Chris Hemsworth, left, and Chris Evans in The Avengers
+Movies | April 18, 2012

Downtown Gabby: Top 15 Chatter-Worthy Films from Tribeca

By Lily Rothman

The Tribeca Film Festival starts this week, but you don't have to be there to catch festival fever. Here are the 15 best movies.

+Movies | December 20, 2011

Top 10 Worst Christmas Movies

By Richard Corliss
Everett

There’s a thin line between a heartwarming holiday movie and a heartrendingly bad Christmas film. TIME’s Richard Corliss sets his sights on the latter.

+Movies | September 22, 2011

The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies

By Richard Corliss
Orion Pictures / Everett Collection

Though we’ve left out some sentimental choices — cry us a river over “Brian’s Song” another time — we’re confident that you’ll discover some new favorites

+Movies | September 9, 2011

Top 10 Epidemic Movies

By Gilbert Cruz
Mary Evans / Warner Bros / Ronald Grant / Everett Collection

You might find yourself wanting to hole up at home away from others after watching Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion. Here’s a look at ten other pandemic-focused films to watch during your self-imposed quarantine.

+Movies | September 2, 2011

Top 10 Sweatiest Movies

By TIME Staff
Universal Pictures / Everett Collection

The arrival of Labor Day means one thing: our favorite season is coming to an end. To mark the end of summer, TIME takes a look at movies with copious amounts of perspiration.

+Movies | August 11, 2011

Top 10 Berlin Wall Movies

By Richard Corliss
The Lives of Others, 2006

It’s been 50 years since the start of construction on the Berlin Wall. TIME looks back at 10 movies that were set in the time of the Wall—and now have outlasted it.

+Movies | July 18, 2011

Top 10 Long-Running Movie Franchises

By TIME Staff
Everett

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,” will be one of 2011′s highest-grossing films. TIME takes a look at other gargantuan film franchises.

+Movies | June 23, 2011

The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films

By Richard Corliss
Everett

They’ve enthralled or terrified generations of kids, and now they’re giant worldwide blockbusters. So what are the best animated features of all time? Using an obscure system of weights and measures, TIME’s Richard Corliss has compiled and annotated the countdown, from No. 25 (Lady and the Tramp) to No. 1 (see for yourself). Are your [...]

+Movies | June 16, 2011

Top 10 Movies Based on Kids' Books

By Everett Rosenfeld
Everett

We’ve complained so often about Hollywood’s destruction of our childhood memories that it seemed appropriate to point out the happy exceptions.

+Movies | June 10, 2011

Top 10 Quotable Movies

By Nate Rawlings
Everett

This is not ‘Nam, there are rules. It’s only a flesh wound. And there’s no place like home. TIME picks the films with the most memorable lines.

+Movies | May 26, 2011

Top 10 Macho Movie Posses

By Gilbert Cruz
Everett

From The Wolfpack to the Dirty Dozen, TIME takes a look at cinema’s most testosterone-fueled posses.

+Movies | November 10, 2011

Top 10 Movie Wedding Scenes

By Claire Suddath
Christian Geisnaes / Magnolia Pictures

Lars von Trier’s Melancholia has one of the longest movie wedding scenes we can recall. TIME looks at cinema history’s most memorable matrimonial moments.

+Movies | April 8, 2011

Top 10 Sloppiest Movie Drunks

By Alexandra Silver
Everett

From Arthur to Withnail, TIME has picked the drunkest in a long line of film alcoholics.

+Music | February 24, 2011

Top 25 Movie Soundtracks

By Claire Suddath
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Some of cinema’s greatest scenes can be attributed to the music that accompany them. TIME picks the best movie albums.

+Movies | January 26, 2011

Top 10 Historically Misleading Films

By Josh Sanburn
Everett

No one ever said that movies—even those about historical events—were obligated to reflect fact. Still, some have taken a few too many liberties.

+Movies | January 20, 2011

Top 10 Sundance Hits

By Richard Corliss
Everett

As the 2012 Sundance film festival kicks off, TIME’s Richard Corliss reflects on more than three decades worth of hits from the indie conclave.

+Movies | December 17, 2010

Top 10 Movie Sequels Better than the Originals

By TIME Staff
Everett

Movie sequels generally get a bad rap. Still, we at TIME were able to find the rare follow-ups that bested their predecessors.

+Movies | December 3, 2010

Top 10 Movie Dance Scenes

By Gilbert Cruz
Everett

Dance involves movement across space and time—something that the cinema does very well. TIME presents the most memorable dance scenes in film history.

+Movies | November 3, 2010

Top 10 Movies That Shouldn't Have Made It to Broadway

By TIME Staff
Everett

There are few examples of movies making a successful transition to the Great White Way. TIME looks at Broadway shows that should never have been.

+Movies | October 1, 2010

Top 10 Hollywood Remakes

By Glen Levy
Everett

Many Americans can’t be bothered to watch foreign films. The subtitles, you know. Luckily, Hollywood is always ready to jump in with an unnecessary remake. TIME picks the best of the bunch.