Nothing says the holidays like Rankin Bass Christmas claymation movies. Whether you’re in your fifties or early twenties, you probably remember those Christmas movies that infiltrated your living room right around December 1st. Producer, writer, and director(s), Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, have imprinted their style and Christmas cheer on several generations. But just out of curiosity...does anyone actually remember how weird these movies were? It’s a list all of the Rankin Bass Christmas claymation movies ever made!Continue reading The Definitive List of Rankin Bass Christmas Claymation Movies
You’ve unwrapped your gifts, gorged yourself on a massive breakfast, and curled up next to a roaring fire. It’s Christmas, and it’s time to throw on the perfect movie. Sometimes, however, the obvious Christmas classics feel a little too obvious. We’re here to help with a list of Christmas movies that aren’t really Christmas movies. These are the movies, for some reason, we keep coming back to for the holiday season.Continue reading 12 Best Christmas Movies That Aren’t Christmas Movies
No genre has influenced the public's perception of criminals more than Gangster Movies. For more than 80 years, the best gangster movies have fascinated and allured the minds of millions; from Prohibition-era pre-code crime to 21st Century gang life. Our list of the 30 best gangster movies of all time includes films that span the globe and were produced in different time periods, with very different budgets.Whether sensational like De Palma’s Scarface or grounded like Singleton’s Boyz n the Hood, audiences have grown to see gangsters in new ways. But their binding similarity is that they are each responsible for shaping…
A detective movie can be a lot of things: a moody noir, a screwball comedy, a sci-fi thriller. Any of these genres can follow one protagonist trying to answer a question. Detective movies follow searchers– people are not satisfied until they get to the bottom of it all. Often, the answer isn’t as simple as they’d like, instead raising more questions about the world around us. Here are the best detective movies ever.Continue reading Best Detective Movies of All Time — Film’s Greatest Gumshoes
Like the countless henchmen felled by the hitman, audiences did not see John Wick coming. From the get-go, John Wick has felt out-of-time, a standout action series that doesn’t have many contemporaries. By the release of its fourth installment, the Wick franchise has become a beloved institution. This makes ranking the John Wick films a difficult task — how can you differentiate very good from great? Let’s get the John Wick movies ranked and break down what makes each movie so special.Continue reading John Wick Movies Ranked — What Makes Each Film Great
Christmas is a time of year associated with presents, good cheer, and depending on who you ask, a great deal of gore and monsters. There’s just something about the jolly holiday season that makes for excellent juxtaposition with the horror genre. There have been plenty of mash-ups and slasher flicks that take place around Christmas, and while most have schlocky, B-movie qualities, there are some diamonds in the rough. Here’s StudioBinder’s rankings of the best Christmas horror movies of all time!Continue reading 20 Best Christmas Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked
Best Marvel MoviesMCU in Release OrderMCU in Story OrderThe Pegasus OrderUpcoming The film Avengers: Endgame marked the beginning of a brand new generation of Marvel films trickling out over the next several years. We’ve got a list of all upcoming Marvel movies in order of release with all the info we know so far about the MCU phase 4 and beyond. From Black Widow to Blade, each entry promises to expand the franchise in bold new directions. As the studio takes a half-year hiatus to build hype, start marking your schedule. What's the next Marvel movie? Look no further, here's…
Best Marvel MoviesMCU in Release OrderMCU in Story OrderThe Pegasus OrderUpcoming Recounting the MCU in order tells the full story of its success⏤both at the box office and in the eyes of its fans. But after 11 years and 23 installments, it can be hard to keep track of how it all went down. For all that information and more, we’ve 'assembled' a list of all of the Marvel movies in order of release. So, let's journey through the Quantum Realm back to the beginning to see how characters, sequels and franchises are made.Continue reading All Marvel Movies in Order…
The first films ever made were documentaries.Originally demonstrations of the magic of filmmaking technology, these short, seemingly insignificant projects have since served as historical records of everyday life at the turn of the 19th century. 125 years later, documentary filmmaking is still one of the most powerful ways of educating and influencing audiences, for better or worse.“Documentary” in and of itself is a storytelling medium, not a film genre. But in our list of film history’s essential doc titles, our picks span a wide range of subjects and styles, offering three standout selections for each noteworthy category.Read on for our…
If you’re a fan of modern Indian cinema, you’ve heard of S. S. Rajamouli. The Telugu director is arguably the most famous filmmaker in India, with three of his films being in the top five highest grossing films in the country. He is a master of spectacle, delivering massive epics packed with action, romance, comedy, and musical numbers. S. S. Rajamouli movies have become so undeniable that they have transcended cultural and linguistic barriers — the director is a leading figure in the pan-Indian cinema movement, creating films for the entire subcontinent. All this makes ranking S. S. Rajamouli movies…
