelion movies and TV shows in order.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996)

The original Evangelion TV series is an imperfect masterpiece and undoubtedly where everyone needs to start with the franchise. Taking place in 2015 after two devastating global events known as Impacts, 14-year-old Shinji Ikari is the latest in a batch of teen pilots summoned by his father to pilot giant robots called Evas. Their targets are Angels, interstellar beings whose attacks focus on Tokyo-3.

The mystery as to what drives these attacks, the exact nature of the Evas, and Shinji’s complex (that’s putting it mildly) relationships with his machiavellian dad, companions, and his self-esteem—fuelled by Anno’s battle with depression—provide the beating heart of a series that’s as philosophical as it is packed with high-stakes action.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997)

Whether it was budgetary issues or Anno’s inability to decide on a conclusion, the Evangelion TV show, unfortunately, unravels in its last two episodes, which riled up fans and critics at the time. However, the series was still successful enough for Anno to redo it as two films, released back-to-back in 1997.

The first of these is Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (also known as Evangelion Death (True²), the director’s cut), which is just a condensed version of the series leading up to the end portion. For this reason, if you’ve already watched the show, it’s not worth seeing unless you’re an absolute completionist. Given a choice between Death & Rebirth and the original series, the latter is a better choice to get the full Eva experience.

The End of Evangelion (1997)

Directly following Death & Rebirth, The End of Evangelion is far more conclusive and easier to digest than the show’s last two episodes; Anno’s wild experimentalism is a little more restrained to allow for more externalised action than inner character turmoil.

Featuring some of the franchise’s most iconic visuals and controversial scenes, it remains a high watermark of ‘90s animation wherein the creator’s personal feelings bleed through every cel. It is a truly unique viewing experience, even all these years later, and essential for prospective fans.

Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)

A decade after The End of Evangelion, Anno returned to his career-defining franchise for his second do-over: Rebuild of Evangelion. As the animator originally pitched Evangelion as OVAs (Original Video Animations, non-theatrical films) rather than a TV show, this four-film series is arguably the most streamlined version of his vision.

Released in 2007, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone retreads the show’s first six episodes, including Shinji’s wavering over whether to be a pilot or not, but with some departures from the original plot that don’t make it feel too repetitive. The addition of CG also blends seamlessly into the more traditional animated techniques.

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)

The second in the Rebuild film series, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, came out two years after the first. Again, it mostly follows the same general thrust of the show but makes even more changes to set the next two sequels on totally new paths. As well as Shinji and fellow pilots, Asuka and Rei, being put through the physical and emotional ringer battling Angels Seven through 10, new, rambunctious pilot Mari Illustrious Makinami is added to the mix.

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

2012’s Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo is where the Rebuild films really come into their own. Following the catastrophic ending of the second film, the third one makes a jump in time to completely reorient the story in new territory, rewarding those who’ve watched everything else up to this point. It also sets the stage for the all-important grand finale, with huge revelations and losses unfolding around Shinji, leaving him on the cusp of another cataclysmic global event.

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)

Delays meant that fans had to wait almost a decade for the fourth Rebuild film. Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time provides Anno’s third version of his franchise’s ending. A slower-paced beginning allows time for Shinji to process everything he’s experienced thus far, leading to a showdown decades in the making to decide the future of humanity.

Though it’s not as visually unruly as The End of Evangelion, Thrice Upon a Time retains the psychological introspectiveness of the previous two Eva endings while providing much clearer—even positive—closure, more than justifying the necessity for Anno to revisit and rework the story.

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All R. L. Stine Movies And TV Shows In Order
Hannah Collins
JustWatch Editor
The release of Fear Street: Prom Queen marks the fourth entry in the continuing Fear Street film series, proving that author R. L. Stine’s work still draws an audience after a decades-spanning career. One of the most prolific names in children’s and teen horror, Stine is best known for Goosebumps, one of the biggest-selling book series ever. Even if you’ve never read one, you’ll know the name, or perhaps remember an episode of the 1990s TV show haunting your childhood nightmares.

Netflix’s Fear Street anthology is merely the tip of the Stine iceberg when it comes to big and small screen adaptations. Here are all R. L. Stine movies and TV shows in order of release.

Eureeka’s Castle (1989-1995)

The earliest R. L. Stine movie or TV show isn’t an adaptation of one of his books but an original kids’ show, for which he served as head writer. Eureeka’s Castle, which ran from 1989-95 on Nickelodeon, features puppet-based characters developed by the author, including the titular Eureeka, a spellcaster learning – and often failing – to do magic.

Goosebumps (1995-1998)

Churning out more than 70 episodes over three years, the original Goosebumps TV show began airing just a couple of years after the first book in Stine’s long-running series was published, and it is still going strong today. With mostly standalone episodes, the now-iconic piece of ‘90s children’s entertainment scared and delighted an entire generation.

The Nightmare Room (2001-2002)

Airing a single season across 2001 and 2002, The Nightmare Room drew from the 12 books in Stine’s series of the same name. Its opening narration, read by the legendary James Avery, “Don't fall asleep...or you might find yourself in The Nightmare Room,” nods to the famous introduction to each episode of The Twilight Zone, with which Stine has a professional association after writing “The Wrong Room.” It also features plenty of recognisable young stars, such as Frankie Muniz, Kaley Cuoco, Shia LeBeouf and Amanda Bynes.

When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001)

Starring Christopher Lloyd, When Good Ghouls Go Bad is a direct-to-TV film that aired a week before Halloween in 2001. Lloyd plays a kooky, ill-fated uncle in a fictional town that doesn’t celebrate the spooky season due to a curse. Stine developed the idea and later penned a novelisation to promote it.

Haunted Lighthouse (2003)

As it could only be seen in theme parks in the US, 2003’s Haunted Lighthouse is probably the most obscure Stine project. Shown in 4-D, its ghostly story of two children trapped on Cape Cod was enhanced by water, wind, and other sound and tactile effects during the ride. It also features Christopher Lloyd, this time as a weathered sea captain alongside Lea Thompson and a “Weird Al” Yankovic cameo.

The Haunting Hour (Movie 2007/TV Series 2010-2014)

The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007) and The Haunting Hour are very loosely based on Stine’s Nightmare Hour short story collection. The first, a 2007 direct-to-DVD movie, has Saw villain Tobin Bell pass a book laden with warnings to a couple of kids, who, naturally, ignore said warnings on Halloween night.

The second adaptation expands the idea into a full TV series, released three years later and running until 2014. Receiving plenty of praise, it’s darker than its Goosebumps predecessor, with main character deaths, plot twists, and an even creepier atmosphere.

Mostly Ghostly Movie Series (2008, 2014, 2016)

The Mostly Ghostly series of TV movies includes Mostly Ghostly (2008), Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014), and Mostly Ghostly: One Night In Doom House (2016), taken from the early ‘00s Stine novels. Each one centres on Max, an 11-12-year-old psychic whose unique ability to see ghosts does nothing for his cratered popularity in middle school. While he befriends two around his age, others have more insidious intent, pulling Max into even more trouble.

Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015)

A soul-stealing circus comes to town in Stine’s 2012 book Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls, which later formed the basis for a 2015 TV movie of the same name. Descendants star Dove Cameron plays one half of the story’s unrequited romantic duo, each enticed and ultimately preyed upon by two members of Dr. Hysteria’s Carnival of Horrors.

Eye Candy (2015)

Crafted with an MTV demographic in mind, this serialised adaptation of Stine’s 2004 novel lasted for one season. Victoria Justice plays a tech whiz turned detective when her sister disappears in New York, putting her on the trail of a serial killer. Not only is Eye Candy aimed at an older audience, but it also stands out among Stine’s works for being more of a cyber thriller than horror.

Goosebumps (2015/2018)

With Jack Black playing R. L. Stine, the first Goosebumps theatrical films are delightfully self-referential, honouring the legendary creator by having him team up with kids to battle the monsters from his most famous creation. After a gestation period starting in the ‘90s, the first movie finally came out in 2015, and the second, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, in 2018, though largely without Black.

Fear Street Trilogy (2021)

Stine’s most well-known series outside of Goosebumps, the Fear Street books began publication in the mid-90s and have had an on-and-off schedule since. Stine’s most recent revival started just over a decade ago, receiving a boost in attention from Netflix’s three-part film adaptations.

Released across three weeks in July 2021, the trilogy takes place in three time periods (Fear Street Part One 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666) interconnected by a spate of occult-linked slayings. A Stranger Things-aping visual style and synthy soundtrack play into their fun nostalgia, while the blood-splattered action dials up the age rating far beyond kid-friendly.

Just Beyond (2021)

This 2021 Disney+ miniseries was adapted from Stine’s Boom! comic series, with each episode functioning as a standalone story. The first and sixth episodes drew The Amazing Spider-Man’s Marc Webb to the director’s chair and McKenna Grace to a lead role, with each plotline touching on deeper themes of self-esteem, conformity, grief, and more. Unfortunately, Just Beyond has been removed from Disney’s streaming library as of 2023.

Zombie Town (2023)

Reuniting original SNL cast members Chevy Chase and Dan Ackroyd, Zombie Town is a Canadian-made version of Stine’s 2000 novel, released in 2023. Stine himself pops up as an enigmatic director whose new movie zombifies an entire town, leaving two teenagers to employ ancient Egyptian mysticism to fight them off.

Goosebumps (2023-Present)

Goosebumps has been back on our TV screens since 2023. The reboot adopts an overarching, serialised story as opposed to the books’ and original show’s anthology format, as well as much grittier visuals and themes. Paying homage to the decade it was born in, this time around, a group of teenagers come up against classic Goosebumps monsters, like the infamous ventriloquist dummy, but also grapple with a 30-year-old mystery from their parents’ pasts. The series second season, Goosebumps: The Vanishing, dropped in January 2025.

Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)

Released in 2025, Fear Street: Prom Queen is the fourth instalment in Netflix’s Fear Street film series film series, and the first spinoff of the original trilogy. Set in the same ‘cursed’ town of Shadyside, the movie mostly takes place on senior prom night in 1988, where someone is picking off prom queen candidates. The kills are just as inventively gory as the first three entries, and the climactic reveal casts a deviously fun shadow back on the story.

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How To Watch The 'Fear Street' Movies In Order
Hannah Collins
JustWatch Editor
Based on the novel series by Goosebumps author R. L. Stine, Netflix’s Fear Street film trilogy has just become a quadrilogy with the release of Fear Street: Prom Queen—and the streaming platform is already planning a fifth instalment. Set in the fictional town of Shadyside, the franchise encompasses multigenerational tales of conspiracies, the occult, serial killers, and other grisly ways to terrorise its teen residents, mostly in or around the titular Fear Street.

Plans to adapt the books date back to the late 1990s but didn’t take off properly until Stine returned to them in 2014, and Netflix’s three-part film series launched across three weeks in July 2021. With the first spinoff out and more on the way, here’s how to watch all Fear Street movies in order.

Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021)

Each of the original Fear Street trilogy of films from Netflix spans three different periods, though the first one serves as the key ‘anchor’ point for the overarching story. As well as its ‘present-day’ setting, Fear Street Part One: 1994 also establishes the mystery from Shadyside’s past to be solved across the three films: A malevolent force is turning people into mindless, savage killers, rumoured to be the vengeful spirit of Sarah Fier, a woman executed for witchcraft centuries ago. The main protagonist, Deena Johnson, is sceptical until her friend Sam becomes a target.

With undead killers from the murder capital’s past also on the loose, Fear Street Part One: 1994 quickly establishes a rich and murky lore for the series, making the following two films essential viewing to get the full picture.

Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)

Deepening its story and lifting the lid a little on its core mystery, Fear Street jumps back 16 years for this direct sequel, Fear Street Part Two: 1978. Using an extended flashback, Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink stars as a younger version of C. Berman, played by Gillian Jacobs in the present day of 1994, who survived the infamous Camp Nightwing Massacre of 1978.

Here, Fear Street goes full-on Friday the 13th with its slasher summer camp setting, filled with teen rebellion, bullying, and eerily similar murderous circumstances to what Deena and her friends experienced in Part One. Berman’s tragic tale of survival against the odds is one of Fear Street’s emotional high points, also providing vital pieces of the puzzle for Deena and the audience to fit together for the finale.

Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021)

The third and final part of the first three Fear Street films finally brings the disparate eras and scattered story fragments together. Fear Street Part Three: 1666’s Puritan setting will be familiar to those who know their witchcraft history. Some mystical out-of-body shenanigans put Deena and the viewers right at the centre of accused witch Sarah Fier’s origin point. It also provides an origin point for the dark shadow cast over Shadyside for hundreds of years.

While half the film is set in 1666, the remaining portion comes full circle, returning Deena to 1994 armed with the information she needs to try and end the curse. The gruesomely creative kills and neon-soaked colour palette are the Fear Street trilogy’s initial draw, but its staying power is rooted in its unique time-displaced structure, crafting an absorbing mythology that every entry satisfyingly builds on to feel cohesive rather than perfunctory.

Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025)

The first sequel to the Fear Street film trilogy is a standalone adaptation of a single Stine book rather than a direct continuation. While you could watch it before the first three, or just on its own, you’re better off sticking to release order, as Fear Street: Prom Queen benefits from viewers already being familiar with Shadyside and its residents’ almost inherent predilection for violence.

Prom Queen mostly takes place on senior prom night in 1988, where the vying candidates for the title are being murdered, one by one. As such, it’s heavily in slasher territory, with the Scream franchise being the clearest comparison point for the school setting, costume, and red herrings. Also leaned on heavily are genre tropes and character archetypes, making it schlockier than the trilogy, but the end twist makes it all worth it.

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Here's Where You've Seen The Cast Of 'Superman' Before
Hannah Collins
JustWatch Editor
Over a decade since his last solo outing in 2013’s Man of Steel, Superman is back on the big screen, courtesy of James Gunn. 2025’s Superman is a tentpole release for the Guardians of the Galaxy and The Suicide Squad director’s big revamp of the DC Extended Universe, with the latter (a ‘do-over’ of the similarly named 2016 controversy-stirrer) ushering in his jump to the longtime Marvel rivals.

As well as the director, the casting of characters as iconic as The Man of Steel always attracts attention, good or bad. So, with the film hitting theatres in July, here’s what you might have seen the cast of Superman (2025) in before, and where to watch them.

David Corenswet - Clark Kent/Superman

Much like Henry Cavill when he took the role, the man in the red and blue is being played by relative ‘unknown,’ David Corenswet. An alien refugee from infancy, Kal-El grows up on Earth as Clark Kent, develops godly powers under our planet’s yellow sun, and eventually uses them in the name of truth, justice and the American way as Superman. But are those values still relevant in a deeply divided world?

Coreswet’s biggest film credit before Superman is horror film Pearl, which has a period setting not too far from the perennial 1930s/40s Supes vibe. He also played villainous storm chaser Scott in Twisters, and one of two Lili Reinhart love interests in reality-shifting rom-com, Look Both Ways. TV-wise, he was bi-con River Barkley in the campy political satire The Politician.

Rachel Brosnahan - Lois Lane

Clark Kent’s fellow Daily Planet reporter keen to blow the lid on who Superman really is, Lois Lane is (almost) always fated to be the romantic partner of both. It takes an actor with tenacity to take her on, and in looks and temperament, the woman who played The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s titular trailblazing female comedian makes perfect sense.

Aside from this, Brosnahan would be familiar to House Of Cards viewers as Rachel Posner (aka ‘Call Girl,’ initially) in the political drama’s first three seasons.

Nicholas Hoult - Lex Luthor

Superman’s archnemesis is billionaire technocrat Lex Luthor, who, as well as possessing the traditionally villainous traits of greed and power, despises the alien superhero for being more beloved than he is. Playing him is Nicholas Hoult, probably the most famous face of the cast.

One of numerous Skins alumni who’ve built enviable Hollywood careers, Hoult’s breakthrough came before the cult British series in another coming-of-age drama, About A Boy. He carved a path in action blockbusters like Clash of the Titans and Jack the Giant Slayer before landing the role of a young Beast in the X-Men films and, later, the unhinged Nux in Mad Max: Fury Road. Since then, he’s switched between quirky historical pieces (The Great, The Favourite) and even darker fare (The Menu, Renfield, Nosferatu).

Skyler Gisondo - Jimmy Olsen

He’s Superman’s best pal and The Daily Planet’s eager ‘boy’ photographer. The part of iconic red-head Jimmy Olsen—who hopefully won’t suffer the same grim fate he did in Batman v Superman—belongs to Skyler Gisondo.

You’re more likely to know Gisondo from the many TV shows he’s been in rather than his indie films, Booksmart and Licorice Pizza. Most notably, he played one of the titular Righteous Gemstones, Gideon, Sam in mysterious tropical-set series The Resort, and the adorkable Eric in cannibal comedy The Santa Clarita Diet.

Nathan Fillion - Guy Gardner

Among DC Comics’ Lantern Corps, Guy Gardner may seem like an odd inclusion compared to better-known Green Lanterns like Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart. But Gardner’s popularity with fans as an unlikable rebel with a cause makes the character a welcome surprise in Superman—as is the casting of Nathan Fillion.

Fillion is neither new to working with James Gunn—popping up in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3—or playing a Lantern, though this is the first time he’s done the latter in live action. He’s best known to armchair detectives for personifying author-sleuth Richard Castle in Castle and to nerdier viewers for the beloved Joss Whedon show, Firefly.

Isabela Merced - Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl

Superman’s fellow Justice Leaguer Kendra Saunders, aka Hawkgirl, is one half of an avian hero pair alongside her fated beau, Hawkman, who showed up in the DCEU’s Black Adam. Both are aliens who have been reincarnating on Earth since ancient Egyptian times, heavily influencing their costumes.

Isabela Merced’s profile has been significantly raised as Dina in The Last of Us’ second season. She was also one of the unfortunate young crew in Alien: Romulus, teen superhero Anya Corazón in Madame Web, plucky scavenger Izabella in Transformers: The Last Knight and the lead part in Dora and the Lost City of Gold.

Edi Gathegi - Michael Holt/Mister Terrific

Terrific by name, terrific by intellect: Michael Holt is the second character in the comics to have the Mister Terrific mantle, is an on-off Justice League member, and a whizz with technology. Arrow devotees will remember him appearing in the latter half of the CW series, played by Echo Kellum.

As for Ed Gathegi, Twilight heads who never forget a face might clock him as the morally ambiguous Laurent. But Gathegi is more prolific in TV than film, including two editions of The Blacklist, the crypto crime thriller StartUp and Ronald D. Moore’s alternative space race epic, For All Mankind.

María Gabriela de Faría - Angela Spica/The Engineer

Originally part of the defunct Wildstorm Universe, which was folded into the DCU, Angela Spica became the second ‘Engineer’ in The Authority team when she infused her blood with her deceased predecessor's nano-tech, becoming part-human, part-liquid metal. Her allegiances can be as malleable as her body.

Playing The Engineer will be María Gabriela de Faría’s biggest role yet, being best known before Superman for another comic book adaptation, Deadly Class, in which she was student assassin Maria Salazar.

Anthony Carrigan - Rex Mason/Metamorpho

Anthony Carrigan’s distinctive appearance makes him an excellent choice for the shapeshifting Metamorpho. Originally a classic Batman and Superman antagonist, Rex Mason has since turned over a new leaf to become a founding member of the Outsiders and later a Justice Leaguer.

This isn’t Carrigan’s first DC rodeo or taking on a smooth-shaped villain, having played twisted murderer Victor Zszaz in Gotham and a killer robot in Bill & Ted Face the Music. You may also know him from the darkly funny HBO show Barry or darkly fantastical Death of a Unicorn.

Frank Grillo - Rick Flag Sr.

As is clear in the name, Rick Flag Sr. is the father of The Suicide Squad’s Rick Flag Jr. Grillo has already had a test run inhabiting the hardened General in the DCU animated web series Creature Commandos, where he had a run-in with the mentally and physically unstable villain, Clayface.

Grillo is well-accustomed to portraying griseled men of action, having played one of Captain America’s deadliest adversaries, Crossbones, in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the unkillable Roy Pulver in Boss Level and ruthless cop Leo Barnes in The Purge: Anarchy.

Wendell Pierce - Perry White

Unlike his alliterative and hot-headed Marvel equivalent at the Daily Bugle, the Daily Planet’s Perry White is a steadfast editorial leader and boss to Clark, Lois, and Jimmy. He’s played by industry veteran Wendell Pierce, whose star has been on the rise of late.

Cast your mind back to groundbreaking series The Wire, and his face should slot into place with Detective Moreland, aka ‘Bunk.’ He’s also had major roles in legal drama fave Suits and Selma, where he chronicled Martin Luthor King Jr.’s famous 1965 march for civil rights.

Sara Sampaio - Eve Teschmacher

Eve Teschmacher is unique among the Superman character roster in that she’s a movie original, debuting as Lex Luthor’s weary assistant/girlfriend in the first Richard Donner film. Since being inducted into the comics’ continuity, she’s become a fixture across DC’s media pantheon, though sometimes under alternate names, such as Tess Mercer and Mercy Graves.

She’s played by Sara Sampaio, the greenest of the actors on this list, stemming from a modelling background. Her most noteworthy credits before this include AI thriller Wifelike.

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10 Most Expensive Movies Ever Made (Without Adjusting for Inflation)
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
Hollywood is a place where the streets are quite literally paved with gold–or at least, gold stars. There’s so much money being pumped into the film industry these days that we simply had to take a look at the most expensive movies ever made, and we can even tell you where to watch them all.

After the release of Netflix flick The Electric State, it was revealed the Russo Brothers’ movie was one of the most expensive productions of all time. That’s a mind-blowing fact, and one that the streaming service might end up regretting given the reaction to the release.

But, it still opens up a fascinating discussion on the true cost of filmmaking. So, here are the most expensive movies ever made, without adjusting the budgets for inflation, and where you can stream the films in question.

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) - $447m

In a galaxy far, far away, the most expensive movie of all time was crafted by J.J. Abrams and co. Star Wars: The Force Awakens delighted fans in 2015, ten years after the previous instalment in the Skywalker Saga, and it brought back the original trilogy heroes Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher; which is probably why it cost so much to make.

The film cost a whopping $15m more than its nearest competitor, but based on how incredible it is and how special it was to return to George Lucas’ world and see those characters again, we’d say it was worth every penny.

2. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) - $432m

Bringing dinosaurs back to life is clearly a very expensive venture, and no expense was spared in bringing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom to the silver screen back in 2018. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas-Howard led the reboot of the classic film series in 2015, and they returned with this sequel from J.A. Bayona, which explored the morality of profiteering off of dinosaurs and put the story into a haunted house setting.

It’s an interesting paradox that this film’s themes are mirrored by the real world success of the franchise; but hey, dinosaurs are cool, and cool things deserve to make a lot of money.

3. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - $416m

If you hadn’t guessed already, making films about a giant war in space can see production costs rack up pretty quickly, and the Star Wars dominance of this list continues with the much-maligned Skywalker Saga closer from 2019. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, made plenty of missteps when it comes to the story at the heart of it, and was a very disappointing end to the beloved franchise for most fans.

Costing a massive $416m to make, let’s just say it’s a good job this film made over $1 billion at the box-office, because it certainly didn’t get any critical success.

4. Fast X (2023) - $379m

The Fast and Furious franchise is all about family, fancy cars, speed, and hard-hitting actions, but none of that comes cheap; just look at the budget for Fast X if you don’t believe us. With each new entry in the franchise, it seems Dominic Toretto and his crew get up to crazier and crazier stunts and after F9 took things into the stratosphere, literally, the tenth movie needed to step up with something even bigger.

Ultimately, like a lot of films these days, it’s the massive cast that take up a huge chunk of the production budget, and they spared no expense on Fast X in assembling every major player from the franchise.

5. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) - $379m

The first of two movies from this franchise to make the list, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, matched the production budget of Fast X, which is saying something, especially given it was made more than ten years earlier.

As well as an A-List cast, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise also boasts some of the most impressive CGI in movie history. That can be pretty expensive, of course, but the fact it still remains among the best and most convincing even by today’s standards is testament to money well spent back in 2011.

6. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) - $365m

You were probably wondering when we’d see an Avengers movie on this list, but like us, you’re likely surprised that it’s Avengers: Age of Ultron that had the biggest budget in the entire MCU. With a smaller team of heroes, you’d think Joss Whedon and co. could have kept costs to a minimum a decade ago, but alas, bringing evil robots to life can be almost as expensive as resurrecting dinosaurs, it seems.

Avengers: Age of Ultron made a lot of money at the time, and while it didn’t quite get the buzz of its predecessor upon release, most Marvel fans have given the film a positive reassessment over the years.

7. Avengers: Endgame (2019) - $356m

OK, now this is the one we thought would be higher up the list. When Marvel assembled quite literally every single hero to date in its epic conclusion to the Infinity Saga, the studio no doubt broke the bank to pay each member of the star-studded cast for Avengers: Endgame. And that’s before we even get into the mind-boggling amount of CGI that went into the film.

Still, Avengers: Endgame made just under $2.8 billion at the box-office, so it’s safe to say Marvel made a wise investment with that $356m budget. Plus, it’s one of the greatest superhero movies ever made, so credit where credit’s due.

8. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) - $351m

Post-Covid, movies just seem to be getting more expensive, but to be fair, when you’re dealing with a magic superhero flying through the very fabric of reality in the multiverse, you’re going to need to spend some cash to make that look good. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is an ambitious project, to say the least, but you can’t deny it does have a distinct and effective visual style.

There’s also the small matter of that impressive roster Marvel put together for the Illuminati. Patrick Stewart surely doesn’t come cheap, and the fact he’s back for the Avengers: Doomsday cast along with a million other actors suggests we could be adding a new entry to this list very soon.

9. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) - $350m

The third highest-grossing movie of all time–behind Avengers: Endgame and its own predecessor–Avatar: The Way of Water was always going to cost a pretty penny. The worlds that James Cameron builds on Pandora and beyond are truly stunning, and a real technical achievement, but to make it all work, the franchise has cost upwards of $550m already, with more to come.

Cameron is continually pushing the boundaries of what is possible with digital filmmaking, and the funny thing is, he keeps on making incredible returns at the box-office to make it all worth it and fund the next adventure.

10. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) - $330m

Honestly, of all the movies on this list, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is probably the most difficult one to defend when it comes to justifying such a bloated budget. To spend $330m on a film and yet still produce something as that nightmare-inducing version of M.O.D.O.K is quite bizarre, really, and it’s difficult to know where the money actually went, as it surely didn’t go to the CGI department.

While the film has its highlights, including the backstory behind Kang the Conquerer, Scott Lang’s threequel is a real disappointment, especially after the first two movies in his mini series were so much fun. It was also a flop at the box-office for Marvel, which must have hurt given the studio’s impressive run of success beforehand.

Honourable mentions
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - $326m
- Avengers: Infinity War - $325m
- The Electric State - $320m
- The Marvels - $307m
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End - $300m
Where to watch the most expensive movies ever made

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Every Movie You Need to Watch Before 'Avengers: Doomsday'
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
It feels like an eternity (or perhaps, an infinity) since the last Avengers team-up, and by the time we get to Avengers: Doomsday in 2026, it will have been seven years since we saw all of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes on the same battlefield.

The MCU has been through a tough time of it lately, with a few critical misses, but things seem to be back on track thanks to the positive reaction to Thunderbolts* and the hype around The Fantastic Four: First Steps later this year.

If you’re invested in the MCU to this point, then you’ll know that the Avengers: Doomsday cast is absolutely huge, and very, very exciting, too. With so many names in there, it’s important to understand where all the key characters are as we close in on the release of this massive event movie. So, here’s every movie you need to watch before Avengers: Doomsday, and details on where to stream them all.

Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

OK, let’s go way back to that last team-up for all the Avengers, new and old. The double-bill of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame will not only refresh your memory on the strength in numbers the superteam possesses, but it’s also just a great time to remind yourself just how amazing the MCU can be at its peak.

Plus, with Robert Downey Jr. back in the MCU, albeit as a very different character this time, it’s worth a look at how his time as Tony Stark AKA Iron Man came to a close back in 2019.

Thor: Love and Thunder

Chris Hemsworth is still going strong as our favourite Asgardian, and with four solo movies to his name, Thor is now the most prolific of the original Avengers team when it comes to MCU outings. His most recent, Thor: Love and Thunder, saw the God of Thunder team up with his ex-girlfriend, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) to take on Gorr the God Butcher, and by the end, he had a new, far younger teammate by his side.

It may not be a highlight in the MCU, but Thor: Love and Thunder is essential if you want to know what the mighty Mjolnir wielder is up to.

Captain America: Brave New World

With Steve Rogers now gone (but never forgotten), it’s up to Sam Wilson to take on the mantle of Captain America, and the former Falcon has not had an easy time of it in the early days of his tenure in the stars and stripes.

Captain America: Brave New World not only sees Sam (Anthony Mackie) ramp up his reputation as the new Cap by taking down President Ross’ Red Hulk, but also leads him to lay the foundations for the new Avengers team he’s putting together ahead of Avengers: Doomsday. Make no mistake, Sam will be a leading figure by the time Doom arrives next year.

Thunderbolts*

Before the release of this film, we had all imagined the likes of Red Guardian, Ghost, and US Agent would be very expendable. But, they’ll all be joining Yelena (Florence Pugh) for Avengers: Doomsday, and actually the team in Thunderbolts* have become far more important than we (or indeed, they) ever expected.

Not only do you need to know what’s going on with Sentry (Lewis Pullman) ahead of the next Avengers movie, but this whole band of misfits might just be the first team that Earth turns to when the next big threat bears down on the planet.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Even more crucial, though, will be the likes of Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) and Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) who, alongside Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) comprise the cast for The Fantastic Four: First Steps. And, as any comic book aficionado will tell you, you can’t have Doctor Doom without Marvel’s first family.

Of course, this one isn’t out just yet, but it’s just around the corner, and will be absolutely crucial viewing ahead of the Avengers: Doomsday release next year. Be sure to watch this one as soon as you can as the heroes mentioned above are likely to be the frontline in facing Doom.

The X-Men trilogy

By the time Avengers: Doomsday comes around next year, it will have been 20 years since many of the players from the original X-Men trilogy were last seen on screen. Of course some, like Patrick Stewart’s Professor Xavier, have popped up more recently, but with the likes of Mystique (Rebecca Romijn), Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), and Cyclops (James Marsden) all set to reprise their roles for the new Avengers flick, you’d better refresh your memory on how things went down all those years ago.

It’s a three-for-one deal, this one, with X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand to catch up on.

The Marvels

Speaking of random mutants, you’ll have to watch The Marvels, too. That’s not a chore, though, as the team-up of Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Ms Marvel (Iman Vellani), and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) is actually a lot of fun. While it’s a largely self-contained story, we know the young Ms Marvel will be back for Avengers Doomsday at the very least, as will Kelsey Grammer’s X-Men character, Beast, who pops up in the end-credits scene here.

His presence in an alternative timeline alongside Rambeau, who is very much lost in space, could well be the key to bringing the various universes together in Avengers: Doomsday.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

With Chadwick Boseman sadly gone, it will be down to Letitia Wright’s Shuri to don the Black Panther costume and bear the responsibility of Wakanda’s input in the fight against Doctor Doom. She will be joined by Tenoch Huerta, who plays Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Again, comic book fans will know just how powerful Namor is, and he’s a key player in the Secret Wars arc, too, so don’t be surprised to see him have a big role to play in Avengers: Doomsday if Marvel are gearing up for a similar trajectory to the character’s journey in the source material.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

In many ways, we wouldn’t blame you for almost forgetting about Shang-Chi (Simu Liu). His solo movie came out back in 2021, and we’ve not seen him or heard him even mentioned in the MCU since then. But, we know the actor will be back for Avengers: Doomsday.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings features some brilliant fight choreography, and the titular artefacts that give our hero his powers could end up being very useful in stepping up the Avengers’ power levels when they face the might of Doctor Doom.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

One of the main surviving members of the fight against Thanos, and arguably the most powerful Avenger still left on Earth in the lead-up to Avengers: Doomsday, Doctor Strange will have a massive role to play in the movie, one way or another.

In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the eponymous sorcerer is tasked with protecting America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) from Wanda Maximoff. In the process, though, Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) also practically breaks the multiverse, and the incursions mentioned in the movie will very likely be the open door Doom needs to bring havoc to Earth-616.

Deadpool & Wolverine

While neither Deadpool nor Wolverine have been announced for the Avengers: Doomsday cast, there is still plenty to take away from their anti-hero comic book movie to feed into what could occur in the big Marvel flick.

For a start, there’s a whole host of multiversal chaos in Deadpool & Wolverine, which ties in nicely with the events of the TV show, Loki, actually. There’s also the small fact that Channing Tatum’s Gambit, who makes his debut in this movie, is set to appear in Avengers: Doomsday. Get to know him while you can, and don’t be surprised if Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman follow him soon, too.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

The final film we’ll advise you to watch before Avengers: Doomsday is a bit of an odd one. That’s because the main focus of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is actually on setting up Kang as the MCU’s next big bad. But now, those plans have all been scrapped, and we’re not really expecting any of those breadcrumbs to be picked up at all.

Still, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man will be part of the team for Avengers: Doomsday, so it’s worth catching up with his last moves at the very least. It’s not the best MCU movie, but you just never know what Marvel will carry into their next, epic Avengers team-up, so it’s best to cover all bases here.

Where to watch all the movies you need to see before Avengers: Doomsday and where they’re streaming online

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10 Huge Stars You Probably Forgot Appeared On 'Friends'
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
It’s arguably the biggest sitcom of all time, and its legacy still lives on to this day with adoring fans rewatching classic episodes again and again, but Friends was always more than just the core group of six New York twenty-somethings. In fact, it would have been pretty boring if that was all we saw across the 236 episodes of the iconic comedy series.

Thankfully, the creators were able to persuade some of Hollywood’s biggest and best stars of the time to jump in for the odd cameo here and there. So, we’ve assembled a list of the best guest stars you probably forgot appeared on Friends over the years, plus some details on what you can watch them in right now.

1. Jennifer Coolidge

Friends saved the best until last, with the final season of the show introducing us to Amanda in the episode ‘The One With Ross's Tan’. Jennifer Coolidge played Monica and Phoebe’s old friend, who was hilariously self-obsessed, inexplicably British, and a fantastic dancer despite never having any lessons. Her best moment was when she told Chandler he looked “positively ghastly” after his fake car accident.

Coolidge has enjoyed a return to prominence of late, with her role in The White Lotus producing an abundance of meme-worthy moments once more. She is also (briefly) in the new video game adaptation, A Minecraft Movie.

2. Brad Pitt

Season 8 episode ‘The One With the Rumor’ could well be the best Friends episode ever. It’s certainly the best holiday special, at least, and a big part of the reason that episode works so well is the scene-stealing guest appearance from Brad Pitt as Ross’ high school buddy, Will Colbert. His sheer hatred for Rachel–made even funnier by the fact Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were a couple at the time–produces some of the most hilarious scenes in the whole show.

You’ll be able to watch Pitt take on the role of Cliff Booth again in the recently-announced Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel from David Fincher. He’s also done some work behind the camera of late, as one of the producers on Adolescence.

3. Jeff Goldblum

We don’t see an awful lot of Jeff Goldblum in Season 9’s ‘The One With the Mugging’, but the legendary actor brings all of his effortless charm and quirky line delivery as Leonard Hayes, a theater director determined to put Joey through his paces during an audition. He ends up with a bit of a wet leg after Joey lets all his tension (and urine) out upon getting the part.

Most will know Goldblum from his work in the Jurassic Park franchise, where he played Ian Malcolm. He’s also popped up in the MCU as The Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok, and honestly, we’re quite surprised he’s not found his way into the Avengers: Doomsday cast yet.

4. Ben Stiller

And the award for the angriest man in the whole ten seasons of Friends goes to: Tommy, played by Ben Stiller in Season 3’s ‘The One With the Screamer’. Tommy dated Rachel, and while everyone seemed keen on him, Ross saw a very different, very mean side to his love rival. Thankfully, Tommy’s dark side was revealed when he was caught berating the chick and the duck.

Nowadays, Stiller is renowned for being the man behind bringing Severance to the small screen, but his past body of work includes plenty of classic comedies like Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Zoolander.

5. Reese Witherspoon

If you thought Rachel Green was a spoiled brat when she first turned up in Friends, the arrival of her sister, Jill, makes Rachel look like an absolute saint. Played by Reese Witherspoon, Jill was such a great supporting character that she stuck around for two episodes, with Season 6’s ‘The One With Rachel's Sister’ and ‘The One Where Chandler Can't Cry,’ during which she dates Ross.

Most recently you’ll have been able to see Witherspoon opposite Will Ferrell in the comedy movie You’re Cordially Invited, but she made her name in early-2000s classics like Legally Blonde and American Psycho.

6. Christina Applegate

It’s hard to decide which of Rachel’s sisters are more annoying. Ask Rachel herself and Jill would probably win that battle, but Joey would have no trouble picking Amy, played by Christina Applegate in Season 9’s ‘The One With Rachel's Other Sister’. Applegate even won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series after that episode, and returned as Amy again in Season 10’s ‘The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits’.

Applegate is probably best known for her role as Veronica Corningstone in comedy classic Anchorman, but more recently she was the star of the hit TV show Dead to Me.

7. George Clooney

We’re going all the way back to Season 1 for this Friends guest star appearance, as George Clooney popped up alongside his ER co-star Noah Wyle to play a pair of doctors that double date Rachel and Monica. In ‘The One With Two Parts: Part 2’, things don’t go to plan for the girls, as they’re forced to swap identities to fraudulently claim medical insurance, leading to a disastrous date.

Clooney has so many hits over the years, from Ocean’s Eleven to Gravity. Most recently, he starred alongside Brad Pitt in the Apple TV+ movie, Wolfs.

8. Sean Penn

Another Friends guest star who managed to get invited back for a second episode, Sean Penn appeared in Season 8 as Eric. He was introduced as Ursula’s fiancé, but when he learned she had been lying to him (a lot), he left her for her twin sister, Phoebe. Eric’s awkward humour and that wild storyline gave us one of the greatest one-liners in the history of the show, as he describes Phoebe as “Blursula”.

You’ll have no doubt seen Penn in something before, with the actor appearing in the likes of David Fincher’s The Game, Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River, and more recently, Licorice Pizza.

9. Julia Roberts

Chandler Bing may have been a bit of a loser in high school, but that didn’t stop him being mean to people. We saw him pick on Monica in a flashback, and then, in Season 2’s ‘The One After the Superbowl: Part 2’, we learn that he made Susie Moss’ life miserable, too. Thankfully, Julia Roberts shows up for a blistering guest appearance to get her revenge.

Like her frequent collaborator, George Clooney, Roberts has had a sublime career, starring in iconic pictures like Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich. She was most recently the star of Netflix’s Leave the World Behind back in 2023.

10. Gary Oldman

While Chandler and Monica were preparing to get married in the aptly-titled two-parter, ‘The One With Monica and Chandler's Wedding’, Joey was starring in a war movie alongside the legendary Richard Crosby, played by Gary Oldman. Joey had a torrid time on set with Crosby, though, getting covered in spit and having to babysit the drunken actor causing him to very nearly miss his best pal’s big day.

Oldman himself is a true legend of the silver screen, having appeared in The Dark Knight trilogy, becoming an Oscar-winner for his turn as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, and now being the star of the hit TV show Slow Horses.

Where to watch the movies and TV shows featuring the best Friends guest stars streaming online

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'Andor' Season 2: Where You Recognise the Cast From
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
Star Wars has been spreading sci-fi magic across the galaxy for generations, from the classic original trilogy, to the chaotic prequel trilogy, and now into the Disney era. Whether you’re an experienced Jedi Master or a young Padawan learning the ways of the Force, the franchise is so vast and full of surprises that there’s always something new to explore.

The latest treat for fans of the Rebellion is Andor, with the Star Wars series’ second season finally arriving on Disney Plus. The first season of the show took the world by storm, with no one quite expecting such a nuanced and impactful story to come from this spin-off of a spin-off about a character we only met in 2016’s Rogue One.

Still, this show is far more than just Cassian Andor, with the whole ensemble making their mark on the small screen. Here’s where you’ve seen the main players in the Andor cast before, and where you can watch their latest work.

Diego Luna (Cassian Andor)

He’s the titular character of the show, and everything hinges on Diego Luna’s ability to make us care so much about Cassian Andor, despite us already knowing what his ultimate fate will be. Thankfully, Luna pulls out the best performance of his career to date in Andor, and he’s truly captivating at times.

Luna’s most interesting work from the past is the 2001 drama movie, Y Tu Mamá También, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. He’s also offered his voice to the animated movie The Book of Life, and had supporting roles in Milk, The Terminal, Frida, and Elysium.

Stellan Skarsgård (Luthen Rael)

By far the most experienced and revered member of the Andor cast, Stellan Skarsgård brings real star quality and gravitas to the role of Rebellion puppetmaster Luthen Rael. He’s the man on a mission to bring down the Empire, and a key figure in recruiting Cassian to the cause.

We can guarantee you’ll have seen Stellan Skarsgård somewhere before, with his most iconic roles coming in Good Will Hunting and Mamma Mia! He’s also recently played Baron Harkonnen in the Dune franchise, and popped up a few times in the MCU as Professor Selvig in Thor and The Avengers.

Adria Arjona (Bix Caleen)

Cassian spends his days fighting the oppression of the Empire to protect those he loves, and after there are few people he cares about more than Bix Caleen. She’s played by Adria Arjona, who does a grand job of imbuing the character with anguish and turmoil through her difficult days on Ferrix.

You may remember Arjona from her role opposite Jared Leto in the much-maligned Morbius movie, but it’s her star turn in the brilliant Richard Linklater action-comedy movie, Hit Man, that truly brought her to prominence of late. Her chemistry with Glen Powell in the Netflix original elevates it from your standard genre piece to a genuine contender for the best film of 2024.

Genevieve O’Reilly (Mon Mothma)

One of the most underrated stars in the Andor cast is Genevieve O’Reilly, who plays Senator Mon Mothma. Without her, the Rebellion would not have the power nor financial might to compete with the Empire, and her emotional conflict throughout the show is a real highlight.

Sadly, O’Reilly has not really had an extensive career outside of the world of Star Wars. She first played Mon Mothma in 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, after briefly appearing in The Matrix Reloaded and its sequel. She’s since shown up in The Legend of Tarzan and The Snowman, before reprising her intergalactic role in Andor.

Ben Mendelsohn (Orson Krennic)

Fans were delighted (and a little terrified) to see Orson Krennic added to the Andor cast for the second season, and the ruthless director behind the Death Star is now the main driving force behind the Empire’s pursuit of Cassian and his crew.

Ben Mendelsohn, like Stellan Skarsgård, has been everywhere in his time, and he’s always good value in every role he takes on. From indie hits like Babyteeth and Slow West, to bigger franchise work like Captain Marvel and The Dark Knight Rises, you’ll definitely recognise Mendelsohn from somewhere. He’s also starred in great TV shows like Bloodline and The Outsider.

Denise Gough (Dedra Meero)

Andor was a real breakout role for Denise Gough, who stars as the highly-driven, relentless ISB Supervisor Dedra Meero. She’s the woman who, along with Syril Karn, does the investigative work to track down and try to capture Cassian and Luthen, and bring down the Rebel Alliance before it can harm the Empire.

Frankly, Dedra is absolutely terrifying, and that’s in no small part thanks to Gough’s performance. She’s just starting to gain traction in her career, and you can see her in another small screen role in The Stolen Girl right now, but she’s also appeared in films like The Kid Who Would be King, ‘71, and The Other Lamb, as well as the TV show Under the Banner of Heaven.

Where to watch the Andor Season 2 cast in action

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The 10 Most Controversial Cannes Movies Ever
Jack Seale
JustWatch Editor
The Cannes Film Festival has never just been about the best films coming up for release in the next year or so. As well as finding the next arthouse hit and perhaps the odd future blockbuster, the glitziest party on the film industry calendar loves a talking point: Cannes comes to life when people argue about or just universally condemn a hot new picture, even more so than when a masterpiece makes its debut. Here’s our guide to the ten films that have generated the most heat, plus where you can stream them.

Taxi Driver

It’s established as a classic now and was generally well regarded on its release, but Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver was not without its strong detractors when it landed at Cannes in 1976. The jury president for that year, Tennessee Williams (yes, the legendary A Streetcar Named Desire playwright), criticised films in the programme for “tak[ing] a voluptuous pleasure in lingering on terrible cruelties”, and Taxi Driver’s violent conclusion was met with boos at the premiere. Scorsese was supposedly so spooked by the outrage that he left Cannes early, but he needn’t have worried too much: Taxi Driver won the Palme d’Or and became more highly acclaimed the more people around the world saw it.

The Brown Bunny

Vincent Gallo was an arthouse darling following his 1998 debut Buffalo ‘66, which at the time was seen as one of the best independent films ever made. But he comprehensively trashed his own reputation with his second effort, The Brown Bunny, when it debuted at Cannes in 2003. Rumours swirled around the movie before the festival, focusing on an unsimulated sex scene between Gallo and Chloe Sevigny, but when the screening took place, critics were angry simply because they thought the film was appallingly bad, calling it a pointless, directionless vanity project. In the ensuing row, Gallo showed how maturely he was taking the criticism by saying he hoped highly respected American reviewer Roger Ebert would get colon cancer.

Crash

The modern era of controversial Cannes movies began in earnest in 1996, when director David Cronenberg brought his extremely transgressive dramatisation of the JG Ballard novel Crash to the festival. The film is about a subculture of people who visit the scenes of serious car crashes because they are sexually aroused by the carnage, a premise that caused boos and jeers at screenings and a somewhat murky kerfuffle involving the Cannes jury. Cronenberg later claimed that the jury president for that year, Francis Ford Coppola, was instrumental in it not winning the Palme d’Or, which was given instead to Secrets & Lies. But someone liked it: Crash won a “special jury prize”, which has not been awarded to any film at the festival since.

Triangle of Sadness

In 2023, Swedish director Ruben Östlund promised that his next movie, The Entertainment System Is Down, would “create the biggest walkout in the history of the Cannes Film Festival”. It hasn’t done that yet, because it’s 2025 and Ostlund is still making it, but he has experienced the unique thrill of prompting a famous Cannes walkout. Triangle of Sadness won the Palme d’Or in 2022, just as Östlund’s previous film The Square had in 2017, but the scene in Triangle where a gang of bloated socialites are spectacularly seasick on a cruise ship caused a similar reaction in the auditorium. When the film was over it received a standing ovation… from the people who had made it to the end.

Titane

French director Julia Ducournau specialises in gruesome body horror, which is bound to get juices flowing in the sultry south of France. Having warmed up with allegorical cannibal-fetish shocker Raw at the 2016 festival, Ducournau really divided Cannes audiences five years later with Titane, a film about a woman with a metal plate in her head who has sex with cars. Some audience members fainted and several walked out before the fifteen-minute mark, but this did not stop Titane taking the Palme d’Or, the festival’s biggest prize. Ducournau is back in Cannes this year with her latest provocation, Alpha.

Irreversible

Argentine director Gaspar Noe has been a controversy addict ever since his super-disturbing debut Seul Contre Tous, which opens with real footage of a horse being slaughtered in an abattoir and gets worse from there. That film didn’t cause much of a stir at Cannes in 1998, but this very much wasn’t the case in 2002 with Noe’s follow-up, Irreversible. An almost unwatchable tale about a horrifying rape and the violent revenge that follows, the film caused so many fainting and vomiting fits in the Cannes audience that not only were the emergency services called, but they gave the movie a bad review: a fire department spokesman described Irreversible as “unbearable” when speaking to local reporters.

Do the Right Thing

Many of the films on this list did actually win the Palme d’Or at Cannes, which meant the controversy that had greeted their initial screening at the festival subsided somewhat. But in 1989, the row that erupted around Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing was precisely about it not winning the top prize. Instead the Palme d’Or went to sex, lies, and videotape, which doesn’t feel too controversial now, since both films are well regarded in retrospect. But at the time, critics promised never to return to the festival in protest at the injustice, and Lee himself threatened to attack jury president Wim Wenders with a baseball bat. Lee has since expressed his regret at the remark, but the Do the Right Thing hubbub has been the context for Lee’s return to Cannes this year with Highest 2 Lowest.

Marie Antoinette

There have been fewer Cannes premieres anticipated with warmer optimism than Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. It reunited the director with star Kirsten Dunst, who had memorably played the lead in Coppola’s first film The Virgin Suicides. And it was about French history! But there were boos at the Cannes screening, from viewers who interpreted the movie as celebrating the lavish lifestyle of the infamous Queen. This was 2006, however, by which time the concept of the poorly received Cannes film had become a major source of press hype: any negative reaction was pounced on, and in this case just a few disgruntled punters became a story. It is still, however, the most notable aspect of the film’s otherwise unremarkable appearance at the festival.

Carol

If you’ve ever seen an A-list actress walk barefoot up the Cannes red carpet and wondered why - Julia Roberts and Kristen Stewart are among the stars who have made the gesture - it all stems back to the 2015 Cannes premiere of Carol, an otherwise uncontroversial dramatisation of the Patricia Highsmith book by director Todd Haynes. A group of female festival-goers reported being barred from the screening for not wearing high heels, this being a result of the vaguely expressed but strictly enforced requirement for red-carpet attendees to be smartly dressed, shoes included. The festival’s director denied that heels were a must, but by then the damage was done, although Carol’s PR campaign had received an unexpected lift.

La Dolce Vita

All the above films are arguably trailing in the wake of La Dolce Vita, which sashayed into Cannes in 1960 having already cheesed off the Vatican. The Catholic Church scorned Federico Fellini’s vision of a decaying Rome driven by hedonism and cheap celebrity, missing its satirical lament and simply finding it disgusting instead; Italy’s right-wing religious press was outraged by the opening shot of a statue of Jesus being carried over Rome by a helicopter. The sizzling hype could have gone either way in Cannes but, like so many films on this list, ultimately La Dolce Vita got the reward its stellar film-making deserved, and it went home with the Palme d’Or.

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10 Best Dinosaur Movies for Kids (and Where to Watch Them)
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
There’s something endlessly fascinating for both kids and adults about dinosaurs, those larger than life creatures that existed millions of years before humans. The best dinosaur movies for kids combine fun, excitement, and adventure with some educational moments, making them perfect viewing for the whole family. From animated classics like The Land Before Time to live-action adventures like Journey to the Centre of the World, there’s something to spark any kid’s imagination on this list. Check out our selection of 10 of the best dinosaur movies for kids, and see all of the available streaming options for each.

The Land Before Time (1988)

One of the most beloved children’s classics about dinosaurs is Don Bluth’s The Land Before Time. While some might remember The Land Before Time for its traumatic beginning, there’s no doubt that it is one of the most beautiful tales of adventure and friendship out there. The film follows the story of Littlefoot, a young “long neck” dinosaur who sets out on a journey with his friend Cera to find the Great Valley, a place where they can be safe and free. Along the way, Littlefoot and Cera face many challenges, including encounters with the terrifying Sharptooth, but also find new friends along the way. What started as a standalone animation film turned into a franchise, and The Land Before Time now has over 10 direct-to-video sequels as well as a 26-episode Land Before Time TV series.

Dinosaur (2000)

Disney’s Dinosaur might have a slightly outdated animation style, but don’t let that stop you! The unusual story follows a young Iguanodon named Aladar who is raised by a family of lemurs. When a meteorite lands near their idyllic island home, they are forced to flee to the mainland in search of safety. Once there, they team up with a group of dinosaurs who are crossing treacherous territory in search of a new place to settle. This tale of adventure, identity, and home is both beautiful and thoughtful, and a great watch for any kids who love all things dino.

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Pixar are well known for making some of the best animated movies for kids out there. Luckily for dinosaur fans, Pixar decided to explore prehistoric territory in 2015 with The Good Dinosaur. The film takes place in an alternate history in which the timelines of humans and dinosaurs overlap. Arlo is a young and shy apatosaurus who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young boy named Spot. When they get washed down stream, the two go on an epic journey to return home.

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

The ‘90s classic We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story was produced by Steven Spielberg and features quite the voice cast lineup including John Goodman, Martin Short, Walter Cronkite, and Julia Child. After hearing the secret wishes of two lonely children in New York City, the scientist Captain Neweyes sends four dinosaurs who have ingested a potion that makes them intelligent, peaceful, and fun-loving to the Big Apple to bring them some joy. However, Neweyes’ evil twin brother who owns a circus has other plans in mind for the four dinos.

Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island (2021)

Although Dinosaur Train is most widely known as a PBS series, the creators have also made some cute additional films like Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island. Like the series, the film focuses on a family of pteranodons and their adopted T-rex son. In the series, each episode sees the family get on a train to a new place to discover a new type of dinosaur. In Adventure Island, the family check out a new dinosaur theme park on a remote tropical island. The Dinosaur Train series and movies are geared towards children ages 3 and up, so if you’re looking for a dinosaur movie to watch with a younger child, this might be the perfect choice.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Since the first Ice Age film was released in 2002, the herd comprised of Sid the sloth, Diego the sabretooth tiger, Manny the woolly mammoth, the squirrel Scrat, and several others, have become some of the most beloved animated characters. After the sequel Ice Age: The Meltdown, the herd returned for a third film, Dawn of the Dinosaurs, in which they must rescue Sid after he is taken to an underground den by a mother T-rex after he steals her eggs. Like all Ice Age films, Dawn of the Dinosaurs is full of laughs and adventure, and with plenty of prehistoric creatures around in this one, it’s ideal for children who love dinosaurs.

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)

The very 1980s Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend may be a slightly dated live-action picture, but it’s a bit more kid-friendly than Jurassic Park. While attempting to track down a local legendary monster in Central Africa, paleontologist couple Dr Susan and George Matthews-Loomis discover a brontosaurus family deep inside the jungle. However, once they realise the dinosaurs are in danger from poachers, they find themselves on the run with the baby brontosaurus they nickname simply “Baby.” While this film is suitable for children, it takes a more serious tone and shares important lessons for kids about ecology and environmental preservation.

Dinotopia (2002)

Although Dinotopia is technically a miniseries, it’s essentially a long film that takes place over the course of three episodes. The film is based on James Gurney’s 1992 fantasy book series of the same name and takes place in a world where humans and dinosaurs coexist. When half-brothers Karl and David Scott (Tyron Leitso and Wentworth Miller) wash up on shore after a plane crash, they find themselves in Dinotopia, a hidden utopian civilisation in which intelligent talking dinosaurs live and govern alongside humans. This live-action miniseries is probably better suited to older children, but it makes for a fun and thought provoking adventure.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2008)

Jules Verne’s 1874 novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth has seen many adaptations over the years, but none quite as fun as the one starring Brandon Fraser from 2008. After his brother’s disappearance some 10 years earlier, volcanologist Trevor Anderson (Fraser) and his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) go to Iceland to see if they can find out what happened. While there, they go on an expedition with their guide Hannah (Anita Briem) and wind up falling into a deep cave that is home to a prehistoric world. As they attempt to get out, they cross paths with some pretty dangerous dinos. While scary at times, Journey to the Centre of the Earth is a solid adventure film sure to thrill any one who wants to spend a day in prehistory.

Walking With Dinosaurs (2013)

The BBC originally released a six-part series Walking With Dinosaurs in 1999 depicting computer animated dinosaur life in the style of a nature documentary. The 2013 film Walking With Dinosaurs is loosely based on the series, but takes the dinosaur premise and makes it into a fun family film. In this Late Cretaceous era, a young Pachyrhinosaurus named Patchi works through his shyness and insecurities to make his dream of becoming the herd’s leader come true.

If you’re interested in seeing an update to the BBC’s dinosaur documentary, make sure to check out their 2025 reboot series Walking With Dinosaurs, which takes fans into prehistoric times to see how their favourite dinosaurs lived—this time with updated animation technology.

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Where to Watch the Best Tom Hardy Movies and TV Shows
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
Tom Hardy is one of the most beloved actors currently working in Hollywood. His versatility, rugged persona, distinctive voice, and ability to portray complex characters with depth and authenticity have made him one of the most compelling actors in the film industry. From his rise to fame through roles in Christopher Nolan’s Inception and The Dark Knight Rises to his Oscar-nominated performance in The Revenant, Tom Hardy has proved his ability to shapeshift while maintaining his signature charisma. Most recently, he starred in the gangster series MobLand opposite Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, and in the gritty action-thriller Havoc.

If you can’t get enough of Tom Hardy, check out 10 of his best performances in both movies and TV shows, and see all available streaming options for each title.

Locke (2013)

In one of his most intricate performances to date, Tom Hardy stars as the only character to appear on screen during the two-hour duration of the psychological drama Locke. Hardy plays Ivan Locke, a construction foreman in charge of overseeing the largest concrete pour in European history. The entire film takes place in the confines of his BMW X5 while he is driving, fielding a series of phone calls from his wife of 15 years, his two sons, people he works with, and an affair partner who is in the process of giving premature birth to his child. Hardy’s performance is fascinating and demonstrates his ability to capture multiple emotions at the same time, giving his character a real feeling of loneliness, care, and burden as he tries to keep his life from imploding.

Bronson (2008)

Tom Hardy gives another career defining performance in director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Bronson. The film is based on the life of “Britain’s most notorious prisoner,” Michael Peterson (aka Charles Bronson). After robbing a bank, Bronson was originally sentenced to seven years in prison, only to find himself locked away for life, spending years on end in solitary confinement and in high security psychiatric hospitals due to multiple violent outbursts and hostage-taking. The film is an exploration of Bronson’s mind and motivations, and Hardy juggles his subject’s violence and physicality with his artistry and vulnerability to perfection.

The Revenant (2015)

Alejandro Iñárritu’s Academy Award-winning The Revenant saw Tom Hardy star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the epic story of identity and revenge. DiCaprio plays frontiersman Hugh Glass who, after being mauled by a grizzly bear, is abandoned by his travel companions thanks to the deceptive trapper John Fitzgerald, played by Hardy. Fitzgerald’s piercing stare coupled with his ruthless and sadistic nature, make him one of the most dangerous baddies Hardy has played thus far—and earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Tom Hardy’s performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is unlike any of his others. Usually playing charismatic hard men, in this role he shows a softer, somewhat defeated character we rarely see from him. The film features an all-star cast including Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt, Toby Jones, and Benedict Cumberbatch, among others, and takes place in 1970s London in the midst of the tensions of the Cold War. The British Secret Service are hard at work to find a double agent in their ranks, and Hardy plays the softspoken Ricki Tarr, the spy who first discovers the mole and recounts his story to Gary Oldman’s George Smiley.

Peaky Blinders (2014–2022)

Steven Knight’s popular period crime drama Peaky Blinders saw Tom Hardy join the cast in the second season to play Alfie Solomons, the leader of a Jewish gang from Camden Town. Calculating and unpredictable, Alfie and Tommy share an understanding for business and respect for each other despite multiple betrayals. Hardy’s portrayal of Alfie makes him one of the most memorable characters in the series, presenting him as straightforward and rational, while giving him a layer of contained volatility and danger that erupts in unexpected moments.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Tom Hardy’s portrayal of Batman villain Bane in The Dark Knight Rises was one of the roles that made him into a household name. Although it was always going to be a tough task to follow Heath Ledger’s Joker from The Dark Knight, Hardy made Bane a formidable opponent in Christopher Nolan’s final Batman instalment. From his hulking physique to his muffled, peculiar accent, Hardy brought just the right amount of menace and camp to make Bane both enjoyable to watch and a suitably diabolical foe for Christian Bale’s Batman to fight against.

The Bikeriders (2023)

Jeff Nichols’s The Bikeriders documents the rise and fall of the Vandals biker gang from 1965 to 1975. Hardy plays Johnny, the aging leader of the Vandals who tries to keep a level of control on a group that is changing underneath him. As the gang expands, creating new chapters, new members including young upstarts and traumatised Vietnam veterans threaten the stability of the biker community. Austin Butler stars opposite Hardy as Benny, one of the younger faithful members whom Jonny wants to see take over leadership. Throughout the film, Hardy adapts gracefully to the role of a grizzled, hardened mentor as he himself ages into a new era.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Tom Hardy’s Mad Max is a far cry from Mel Gibson’s iteration, giving him a quieter, more thoughtful quality. In Mad Max: Fury Road, Hardy stars opposite Charlize Theron as the tragic figure surviving in a post-apocalyptic down under where clans fight for dwindling resources while roaring around the desert in menacing ramshackle vehicles. Hardy’s Max is both soft spoken and dangerous, and his portrayal gives the character humanity and humility as he gracefully steps out of centre stage, making way for Theron’s Furiosa.

Taboo (2017)

Taboo is Hardy’s critically acclaimed pet project, as he wrote the story with his father Chips and made the series with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. Over eight episodes, Taboo tells the story of James Delaney (Hardy), a businessman and explorer returning home to London in 1814 after 12 years in Africa. The series explores the darker side of business, politics, and class discontent at the time, and Hardy’s performance as Delaney brings all the depth, versatility and grittiness we’ve come to expect from him.

Venom (2018)

Hardy’s foray into the world of superheroes sees him take on the role of Eddie Brock (aka Venom) in first Sony’s Venom films and then the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe. From his American accent to his Jekyll-and-Hyde portrayal of the human-symbiote duo, Hardy gives his performance both a more straight-edge feel compared to his other roles while also dialing up the humour we rarely see from him. Hardy has since gone on to play the role in two sequel films, Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Venom: The Last Dance.

Where to watch the best Tom Hardy movies and TV series streaming online

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The 10 Wildest Tom Cruise Stunts, Ranked
Jack Seale
JustWatch Editor
Audiences piling into cinemas to watch Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning will be hyped for one aspect of the movie above all others: the stunts. Over the course of his career, star Tom Cruise has amassed a barely believable catalogue of stunts that would normally be performed by professional stuntmen, but which are routinely undertaken by the man himself. Check out our countdown of the 10 wildest Cruise stunts so far, then find out where to watch the movies with our comprehensive streaming guide. Take care!

10. This movie rocks

Cruise isn’t actually free climbing in the opening scene of Mission: Impossible II, because if he’d fallen there was a safety wire to stop him plummeting to his certain death. But he is scaling Deadhorse Point in Utah under his own steam, hanging off the rock by his fingertips and putting himself at considerable risk of injury: even with the wire, a fall could easily have seen him smash against the side of the jagged natural edifice. The sequence is not even necessary, since it’s right at the start before the narrative gets going. It’s just high-level showing off and we’re not complaining.

9. Mummy! Help me!

The vast majority of Cruise’s best stunt work has been done in the M:I movies, but not all of it. There’s a little corker in The Mummy, when Tom’s character Sergeant Nick Morton is on a cargo plane that’s hit by a massive bird strike. As the aircraft tailspins towards the ground, it would have been perfectly possible for the scene to have been done with wires and a green screen to create the illusion of weightlessness, but no: Cruise insisted on doing it properly, hiring a Nasa training plane that would fly up to 25,000 feet before free-falling. You can see the G-force.

8. Tanking at the box office

The very first instalment in the Mission: Impossible franchise contains a stunt that is a lot more dangerous than perhaps it looks, and much more so than the film’s famous dangling vault heist, which looks cool but has no peril at all. Ethan Hunt decides to blow up a giant aquarium and then run away, creating a twist on the action-movie staple where an actor sprints towards the camera as something explodes behind him. Instead of escaping flames, Cruise has to properly shift to avoid being hit by thousands of gallons of rushing water, the impact of which could have been pretty nasty.

7. Up, up and away

Lincolnshire is not generally a dangerous county, but during the shooting of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation it played host to yet another of those moments where Ethan Hunt’s antics could have led to Tom Cruise being badly hurt. At RAF Wittering, rocks were painstakingly cleared from the runway, and weather conditions that were likely to discourage birds were waited for, so that Cruise could cling to the outside of an Airbus A400M Atlas before and during takeoff without being hit by speeding debris or an airborne animal. With much of the safety apparatus cleverly hidden, it’s one of the franchise’s most satisfying stunts, and of course Cruise didn’t just do it once: at any given point you’re watching one of eight takes.

6. Handling a chopper

Perhaps Cruise’s most impressive “that’s really him doing that” stunt arrives in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, when Ethan Hunt pilots a helicopter in an airborne standoff with dodgy CIA guy August Walker (Henry Cavill). As so often with Cruise, it’s a sequence that could have been done using trickery to make it look like he was flying a helicopter, but that’s him executing a corkscrew dive without crashing. He did the requisite hours of training to get the relevant pilot’s licence in record time, then went for it. The bit where the two helicopters crash into each other was, however, rendered in CGI. Even Tom Cruise wouldn’t attempt that.

5. The need for speed

Speed-flying is the hobby you take up if paragliding simply isn’t hazardous enough for you: with a smaller canopy, you can get up to 50 miles per hour, travelling just feet above the ground. This is the sort of thing Tom Cruise does twice before breakfast, so it was no bother for him to add a bit of speed-flying to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. The crew, however, were terrified as their star swooped rapidly past sharp rocks. Director Christopher McQuarrie pointed out that this stunt was a lot more dangerous than jumping out of a plane: “Sky diving is fairly predictable. Speed-flying is incredibly unpredictable."

4. Don’t look down in Dubai

Yes, Cruise is clipped to a wire in the scene in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol where Ethan Hunt, for reasons that need not make sense, has to move from one floor of Dubai’s 163-storey Burj Khalifa tower to another not by using the lift, but by cutting out a window pane, climbing up the outside, cutting out another sheet of glass and going back in. But when Hunt’s sticky gloves fail and he has to shin up there freestyle by wedging his feet in the window frame and shuffling skywards, that’s all Tom. Cruise evidently enjoyed it: there are out-takes where he tests out the safety set-up by running horizontally, skipping from pane to pane.

3. Simply breathtaking

Free divers who hold their breath underwater all the time are pretty pleased if they can last for more than three minutes. That’s how long Ethan Hunt has to hold out for without oxygen in the scene in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation where he has to break into an, uh, underwater vault. Cruise took himself off to enrol in a military training programme and ended up able to swim underwater for as long as six minutes, if required. He doesn’t stay under for that long but the scene is magnificently tense because you can see that he is, once again, doing what Ethan Hunt is doing, for real.

2. Break a leg

Tom Cruise loves to run, but he had to take several weeks off from sprinting while filming Mission: Impossible – Fallout after his most famous fail. Ethan Hunt is legging it across a series of rooftops, jumping from building to building. There’s a point where one of the leaps is a little too wide and Hunt slams into the wall, clinging on to the side of the roof before pulling himself up and continuing. In reality, the impact broke Cruise’s ankle, and he knew it was busted immediately, but he also knew that if he stopped he wouldn’t have a usable take to comfort him during his weeks in a plaster cast. So he hauled himself up and hobbled out of shot, and that’s the take they used.

1. Hey, new stunt just dropped

Cruise insisted on performing the notorious motorcycle jump in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One on day one of the shoot. Partly he was super-excited and couldn’t wait, but he also knew that if it went wrong, it would be the end of him and the movie, so they might as well know straight away if it was a goer or he was a goner. The stunt is simply explained: Cruise rides a motorcycle off a cliff. The rehearsals involved 500 skydives and 13,000 motocross jumps, and in case you’re wondering about the camera operator in the helicopter chasing after Cruise, and whether they’d have been for the high jump if they’d not captured the shot perfectly… they had it easy. Cruise did it six times just to make sure.

Now check out our guide to where to stream all the most thrilling Tom Cruise movies in the United Kingdom!
Where To Watch The Best Pedro Pascal Movies & TV Shows
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
Since his brief but memorable stint on Game of Thrones, Pedro Pascal has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors. Although his fame has skyrocketed in recent years, Pascal has been steadily acting since the mid ‘90s, with appearances in anything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Graceland.

With an impressive lineup of current and upcoming projects, including the second season of The Last of Us and Marvel films Avengers: Doomsday and The Fantastic Four: First Steps, it’s clear audiences can’t get enough of Pedro. So, if you’re craving more Pedro Pascal on your screen, check out 10 of his best movie and TV roles to date, along with streaming options for each.

The Last Of Us

In one of his best performances to date, Pedro Pascal stars in The Last of Us as Joel, a man tasked with bringing Bella Ramsey’s Ellie safely across a zombie-filled post-apocalyptic United States. The acclaimed series is based on Naughty Dog’s video game of the same name and takes us into a bleak world in which a fungus has turned over half the world’s population into zombie-like creatures. Miraculously, Ellie is immune to the fungus, and the embattled Joel must bring her to a lab across the country where scientists want to use her DNA to find a cure. Pascal gives his version of Joel a kind of rough complexity that makes him one of the most admired and compelling characters on television.

The Mandalorian

While Pedro Pascal’s face is covered most of the time by his signature armour in The Mandalorian, his undeniable presence has been more than enough to carry the series for three seasons. Disney is currently gearing up for a fourth season of the Star Wars series, which will see Pascal return to play the tenderhearted yet deadly Mandalorian Din Djarin, a lone bounty hunter who decides to risk it all to protect the outrageously adorable Grogu (affectionately known by fans as “Baby Yoda”) through their many close-shave adventures.

Game of Thrones

Although Pedro Pascal only appeared in a smattering of Game of Thrones episodes during the show’s fourth season, boy did his portrayal of Oberyn Martel leave an impression. From his exuberant skills in both combat and the bedroom to his eye-poppingly memorable death at the hands of The Mountain, Oberyn had a lot going for him that captivated audiences at the time and has made him an enduring fan-favourite even a decade later. The role served as Pascal’s big break, catapulting him to a level of stardom that has only grown since.

Narcos

In his first big role after Game of Thrones, Pedro Pascal starred in one of Netflix’s foundational hit series Narcos as real-life DEA agent Javier Peña. Although the series’ main focus on the rise and fall of notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar deviated in the third season, Pascal’s Peña remained a constant and appeared in every episode across all three seasons. His performance highlights Pascal’s ability to portray his characters as equally hardened and affected by what happens around them.

Gladiator II

With his roles in The Mandalorian and The Last of Us, Pedro Pascal laid the groundwork for his broader cultural acceptance as the ultimate handsome, fatherly protector figure. In Gladiator II, Pascal solidified that reputation with his portrayal of General Acacius, an aging warrior attempting to live in accordance with his moral code of honour in a world of rapidly shifting powers. The film is one of Pascal’s biggest blockbuster appearances so far, and sees him star opposite Paul Mescal, who plays the film’s young protagonist, Lucius. Pascal’s portrayal of Acacius gives the character a heartfelt dose of nuance and idealism, and we discover he is much more than the ruthless warrior we first see on screen.

The Equalizer 2

The Equalizer 2 sees Pascal more than hold his own while starring opposite one of the greatest actors of all time, Denzel Washington. In addition to displaying his ample action chops once again, his character Dave York is a morally bankrupt antagonist, allowing Pedro to show off his equally remarkable skills playing a backstabbing villain.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Whether you’ve seen the meme of a crazy-eyed Pedro Pascal and Nic Cage driving in a convertible, or those two names together are simply enough to pique your interest, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is without a doubt one of the most fun entries on this list. Pascal gets to display his over the top comedic chops, and holds his own gamely against Nic Cage’s expectedly bonkers performance. Cage plays himself as a washed up actor in need of cash who accepts a paid invitation to a wealthy fan’s birthday party. That man is played by Pascal, and as it turns out, is the highly dangerous object of a CIA investigation that Cage is eventually roped into by the operatives.

Triple Frontier

While Triple Frontier may not be the greatest film of all time, it does bring together Pedro Pascal and Oscar Isaac in a gritty action film—and that alone makes it worthy of recognition. The film sees five former special forces operatives, Pascal’s Francisco “Catfish” Morales, Isaac’s Santiago “Pope” Garcia, Ben Affleck’s Tom “Redfly” Davis, and Charlie Hunnam’s William “Ironhead” Miller, team up for a heist on the territory of a South American drug lord. While Pascal is not front and centre in this one, his strong energy and banter with Isaac and the others elevate the film to a solidly enjoyable watch.

Wonder Woman 1984

Pedro Pascal joined Patty Jenkins’s second Wonder Woman feature as the supervillain Maxwell Lord. The film takes place in the 1980s and sees Gal Gadot’s Diana step away from her quiet life to take on the failing businessman Maxwell Lord, who’s turned dangerous villain after he steals the Dreamstone and harnesses its power to grant wishes. Although Max is in many ways your typical Marvel baddie, he goes through quite the arc throughout the film, and Pascal’s performance captures the character’s desperation and moral uncertainty throughout.

Prospect

In one of his most overlooked recent films, the sci-fi drama Prospect sees Pedro Pascal play Ezra, a merciless prospector searching for rare materials on a forest moon full of poisonous fungal spores. After a confrontation with the father-daughter duo Cee and Damon (played by Sophie Thatcher and Jay Duplass), Cee and Ezra wind up joining forces in an effort to fulfill their mission and stay alive. Pascal once more excels in the role of a conflicted would-be protector, and succeeds in convincingly showing Ezra’s darker instincts and desperation to survive at all costs.

Where to watch all the best Pedro Pascal movies and TV series streaming online

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Why You Recognise The Cast Of ‘The Last Of Us’ & Where Else You Can Watch Them
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
Since its debut in 2023, The Last of Us has become one of the most popular HBO series of the past decade, and is widely considered to be one the best video game adaptation of all time. As Joel and Ellie’s journey across the American zombie-scape continues, you may have recognised some of the cast members from other TV series and films—whether it’s Pedro Pascal in Game of Thrones or Catherine O’Hara in Beetlejuice. With season 2 now underway, if you want to find out where you can watch all the movies and TV series starring the cast of The Last of Us, check out our handy streaming guide below.

Pedro Pascal - Joel

Pedro Pascal is one of the most beloved actors in Hollywood, and has packed quite the emotional punch as the tough yet vulnerable Joel in The Last of Us. Although he’s been in the film industry since the mid ‘90s, he got his first big break with a memorable appearance in Game of Thrones Season 4 as Oberyn Martel. Although his character arc wrapped up quickly and incredibly violently, the character made a lasting impression in both life and death, and it wasn’t long before Pascal was back on screens, this time starring as DEA agent Javier Peña in all three seasons of Netflix’s hit series Narcos.

Although he mostly remains masked throughout, you might recognise Pascal’s signature charisma from The Mandalorian where he plays the bounty hunter Din Djarin, or from his role in Gladiator II opposite Paul Mescal as General Acacius. Pascal is now set to step into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Mr Fantastic in two big upcoming superhero films: Avengers: Doomsday and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Bella Ramsey - Ellie

Bella Ramsey continues to impress as the fungus-immune Ellie on The Last of Us. You may recognise the young actor from their commanding breakthrough performance as the noblewoman Lyanna Mormont on Game of Thrones seasons 6 through 8. Ramsey is also known for their role as Mildred Hubble in the television adaptation of The Worst Witch, and in Lena Dunham’s 2022 medieval comedy Catherine Called Birdy where they star as Birdy.

Kaitlyn Dever - Abby

On The Last of Us, Kaitlyn Dever plays Abby, one of the few survivors after Joel’s Firefly purge. While Abby is one of the series’ prime villains who has it in for Joel, Dever gives the character a deeply human feel. You may recognise Dever from her breakout role as rebellious teen Loretta McCready on Justified. She also played the youngest daughter, Eve Baxter, in Last Man Standing, and starred as Marie Adler, the young victim of an assault who is accused of lying about the crime, in the Netflix miniseries Unbelievable. Most recently, she starred in the dramatisation of wellness scammer Belle Gibson’s downfall in Apple Cider Vinegar.

Gabriel Luna - Tommy

Gabriel Luna plays Joel’s younger brother Tommy on The Last of Us. Tommy’s selflessness and idealism often conflict with Joel’s more isolationist instincts, but the two brothers share an unbreakable bond. You may recognise Luna from his role as Robbie Reyes (aka Ghost Rider) in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and as Boro in the action-comedy series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, FUBAR. Luna first starred opposite Schwarzenegger as the deadly villain Rev-9 in Terminator: Dark Fate.

Young Mazino - Jesse

Young Mazino is a relative newcomer to the industry, and his role as Jesse in The Last of Us marks his second major career break. Jesse is one of the members of the community in Jackson, Wyoming. Although Mazino’s backcatalogue is still thin, you may recognise him from his performance as Paul, Danny’s aimless younger brother in the hit Netflix series Beef.

Isabela Merced - Dina

Isabela Merced first appears in season 2 of The Last of Us as Ellie’s badass best friend and love interest, Dina. You may recognise Merced from her lead role as CJ Martin in the Nickelodeon series 100 Things to Do Before High School. She later went on to appear as Isabel Reyes in the action-thriller Sicario: Day of the Soldado, in Madame Web as the superhero Anya Corazón, and in Alien: Romulus as the pregnant crewmember Kay Harrison.

Rutina Wesley - Maria

Rutina Wesley plays Maria, Tommy’s wife and one of the co-leaders of the community in Jackson. Wesley is mostly known for her multiseason role as Tara Thornton, Sookie’s best friend, in the HBO vampire series True Blood. You might also recognise her as Nova Bordelon on the drama series Queen Sugar, Reba McClane in the third season of Hannibal, and from short appearances in both The Walking Dead and Arrow.

Catherine O'Hara - Gail

One of the biggest names in the cast, Catherine O’Hara has made her mark on many beloved comedy classics over her decades long career. On The Last of Us, O’Hara plays Gail, a character invented for the series who lives in Jackson and, while grieving herself, acts as Joel’s therapist. You may recognise O’Hara from her role as Delia Deetz in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice and its sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, or as the mother in the Home Alone films. She also showed off her comedic chops as Cookie Fleck in the dog show mockumentary Best in Show, and as the eccentric Moira Rose in the sitcom Schitt’s Creek.

Robert John Burke - Seth

Robert John Burke plays Seth, a bar owner and member of the Jackson community on The Last of Us. Burke is most well known for his role as Bart Bass, Chuck’s father in Gossip Girl. You might also recognise him as the Internal Affairs Bureau captain Ed Tucker on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and as Officer Alex Murphy (aka RoboCop) in RoboCop 3.

Tati Gabrielle - Nora

Tati Gabrielle plays Nora, a military medic with a dark past who is part of Abby’s crew in the second season of The Last of Us. Gabrielle has featured in quite a few popular series already, and you may recognise her as Gaia in the CW sci-fi series The 100, or Prudence in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, or as Marienne Bellamy, one of Joe's obsessions, on seasons 3 and 4 of You. She also starred as Hannah Kim in Netflix’s hit heist series Kaleidoscope.

Ariela Barer - Mel

Ariela Barer joins the cast of The Last of Us in season 2 as Mel, a young doctor attached to Abby’s crew. As another relative newcomer to the industry, Barer’s role in The Last of Us marks one of her biggest parts to date. However, you may recognise her as Gert Yorkes in the Marvel superhero series Runaways, as the struggling adopted daughter Ziggy in the legal dramedy Rebel, or as main character Xochitl in the social justice action-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

Spencer Lord - Owen

Spencer Lord plays Owen, one of Abby’s allies and Mel’s boyfriend on The Last of Us. Lord is another relative newcomer, but you may recognise him from smaller roles he’s played like Terry in the Archie comics series Riverdale, the rancher Nathan Pryce Jr on Heartland, a young patient named Ryan on The Good Doctor, and the firefighter Aiden on Family Law.

Danny Ramirez - Manny

Danny Ramirez takes on the role of Manny in The Last of Us. Manny is one of the few survivors of Joel’s massacre of the Fireflies, and his sunny disposition masks the deep pain he harbors after losing so many friends. Ramirez is another up-and-comer in the industry, but you might recognise him as Wes in Fox’s superhero series The Gifted, or as Mario Martinez in the coming-of-age series On My Block. More recently, Ramirez has appeared in big blockbusters including Top Gun: Maverick as Lieutenant Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia, and as Joaquin Torres (aka Falcon) in the MCU’s Captain America: Brave New World—a role he will reprise in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.

Where to watch all the movies and TV series from the cast of ‘The Last of Us’ streaming online

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Why You Recognise The Cast Of ‘Thunderbolts*’ & Where Else You Can Watch Them
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
Marvel’s Thunderbolts* brings together a brand new team of superheroes dedicated to protecting the planet. As the final film in Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it also introduces the New Avengers—the team we’ll be seeing a lot more of in Phase 6. While some of the cast are familiar faces within the MCU, many have appeared in a wide variety of films and series outside of Marvel. From Florence Pugh in Little Women to Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice, if you’re curious about where else you might have seen the cast of Thunderbolts*, check out our guide below and find out where you can stream each feature.

Florence Pugh - Yelena Belova

Florence Pugh’s deadly assassin Yelena Belova was first introduced into the MCU in 2021’s Black Widow. Now a fundamental part of the New Avengers team, Pugh will take the character into Marvel's Phase 6 in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Pugh is one of the most versatile young actresses in Hollywood at the moment, and you might recognise her from her leading role in Ari Aster’s daylight horror Midsommar, or from her role as one the March sisters in Little Women. More recently, she also appeared in bigger productions like Dennis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two as the Emperor’s daughter Princess Irulan and in the Oscar-winning Oppenheimer as the psychiatrist Jean Tatlock.

Sebastian Stan - Bucky Barns (aka The Winter Soldier)

Sebastian Stan was already a staple in the Marvel Cinematic Universe long before Thunderbolts*, having played Steve Rogers’s best friend-turned-brainwashed-supersoldier Bucky Barns (aka The Winter Soldier) since 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The character has since evolved to become a hero once more, and Stan has played him in over five MCU productions, including the television series The Falcon & The Winter Soldier alongside Anthony Mackie. But while Stan is most widely recognised for his part in the MCU, he’s appeared in a variety of other films including 2024’s The Apprentice, for which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of the young Donald Trump. You might also recognise him from Pam & Tommy, where he plays drummer Tommy Lee opposite Lily James as Pamela Anderson, or from his supporting roles in The Martian and I, Tonya.

Wyatt Russell - John Walker (aka US Agent)

Wyatt Russell first appeared as John Walker (aka US Agent) in The Falcon & The Winter Soldier, where he was originally appointed as the replacement for Steve Rogers as Captain America after the events of Avengers: Endgame. However, a series of events leads him to concede the title to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and move on to be known as US Agent, taking part in the New Avengers. Wyatt Russell is the son of Hollywood superstars Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, and you might also recognise him from his starring role as ex surfer Dud in the series Lodge 49, or from Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!!!, and as the jock Zook in 22 Jump Street.

Lewis Pullman - Bob Reynolds (aka Sentry/Void)

In Thunderbolts*, Lewis Pullman plays a supersoldier turned incredibly powerful entity known as Sentry or Void. Not quite a villain but also not exactly a hero, Bob’s arc is key to the Thunderbolts* plot. You might recognise Pullman from his previous roles in Top Gun: Maverick, Bad Times at the El Royale, and television series Lessons in Chemistry and Outer Range. More recently, he starred in the 2024 adaptation of the Stephen King novel Salem's Lot as the writer Ben Mears.

David Harbour - Alexei Shostakov (aka Red Guardian)

David Harbour plays a supersoldier and member of the New Avengers, Alexei Shostakov (aka Red Guardian). He first played the character in Black Widow, and will once more reprise the role in Avengers: Doomsday. You might recognise David Harbour from the role that made him a household name: Sheriff Jim Hopper in the beloved Netflix series Stranger Things. He first entered the superhero genre in the 2019 reboot Hellboy as the titular antihero. Since then, he has appeared in films like the Christmas actioner Violent Night and the racecar drama Gran Turismo, among others.

Hannah John-Kamen - Ava Starr (aka Ghost)

Another member of the New Avengers team, Ava Starr has the power to turn invisible—hence her superhero moniker “Ghost.” Hannah John-Kamen first appeared as the character in 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, and will reprise the role in 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday. You might recognise John-Kamen from her appearance in the Black Mirror (series 3) episode “Playtest,” where she stars opposite Wyatt Russell. She also starred in the space series Killjoys and appeared in actioners SAS: Red Notice and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, in addition to the indie horror film Unwelcome.

Wendell Pierce - Congressman Gary

Wendell Pierce appears in Thunderbolts* as Congressmen Gary. Pierce is most well known for playing Detective Bunk Moreland in the acclaimed HBO series The Wire. Since his days on The Wire, he has appeared in the series Treme as trombonist Antoine Batiste, and as attorney Robert Zane in the series Suits. You might also recognise him from smaller parts in the films Horrible Bosses, Selma, and Burning Cane.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Valentina Allegra de Fontaine

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has already spent decades in the industry as a well known actress and comedian. The Golden Globe-winning actress has appeared as CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in The Falcon & the Winter Soldier, a post-credits scene in Black Widow, in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and now in Thunderbolts*. You might recognise her from her iconic role as Elaine in the longstanding sitcom Seinfeld, or as Vice President Selina Meyer in the award-winning comedy series Veep. Louise-Dreyfus also was a cast member on Saturday Night Live between 1982 and 1985, and has appeared in comedies like Downhill, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, 30 Rock, and many others.

Geraldine Viswanathan - Mel

Geraldine Viswanathan plays Mel, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine’s young assistant in Thunderbolts*. You might recognise Viswantathan from her role as teen Kayla Mannes in the comedy Blockers, or as student reporter Rachel in the true-story HBO crime film Bad Education.

She also appeared in recurring roles in the series Janet King and Miracle Workers.

Chris Bauer - Holt

In Thunderbolts*, Chris Bauer plays OXE Group security officer Holt. Bauer has been working steadily in film and television since the mid 1990s, and is most recognised for his work on The Wire where he plays port union boss Frank Sobotka. He also starred in the HBO vampire series True Blood as Detective Bellefleur, and as construction foreman Bobby Dwyer in The Deuce. He has additionally appeared in a variety of films and series like American Crime Story, Broken Flowers, High Fidelity, and Fellow Travelers.

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Lilo & Stitch: How (And Where) To Watch All The Movies & TV Shows In Order
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
Since its release in 2002, Lilo & Stitch has become one of Disney’s most beloved franchises. The film’s story of an alien creature being adopted into a broken family, helping them all heal their hearts, has resonated with audiences the world over for decades. The film’s success paved the way for three animated sequel films, three TV series (American, Japanese, and Chinese), and an upcoming live-action remake of the beloved original. If you want to take a tour through the world of Lilo & Stitch, check out our guide to how to watch every Lilo & Stitch film and TV series in chronological order, and see all the streaming options for each.

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

The first Lilo & Stitch made waves when it was first released in theatres in 2002, and continues to be one of the most beloved Disney animated originals. Lilo (Daveigh Chase) is an orphan being raised by her big sister Nani (Tia Carrere) in Hawaii after the death of their parents when she finds what she thinks is a dog on the beach. She names it Stitch and brings it home. They have no idea Stitch is actually a destructive escaped experimental alien creature known as Experiment 626, and is currently being searched for all around the galaxy by creator Jumba (David Ogden Stiers). While the entire Galactic Federation and a well-meaning social worker try to convince Lilo to let Stitch go, the young girl’s love, care, and relentless belief in the Hawaiian concept of “Ohana” (family), forge an unbreakable bond between the two that broadens the definition of family.

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch (2005)

Although Stitch! The Movie was released in 2003 just after Lilo & Stitch, Disney’s next sequel Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch takes place directly after the events of the first film. In this adorable straight-to-video sequel, while Lilo is training for a hula competition to honour her mother, Stitch begins to experience a malfunction that causes him to revert back to his destructive ways.

Stitch! The Movie (2003)

The straight-to-video Stitch! The Movie is a sequel that sets up the Lilo & Stitch TV series, and acts as a kind of informal pilot episode. Back in Hawaii, Stitch finds himself lonely and longing for his “cousins,” the other alien experiments. Meanwhile, the villainous Dr Jacques von Hämsterviel (Jeff Bennett) sends Gantu (Kevin Michael Richardson) to retrieve Jumba’s other 625 Experiments from the pods where they are stored. However, when Lilo and Stitch happen across the container before Gantu, they activate the electricity-based Experiment 221 (Frank Welker), whom they are eventually able to set up with the perfect job for his abilities.

Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2004–2006)

Lilo & Stitch: The Series takes right up where Stitch! The Movie leaves off, with Lilo and Stitch finding and freeing the other Experiments. Over the course of two seasons and 65 episodes, Lilo and Stitch go through the process of locating an Experiment who is initially wild and destructive and figuring out how to calm them down and get them settled in a new life—despite Hämsterviel and Gantu’s efforts to thwart them.

Leroy & Stitch (2006)

Leroy & Stitch is a made-for-TV film that also acts as a final episode to the Lilo & Stitch series. After freeing all of the experiments during the series, Stitch returns with them to space. However, after Hämsterviel forces Jumba to create a new Experiment named Leroy and clones it to build an army, Lilo and Stitch reunite to put a stop to it with the help of the other Experiments.

Stitch! - Anime (2008–2011)

The Japanese anime series Stitch! takes place years after the events of Leroy & Stitch, when Lilo goes off to college and Stitch reverts to his destructive ways. While on a journey through the galaxy, Sitich crash lands on an island off of Japan and finds a new home with a young girl named Yuna. Over the course of three seasons and a total of 86 episodes, Stitch gets established in the community and works hard to get his wish to become the strongest ruler of the universe granted by the Chitama Spiritual Stone. In order to do this, he must do 43 good deeds to prove himself worthy.

Stitch & Ai (2017)

Stich & Ai is a Chinese animated series that lasted one season featuring 12 episodes. The series follows the familiar pattern of Stitch, evading capture in space, falling to Earth in a new location. This time, he finds himself in the mountains of Huangshan in China where he is adopted by a young girl named Wang Ai Ling.

Lilo & Stitch - Live-Action Remake (2025)

In 2025, Lilo & Stitch fans will have the opportunity to see Disney’s live-action version of the beloved original. This time around, Lilo will be voiced by Maia Kealoha, while original voice actor Chris Sanders will return as Stitch. While the remake will follow the basic premise of the animated film, both Jumba and Agent Pleaky will appear in human form, played by Zach Galifianakis and Billy Magnussen, respectively.

Where to watch all the Lilo & Stitch movies and TV series in order streaming online

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The 10 Most Anticipated Movies at Cannes Film Festival 2025
Jack Seale
JustWatch Editor
The film industry’s fanciest party is popping the champagne corks once again, as the hottest stars and hippest directors gather on the south coast of France to showcase the movies that will set the standard for 2025 and beyond. The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival has a strong mix of blockbusters, big-name comebacks and actors stepping behind the camera: here is our guide to the films you should look out for. Plus, once the festival is over, you can check back to see where and when these movies will be available to watch in theaters and on streaming services.

Highest 2 Lowest

Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for Highest 2 Lowest, a bold reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic High and Low. The action is transposed to contemporary New York, which is not such a stretch considering that the original film was based on an American novel. Washington stars as a music mogul forced into a moral crisis when a kidnapper accidentally snatches not the rich man’s son, but his chauffeur’s child. With a stellar cast including Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice, and A$AP Rocky, Highest 2 Lowest promises tension, ethical dilemmas, and one of Washington’s most intense performances. It is 36 years since the director premiered Do The Right Thing in Cannes, but this new film marks Washington’s long-awaited Cannes debut.

Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve, the director and star of The Worst Person in the World, reunite with Sentimental Value, a poignant family drama. Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas play two sisters navigating a fraught reunion with their estranged father (Stellan Skarsgård), a once-renowned filmmaker. As old wounds reopen during a collaborative creative project, Trier crafts another emotionally rich, Oslo-set story, which features Elle Fanning in a supporting role as an American actress. Trier’s ability to balance sharp dialogue with deep humanity makes this one of the festival’s most anticipated dramas, and it’s already generating Oscar buzz.

Eddington

Ari Aster, the horror visionary who brought us Hereditary and Midsommar, ventures into darkly comedic territory with a pandemic-era Western starring Joaquin Phoenix as a defiantly anti-lockdown New Mexico sheriff clashing with Pedro Pascal’s vote-chasing mayor. Set in May 2020, Eddington explores societal fractures, conspiracy theories and social media’s distorting lens through Aster’s signature blend of satire and deep, visceral unease. Emma Stone, Austin Butler, and Micheal Ward round out the ensemble, while Darius Khondji’s cinematography promises a visually striking descent into chaos. After Beau Is Afraid divided audiences, Aster’s pivot into absurdist politics could cement his status as this generation’s most unpredictable auteur.

The Phoenician Scheme

A head-on tackling of the criticism that all Wes Anderson films are basically the same, The Phoenician Scheme sees him shift genres by delivering an espionage thriller: it might be brimming with his trademark whimsy but it’s also drenched in blood. Benicio del Toro stars as Zsa-Zsa Korda, an eccentric tycoon entangled in a dangerous global adventure with his daughter (Mia Threapleton), who is a nun. As usual Anderson recruits an impressive ensemble cast, which this time includes Michael Cera, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Riz Ahmed, Richard Ayoade, Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hope Davis, Bryan Cranston and Willem Dafoe. Can Anderson’s signature style survive a film with greater geographical ambitions? Cannes audiences are about to find out.

Nouvelle Vague

Richard Linklater pays homage to the French New Wave with Nouvelle Vague, a meta-narrative about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 touchstone, Breathless. Zoey Deutch stars as Jean Seberg, with Guillaume Marbeck as Godard and lesser-known actors playing Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, and Agnès Varda, in a love letter to French cinema. Linklater, known for dialogue-driven films that bear the clear influence of continental cinema from the 1960s and 70s, takes a risk by making a movie himself that’s entirely in French and looks to ape Godard’s unique style. His passion for the project, however, certainly won’t be lacking.

The History of Sound

Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound is a sweeping queer romance starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor as First World War-era folklorists recording America’s voices and music. Adapted from Ben Shattuck’s short story, the film explores love, memory, and artistry against the backdrop of war. As a director, Hermanus has won acclaim at Cannes previously for Beauty, and now returns with a film that was announced five years ago: the two leads have become a lot more famous in the interim, with Mescal getting rave reviews at Cannes 2022 for Aftersun, and O’Connor set to be one of the stars of this year’s festival, since he’s also in Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind.

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Amid all those precious arthouse masterpieces, Tom Cruise brings his multiplex muscle back to Cannes with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the franchise’s eighth and supposedly last chapter. Helmed by regular M:I director Christopher McQuarrie, the film promises jaw-dropping stunts that showcase Cruise’s trademark disregard for his own physical safety, despite him now being 62 years old. Hayley Atwell and Vanessa Kirby return, while Hannah Waddingham joins the ensemble as Ethan Hunt (Cruise) continues to battle the Entity, a rogue AI threatening global chaos. Will it deliver the goods? And will Cruise sprint up the Cannes red carpet?

Urchin

This year’s Cannes features several actors making their directorial debut. As well as Kristen Stewart and Scarlett Johansson’s first movies, there’s Urchin: having starred in the 2022 Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness, Harris Dickinson now directs a gritty drama about homelessness in London. Frank Dillane stars as a drifter trapped in a cycle of addiction and let down by systemic neglect, with Dickinson stating that the movie’s themes include mental illness and institutional failure. As an actor he’s worked with Steve McQueen, Brit Marling, and Ruben Östlund: an amalgam of those three styles would be fascinating, but Urchin looks likely to be low-budget and downbeat.

Alpha

Julia Ducournau, the provocateur behind Titane, returns with Alpha, a 1980s-set drama about a young girl navigating the Aids epidemic. Starring Emma Mackey, Golshifteh Farahani, Finnegan Oldfield and Tahar Rahim, the film is being hyped as potentially Ducournau’s most polarising yet, which would be no small feat: Raw and Titane both provoked fainting fits and angry walkouts on the festival circuit, although Titane did then win the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2021. Expect the usual body horror underpinned by unflinching social commentary: Ducournau’s films aren’t for everyone, but if you make it to the end they linger in the mind after the credits roll.

Die, My Love

Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here) directs Jennifer Lawrence in a harrowing psychological thriller about postpartum psychosis. Adapted from Ariana Harwicz’s novel, the film follows a woman unravelling in an isolated rural setting, with Robert Pattinson as her helpless husband: Ramsay’s ability to deal sensitively but uncompromisingly with harrowing source material, paired with what sounds like a courageous Lawrence performance, could make this a new career highlight for both women. With Sissy Spacek, Lakeith Stanfield and Nick Nolte in supporting roles, Die, My Love is poised to be one of Cannes 2025’s most talked-about entries.

Check out our guide below on where to watch the hottest Cannes 2025 movies, streaming in the United Kingdom!
10 Comic Book Anti-Hero Movies to Watch After 'Thunderbolts*'
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
The MCU has another win under its belt right now with the critical success of Thunderbolts*, suggesting Kevin Feige’s kingdom is back on track after a tough few years. It’s interesting, though, that the latest Marvel movie is thriving without a genuine, recognisable hero in sight. Instead, Thunderbolts* relies on a gang of villains, rogues, and outcasts to carry its story.

It says it all when Bucky Barnes is arguably the cleanest of the crew, but what this teaches us more than anything is that superhero movie fans don’t always need the good guys to have a good time. Sometimes it’s just as much fun (if not more so) to let the darker, more risky characters have their time in the spotlight. If you loved Thunderbolts* and you're looking for more comic book anti-hero movies, here are 10 recommendations for your watchlist. We'll also show you where to watch them all on streaming services in the United Kingdom.

Deadpool (2016)

Lets start with perhaps the most famous, most popular anti-hero movie of all time, Deadpool. The 'Merc with a Mouth' should have been dead and buried a long time ago after Fox’s first attempts to bring him to the big screen via X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but the thing is, Deadpool cannot be killed, and we’re so glad he was resurrected in 2016. The first Deadpool movie is riotously funny, wonderfully risky, and full of truly badass action. It’s a perfect cinematic cocktail of fun and thrills, and gives us the most ridiculous character to root for – and yet we’d do it again and again.

Dredd (2012)

From the most popular to potentially the very best comic book anti-hero movie ever made, Dredd is the kind of film that has you praying to the cinematic gods for a sequel. 13 years later, and those prayers have still not been answered, which is almost as criminal as the goings-on in Mega-City One.

From its slick, stylish action sequences to the incredible world-building and the whole circus of quirky characters, Dredd absolutely nails the grimy comic book aspect of the story and brings it all to life with brutality and bloodshed aplenty.

V for Vendetta (2006)

If you love your anti-hero movies with a healthy dose of rebellion and anarchy, then look no further than V for Vendetta. Based on a story by the legendary comic book writer Alan Moore, who we’ll talk about again momentarily, this tale of political resistance continues to be eerily prescient, perhaps more so than ever, actually.

Natalie Portman offers a thrilling lead performance, but it is Hugo Weaving as the titular V who truly shines in an intriguing and enigmatic role. The story is enthralling, the visuals are a fascinating combination of glossy and gritty, and the grand finale is explosive – to say the least.

Watchmen (2009)

Time for more from Alan Moore, but the credit for Watchmen, at least the movie, goes to Zack Snyder for filming the unfilmable. Moore’s extraordinary and ambitious graphic novel should never have made it to the big screen, and yet it did, and Snyder managed to do it with all his usual verve and bombastic spirit while ensuring the story never gets out of control.

The whole array of characters forming the titular super team come with their own quirks and feel so well fleshed out, which is astounding, considering we are thrown into their lives so abruptly. Most superhero team-up movies need years of worldbuilding to make them work. Watchmen came and went in a whirlwind, and it’s practically perfect.

Sin City (2005)

From one iconic comic book writer to another, Frank Miller takes centre stage with this one. Sin City is a gripping, gruesome revenge tale brought to life in stunning monochrome with just the odd splash of yellow and red to make the frame pop from time to time. As far as finding a genuine translation of the graphic novel style in a film, there is nothing that comes close to Sin City.

Robert Rodriguez co-directs this 2005 flick with all his usual panache and flair, while the likes of Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, and Rosario Dawson give us compelling and highly flawed characters to care about.

Venom (2018)

Is it a great film? Not really. But, is it fun? Absolutely. And the real bonus for anyone planning to watch Venom is, you get to see Tom Hardy completely throw himself into the most ridiculous role of his career, and he looks like he’s loving it, too.

The 2018 flick was a pleasant surprise when it hit the silver screen, bringing a wacky, manic energy to a character that has so often been the source of terror in the past. Indeed, this iteration of the classic Spider-Man villain gives him a chance to do the right thing for once, and though his moral compass may be slightly skewed, he certainly means well.

The Suicide Squad (2021)

Thankfully, James Gunn managed to wash away the bad taste of David Ayer’s attempts to bring this team to the screen, and 2021’s The Suicide Squad carries all the trademarks of the former Marvel director. It’s silly, it’s slick, and it’s stuffed with gratuitous violence, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn leads the way, but she’s helped by the presence of Idris Elba, Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, and of course, John Cena’s Peacemaker. The mission the titular anti-hero team are sent on is epic in scale and incredibly dangerous, producing some truly memorable action set-pieces along the way.

Blade (1998)

In many ways, while it’s a shame the MCU’s version of the vampire hunter isn’t coming to fruition, it’s also a blessing, because nothing would come close to the original Blade. From the very first scene–that iconic, blood-soaked nightclub entrance–through to the big showdown in Moscow, this 1998 flick is a timeless, action classic.

Wesley Snipes, quite simply, is the only man who can truly play the titular half-vampire, half-mortal. What’s more, the story itself is fascinating; is there anything more thrilling than seeing a vampire destroy his own kind to protect mankind? We think not.

Logan (2017)

If Deadpool makes the list, then you have to have Wolverine somewhere, and Hugh Jackman’s finest moment as the Adamantium-clawed, morally-flawed mutant most certainly comes in 2017’s Logan.

Playing an older, more grizzled version of the character, Jackman delivers his very best, most emotional portrayal of the hero he has made his own over the years. Indeed, Wolverine has never been a more reluctant saviour than when he is tasked with protecting young Lara. Still, that’s what makes him the perfect anti-hero; he doesn’t want to be relied upon, but he knows he is the only one up to the task.

Kick-Ass (2010)

While the major franchises have offered up plenty of brilliant anti-hero stories over the years, it’s refreshing when we see something fresh and original hitting the screen, and Kick-Ass is exactly that. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the ultimate rookie vigilante, things go awry for the newest hero on the block when he gets caught up in something far bigger than he anticipated. With the help of Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) and Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage), Kick-Ass must bring down a whole criminal syndicate headed up by mob boss Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong).

Kick-Ass is full of blistering and brutal fight scenes, a splash of dark comedy, and a lot of heart, making it pretty much the ideal companion piece to Thunderbolts*.

Check out the list below for details on where to watch the various comic book anti-hero movies we recommended, by finding them on streaming services like Disney Plus, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more!
How to Watch Every Final Destination Movie in Order (and Where to Stream Them)
Jack Seale
JustWatch Editor
It’s back! The movie franchise that taught a generation of film fans not to step backwards off a kerb without looking has returned with Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth in the series of horror blockbusters about young people who succumb to elaborate demises having cheated Death. Where can you stream all the movies? And what are the best death scenes in each movie of the Final Destination franchise? We had a vision of you asking us that, so we’ve already written a comprehensive guide to the Final Destination universe…

Final Destination

Playing out like an extended episode of The X-Files or The Twilight Zone, the original Final Destination overcame bad reviews to become a big box-office hit and the father of the franchise. It is a slasher movie without a bogeyman: a group of young friends die one by one but the invisible hand of Death itself is the killer, and the murder weapons are furniture, kitchen implements, cars, buses… the idea that the protagonists are doomed, and that things in life that make you say “Huh, that’s weird” might be about to kill you, gave cinema-goers the creeps in a unique and very lucrative way.

Top cause of death: sudden bus impact

Final Destination 2

A year on from the cursed flight that the characters from Final Destination didn’t board due to a warning premonition, only for their lives to end anyway in a variety of unusual ways, Final Destination 2 introduces people who should have been involved in a motoring pile-up. They team up with Clear (Ali Lartner), a survivor from the first film who uses her knowledge to try to save them, and does a calamitously poor job of it. It’s only the second in the series, but the deaths are already much more gruesome and elaborate than they were the first time around.

Top cause of death: decapitation by malfunctioning lift after struggle with man carrying basket full of prosthetic hooks

Final Destination 3

Released three years after the second instalment but set five years later, Final Destination 3 stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Wendy, a high school graduate who has a bad feeling about the rollercoaster she and her friends are about to ride. Having saved several people who were in the queue with her, photos of the reprieved victims provide clues, but Wendy repeatedly fails to stop the people in the pictures dying. It’s the first FD movie to end on a cliffhanger of sorts, as we’re left unsure of whether Wendy and her remaining pals have avoided being smashed to smithereens in an unbelievably spectacular subway-train crash.

Top cause of death: skull repeatedly punctured by nail gun as runaway forklift destroys hardware store

The Final Destination

Breaking the regular numbering system following a rash announcement that this would be the last film in the franchise, The Final Destination begins with a fiery crash at a speedway track, as predicted in a vision seen by Nick (Bobby Campo), who then has a further premonition that requires him to try to prevent a second wave of ludicrous accidents. Then, just when Nick and co think they’re out of the woods, they’re done in by the movie’s fiendish double ending.

Top cause of death: internal organs sucked out by country-club swimming pool drainage system after mechanism is jammed by coin knocked into pool by mishit golf ball

Final Destination 5

Viewers who want to watch the series according to the chronology of the universe depicted in the films should start here, since its events predate those seen in the original Final Destination. The benighted hero of Final Destination 5 is Sam (Nicholas D’Agosto), who correctly predicts a mass-casualty bridge collapse, and then encounters creepy coroner/mortician William Bludworth (Tony Todd), who sets him on a path that includes a lot more killing than the other FD movies. Could taking other people’s lives be the secret of avoiding horrendous pre-destined accidents? Spoiler: no.

Top cause of death: fall from height after electrical fault at laser eye surgery clinic causes blinded patient to stagger away from malfunctioning equipment before slipping on the detached nose of a teddy bear and crashing through seventh-floor window

Final Destination Bloodlines

A whole 14 years after the most recent Final Destination movie (if they’d kept their old pace up, this could have been Final Destination 12), the franchise is back in rebooted form, with Kaitlyn Santa Juana leading it as Stefani, a young woman whose grandmother (Gabrielle Rose) once saved many people from disaster, and then wished she hadn’t. Final Destination Bloodlines features an extremely convoluted death at a family barbecue, and several nods to the first couple of films, although it’s set to shake the formula up a bit.

Top cause of death: watch it and find out…

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Every Live Action Star Wars Movie & Show (Except the Skywalker Saga) Ranked
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
Ever since Disney acquired LucasFilm in 2012, the Star Wars franchise has expanded exponentially year on year, for better or worse. There have been some incredible highs, like The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, and some dreadful lows, like The Rise of Skywalker, but overall we’re happy this latest era exists.

No matter what, it’s always a delight to dive into the galaxy far, far away and see what our favourite characters–old and new–are getting up to. Whether it’s the rising Rebellion trying to take down the evil Empire, or stories from long ago in corners of the franchise that had previously been untouched, there’s simply so much of Star Wars to explore.

A key development in Disney’s expansion of the Star Wars franchise has been the introduction of live action TV shows – such as Andor, Ahsoka and Obi-Wan Kenobi – and ‘anthology’ movies such as Solo and Rogue One. As today, May 4th 2025, is officially “Star Wars Day,” we’re ranking all of Disney’s live action Star Wars movies and TV shows outside of the Skywalker Saga. We’ll also show you where to watch them all on streaming services.

May the Fourth be with you!

1. Andor

Honestly, there’s no contest for the top spot here: Andor wins it hands down. While the original trilogy will always have a fond place in any Star Wars fan’s heart, Andor is inarguably the most flawless, technically astounding piece of work the franchise has ever produced, and it’s criminal how underseen the TV show actually is.

When you watch the Skywalker Saga, it almost feels like the Rebellion just suddenly emerged, but Andor allows you to see how this galaxy-wide uprising was truly born, out of the frustrations, fear, and anger of normal people being crushed under the boot of the Empire. It looks incredible, the whole Andor cast are on fire, and the writing for the show is so nuanced you sometimes forget you’re watching something that exists within a major, blockbuster franchise. Simply put, Andor is perfect.

2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

With Andor being at the top of this list, it should come as no real surprise that its companion piece, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story takes second place. It’s a gripping, thought-provoking war movie that gets into the nitty gritty of conflict and espionage on the front line of the struggle for peace in the galaxy.

Just like Andor, Rogue One looks sublime and excels on every single technical level. It does a fine job of not just supplementing the main story of the Skywalker Saga, but actually elevating everything we thought we knew about the original trilogy.

3. The Mandalorian

This is a tough one, and it very much depends on what season of The Mandalorian you watch, but for that fantastic first season alone, this show deserves to be in the upper reaches of our ranking. When it first began back in 2019–as one of the very first things you could watch on Disney Plus–The Mandalorian thrived with its episodic approach, feeling like old-fashioned Saturday morning television rather than a cog in the franchise machine.

Sadly, the show lost its way with each passing season. And the reason? Attempts were made–once The Mandalorian exploded in popularity–to tie the whole thing to the main timeline, with unnecessary cameos and gimmicks detracting from the early success.

4. Solo: A Star Wars Story

People will say Solo: A Star Wars Story was a film we simply didn’t need. They might be right in that respect. But for anyone who says Solo is not at least a fun adventure with a character we all love, well, they’re simply wrong.

It’s a bit messy, sure, and the fact it so blatantly sets up a sequel that will never happen is a real shame. But, Alden Ehrenreich does a great job of embodying the spirit of Han Solo without leaning too heavily on Harrison Ford’s portrayal of the character. In short, Solo is absolutely harmless, it’s full of warmth and charm, and it deserves more love.

5. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

If there’s one thing Disney has generally got right when it comes to Star Wars, it’s fleshing out the aesthetics of the galaxy and giving us some truly stunning movies and TV shows to look at. In Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, they took that to the next level, with beautiful lighting, colours, production design, and framing really making this show pop on the small screen.

While the story itself may be a little bit forgettable and certainly relies a little too much on tropes of classic ‘80s adventure movies, you could do far worse than spend a weekend binge watching this intriguing offshoot of the franchise.

6. Obi-Wan Kenobi

There’s a lot to move in this spin-off series, but also a lot that we either didn’t need, or simply will never remember. For the most part, the Obi-Wan Kenobi series is bland, cheesy even by Star Wars standards, and is plagued by weak technical elements, particularly the visuals and the CGI.

Still, there is one episode, or more specifically one moment, that makes it just about worth watching, as we see Obi-Wan and Darth Vader come to blows, and the spirit of Anakin Skywalker make one final appearance from beneath that terrifying, black costume to remind us all just how far he has fallen.

7. The Acolyte

The premise of The Acolyte is arguably one of the most fascinating you’ll find in the Star Wars franchise. Taking us way back to the High Republic era, Jedi Masters are being killed in brutal fashion, and one young Padawan must face her past mentor to get to the bottom of the crimes. Sounds amazing, right? Well, sadly, the execution leaves a lot to be desired.

The pacing of the show is all off, the acting is poor, and by and large, the technical elements are far from what we could and should expect. There are some very cool moments in The Acolyte, and Manny Jacinto’s turn as ‘The Stranger’ is riveting at times, but it’s not enough to make this a worthwhile adventure.

8. Ahsoka

She’s one of the best characters in all of Star Wars, but sadly, the Ahsoka series was a real disappointment. Just like the worst episodes of The Mandalorian, this show was far too concerned with showing us characters we’ve met in the past and making clever little nods and references to the rest of the franchise that it almost forgot to tell a story at all.

Indeed, the story we did get was convoluted, lacking any clear direction aside from wanting desperately to set up a second season that simply wasn’t earned at all. There’s something very interesting deep within the fibres of this show, but it’s all so buried beneath fan service and sloppy visuals that no one will ever find it.

9. The Book of Boba Fett

After reading what we had to say about Ahsoka, you may be wondering how anything could fall below that, but The Book of Boba Fett is on a whole different plane of existence. Indescribably messy in its plot, this spin-off flicks between mind-boggling absurdity to downright dull, and it’s the one project on this whole list that genuinely has no right to even exist.

Why this story wasn’t just folded into The Mandalorian, we’ll never know. Honestly, we much preferred Boba Fett when he didn’t talk and we knew so little about him that he was mysterious and pretty badass. Now, he’s lost all his enigmatic qualities, and is the laughing stock of the Disney era.

Where to watch all the Disney live-action movies and TV shows

Check out our list below for options on where to watch this wide range of Star Wars movies and TV shows, the good and the bad, by finding them on streaming services like Disney Plus, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more!
The 10 Best Michael B. Jordan Movies (and Where to Watch Them)
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
With the release of Sinners, audiences get not one but two doses of Michael B. Jordan as he plays a pair of brothers in the new vampire movie from acclaimed director, Ryan Coogler. It’s yet another star turn from the actor, who once again oozes charisma and puts up a captivating performance to further establish his status as one of the coolest and most accomplished actors in the game right now.

But, as he’s the talk of the town at the moment, we got to pondering about what the best Michael B. Jordan movies are, so we put together a list of his finest work. Whether you’re just getting to know him or you’ve been following his career for years, there’s never a bad time to dive into Michael B. Jordan’s filmography, and we can tell you where to stream his flicks, too.

1. Fruitvale Station (2013)

Funnily enough, one of Michael B. Jordan’s earlier movies is actually his very best, and it was his first link-up with Ryan Coogler, too. Fruitvale Station is a brutal sub-90 minute drama retelling the true story of the tragic death of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed on New Year’s Day back in 2009.

Jordan is immense in the lead role, giving us ample reasons to feel absolutely broken by his untimely death. He balances the lighter, more charming moments early in the film, as well as the absolutely harrowing conclusion. This is the kind of film you simply have to watch once, but may never want to watch again.

2. Creed III (2023)

The whole Creed trilogy is brilliant, and all three films are on this list, but it is the third movie in the series that ranks the highest for us. Interestingly, this was Jordan’s directorial debut, too, and he absolutely knocked it out of the park.

Creed III not only takes Adonis’ story in a fresh and exciting direction, with the introduction of his estranged friend, Damian, but it’s also a highly stylised, impeccably choreographed sports movie. Leaning heavily on anime inspirations, and expertly utilising sound design and slow-motion, you feel every single punch from this threequel, and it’s a rip-roaring experience.

3. Sinners (2025)

When people say they don’t make films like this anymore, Sinners is exactly what they’re talking about. Coogler’s first foray into the world of horror is a spectacular feat, and evokes memories of the big, bombastic genre pieces we used to get in the ‘90s. It’s gory, thrilling, and very, very sexy, and Jordan is at the heart of all of that.

Sinners may be a little bit chaotic, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. And, what it lacks in nuance, it more than makes up for on the technical front, with some truly mind-blowing shots utilising the full scope of IMAX cameras, and that thumping score–put together by Ludwig Goransson–providing the cherry on top of this deliciously dark cake.

4. Black Panther (2018)

An actor of Michael B. Jordan’s status was always going to pop up in the MCU at some point, and he bagged the ideal role in Black Panther, as the forgotten heir to the Wakandan throne, Erik Killmonger. When he returns from his banishment, Killmonger tears his ancestral home apart, and his formidable tyranny is arguably the best part of the whole film.

It takes a lot to steal the show away from the late, great Chadwick Boseman, but Jordan manages it here. As a side note, his cameo in the sequel to this film is solid, but far too brief for us to really recognise Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on this list.

5. Just Mercy (2019)

While Jordan is great value in his more blockbuster roles, he is usually at his most impressive when he’s given more serious, real world themes to chew on, like in the 2019 film, Just Mercy. Playing human rights attorney, Bryan Stevenson, Jordan excels with this more dramatic, heartfelt material, and generates excellent chemistry opposite Jamie Foxx.

It’s a tragedy that this kind of story exists and still needs to be told even to this day, but, just like Fruitvale Station, this is a film that demands attention no matter how uncomfortable it may make us feel. Just Mercy is, quite simply, essential viewing.

6. Creed (2015)

The idea of resurrecting the Rocky franchise at all was a risky one, never mind the fact that, with Creed, they took the focus away from Sylvester Stallone’s iconic character and introduced us to a brand new hero to root for. But it damn sure worked, as the combination of Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler produced magic once more in 2015.

Stallone becomes the reluctant mentor here, helping Adonis Creed step out of the shadow of his father, Apollo, and earn his champion status in his own right. Creed is a rousing, riveting study of the power of perseverance and mental fortitude, and is worth a watch whether you care for boxing or not.

7. Chronicle (2012)

You may think Black Panther was Michael B. Jordan’s first dalliance with the superhero genre, but he actually possessed special abilities long before that, with 2012’s Chronicle. The Josh Trank movie has become something of a cult hit over the years, with praise coming for its gritty approach to the superhero craze and the creative technical elements behind the indie flick.

Jordan is part of the trio of high school friends who develop superpowers after stumbling across a mysterious, subterranean discovery. The story is dark and thought-provoking, and despite the supernatural elements at play, this sci-fi film is surprisingly human and very grounded.

8. Creed II (2018)

Honestly, it’s hard to separate all three Creed movies, but Creed II simply suffers a little bit from being the middle film in the series; in that it lacks the element of surprise of the first instalment, and doesn’t quite have the luxury of having the time to establish the character that Creed III benefits from.

Still, Steven Caple Jr. gets Stallone putting in some of his best work ever here, and Jordan really starts to make the franchise his own by this point. Love it or hate it, the decision to bring back Drago and have Adonis fight his son is a really interesting move, and helped to deliver closure for both families.

9. That Awkward Moment (2014)

Here’s something we haven’t seen often from Michael B. Jordan: a romantic comedy. To say he’s one of the most charismatic and cool men on the planet, that’s something of a surprise, but if That Awkward Moment is to be a rare light spot in his otherwise fairly heavy filmography, then he’s still given us a really underrated gem in the genre.

Alongside Miles Teller and Zac Efron, the leading men of That Awkward Moment help to lift what could have been a fairly average flick into a very entertaining and easy watch. It’s filled with lots of genuinely funny moments, and also offers some–but not too much–commentary on the idea of toxic masculinity, too.

10. Fantastic Four (2015)

Is it messy? Absolutely. Is it for the best that this version of Marvel’s first family was never seen again? Probably. But, deep down, are we ready to admit that Fantastic Four is actually, secretly, a little bit fun? Yes, yes we are.

Aside from a few memeworthy misfires (yes, ‘say that again’ is an awful line of dialogue to end the film on), there’s actually a lot to appreciate about the cast and the general direction Josh Trank’s was heading in. It had plenty of energy, some cool visuals, and the likes of Michael B. Jordan and Toby Kebbell really did give it everything they had. It’s definitely nowhere near the worst superhero movie with Marvel’s name attached, put it that way.

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Every Ryan Coogler Movie - And Where To Stream Them All
Jack Seale
JustWatch Editor
Few directors have as pristine a record as Ryan Coogler. Since emerging from nowhere in 2013, he has proved himself adept at low-budget indie, franchise revival and mega-budget comic-book flicks, with all his work maintaining a strongly socially aware quality that lesser film-makers would lose in all the hoopla. His latest film Sinners might just be his best yet. To prepare for that, check out our guide to every movie Ryan Coogler has written or directed - and where you can stream them.

Fruitvale Station

Coogler’s debut as a writer/director was made for less than a million dollars, but went on to earn 17 times that at the box office on the back of rave reviews and adulation on the festival circuit. It is the gently devastating true story of Oscar Grant, who was shot dead by a transport police officer at Fruitvale district BART station in Oakland, California in the early hours of New Year’s Day, 2009. Coogler simply shows us the last day in Grant’s life, bringing out all the texture and nuance of what would otherwise have been unremarkable interactions with his girlfriend and mother - by the time the fateful confrontation with the cops occurs, we know Oscar will die but are desperate for it to somehow turn out differently.

Creed

Such was the reaction to Fruitvale Station that Coogler and his debut film’s star, Michael B Jordan, were immediately ushered into the big leagues and entrusted with the seventh film in the Rocky franchise. Jordan is Adonis Creed, the son of Rocky’s opponent from the first two films, Apollo Creed. Rocky himself (Sylvester Stallone) takes Adonis on, training him for a tilt at the world light heavyweight championship that nobody thinks the challenger has a chance of winning… Creed is more or less a straight retread of the original Rocky story, particularly in its final act, but Coogler brings a new authenticity to it that would sustain two Creed sequels.

Black Panther

Another giant leap forward for Coogler saw him put in charge of one of the most eagerly anticipated additions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, at a time when any MCU movie was virtually guaranteed to be a massive hit. Coogler takes the challenge in his stride, giving Black Panther plenty of spectacle while staying true to the serious racial politics of the story. His take on the utopian kingdom of Wakanda is, once again, crowd-pleasing mainstream material that still feels grounded. The increasingly famous Michael B Jordan stays on the golden Coogler train by starring as Killmonger, the villain of the tale.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Four years after bringing Wakanda to the world, Coogler and Black Panther returned for a sequel that somehow overcame the loss of the first film’s lead performer, Chadwick Boseman, who had died in 2019. The second film is much more female-focused, with bigger roles for Letitia Wright and Lupita Nyong'o and a heavier emphasis on the feminist principles that were present in the original. As usual, though, Coogler effortlessly weaves such potentially heavy themes into a supremely watchable piece of megabucks entertainment that isn’t quite as propulsive in its narrative as Black Panther, but is faultlessly acted and directed with real heart.

Creed III

Coogler didn’t have a writing or directing credit on Creed II, which was more Sylvester Stallone’s baby, but he co-wrote the storyline for the third movie in the series, which just about makes Creed III an authentic R Coogler joint. Adonis Creed (Michael B Jordan, who also directs) is now a retired champion, tempted back into the ring to see off his former friend Dame Anderson (Jonathan Majors), who bears a grudge against his childhood former friend due to an incident years ago that landed Dame in prison. With Jordan successfully mounting the crunching fight scenes that Coogler had mastered in the first Creed film, Creed III keeps up the standards of the Rocky/Creed franchise.

Sinners

Coogler’s new film is arguably the first where he can be himself and give his talent full rein. An original creation of Coogler’s rather than a contribution to an existing franchise/universe, Sinners is a thrillingly imaginative blend of supernatural horror and knotty American history, set in the southern United States in the 1930s. Michael B Jordan maintains his fruitful relationship with the writer/director, playing twin brothers named Smoke and Stack. Their homecoming, after lives spent seeing all the awful things that the military and organised crime could show them, turns out to be more horrific than anything they’ve encountered before… to say more would spoil it, but just know that this is Coogler at his best, at least for now.

Check out our guide below on where to watch all Ryan Coogler’s movies, streaming in the United Kingdom!
The 10 Sexiest Vampire Movies for People Who Love 'Sinners'
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has already earned its reputation as a unique addition to the vampire genre. This period piece sees Michael B Jordan play twin brothers Elias and Elijah who return to their home town to open a juke joint only to find a blood-sucking presence that wants an invitation inside. While the film’s vampiric twist provides the perfect metaphoric context for social commentary and a confrontation with the country’s racial and religious past, it also adds a level of supernatural danger that packs a rather steamy punch.

If you’re looking for other vampire films that range from the subtly sensual to the explosively erotic, check out this selection of 10 of the sexiest vampire movies, and see all the available streaming options.

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

If you’re looking for a sexy vampire film like Sinners, From Dusk Till Dawn might be just the one for you. Robert Rodriguez’s 1996 action-horror was written by Quentin Tarantino, and its quippy dialogue and over-the-top bloody action sequences clearly bare his signature flair. Like Sinners, From Dusk Till Dawn starts out as one type of film, only to flip suddenly into a full-blown vampire horror. While the performances from the young, ruggedly handsome George Clooney and Harvey Keitel are worthy of recognition, it’s Salma Hayek’s iconic vampire stripper snake dance that has left jaws on the floor since the film was first released.

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

The simmering 1994 adaptation of Anne Rice’s novel Interview with the Vampire stars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise as two gloriously bewigged vampires struggling in their own ways with the burden of immortality. This film plays out as Louis (Pitt) recounts his life of lust, love, and grief since his vampiric transformation to an incredulous journalist played by Christian Slater. While the film is full of plenty of steamy love scenes, it’s the queer coded chemistry between Pitt’s Louis and Cruise’s Lestrat that creates a crackling sense of unfulfilled desire. If you want a more modern and explicit take on the story, make sure to check out the 2022 AMC series version, Interview with the Vampire.

Queen of the Damned (2002)

In another adaptation of an Anne Rice novel that also serves as a follow-up to Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned sees Lestat (now played by Stuart Townsend) resurrect to the sounds of nu metal in the modern world. After becoming the prominent leader of a band, he awakens the first vampire, Akasha, the Queen of the Damned (played by the late, great Aaliyah), who is intent on destroying humanity and making Lestat her king. While the film itself is an imperfect adaptation and is at times quite camp, there’s no denying its sex appeal—especially when it comes to Aaliyah's snaky moves and daring metal bustier.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Although the story of Dracula has been told in many on-screen renditions, there’s no version quite like Bram Stoker’s Dracula. While Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation is full of blood, sex, and nudity, the real fire starter is Oldman’s Dracula himself. Although he plays some less desirable iterations of the character throughout the film, it’s when he’s at his most vulnerable and romantic, full of tortured longing for Winona Ryder’s Mina, that he becomes utterly enthralling. When Dracula says, "I have crossed oceans of time to find you," the yearning and tragedy of it all is enough to merit a swoon.

Blade (1998)

While Marvel’s Blade is not quite as racy as some of the other titles on this list, the leather-clad sex appeal of Wesley Snipes alone is enough to raise the temperature in the room. Snipes stars as the titular half-vampire Blade, who has made it his life’s mission to protect others by hunting down the most evil of vampires. The film was Marvel’s first big success, and paved the way for the sprawling universe of superhero productions we still see today, in addition to spawning its own two sequels, Blade II and Blade: Trinity.

Underworld (2003)

The undead’s love of leather continues to great effect in Underworld. The film stars Kate Beckinsale as Selene, a vampire assassin known as a “Death Dealer” who hunts werewolves to avenge her family. After falling in love with a human and learning some hard truths about her past, Selene finds herself caught in a deadly war between vampires and werewolves—and donning a skin-tight leather suit to take care of business.

Fright Night (2011)

If you weren’t a Colin Farrell fan before, you will be after watching Fright Night. In this remake of Tom Holland’s 1985 film, Farrell plays a suburban vampire-next-door whose identity is discovered by his teenage neighbour, Charley (Anton Yelchin), sending them into an escalating war against each other. While the entire cast—including Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, and David Tennant—bring their best to the film, it’s Farrell’s charismatic and quick-witted Jerry that steals the show and gives the character a dangerous, sexy vibe.

The Lost Boys (1987)

The Lost Boys is a comedy-horror classic combining a typical ‘80s teen coming-of-age premise full of leather-clad bad boys and schoolyard peer pressure with a vampiric twist. Starring a dreamy Kiefer Sutherland sporting an incredible blond mullet as David, the leader of the local gang of vampires, and Jason Patric as the naive but curious new kid on the block, Michael, Joel Schumacher’s The Lost Boys was one of the game-changers for the vampire genre, first depicting them as young, stylish and sexy even before Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Near Dark (1987)

While Near Dark was originally a box office flop, it has gone on to become a cult classic. Like Sinners, Near Dark has a neo-Western setting that blends small-town Americana with vampire horror. The film stars Adrian Pasdar as Caleb, a resident of a small Oklahoma town whose life is turned upside down when he meets Mae, a mysterious drifter passing through the town with her clan of vampires. Although the film has plenty of drama and gore, it’s the tender relationship between Mae and Caleb makes hearts beat a little faster.

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Like Sinners, Only Lovers Left Alive is not your typical vampire film. Director Jim Jarmusch’s picture stars Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as Adam and Eve, two vampires who have been married for centuries. Adam has become withdrawn and suspicious of the modern world, and much of the film follows the intimate musings between the two as they contemplate life and death. Their lives are upended when Ava, Eve’s chaotic younger sister, comes to visit. While Only Lovers Left Alive is not sexually explicit, it's the clear care and vulnerable intimacy of Adam and Eve’s relationship that make this film painfully romantic.

Where to watch the sexiest vampire movies like ‘Sinners’ streaming online

Find out how (and where) to stream the sexiest vampire movies like Sinners online by scrolling down to the list below. The series are all available to stream online across a variety of platforms in the United Kingdom, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, ITVX and more!
10 Bafta-Nominated TV Shows You Need To Stream in 2025
Jack Seale
JustWatch Editor
On 11 May 2025, Britain’s most prestigious television awards ceremony, the EE BAFTA Film Awards, will take place at the Royal Festival Hall in London. So which of the nominated shows do you really need to make sure you’ve watched? Check out our guide below to the 10 most essential shortlisted shows, and where you can stream them in the United Kingdom.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Not just a great true-life drama but a full-blown cultural and political phenomenon, Mr Bates vs The Post Office brought an appalling scandal to a wide audience and ensured something would be done. Leading Actor nominee Toby Jones is Mr Bates: that’s Alan Bates, a sub-postmaster who repeatedly complains to the Post Office that their accounting software is leading to false accusations of dishonest accounting. When he realises there are many such cases across the country, he bands other victims (including Jo Hamilton, played by Leading Actress nominee Monica Dolan) together in a rousing tale about ordinary people helping each other to fight injustice.

Baby Reindeer

The most-talked about drama of the year, starring Leading Actor contender Richard Gadd as a version of himself, and Supporting Actress candidate Jessica Gunning (who is in it so much she could really have been shortlisted for Leading Actress) as the stalker who causes life-changing chaos. When struggling stand-up comedian Donny takes a job as a barman in a London pub, he humours the strange behaviour of regular customer Martha, but quickly becomes embroiled in a bewildering, scary relationship that Martha will not let him end. Gadd’s willingness to reveal incredibly intimate details about his own emotions and behaviour made Baby Reindeer a massive word-of-mouth hit.

Slow Horses

Across its four seasons, more and more viewers have found their way to Slow Horses, the smartest and funniest spy drama on TV. In large part that’s thanks to a fantastic lead performance from Leading Actor nominee Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the filthy, obnoxious boss of Slough House, an MI5 spin-off staffed by failed and rejected agents. But there’s a fine ensemble too: Christopher Chung might be an outside bet for Supporting Actor for his portrayal of wisecracking computer genius Roddy, but he can be taken as representing the whole of the supporting cast. Season four, which starts with a bombing and ends with a big reveal about one of the Slough House stalwarts, is one of the best.

Rivals

Viewers came to the Jilly Cooper dramatisation expecting a fabulous 1980s-set romp, full of outrageous characters, hilarious sex scenes and a general air of ridiculous English upper-class debauchery. That’s exactly what Rivals gave them, with David Tennant leading the way, and scoring himself a Leading Actor nomination, as extremely nefarious TV mogul Lord Baddingham. But the show has some heart to it as well: the unexpected highlight of the first season is a tender forbidden romance between two characters in loveless marriages, played by Danny Dyer and Katherine Parkinson. For playing Lizzie Vereker, Parkinson is up for the Supporting Actress prize.

Gavin & Stacey: The Finale

When the BAFTA shortlists came out, one show dominated the conversation, not for the nominations it got but for the lack of them. The last ever episode of Gavin & Stacey broke ratings records on Christmas Day 2024, with more than 19 million Brits enjoying it, but somehow it isn’t on the list for Scripted Comedy and its only acting nomination is Ruth Jones for Female Performance in a Comedy. There is, however, a nod for the last episode’s pivotal scene: Mick (Larry Lamb) standing up at Smithy’s wedding to tell him he is making a mistake and should marry Nessa instead has a chance of being named this year’s Memorable Moment.

Shogun

It’s not a British show, so Shogun is only nominated for the International prize at the BAFTA TV Awards, but it should have a solid chance of winning its category. The mostly subtitled story of an English sailor who is shipwrecked off Japan in 1600 and becomes part of a power struggle among the local feudal lords, Shogun might sound to the uninitiated like a slog, but it is anything but: epic romance, brutal action scenes and a surprisingly dry sense of humour combine to make it addictive and rewarding. It has already cleaned up at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Golden Globes and the Emmys.

Say Nothing

Shogun’s strongest challenger in the International category is this ambitious drama, based on the best-selling book by Patrick Radden Keefe. A sprawling history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Say Nothing focuses on the 1972 murder of Jean McConville and the 1973 bombing of the Old Bailey in London, and has drawn some criticism for moments where the execution of those crimes comes across as thrilling heroism. But when viewed as a whole, the series is a subtle and complex picture of conflict, aided by great performances: for playing Provisional IRA member Dolours Price at different times in her life, Lola Petticrew and Maxine Peake are nominated for Leading Actress and Supporting Actress respectively.

Hell Jumper

The most astonishing documentary of 2024? Hell Jumper commemorates the short but incredible life of Cornwall resident Chris Parry, who left home when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and died in Ukraine in 2023. Parry joined a band of unaffiliated humanitarians who took it upon themselves to rescue stranded civilians from the warzone: they would receive a message with the location, jump in their car and drive towards the horror before posting videos of their adventures online, shooting the footage as they went with body-mounted cameras. The intensity of those images is matched by the sensitivity with which the film handles some difficult questions about why the Hell Jumpers were willing to take such risks.

Mr Loverman

The cast of this superb BBC drama have received the recognition they deserve from BAFTA: while Sharon D Clarke and Ariyon Bakare are worthy nominees for Leading Actress and Supporting Actor, the defining performance in Mr Loverman is by Leading Actor contender Lennie James. In a drama based on Bernardine Evaristo’s novel, James plays Barrington, an Antiguan-born Londoner who has a wife (Clarke) and children, but who has for decades been secretly in love with his male best friend Morris (Bakare). James is spectacularly good as a man who has sacrificed his own happiness in order to do what he assumed was the right thing, but who now is not so sure.

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

It may not have had quite the impact of the original Wolf Hall back in 2015, but the long-awaited sequel, again based on Hilary Mantel’s magnificent historical novels, is an equally fine piece of work, nominated both in the Drama category and in the Supporting Actor shortlist for Damian Lewis’s portrayal of Henry VIII. Once again, Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance) has to manage an extremely delicate situation, this time in the aftermath of the execution of—spoiler alert—Anne Boleyn. Political intrigue has never been presented in such a fluidly intelligent manner as this, and no drama on the planet is better performed.

Check out our guide below on where to watch all the top EE BAFTA TV Awards nominees, streaming in the United Kingdom!
The Studio: 10 A-List Cameos and Where You've Seen Them Before
Jack Seale
JustWatch Editor
Seth Rogen’s comedy The Studio, where he plays a movie executive who is unexpectedly made head of a studio, has quickly become notorious for cameo appearances that see big stars send themselves up. Many A-listers have taken the plunge and played themselves, but where have you seen them before? Find out with our guide to the show’s best cameos, and where you can stream the actors’ previous work.

Paul Dano

We know straight away that The Studio is going to drop plenty of crumbs for proper film buffs when the first episode opens with uber-authentic There Will Be Blood star Paul Dano agonising over his acting technique. There’s even a mention of Wildlife, Dano’s debut as an arthouse director. After a strong debut in indie flick L.I.E., Dano appeared in Little Miss Sunshine before breaking through properly in There Will Be Blood. Since then, you might have seen him in 12 Years a Slave, The Batman and The Fabelmans, as well as playing Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy.

Martin Scorsese

Obviously he directed GoodFellas, Taxi Driver, The Departed and so on: you don’t need us to tell you who Martin Scorsese is. His role as a brittle, stroppy version of himself in The Studio takes his willingness to laugh at himself to a new level, but he has always loved a comedy cameo, with self-ironising turns in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage and 30 Rock. Plus he’s in a bunch of his own movies: in his early period he was in most of them somewhere, and if you can’t see him you can listen for his voice in The Wolf of Wall Street and Bringing Out the Dead.

Charlize Theron

These days Charlize Theron is as much a producer as she is an actor, so she’s not quite as ubiquitous on screen as she was just after the turn of the millennium. She won Best Actress at the Oscars for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster, then was nominated for the same award for North Country before starring in Young Adult, Mad Max: Fury Road and The Fate of the Furious. In The Studio she only has one line, but it’s extremely memorable as she forcefully tells Seth Rogen’s character that he isn’t welcome at a star-packed industry party.

Steve Buscemi

Following his appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 breakthrough Reservoir Dogs, Steve Buscemi became one of the most sought-after character actors of the 1990s and 2000s: if Buscemi was in it, you knew it would be cool, unless it was one of the Adam Sandler movies in which he also regularly played supporting roles. His most memorable film turns include Con Air, Ghost World, The Death of Stalin and many Coen brothers movies such as The Big Lebowski. On TV he was the lead in Boardwalk Empire and had an unforgettable one-season arc as the doomed Tony Blundetto in The Sopranos.

Sarah Polley

No doubt drawing on her own experiences as she appears in The Studio trying to film a scene in the face of budget restraints, meddling executives and unhelpful actors, Polley is a respected film director best known for 2022’s Oscar-winning Women Talking. You probably recognise her from her previous acting career, however, which includes Splice, The Weight of Water and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. For an underrated Polley gem, check out her lead performance as a terminally ill young wife and mother in devastating 2003 indie weepie My Life without Me. Mark Ruffalo co-stars.

Johnny Knoxville

In The Studio he’s a version of himself who insists that his new movie Duhpocalypse, a horror in which zombies attack humans by squirting diarrhoea into their faces, is “a dark satire about medical disinformation”. In real life, Johnny Knoxville rose to fame, and repeatedly physically harmed himself, as the leader of the gang in notorious prank/stunt show Jackass. He usually appears as himself but has an acting career as well, most recently on TV in Reboot and The Luckiest Man in America.

Ron Howard

A generation of Americans know Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham in Happy Days, and as one of the lads in American Graffiti, but you’re more likely to know his work as one of Hollywood’s most respected directors. He’s the man behind the hit 1980s comedies Splash, Cocoon and Parenthood, as well as more serious fare like Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind. Creator/star of The Studio Seth Rogen credits Howard himself for coming up with the funniest bit of his cameo, when the director throws his trademark baseball cap at Rogen’s out-of-his-depth studio boss.

Anthony Mackie

Mackie is in the very funny Ron Howard episode of The Studio, starring in the fictional Howard-directed movie Alphabet City, a serious neo-noir drama which is much, much too long: as well as dealing with a producer who is infatuated with him, the Studio version of Mackie also gets involved in a storyline about Howard being persuaded to cut a scene that has great personal meaning for him. Elsewhere, Mackie is one of the stars of the Captain America movies The Winter Soldier and Brave New World, as well as the TV spin-off series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Nicholas Stoller

You most likely won’t recognise Nicholas Stoller in the opening episode of The Studio, since he is normally purely a writer and director, not an actor. You’ll certainly have seen some of the films he’s been involved with, though, be it Forgetting Sarah Marshall and its sequel Get Him to the Greek, or the likes of Bros and the hit 2011 movie version of The Muppets. He’s a very game participant in The Studio, since the gag is that most of the above are, shall we say, somewhat mainstream fare, which means idealistic executive Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) doesn’t initially want to work with him…

Greta Lee

Lee has had prominent supporting roles in two big TV hits in the past few years, namely Russian Doll on Netflix and The Morning Show on Apple TV+. She’s best known, though, for the highly acclaimed 2023 movie Past Lives, where she plays Nora, one half of a pair of old childhood sweethearts who reconnect later in life. The self-parodic version of herself Lee plays in The Studio has let the acclaim for Past Lives go to her head: she didn’t get a private jet for the press tour, and now she is obsessed with getting one for the film she’s making next.

Check out our guide below on where to watch all the shows and movies in our The Studio cameo guide, streaming in the United Kingdom!
Where to Watch the Best Easter Movies for Kids in 2025
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for anyone who loves chocolate, cheeky bunny rabbits, and the story of Jesus Christ. That’s right, it’s Easter weekend, and we’re celebrating in style here by stuffing our faces full of the best Easter movies for kids, so that you and the whole family can sit down, take it easy and stream some of the most appropriate films for this particular period.

It’s not hard to find the best Christmas movies, and there are tonnes of horror movies to enjoy at Halloween, but Easter is a celebration that’s often overlooked in the film world. Still, we’ve packed this guide full of some real treats; from movies specifically focused on Easter itself, or simply ones that have that spring time vibe, you’ll be catered to for the full weekend with these Easter movies for kids.

Hop (2011)

An easy one to start us off here, but you simply can’t get anything more Easter-related than Hop, a film which literally follows the Easter Bunny as he looks to shirk his responsibilities and experience life among the humans for a little while.

James Marsden does what he does best–reluctantly interacting with computer-generated animals in secret–and truth be told, the film wouldn’t be worth watching were it not for him giving it absolutely everything as usual. Kids will love it, though. Hop is silly, with plenty of slapstick humour and visual gags, including a rabbit pooping Easter eggs–what more could you want?

Peter Rabbit (2018)

From one mischievous rabbit to another, this modern retelling of the classic tale of Peter Rabbit is another crowdpleaser that’ll help pass 90 minutes of the Easter weekend with the kids while also giving parents a few laughs, too.

James Corden delivers the voice for the titular bunny, while Rose Byrne and Domhnall Gleeson are in support as the humans in the cast, and their chemistry is particularly enjoyable to watch. And, if you find you can’t get enough of this one, you can always stick the sequel on, as a bonus, and keep the fun rolling for another 90 minutes.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Easter may be a religious holiday but let’s be honest, it’s all about the chocolate for most people these days, and there's no film that better captures that sentiment than the 1971 classic, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. From Gene Wilder’s enigmatic and energetic leading performance as the iconic factory owner, to the catchy tunes and poppy visuals, this Roald Dahl tale is brought to life superbly and is exactly the kind of colourful, cheery family movie you need to take the Easter weekend up a notch. Just don’t end up like Augustus Gloop, will you?

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

From one Roald Dahl story to another, clearly the famous author had a knack for creating adventures that would stand the test of time, and that would serve a purpose around Easter. Fantastic Mr. Fox was reimagined in 2009 by the visionary Wes Anderson, and it’s one of his very best films, which is saying a lot.

The exquisite stop-motion animation and delightfully rich colour palette in the film combine with a terrific voice cast and a smart script to help this movie strike a chord with audiences young and old, while the story of greed is subtle, yet very suitable for the Easter weekend.

Chicken Run (2000)

We’ve got more stop-motion for you now, and a bona fide classic from Aardman Animation. Chicken Run was a huge hit upon its release, and has remained a family favourite for 25 years after, largely thanks to the fact it’s simply a lot of fun for people of all ages.

This hilarious riff on The Great Escape works so well, but while the original war movie is a little more serious, Chicken Run understands the assignment and keeps things incredibly light. If you’re all about the eggs at Easter, you’ll surely find yourself rooting for this gang of plucky chickens.

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

While Jack Frost may be the front man of this ensemble piece, the Easter Bunny plays an important support role in this visually sharp, thematically rich animated adventure. Rise of the Guardians is probably better suited to slightly older children compared to the previous entries in this list, with a few moments of real tension and light peril to endure, but it’s nothing the little ones can’t handle, we’re sure. If the kids have gotten all hyped up on sugar, this effort might actually be ideal to help them burn off some energy with this mystical thrill ride full of magic, evil creatures, and daring heroes.

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

We couldn’t assemble this list of the best Easter movies for kids without embracing the religious roots of the holiday, and DreamWorks’ The Prince of Egypt fits the bill perfectly. It’s a film that dives into the Book of Exodus to tell the tale of Moses, but one which never lets itself get too heavy or dark.

The musical elements really help to bring life and dynamism to this flick, and it’s a brilliant example of old school animation done right, with so much energy in every frame. The Prince of Egypt superbly toes the line between historical drama and fun animation.

Watership Down (1978)

OK, this one should be approached with caution, because you run the risk of scarring your children for life with Watership Down, but it’s very much a formative experience for anyone of the right age to experience their first bout of genuine terror.

That makes it sound worse than it is, but Watership Down is an absolute cult classic, with a harrowing yet heartfelt story that everyone will be richer for watching, whether it’s Easter time or not. The rabbit links help tie it to the holiday, but so too does the deep-rooted narrative of persecution and enduring optimism. Just be sure to check out the details of the film before putting it on your children.

The Wind in the Willows (1983)

If you’d rather not traumatise your children and play it safe, The Wind in the Willows is about as charming and harmless as you can get. This quaint tale is packed with whimsical characters, gentle comedy, and that springtime energy that fits so nicely with the Easter celebrations.

In the film, picnics and plans for jolly vacations soon make way for a wild series of events involving Toad being arrested for causing mayhem on the road and a mean gang of Weasels trying to steal his grand home. This time, though, we really promise it’s not at all dark or scary or stressful at all, really it isn’t.

Christopher Robin (2018)

Is there any character in the history of storytelling more gentle and calming than Winnie the Pooh? Probably not, and it’s this warm nature, plus his love for all things sweet, that make him the ideal ambassador for us to end this list with.

In Christopher Robin, the titular character is all grown up (and played brilliantly by Ewan McGregor), but his furry friends from the past need him to play pretend one more time and save the Hundred Acre Woods. Along the way, he might just save a big chunk of his soul, too, as he finally remembers how to be happy and how to have a little fun.

Check out our list below for options on where to watch all these excellent Easter movies by catching them on streaming services like Disney Plus, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more!
The 10 Highest Grossing Animated Films of All Time – and Where to Stream Them
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
Animation movies aren’t just a way to entertain the kids for a couple of hours; they're part of a fascinating medium that showcases one of the most magical aspects of filmmaking. From Walt Disney to Hayao Miyazaki, the world’s greatest animators have captured the imagination of millions – and movie studios have (sometimes) made a pretty penny in the process. In this guide, you can find out the 10 highest-grossing animated movies of all time, and find out where you can watch them all on UK streaming services.

When it comes to animation, The Walt Disney Company has dominated the box office for decades with sequels, prequels and remakes of their biggest hits, often making even more money with every new installment. But in recent years, animated movies from studios other than Disney have found their way onto the list of highest-grossing animated movies as well. Whether you’re just curious about the most successful animated movies ever or simply looking for must-see titles that belong on your watchlist, here are the 10 highest-grossing animated movies of all time.

1. Ne Zha 2 (2025) - $2.12bn

The biggest surprise of all comes at the very top of this list, with this Chinese animated sequel taking the box-office by storm in 2025. Ne Zha 2 follows its predecessor from 2019, taking us back to this magical world of dragons, wizardry, and warriors for a far bigger and more ambitious story.

As you’d expect, the majority of this film’s success has come in its native homeland, with a record-breaking run in China. But Ne Zha 2 also thrived in the US, selling out theatres and raking in $7.2m in its opening weekend. At the time of writing, the movie stands at $2.12bn (equivalent to £1.62bn) and it still has time to extend its lead at the top of this list, too.

2. Inside Out 2 (2024) - $1.69bn

It’s quite remarkable how Ne Zha 2's box office compares to every other movie on this list, but let’s not pretend that the total gross for Inside Out 2 isn't absolutely phenomenal too. The 2024 Pixar sequel was far and away the top performer of last year, with worldwide takings of $1.69bn (equivalent to £1.29bn). Following on from Riley’s traumatic experiences in the first movie, Inside Out 2 shows us what happens when puberty hits and new, more complex emotions join the party. It’s not quite as emotional as the original, but it’s just as meaningful and was able to resonate with a bigger, older audience.

3. The Lion King (2019) - $1.65bn

This one’s a bit of an anomaly and a controversial entry in the list of the highest-grossing animated movies of all time. There's some debate as to whether The Lion King remake of 2019 is even technically animated, but the fact it was entirely rendered digitally allows it passage onto this list. Rather predictably, the so-called live-action remake was a massive success, with fans flocking to see what Disney came up with here. It made a whopping $1.65bn at the box-office (equivalent to £1.26bn), placing it ever so slightly behind Inside Out 2.

4. Frozen 2 (2019) - $1.45bn

Another pretty predictable winner for Disney was the move to make a sequel to the absolute monster 2013 hit, Frozen, with Frozen 2 making a killing at the box-office in 2019. The film was worth the six-year wait, with a surprisingly profound and emotional storyline, more brilliant songs, and plenty more fun, too. In terms of box office gross, Frozen 2 surpassed its predecessor by a fair distance, bringing in $1.45bn at the time, which is equivalent to £1.10bn. Now, we just have to wait to see what Frozen 3 can achieve, but it's highly likely to have an impact on this list.

5. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) - $1.36bn

Creating a movie based on one of the most successful and recognisable video game characters of all time was always likely to give The Super Mario Bros. Movie a strong foundation for its own success, but no one truly saw this one coming. Still, Chris Pratt, who voiced Mario in the movie, is known to get bums in seats – something that was proven one year earlier with the Jurassic World franchise. The Super Mario Bros. Movie made $1.36bn (or £1.04bn) in 2023 and (rather unsurprisingly) we’ll be getting a sequel to the big hit next year, with the core voice cast returning for more plumbing, princess rescues, and catchy tunes.

6. Frozen (2013) - $1.29bn

We’ve already talked about Frozen 2, but we’re simply not ready to "let it go" just yet. When Elsa and Anna were introduced to the world in 2013, along with the lovable snowman Olaf, Disney produced movie magic. Loosely inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Snow Queen", Frozen became an instant Disney classic that has stood the test of time and remained a family favourite ever since. At the box office, Frozen brought in $1.29bn (£986m) and was the highest-grossing animated movie for six years before it was dethroned by Simba and The Lion King remake. It probably helped that kids and parents alike couldn’t get that iconic song out of their heads for months.

7. Incredibles 2 (2018) - $1.24bn

Incredibles 2 is another Disney effort that absolutely blew its predecessor out of the water. It became the highest-grossing animated movie domestically for some time, and was the fastest animated film to gross $1bn at the time of release – doing so in just 46 days. Incredibles 2 ended its theatrical run with a massive $1.24bn haul at the box-office (equivalent to £950m), eclipsing the $633m figures of The Incredibles. This sequel took things in a much darker, more sophisticated direction to the original, but it clearly struck a chord, and rode the wave of the superhero movie hype, too.

8. Minions (2015) - $1.15bn

Among all this Disney dominance, it’s refreshing to see something from another studio on the list, with Illumination’s Despicable Me franchise peaking with the 2015 spin-off, Minions. Focusing on the origins of Gru’s little yellow sidekicks, this rather simple, yet very effective and entertaining little flick hit all the right notes, with families turning out in their droves.

In the United States, Minions grossed a huge $115.2m in its opening weekend, the second-highest opening weekend for an animated film, behind Shrek the Third. But, ultimately, Minions had the legs to keep going and going, and finished up with $1.15bn (£886m). It was also the biggest opening weekend for a prequel, surpassing Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.

9. Toy Story 4 (2019) - $1.07bn

Like us, you were probably wondering when Buzz and Woody would make it onto this list. And, in typical fashion, we’re getting two at once after waiting so long. Toy Story 4 is fractionally more successful than its predecessor, breaking the top five in 2019 with a healthy taking of $1.07bn (equivalent to £820m). Toy Story 4 has slipped down the list over the last few years, but it performed very well at the box office and proved that people still care about the iconic Pixar franchise – not bad for a movie that was deemed unnecessary by some fans at the time of release.

10. Toy Story 3 (2010) - $1.06bn

Toy Story 3 became the highest-grossing animated movie of all time back in 2010, and was the most successful film of the year, making even more than Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Inception. The film was obviously massively profitable in the United States, but also found a strong market in Japan, too, with a $126.7m haul there helping the movie reach its end total of $1.06bn (or £815m). It’s not surprising, really, given the quality of the film. Toy Story 3 is revered by critics and fans alike, with many claiming it to be the perfect end to a perfect trilogy. The movie was also nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, which is testament to just how great it is.

Check out our list below for options on where to watch all these amazing animated movies and see if they deserved the billions of dollars fans spent on cinema tickets, by catching them on streaming services like Disney Plus, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more!
10 Best Crime Dramas To Watch After 'MobLand' and Where to Find Them on Streaming Services
Jack Seale
JustWatch Editor
MobLand has broken streaming records for Paramount+ in the UK: whether it’s Tom Hardy fans, Guy Ritchie fans or just viewers who love a naughty bit of gangland crime action, this new London mob saga has drawn the punters in. While you’re waiting for the next weekly episode, what other shows should you be streaming to get similar mob/mafia vibes? Find out with our streaming guide.

The Gentlemen

The presence of director Guy Ritchie is fairly easy to spot in MobLand, but it’s not Ritchie at full throttle because MobLand is, most of the time, a pretty serious drama. For the complete experience, spool back to The Gentlemen, Ritchie’s spin-off from his own film of the same name. This show is raucous and cartoonish, delighting in taking the mickey out of several different stereotypes, from posh layabouts to lairy Scousers and from low-rent criminals to American billionaires. Mostly it’s a romp through a twisted version of the English upper classes, led by Theo James as Eddie, a duke who inherits a cannabis empire.

Gangs of London

A drama that changed the game as far as British-based gangster sagas go, delivering the sort of grand, sweeping, operatically violent extravaganza UK viewers can only usually find in American shows. Sope Dirisu and Joe Cole are both immense as the undercover cop and the heir to a criminal family’s throne: Gangs of London is notorious for its incredible fight sequences, but its character work and storytelling are top-class too, and it certainly isn’t afraid to kill off a main protagonist just when you least expect it.

Kin

A word-of-mouth hit in the UK on BBC iPlayer, Irish crime saga Kin has all the elements you look for in a good, gritty gangster drama. Two families control territory in the city of Dublin, with wise old bosses played by Ciaran Hinds and Aidan Gillen. But sage, calm mob dons in TV dramas tend to have hot-headed sons and, when one of the younger men oversteps the mark, it sparks a war that puts everyone in peril and tests loyalties to breaking point. There’s nothing particularly original about Kin, but the acting, the realistic urban setting and some brutal character deaths will keep you nicely on your toes.

The Penguin

A mob drama in disguise! Admittedly not as much of a disguise as Colin Farrell, who is literally unrecognisable inside a colossal fat suit as would-be criminal kingpin Oz Cobb, but viewers who heard about another entry in the Batman cinematic universe didn’t get the fun superhero action they might have expected from The Penguin. Instead, Farrell delivers a deeply impactful performance as a villain powered by awkwardness and sadness, the nuances of which are somehow not blunted by the fact that the actor is essentially invisible. His ongoing sparring match with Cristin Milioti as the psychopathic Sofia Gigante is a thing of dark wonder.

Top Boy

MobLand head writer Ronan Bennett made his name with this tough crime epic. Inspired by Bennett witnessing a frighteningly young boy dealing drugs outside a London supermarket, it follows the kings and the footsoldiers of the fictional Summerhouse estate in Hackney, east London. Ashley Walters and Kane Robinson are Dushane and Sully, who at first are partners in the drug-dealing game, but are destined to become mortal enemies. While telling that big story, Top Boy is excellent at including the smaller, sadder tales that show how tough living in a place overrun by crime can be.

Sexy Beast

To get as close as you can to the tone and look of MobLand, you could give this almost completely overlooked drama a spin. A prequel to the fantastic Jonathan Glazer film of the same name, Sexy Beast fills in the backstories of Gal and Don (Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley in the movie; here played by James McArdle and Emun Elliott), as they make their way into the dirty, violent criminal underworld of London in the 1990s. One surprising, stellar piece of casting is worth tuning in for on its own: Tamsin Greig is not who you would expect to be playing Don’s sinister, domineering sister Cecilia, the monster who is the explanation for a lot of Don’s worst personality traits, and yet there she is, and she’s superb.

Taboo

It doesn’t look like a gangster drama at first glance, since it’s set in the early 19th Century, but Taboo has plenty of the dynamics that make mob sagas tick. For a start, it treats global trading behemoth the East India Company as essentially a criminal organisation, reversing the usual genre set-up (as seen in MobLand) where crime syndicates operate like hierarchical corporations. It also has actual criminal gangs in operation as it explores the dark side of London in 1814. Plus, most importantly for MobLand, Tom Hardy plays the lead and, although he does it in a very different way, his character still has more or less the same energy, which is: severe threat.

Hatton Garden

It’s light relief compared to most of the other shows on this list, but with its London criminals being a bit cheeky while conducting serious business, Hatton Garden still hits a lot of the right notes. It also has the added intrigue of being based on a true story, namely the notorious burglary committed by a gang of elderly thieves during Easter bank holiday weekend, 2015. MobLand’s Geoff Bell plays Carl Wood who, at the age of 58, is one of the younger members of a crew who daringly drill into a secure underground vault beneath the streets of the capital.

The Sopranos

If you haven’t seen it by now perhaps you never will, but it’s always worth repeating that The Sopranos is the best organised-crime drama ever, and possibly the best TV drama ever full stop. Heck, you could even make a case for it being one of the great works of art of the 20th Century. Almost every other show on this list owes a major debt to this New Jersey saga. In a show that’s as much about actual families as it is the Mafia “family”, James Gandolfini is immense as the boss who is troubled enough by his job to be seeing a shrink. But almost every one of the scores of supporting characters is just as beautifully drawn.

Peaky Blinders

Very possibly the best British gangster show of all time, Peaky Blinders is based loosely on the real exploits of a Birmingham criminal gang who were active between the wars, and who carried a fearsome reputation for hiding razor blades in the brims of their rather natty hats. As well as being surprisingly influential on UK menswear in the late 2010s, Blinders is a fine creation, tough and tender with many memorable supporting characters orbiting around Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby. One of the funniest is north London gangster Alfie Solomons, played by MobLand star Tom Hardy.

Check out our guide below on where to watch all the shows like MobLand streaming in the United Kingdom!
Already Missing 'Severance'? Then Here’s Where You Can Watch the Cast’s Best Movies & Shows
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
Severance is undeniably one of the most compelling TV series of the decade, and has deservedly become one of Apple TV+’s biggest hits. As the mystery of Lumon’s murky intentions unfolds, you’ve probably been able to recognise the stellar cast from other movies and TV shows – whether it’s Adam Scott in Parks and Recreation or Patricia Arquette in True Romance. But if you’re still wondering where to watch all your favourite Severance actors in other movies and TV shows now that season 2 has finally concluded, we’ve got you covered with this streaming guide.

Adam Scott

On Severance, Scott displays his dramatic and comedic chops as Mark Scout, an office manager at Lumon Industries after undergoing the severance process. But before taking on the role, Adam Scott’s most recognisable performance was as Ben Wyatt on the classic comedy sitcom Parks and Recreation – where he managed to win the hearts of Parks and Rec fans despite being introduced late into the core cast. Before that, Scott was previously known as the incredibly pompous brother in Step Brothers, where he served an iconic acapella rendition of Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” during an intense carpool karaoke session.

If you’ve become an Adam Scott fan and want to see his other great performances, check him out in the sitcom Party Down and the psychological dark comedy Big Little Lies.

Britt Lower

Britt Lower was relatively unknown before joining the department of Macrodata Refinement on Severance, but her rebellious performance as Helly R has made her one of the most exciting actresses in the business. Before Severance, you may have seen Lower in her recurring role as the brainy tech expert Tanya Sitkowsky on the first season of the procedural Unforgettable. You may also recognise her as protective older sister in the comedy series Man Seeking Woman, and in the dramedy series Casual.

Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette was already a Hollywood staple decades before arriving in the halls of Lumon Industries. In the series, she plays both the frigid floor manager Harmony C and her out-of-office counterpart, the hapless Mrs Selvig. You may recognise her from her Academy Award-winning role as single mother Olivia in Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age drama Boyhood. She previously starred in several critically acclaimed films throughout the 1990s, including the Tarantino-written True Romance, Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, and David Lynch’s Lost Highway. From 2005 to 2011, she starred as Allison DuBois in the supernatural procedural Medium as a medium employed as a police consultant, and more recently she received critical acclaim for her role in 2019’s The Act, where she plays the mother in the harrowing dramatisation of the Gypsy-Rose Blanchard case.

John Turturro

John Turturro may be one of the most recognisable actors starring in Severance. He plays Irving B, the dapper stickler for the rules whose longing for Christopher Walken’s Burt G is one of the most touching relationships in the series. You might recognise Turturro from his many collaborations with the Coen Brothers, including in The Big Lebowski where he plays the Dude’s main bowling rival, Jesus Quintana, O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Ulysses’s travel companion Pete, and in Barton Fink where he portrays the titular playwright. You might also recognise Turturro from his role in the 2016 award-winning miniseries The Night Of, where he stars opposite Riz Ahmed as the disheveled lawyer John Stone.

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken is another legendary name in the Severance cast. Known for his highly eccentric roles, Walken gives his signature mix of emotion and old school flair to Burt G, the sensitive O&D employee who shares a deep bond with Turturro’s Irving. You might recognise Christopher Walken for his BAFTA-winning performance as the sly father to Leonardo DiCaprio’s Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can. He also won an Academy Award in 1979 for his performance as Vietnam War vet Nick Chevotarevich in The Deer Hunter. You may also recognise Walken for his iconic “gold watch” monologue as Captain Koons in Pulp Fiction, and as the Headless Horseman in Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow.

Zach Cherry

Zach Cherry is one of the big breakout stars from Severance. His comedic and emotional portrayal of MDR employee and company perks fan Dylan G has made him one of the most beloved characters in the series. You may recognise Cherry from his work on season 1 of You, where he plays bookstore clerk Ethan Russell, and in the Marvel films Spider-Man: Homecoming and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as big-time superhero fan, Klev. You may also have caught him in 2024’s Fallout series, where he lends his endearing charm to the cowardly but agreeable Vault 33 council member, Woody Thomas.

Tramell Tillman

Tramell Tillman is another one of Severance’s big breakout stars. Tilmman plays Mr Milchick, a loyal Lumon employee who manages the severed floor and oscillates between charm and punitiveness at the drop of a dime. The unhinged office dance scene in Season 1 alone solidified his reputation as one of the most fascinating and entertaining characters in the series. You may also recognise Tillman from his role in the dark comedy Dietland where he plays a bakery and cafe owner named Steven. He also appeared as Bobby Robinson in season 1 of the crime drama Godfather of Harlem, and played a supportive coach in the 2024 romcom Sweethearts. In spring 2025, Tillman will make his well-deserved blockbuster debut opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.

Dichen Lachman

Australian actress Dichen Lachman plays Ms Casey (aka Gemma), the Lumon wellness director and *spoilers for season 1* Mark’s wife who everyone thought was dead. Although she first got her start playing Katya Kinski in the iconic Australian soap opera Neighbours, Lachman has had quite the career in sci-fi. Her most recognisable role outside of Severance is no doubt as the baddie Soyona Santos (aka The Broker) in the Jurassic World franchise, and you may also have caught her in the Netflix cyberpunk drama Altered Carbon, as well as in the superhero series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series The 100.

Jen Tullock

Jen Tullock stars as Mark’s sarcastic and down-to-earth sister, Devon Scout-Hale. Before Severance, Tullock mostly appeared in smaller parts, but you may have since seen her playing Anita St Pierre in HBO’s historical drama series Perry Mason.

Michael Chernus

On Severance, Michael Chernus plays Mark’s eccentric brother-in-law and Devon’s husband, Ricken, whose absurd self-help book winds up catalyzing Mark’s reconsideration of the severance program. You may recognise Chernus as Cal Chapman from Netflix’s iconic prison drama Orange Is the New Black, in addition to his more minor roles in Spider-Man: Homecoming and the 2023 miniseries remake Dead Ringers.

Sarah Bock

In her first major role, Sarah Bock plays Miss Huang starting in the second season of Severance. Her role as the uncannily young new manager at Lumon who subtly undermines her supervisor Mr Milchick at any opportunity is one of the season’s highlights. Before Severance, you may have seen Bock play Mia in Hulu’s 2022 coming-of-age drama Bruiser.

Find out where to watch the 'Severance' cast's best movies and TV series with JustWatch

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The 'Avengers: Doomsday' Cast Revealed (So Far) & Where You Last Saw Them In The MCU
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
All roads lead to Doom. At least, they do if you’re an actor that has ever had a fleeting appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), it seems. After the revelation that Robert Downey Jr. would return to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday, this time as Doctor Doom, the film world was stunned by the unveiling of a whole host of new additions to cast.

Marvel had us all on tenterhooks with a six-hour long Avengers: Doomsday cast reveal, which featured a slow reveal of set chairs with the casts' names attached. The announcement brought a lot of familiar faces from the past to the fore, including popular characters from Fox's X-Men franchise. If you've looked through the cast and you're wondering where you last saw each character in the MCU's continuity, we've got you covered with this guide. You can also use JustWatch to find out where to stream them all in the U.K.

1. James Marsden as Cyclops - X-Men: The Last Stand

The idea of the original X-Men team returning at all is thrilling enough on its own, but getting James Marsden to return as Cyclops is simply a masterstroke on Marvel’s part. With the exception of a small cameo in Days of Future Past, we haven’t seen Marsden’s cheeky and charming Scott Summers since X-Men: The Last Stand, and the world of mutants has been poorer without him. We'll have to wait and see how much screen time Marsden's Cyclops will get in Avengers: Doomsday, but hopefully he can finally get a proper send-off this time.

2. Sir Ian McKellen as Magneto - X-Men: Days of Future Past

You just can’t have the original mutants without Magneto, and while we love Michael Fassbender’s turn as the metal-manipulating villain, it’s Sir Ian McKellen who will forever and always be the go-to performance as Erik Lehnsherr. He had a fairly significant role to play in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which ended by changing the course of X-Men history. With McKellen returning in Doomsday, we’ll finally get to see this Omega-level mutant battling it out in the big leagues of the MCU.

3. Sir Patrick Stewart as Professor X - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

If the old X-Men actors need any tips on how to integrate themselves into the MCU, they need look no further than Sir Patrick Stewart–the actor who played their esteemed leader, Professor Charles Xavier, for more than a decade. Just like Fassbender as Magneto, James McAvoy did a fine job of playing a younger version of this character, but no one can match the gravitas and incredible screen presence Stewart brings to the role.

Unlike many of his X-Men peers, Patrick Stewart has already appeared in the MCU, when he played a variant of Charles Xavier in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. That version of the character was serving on the superhero council known as the Illuminati. He was ultimately killed by the Scarlet Witch, marking the second time (after Logan) a variant of Patrick Stewart's Xavier has died in a Marvel movie. Third time lucky, anyone?

4. Tom Hiddleston as Loki - Loki season 2

Loki has had one of the most fascinating character arcs in the MCU to date. He’s gone from being Thor’s petulant little brother who so desperately wants to rule, to being a reluctant hero in his own Marvel TV series. That show ended with Loki becoming the overseer and protector of the multiverse itself, tasked with holding the branches of time and reality in the palm of his hands.

The season finale of Loki was a pretty great conclusion to the character’s journey, so it’s a little odd that Marvel are bringing him back. But, with the multiversal responsibility he now bears, he should have a big role to play in Avengers: Doomsday.

5. Channing Tatum as Gambit - Deadpool & Wolverine

Having made quite the name for himself in Deadpool & Wolverine, we were all praying that Channing Tatum would get another chance to strut his stuff as Gambit once more–and our wish has come true.

Channing Tatum's involvement in Marvel history is unlike any other. He had been longing to play the character for more than a decade, but things never quite worked out for him due to the continually changing fate of the X-Men franchise. Plans for a solo feature film as Gambit had even been announced to the public, but this never came into fruition. Thanks to Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman insisting the Cajun card-slinger be brought to life on the big screen, we got one of the best MCU cameos of all time.

If his next outing goes anything like the path we see Gambit tread in X-Men ‘97, we could still see the best of Tatum’s character in Avengers: Doomsday.

6. Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler - X2

Marvel really is digging deep when it comes to reviving the X-Men of yesteryear, with Alan Cumming’s Nightcrawler even getting a callback. By the time Avengers: Doomsday makes it to theaters, it will have been 23 years since Cumming’s last (and only) outing as Kurt Wagner in X2, so his return came as a big surprise.

Nightcrawler’s distinctive blue skin, ability to teleport, and quirky personality were one of the more memorable aspects of X2, and we’re sure Cumming will be a scene stealer when he returns to the role next year.

7. Rebecca Romijn as Mystique - X-Men: First Class

Speaking of blue skin, Mystique will be back, with Rebecca Romijn reprising the role in Avengers: Doomsday. Romijn’s Mystique was a key factor in the original X-Men trilogy, before Jennifer Lawrence took on the younger version of the character for the X-Men prequels. Romijn is synonymous with the original X-Men movies but she did have an uncredited cameo in X-Men: First Class, which is technically her most recent appearance as the character.

8. Lewis Pullman as Sentry - Thunderbolts*

OK, we haven’t technically seen Lewis Pullman in the MCU yet, outside of the trailers for Thunderbolts*, but the upcoming anti-hero flick is going to introduce fans to one of Marvel's most powerful characters–Sentry. The character can move at super speed, he can fly, he can mess with energy and atoms, and he’s also pretty much immortal. It figures, then, that he will survive whatever the likes of Yelena and Bucky can throw at him in the upcoming movie. Still, it’s quite surprising that Marvel plans to include such a powerful villain in a film that already has the burden of introducing Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom, the big bad of Marvel’s Phase 6.

9. Tenoch Huerta as Namor - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

In the comic books, Namor is incredibly powerful and important character, both as an Avengers nemesis and as a member of the Illuminati, depending on how he feels on the day. After seeing Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, it’s still quite hard to pin down whose side Namor will be on in the future of the MCU. Still, with how protective he is over his Talokan people, we can certainly imagine Namor’s feathers being ruffled if Doom tries to mess with his part of the world.

10. Kelsey Grammer as Beast - The Marvels

Kelsey Grammar was the first new name to be revealed as part of the Avengers: Doomsday casting announcement, and while it was a slight surprise, we really should have known his version of Beast would have some role to play, given his appearance in the post-credit scene for The Marvels. Anyone who watched that MCU movie will know that Beast is likely to be the bridge between the past and the present for many of Marvel’s main characters. He was a key part of the original X-Men series, appearing in X-Men: The Last Stand, and is known for his vast knowledge on all things scientific.

11. The Fantastic Four - Fantastic Four: First Steps

Perhaps the least surprising of all is the fact that our new Fantastic Four team–Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn), and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach)–will be suiting up to face their arch-nemesis, Doctor Doom, for Avengers: Doomsday. All four actors will make their debut in Fantastic Four: First Steps in July 2025.

12. The Avengers - Various Movies Throughout Phase 6

Marvel surprised us with the news of the original X-Men actors joining the Avengers: Doomsday cast, but the more obvious players are back for more, too. We’ve got Chris Hemsworth’s Thor returning, who was last seen in Thor: Love and Thunder. He'll be joined by the new Captain America, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), who recently had his first solo adventure in Captain America: Brave New World alongside the new Falcon (Danny Ramirez). Black Panther (Letitia Wright) and M’Baku (Winston Duke) will both return for the first time since Black Panther: Wakanda, while Paul Rudd's Ant-Man was last seen in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. For the first time since Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, we'll get to see Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) once again, along with a bunch of the Thunderbolts team including Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), and Alexei Shostakov (David Harbour).

To watch all of these actors and their superhero characters in action, you can dive in below to see where their latest films and TV shows are playing on streaming services like Disney Plus, Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video.
'Beyond The Spider-Verse' & 15 Other Sony Movies Announced at CinemaCon 2025
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
The 14th CinemaCon has given us plenty of big announcements to get excited about over the last three days, including the upcoming slate from Sony. The studio revealed an impressive roster of upcoming titles set to be released all the way until 2028, including new Spider-Man and Spider-Verse features, updates on Alex Garland’s 28 Years Later films, and a four-film Beatles extravaganza in the works. Check out all the biggest Sony film announcements from CinemaCon 2025 below.

The Beatles: “a four-film cinematic event”

In a long anticipated update, Sony confirmed that an adaptation of iconic story behind the The Beatles' fame is in the works. Director Sam Mendes revealed that it will be “a four-film cinematic event,” meaning each member of the Beatles will have their own film. Surprisingly, the studio also confirmed that all four Beatles films will be released simultaneously in April 2028.

The main cast members all got on stage at CinemaCon, confirming that the Fab Four will include Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Sony announced that the anticipated fourth instalment in their live-action Spider-Man film series is in production. Previous instalments include 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, and 2021’s Spider-Man: Now Way Home. Daniel Destin Cretton is set to direct, and Tom Holland will once again star as the wall-crawling Peter Parker. The film is scheduled for release on July 31, 2026.

Resident Evil

At the Sony panel, director Zach Cregger teased that his Resident Evil would be “a wild ride,” and “unlike any of the previous films.” So far, no cast or plot details have been announced, but we know it will take place in the Resident Evil video game universe. The studio confirmed Resident Evil will premiere on September 19, 2026.

Klara and the Sun

Taika Waititi will direct this adaptation of British author Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel, Klara and the Sun. The book is set in a dystopian future in which children are entirely schooled at home, and wealthy families buy Artificial Friends (AF) for them to substitute real human friends. The book is told from the perspective of an AF named Klara, who will be played by Jenna Ortega in Waititi’s adaptation.

GrandGear

Sony confirmed that Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki will make his English language debut with GrandGear. So far, no plot or casting details have been released, but if Yamazaki’s past films are anything to go by we can expect great visuals and gripping, emotional storylines.

The Breadwinner

Sony announced The Breadwinner, a project co-written by standup comedian Nate Bargatze and Dan Lagana, is in the works. Bargatze will also star in and produce the picture, marking his first foray into filmmaking. The Breadwinner will be directed by Eric Appel, who previously helmed Weird: The Al Yankovich Story, and is set to premiere on March 16, 2026.

Jumanji 3

Sony confirmed that the third instalment in the Jumanji film series is still in the works. Back in October 2024, the studio revealed that Jake Kasadan would return as director, after previously helming 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and 2019’s Jumanji: The Next Level.

Starship Troopers

Sony revealed that filmmaker Neil Blomkamp is set to write and direct a new adaptation of Starship Troopers based on the classic sci-fi novel by Robert A Heinlein. In 1997, Robocop director Paul Verhoeven released his own satirized version of the story, but Blomkamp’s is set to return with a more earnest retelling of the original source material.

The Legend of Zelda

Sony revealed that a live-action adaptation of the Legend of Zelda video game is in the works and will be directed by Wes Ball, who previously helmed the Maze Runner films and 2024’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The Legend of Zelda is scheduled to be released on March 26, 2027.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Co-directors Bob Persichetti and Justin K Thompson took to the stage at CinemaCon to discuss the third and final instalment in the beloved Spider-Verse animated film series which currently includes 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse and 2023’s Across the Spider-Verse. Sony revealed that the film, which was originally scheduled to be released in 2024, will arrive in cinemas on June 4, 2027.

Karate Kid: Legends

Sony released a trailer for Karate Kid: Legends at CinemaCon 2025. The film is set to take place three years after the end of the Cobra Kai Netflix series and stars Ben Wang as Li Fong, Daniel and Mr Han’s new protege. Original 1984 Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio is set to appear, as is the legendary Jackie Chan. The film will be released on May 30, 2025.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

If you're craving some ‘90s nostalgia, this reboot of the campy horror franchise might just scratch that itch. Set to premiere dead in the middle of summer on July 18, 2025, I Know What You Did Last Summer takes us back to Southport, North Carolina where a new hook-handed killer is out for blood. This new instalment is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson and stars Madelyn Cline and Chase Sui Wonders, and sees the much anticipated return of original stars Freddie Prinze Jr and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Caught Stealing

Sony released their first trailer for director Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing. The film is an adaptation of Charlie Huston’s 2004 novel of the same name and features a star studded cast including Austin Butler, Bad Bunny, Zoe Kravitz, Vincent D’Onofrio, Regina King, Matt Smith, and Liev Schreiber. Caught Stealing will premiere on August 29, 2025.

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

This dazzling fantasy project from director Kogonada features an impressive cast including Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lily Rabe, Bully Magnussen, and more. The story written by Seth Reiss revolves around Robbie and Farrell, who are drawn together by fate and find themselves thrown into a fantasy world of past memories. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey will be released on September 19, 2025.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

At the Sony panel, a new trailer for Alex Garland’s 28 Years Later was released along with the confirmation it will debut on June 20, 2025. In addition, the studio announced a new instalment that will also be written by Alex Garland and directed by Nia DaCosta, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. The film will star Ralph Fiennes in an unknown, possibly villainous role. The Bone Temple is set to premiere on January 16, 2026.

GOAT

GOAT is an animated film from director Tyree Dillihay and follows the story of an anthropomorphic goat named Will Harris (voiced by basketball legend Stephen Curry) as he tries to make it into the big league in animal sports. In addition to Curry's involvement, the film will feature voice acting from the likes of Michelle Raimo Kouyate, Erick Peyton, Adam Rosenberg, and Rodney Rothman. GOAT is scheduled to be released on February 13, 2026.
The 7 Best Adaptations of Snow White (and Where You Can Watch Them)
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
The story of Snow White is one of the most well known children’s tales in the west. Although the story was first popularised by Disney’s 1937 animated adaptation, it originally came from the Brothers Grimm collection of German folklore tales first published in 1812. Since Disney’s animated film, there have been several on-screen retellings that have each brought a new take to the story about a young woman who seeks refuge in the woods while the Queen, threatened by her beauty, tries to destroy her.

Check out the 7 best adaptations of Snow White, and find out where you can watch them all from the United Kingdom below!

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the version that most often comes to mind when thinking about the classic fairytale. The film was Disney’s first ever animated feature, and was extremely well received by both audiences and critics upon release. Walt Disney was even given an honorary Oscar at the 11th Academy Awards for “a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon.” While Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs remains an animation classic, newer adaptations have sought to remedy the more problematic elements of the original, especially in terms of discussions around consent and giving Snow White a more three-dimensional personality and story arc.

Snow White (1987)

This 1987 direct-to-video version of Snow White is one of the best live-action productions of the tale. Although many elements of the production are fairly dated, its basic plot structure actually follows that of the original Brothers Grimm tale quite closely. The production features plenty of decent musical numbers, and Diana Rigg’s over the top campy performance as the Queen alone makes this a Snow White adaptation not to be missed.

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

Snow White: A Tale of Terror may be the most outlandish adaptation on this list, leaning heavily into the horror elements of the original fairytale and adding some additional gothic pizzazz to the picture. Without a doubt, the best part of the film is Sigourney Weaver’s over the top performance as Claudia Hoffman (aka the Evil Queen), alongside Sam Neill as her husband Frederick Hoffman, and Monica Keena as Lilli Hoffman (aka Snow White).

Once Upon a Time (2011–2018)

ABC’s fantasy adventure series Once Upon a Time ran for seven seasons and takes place in the fictional town of Storybrooke, Maine, where fairytales come to life. Snow White (played by Ginnifer Goodwin) is featured in the series as one of the main characters, and while the basic premise of her story is kept, the series does a great job of weaving in new elements and giving the character more depth than many of the other iterations.

Mirror Mirror (2012)

Mirror Mirror turns the tale of Snow White into a comedy starring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen, Lilly Collins as Snow White, and Armie Hammer as the Prince. This adaptation sees Snow White take more of the initiative and try to take back the kingdom from her evil stepmother with the help of the Seven Dwarfs and the Prince. While reviews for this production were mixed, there are plenty of fun moments throughout, and seeing a feistier version of Snow White gives the character a worthwhile update.

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

In the original tale, the Huntsman is tasked by the Queen with taking Snow White into the woods and killing her, bringing back only her heart and liver. He winds up sparing her life, and she flees into the woods where she happens upon the seven dwarfs. Snow White and the Huntsman stars Kristen Stewart as Snow White and Charlize Theron as Queen Ravenna (aka the Evil Queen), and gives the story a new twist in which Chris Hemsworth’s Eric the Huntsman is tasked with tracking down Snow White for the Queen, only to join forces with her against the regime.

Snow White (2025)

Following in a line of Disney live-action remakes of their most beloved classic animated films, in 2025 the studio released a new Snow White. Starring Rachel Zegler as Snow White, Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, and Andrew Burnap as Jonathan (a new version of the Prince), the 2025 live-action film follows the same trajectory as the more modern adaptations and sees Snow White join forces with the Seven Dwarfs and Jonathan to free the kingdom from the Evil Queen. This version features some catchy new songs, and tasteful updates to original classics like “Heigh-Ho” and “Whistle While You Work.”

Where to watch the best Snow White adaptations streaming online

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The 10 Best Anime Series Of The Last Decade (And Where to Watch Them)
Alexandra Kon
JustWatch Editor
The anime industry is one of the most innovative and engaging in today’s entertainment world. Anime are not bound by the limitations of live-action, and therefore provide the perfect platform for anything from breathtaking fight scenes, interdimensional time-travel, and fantasy worldbuilding to the exploration of the moral and existential issues that plague us all.

Following this year’s AnimeJapan 2025, and the highly anticipated Crunchyroll Awards set to begin nominations on April 3, 2025, what better way to celebrate the achievements in anime than a list of the top 10 anime from the last decade? Check out our list of the 10 best anime series of the last decade, and find out where you can stream them all from the United Kingdom below!

Attack on Titan (2013–2023)

Attack on Titan is without doubt one of the best anime of the past decade due to its gripping storytelling, intricate plot twists, and deep character development. It is a dark fantasy anime set in a world where humanity is on the brink of extinction due to giant humanoid creatures called Titans. The story follows Eren Yeager and his friends Mikasa and Armin, as they join the military to fight against the Titans after their hometown is destroyed. In particular, Eren’s unexpected arc from hero to villain presents a story full of moral dilemmas and philosophical questions that have kept fans engaged over the course of four whiplash seasons.

Jujutsu Kaisen (2020–)

Jujutsu Kaisen is celebrated as one of the best anime of the past decade because of its highly relatable characters, splashy animation style, and blend of action, horror, and humour. The rich world created by Gege Akutami has quickly rocketed Jujutsu Kaisen to the top of anime fans’ lists, despite it only currently having two seasons.

Jujutsu Kaisen follows the story of high school student Yuji Itadori, who, after ingesting a cursed finger, becomes enveloped in a world of cursed spirits. To protect others and learn how to navigate this new world, he enrolls in Jujutsu High, a school for sorcerers trained to combat these sinister beings. Throughout the series, Yuji and his friends Megumi and Nobara, face various powerful curses as they develop their skills and confront their own vulnerabilities.

Demon Slayer: Blade of Demon Destruction (2019–)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is considered one of the best anime of the past decade due to its colourful animation, breathtaking fight scenes, and—perhaps most significantly—the depth of its character explorations as the protagonists tackle loss and what it means to persevere in the face of great odds.

The story follows Tanjiro Kamado, a kind-hearted boy whose family is murdered by demons. Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko are the sole survivors, and Nezuko is shockingly transformed into a demon herself. After vowing to avenge his family and find a cure for Nezuko, Tanjiro becomes a demon slayer. The series follows his journey as he battles demons while encountering fellow slayers and uncovering the murky history of demons as he searches for a cure for his sister.

One Piece (1999–)

Although the One Piece anime may have started back in 1999, the series is very much still relevant and even gaining new fans since the release of its live-action counterpart in Netflix’s One Piece. The anime is widely considered one of the best of the last decade (and prior) because of its relentlessly positive spirit that propels its unique plot forward. The lovable main characters, including Captain Monkey D Luffy, Nami, Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji, together form the Straw Hat Pirates, a merry group of misfits with special powers in search of the One Piece, which dubs its finder King of the Pirates. The series follows the group as they traverse the high seas of this colourful world, evading villains and growing closer to one another as they search for the powerful ancient relic.

Dr Stone (2019–)

Dr Stone is perhaps the most underrated anime on this list. The series takes place in a world where humans have been turned to stone. After thousands of years, human scientist Senku Ishigami awakens in this new world, and finds the few other survivors including his friend Taiju. Together, the group work to restore humanity from their petrified state and rebuild civilisation while confronting opposing views in the group and learning to balance power.

Dr Stone is one of the most compelling anime to come out of the last decade because of its mix of strong-willed characters, impressive animation style, and perhaps most importantly its grounding in science-based problem solving, which is used to great effect and gives the additional benefit of being both educational and entertaining.

Re: Zero (2016–)

Re: Zero—Starting Life in Another World is well loved by anime fans for its intricate storytelling and emotionally charged character development. The story follows Subaru Natsuki, a teenager who is suddenly transported to a fantasy world where he discovers he has the ability to return from the dead. Each time he dies, the timeline resets and he finds himself back at the start of the loop. During his time in the fantasy world, Subaru meets the mysterious Emilia, who saves him only to be killed herself. Once Subaru masters the timeline, he can finally learn how to save Emilia too. Throughout the story, the blend of dark fantasy elements, psychological and emotional challenges, and a good dose of humour create a gripping narrative that makes Re: Zero one of the most beloved anime of the past decade.

One-Punch Man (2015–)

One-Punch Man is one of the best anime of the last decade due to its clever subversion of the classic superhero story blended with plenty of comedy and action. The story follows Saitama, a hero who trained his singular one-punch move so effectively he can defeat any opponent without much effort. But getting to this point has a cost, and Saitama deals with boredom and a sense of meaninglessness as he goes in search of worthy opponents to fight.

One-Punch Man stands out in its ability to address themes of heroism and what motivates a person to continue forward in the face of stagnation. Throughout the story, Saitama maintains a deadpan attitude toward life that contrasts sharply with the heroes and villains around him. This contrast makes him both relatable and intriguing to both die-hard anime fans and those new to the genre.

My Hero Academia (2016–)

My Hero Academia is one of the most compelling anime of the past decade due to its explorations around identity and moral courage. The story takes place in a world where 80% of the population has a superpower, otherwise known as a Quirk. Izuku Midoriya starts out as an ethically heroic but superpowerless teen who is bestowed with powers after gaining the attention of the legendary hero All Might. Now with his own powers, Izuku joins the UA High School where he trains to use his powers as a true hero. Given his great appreciation of superpowers due to having lived without them, Izuku’s moral values are only cemented as he learns at the academy and defends its pupils from outside threats.

Dandadan (2024–)

Dandandan succeeds in being both a thrilling fantasy and a touching story of friendship slowly turning into more. The plot follows two high school students, Momo and Ken (aka Okarun), who attempt to prove the other wrong about their belief in either aliens or ghosts. But in doing so, they find out both are real. With Momo’s latent psychic powers activated during an alien encounter, she and Okarun spend the rest of the series fighting aliens and ghosts whenever a new threat presents itself, while slowly building their own romantic bond.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023–)

Frieren: Beyond Journeys End is one of the best anime of the last decade due to its deviation from the traditional hero’s arc to a beautiful journey through time, grief, and memory. The story follows an elf mage called Frieren who was part of the original group who defeated the Demon King, ushering in a period of peace. But as the years go on Frieren remains the same while those around her age and die. In a bid to honour the memory of Himmel, one of the original group members, she and a new group travel to his resting place as she relives memories from the past and learns to appreciate those around her in the present.

Although the series is slower than many other anime, its thoughtful storytelling, attention to detail, and exploration of loss while reckoning with vulnerability and the value of human connection make it a series not to be missed.

Where to watch the best anime series of the last decade streaming online

Find out how (and where) to stream the best anime series of the last decade online by scrolling down to the list below. The series are all available to stream online across a variety of platforms in the United Kingdom, including Netflix, Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video, ITVX and more!
The 10 Best Disney Villains of All Time, Ranked
Jakob Barnes
JustWatch Editor
With the release of the new Snow White live-action remake, we decided it was time to settle the matter once and for all by naming the 10 best Disney villains, and we’ll also tell you where to watch them in action, too.

Audiences have been blessed with Disney’s animated classics for almost 90 years now, and in recent years, the House of Mouse has taken to reimagining those films for the modern era. The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and more have all been given the live-action treatment, but whether animated or not, these movies all share one common theme.

That’s right, every Disney movie needs a Disney villain, and we’ve gathered the best of the best to find the most wicked of them all. And, here’s how to watch the dastardly characters causing chaos, too.

10. Maleficent - from ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Maleficent’

While we obviously have to give credit to the original animated version of the character from 1959’s Sleeping Beauty, this is one Disney villain where the live-action option might actually be better. Much of that is down to Angelina Jolie throwing herself head and horns first into the role.

Maleficent offers us a fresh perspective on this classic character, revealing the true motivations behind her cursed ways. The character, in both films (and also in the 2019 sequel, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil), is the perfect balance of cold and cruel while still carrying enough gravitas and disquieting charm to make us enjoy every second she is on screen.

9. Jafar - from Aladdin

We love nothing more than seeing a villain fail in their selfish pursuits, and Jafar is a man whose shortcomings are so satisfying to watch. Jafar messes with powers he cannot control, and he gets rightly punished for this by the end of Aladdin, with a healthy dose of poetic justice.

It may be a little unfair–which is very much in-keeping with the spirit of villainy–but we also have to give Jafar a spot of extra credit for recruiting such an entertaining sidekick. His feathered friend Iago might just steal the show in Aladdin, and the dynamic the bird shares with Jafar is a lot of fun.

8. The Shadow Man - from The Princess and the Frog

If we’re talking about flair, there is no Disney villain that possesses even an ounce of the energy Dr. Facilier, also known as the Shadow Man, brings to The Princess and the Frog. His command of the dark arts make him a truly terrifying bad guy, but it’s so hard not to relish his presence thanks to the imaginative way he is brought to life through creative animation techniques and colourful visuals that pop on screen.

While The Princess and the Frog may not be considered a Disney great, its antagonist more than holds his own among the horrible hall of fame we’re assembling here.

7. Captain Hook - from Peter Pan

Like Jafar, Captain Hook is destined to fail. But, what’s really interesting about the Peter Pan villain is that he almost seems to know this himself. The pirate’s calamitous ways offer up plenty of slapstick comedy, especially when his faithful, bumbling sidekick, Mr. Smee, gets involved.

Make no mistake, Captain Hook is relentless in his petty pursuit of Peter and the Lost Boys, and if things went to plan, he’d no doubt be far more dangerous. But, as it happens, he ends up being a villain we can laugh at, rather than cower in fear from.

6. Ursula - from The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid kicked off Disney’s Renaissance era, and a massive part of the success of that film is down to the delightfully dark villain, Ursula. Her character design is fantastic and unforgettable, but it is her menacing machinations that have allowed this sea beast to stand the test of time.

Using Ariel’s own naivety, innocence, and trusting nature against her to take away her voice and driving a wedge between the princess and her family and friends, all in the name of bitter jealousy and self-loathing is inspired stuff from the writers. Plus, Ursula quite possibly has the coolest lair of all the villains in this list.

5. The Evil Queen - from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

We’ll not pass judgement on Gal Gadot’s rendition of the Evil Queen in the new Snow White flick, and instead we’ll take this chance to pay respects to the ultimate, and the very first, Disney villain. Simply put, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs only works because Grimhilde is such a fascinating and superbly spiteful nemesis.

The (literally) transformative nature of the character in the 1938 classic is not only riveting to watch, but it’s a character arc imbued with great visual flair and iconic voice work from Lucille La Verne. Many since have tried to take her crown, but they all fail.

4. Judge Claude Frollo - from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

We’ve already discussed some nasty pieces of work in this list–with a few more to come–but it’s quite possible that the most downright despicable of them all is Frollo, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. While the other villains here all have some semblance of a logical and perhaps even relatable motivation, Frollo is simply cruel for cruelty’s sake.

His ruthless manipulation techniques in deceiving Esmeralda are reprehensible, as is his vicious treatment of poor Quasimodo. To put it simply, Frollo is a man with absolutely no redeeming features at all, but that’s what makes him such a remarkable villain.

3. Scar - from The Lion King

He may have been trumped by the end, but Scar is perhaps one of the most successful Disney villains when it comes to fulfilling his evil plans. The callous brother of the majestic Mufasa not only succeeds in killing the king, but he also forces his nephew and heir to the throne, Simba, into a years-long exile.

The voice work of Jeremy Irons in this role is up there with some of the finest you’re ever likely to hear in the animated world, and he alone is enough to establish The Lion King as a bona fide modern classic in the Disney catalogue.

2. Cruella de Vil - from One Hundred and One Dalmatians

We find it hard to think of an animated villain quite as distinctive or iconic as Cruella de Vil. From her striking two-tone hair, to that sallow, sunken frame, and of course, her love of fur, Cruella is truly unmistakable. She even has her own theme song; now how many baddies can say that?

Again, it’s the original animated version of this character in 1961’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians that takes the crown for us, but we have to admit Meryl Streep is just as fierce in the live-action 101 Dalmatians, and Emma Stone is great in Cruella, too. It’s testament to this verifiably vile character that she is able to flourish regardless of medium or actor.

1. Hades - from Hercules

The ultimate winner in this tournament of terrors is the god of the dead, keeper of the underworld, and certified hot head, Hades. He’s another villain who keeps up his malevolent vendetta across many years, and again, it’s all in the name of spite, but you can’t fault his commitment to the cause.

In Hercules, James Woods lends his chaotic energy to the voice cast, helping to inject real humour into an otherwise malignant character. He quite literally wants his minions to kill a poor, innocent baby, sends monsters to bring destruction to the land of the living, and steals the soul of Hercules’ true love; if that isn’t pure evil, we don’t know what is.

Where to watch the movies featuring the best Disney villains

Check out the list below for where to watch all these incredible movies and see the Disney villains in action on streaming services like Disney Plus, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and more!