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Club Kid (2026): the cast and filmmakers pose together on the green carpet, the film ranked #1 on this list
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Best Comedy Movies of 2026 So Far, Ranked: Top 6 — A Cannes Breakout Beats Pixar, a Shelved Coyote Movie and a McDonagh Farce

Six comedies that critics and audiences agree on, ranked by FilmRated score.

A man runs through a snowy, chaotic street at night in a production still from Resident Evil (2026), ranked #3 on this list
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Best Movies of 2026 So Far, Ranked: Top 7 Picks — A Samurai Mystery Beats a Talking-Coyote Lawsuit and the Best Resident Evil Ever

Seven narrative features that critics and audiences agree on, ranked by FilmRated score.

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Frame from the official trailer for Dune: Part Three, opening December 18, 2026
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Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 2020s, Ranked: Top 10 So Far — An Animated Robot Beats Dune and Godzilla Before Dune: Part Three

With Dune: Part Three opening December 18, a data-ranked look at the ten best-reviewed science fiction films since 2020: Tomatometer and Metascore averaged, official trailers included.

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A still from the official trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, featuring Joseph Zada as Haymitch Abernathy
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New Movies Coming Out in November 2026: Release Dates — Godzilla, Dr. Seuss, a new Hunger Games, Disney's Hexed and the Fockers all land in one month.

A week-by-week calendar of the wide US theatrical releases in November 2026, with cast, rating, runtime and what each film is about. Dates checked against multiple release calendars; conflicts noted.

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Frame from the official trailer for Carrie (1976), the top-ranked Stephen King film
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Best Stephen King Movies, Ranked: Top 10 Adaptations — Carrie Beats Shawshank and The Shining Barely Makes the Top 10

Twelve days before Halloween, a data-ranked look at the ten best-reviewed King films: Tomatometer and Metascore averaged, 17 titles scored, official trailers included.

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A screaming infected figure in front of a burning totem-pole structure in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, ranked #3 on this list
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The 7 Best Horror Movies of 2026, Ranked — From a Backroads Fever Dream to the Best-Reviewed Entry in the Resident Evil Franchise

All seven films here sit at 92% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes — here's how they actually stack up once audience reaction, not just critic opinion, is factored in.

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Ink-wash artwork of a standing lord and a kneeling prisoner from the official trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa's The Samurai and the Prisoner
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Best Mystery & Detective Movies of 2026, Ranked (So Far) — From The Rip to The Samurai and the Prisoner

Ten mystery, detective and crime films released in the U.S. in 2026, ranked by the average of their Tomatometer and Metascore, each labeled by the kind of story it tells.

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Penélope Cruz and Olivia Wilde in the foreground, Edward Norton and Seth Rogen behind them, in the official trailer artwork for The Invite (2026)
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Best Comedy Movies of 2026, Ranked: The 10 Funniest So Far — From Power Ballad to The Invite

Ten comedies released in the U.S. in 2026, ranked by the average of their Tomatometer and Metascore, with what kind of funny each one is and who should watch it.

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Frame from the official trailer for The Social Network (2010), the top-ranked Aaron Sorkin film
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Best Aaron Sorkin Movies, Ranked: All 10 by Critic Score — From Malice to The Social Network

With The Social Reckoning opening October 9, a data-ranked look at every feature Sorkin wrote before it: Tomatometer and Metascore averaged, official trailers included.

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Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt on a motorcycle in Paris in Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
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Best Tom Cruise Movies, Ranked: The 10 Greatest Since 1996 — From Jerry Maguire to Top Gun: Maverick

With Digger opening Oct. 2, a data-ranked look at Cruise's best three decades: Tomatometer and Metascore averaged, two Mission: Impossibles max, every official trailer included.

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Official theatrical poster for One Battle After Another (2025), this list's #1 pick
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10 Best Comedy Movies of 2025, Ranked

From Paul Thomas Anderson's Best Picture winner to a McDonald's robber hiding inside a Toys "R" Us, 2025's best comedies were rarely just jokes. Ranked by FilmRated Score, with every official trailer.

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