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Movies
Family Ties: 10 Movies with Father-Child Stars
Will and Jaden Smith’s ‘After Earth’ is the latest movie to treat its stars’ nepotism as a selling point
No More Wars : 10 Reasons George Lucas Should Have Quit After Jedi
When the initial ‘Star Wars’ trilogy ended 30 years ago, its creator should have quit while he was ahead
Palme Pilots: 10 Important Cannes Winners
The famous French film festival — soon to hand out this year’s Palme d’Or — has a history of anointing landmarks of world cinema
Super Bad: 10 Best Movie Supervillains
Does the Mandarin of Iron Man 3 have what it takes to become one of the most hiss-able comic-book-movie bad guys ever?
Veil of Tears: 10 Wild Movie Weddings
‘The Big Wedding’ joins a long procession of movies that have scenes of memorable matrimonial misadventures
Apocalypse Wow: 10 Ways Hollywood Has Ended the World
As Oblivion reminds us, the movies never tire of imagining the end of civilization
What a Feeling: 10 Legacies of Flashdance
‘Flashdance’ was released 30 years ago this week — TIME looks back at the movie’s impact on pop-culture
By The Numbers: 10 Memorable Movie Accountants
At tax time approaches, TIME salutes our favorite big-screen number crunchers
Hare Club: 10 Memorable Movie Rabbits
From cuddly cottontails to homicidal hares, TIME goes down the rabbit hole to bring you our favorite box-office bunnies
Admission Accomplished: 10 Great Getting-Into-College Movies
With the rom-com ‘Admission’ playing in theaters, TIME presents an honor roll of movies about kids trying to get into the college of their choice
Questionable Authority: 10 Crazy Leaders in Movies
From an evil galactic ruler to a ruthless teddy bear, TIME presents a dishonor roll of Hollywood’s most unhinged rulers
Smart Starts: 10 Unexpectedly Satisfying Movie Prequels
‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ sends TIME in search of back-story movies that actually deepen our understanding of familiar tales
