Nobody knows what’s next for our species, but these films are full of intellectual wormholes for audiences to dive into. Here are the 31 best sci-fi movies of all time, ranked.

We asked you to vote on the best films of the year. The results ranged from big box office hits to small art-house indies.

With the race for the Oscars starting to narrow, and a small cadre of frontrunners monopolizing all the hot takes and column inches, The Hollywood Reporter wants to spare some time for those films that got overlooked this year. The hidden gems that we loved but, for whatever reason, failed to light up awards season or catch fire at the box office.

The 15 best movies on Starz include blockbuster favorites like 'E.T.' and comedic classics like "When Harry Met Sally."

Half of them are adaptations. As a movie lover who’s always hunting for new talent, new ideas and new stimuli, I used to view that as creative inertia. But 2025 has changed my mind. Now I see artists drawing inspiration from the past to show that Hollywood should trust the sturdy bones that have kept it running for over a century: good yarns,

For those willing to look beyond the multiplex’s mainstream offerings, Spielberg-ian flights of fancy, wrenching social-realist tales of woe, timely non-fiction epics, and nerve-rattling horror shows awaited. Of those underseen affairs, these were the cream of the crop—our picks for the best films you probably missed (but shouldn’t have) in 2025.

Indies that pushed the boundaries of cinema itself and comedies that gave us a much needed giggle are among the best LGBTQ+ movies of 2025.

Your 2026 movie-going calendar is already filling up, and fast. Over the course of a calendar year, we here at IndieWire watch hundreds of new films. Some of those titles make it to our best of the year list.

Timothée Chalamet wants to be one of the greats—and his filmography certainly shows it. Since his breakout role as an infatuated teenager in Call Me by Your Name, the actor has

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