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June 2025 update: Hacks and The Rehearsal are the latest shows to earn a spot on our ‘best of the year’ list this week. The former sees Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder’s co-dependent star-and-assistant double act delivering another ten episodes of pass-agg magnificence, while Nathan Fielder delivers more must-see TV with his second season of The Rehearsal. We’ve all heard the phrase ‘TV’s golden age’ enough times over the past couple of decades to get wary of the hyperbole, but this year does seem to be shaping up to be a kind of mini golden age for the TV follow-up. Severance, Andor and The Last of Us all look like building on incredibly satisfying first runs with equally masterful second runs (even more masterful, in Severance’s case). The third season of The White Lotus has proved that, whether you love it or find it a touch too languorous, there’s no escaping Mike White’s transgressive privilege-in-paradise satire. Likewise for season 7 of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian-flavoured sci-fi Black Mirror. Watercooler viewing is everywhere at the moment,  and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Netflix has announced the finale of Squid Game this summer, along with the end of Stranger Things, a second run of Tim Burton’s Wednesday, and about a zillion other things. Here’s everything you need to see... so far.  RECOMMENDED: 🎥 The best movies of 2025 (so far)🔥 The 100 best movies ever made📺 The 100 greatest ever TV shows you need to binge

Space may be the final frontier, but filmmakers have been dreaming of it ever since the medium was invented. Indeed, even after humans made it there, cinema’s obsession with the universe beyond our small rock hasn’t abated.  It’s not hard to understand why. Its infinite vastness is essentially a blank canvas on which to ponder all sorts of big ideas, whether it’s mankind’s place in the void, the human desire for exploration or the simple fear of the ultimate unknown. That’s why the ‘space movie’ deserves to be considered its own genre. Yes, many science-fiction movies are set in space. But not all movies about space are necessarily science fiction. Here are our picks for the 30 best movies that travel to infinity… and in many cases, beyond.   Recommended: 👽 The 100 best science fiction movies of all-time😬 The 100 best thriller films of all-time💣 The 101 best action movies ever made🦄 The 50 best fantasy movies of all-time 

It’s often said that Tom Cruise is the last true movie star, and to this point, no one’s really challenging him for the title. Now in his sixties, he’s four decades into one of Hollywood’s most bankable names. Sure, there have been ups and downs, in his career and personal life. But every time it seems like his profile is dimming, he goes and scales a skyscraper, jumps out of a plane and saves the movie industry, and he leaps right back into the good graces of both the public and casting directors. At this point, the guy’s done it all, from big-budget popcorn flicks to intense character studies to prestige dramas and a handful of comedies, though over the last decade plus, he’s mostly become known as a death-defying action star. With the massively popular Mission: Impossible franchise seemingly wrapping up, though, Cruise seems to be entering a new phase of his career. Will he get serious about possibly taking home an elusive Oscar or look for another bridge to leap off? That remains to be seen. For now, we’ve decided to celebrate what we have seen, by ranking his 24 best roles to date.

The horror movie kicked off with Robert Eggers’ vampire smash hit Nosferatu and the fanged fraternity returned in a big way with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, a Southern gothic with Michael B Jordan that sunk its teeth into the box office in a big way in April. And that’s just the start for a horror resurgence: 28 Years Later, M3GAN 2.0, The Conjuring: Last Rites, SAW XI, The Black Phone 2.0 and a new Insidious movie are all adding new shocks to smash-hit franchises. Talk To Me pair Danny and Michael Philippou return with Bring Her Back and the Jordan Peele-produced Him hits in September. This list will be updated as the frights arrive, so keep checking back to see what’s worth shelling out for.RECOMMENDED: 🎃 The 100 best horror films ever made😱 The scariest movies based on a true story 🔥 The best horror films of 2024

Halfway through 2025, Hollywood must be breathing a sigh of relief. At this point last year, the studios were scratching their heads at several major unexpected flops, and many analysts were left to wonder if the post-pandemic bounce-back of 2023 was simply an outlier. Now, with films like A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, Final Destination: Bloodlines and Lilo & Stitch outperforming expectations, it might be safe to say that the movies are finally, really, truly… back? Maybe we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves. But there are reasons for cinephiles to celebrate beyond the industry’s financial health, whether it’s the blockbuster success of the aforementioned Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s ambitious and wholly original horror epic, or several smaller-scale achievements, from the formal invention of Nickel Boys to the animated underdog (undercat?) story of Flow to a pair of home runs from Steven Soderbergh. And there’s plenty more to come. Here are the films that have had us cheering loudest in 2025 so far.  RECOMMENDED: 📺 The best TV and streaming shows of 2025 (so far)🔥 The best horror movies of 2025🎥 The 101 greatest films ever made

No specific battle in the history of warfare has occupied filmmakers’ imagination like D-Day. On June 6, 1944, Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy on the French coast, launching the invasion of Western Europe. Hollywood has since spent the equivalent GDP of many small countries attempting to restage the battle on camera, to either commemorate a major historical event, celebrate individual acts of heroism or reflect the horrors of warfare at its most broadly chaotic. Here are the six films that, in one way or another, pay greatest tribute to the moment. Recommended: 🪖 The 50 best World War II movies🎖 The 50 best war movies of all-time🌍 The 21 best World War I movies of all-time🇻🇳 The 20 best Vietnam War movies

If there’s one thing all kids love – apart from candy – it’s cute animals. Any adult who needs a breather can just put on a webcam of some baby ducks at a petting zoo and be guaranteed at least a few moments of peace. But if you’re actually looking to spend some bonding time with the wee one, a movie starring a furry, scaly, sometimes smooth and wet friend will keep you both enraptured. Here, we’ve rounded up the best movies in which an animal factors heavily into the story. Some are animated, others are real. All of them are adorable, and sure to get two paws (or fins) up from the little beasts in your house. Recommended: 🐭 The 50 best Disney movies for family night👪 The 50 best family films to stream on movie night🤣 The 35 best family comedy movies

Over the last decade and a half or so, it’s often seemed like comic book movies are the only movies being made anymore. And while it always made sense from a mega-studio business perspective, for a lot of film fans, that level of oversaturation (from both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe) has bred exhaustion and more than a little cynicism.  Let’s not paint with a broad ink pen here, though. Sure, those that have dominated the box office in recent years have frequently involved high-powered superheroes saving the world from the latest mega-villain. But ‘comic book movie’ and ‘superhero movie’ aren’t always synonymous. Some deal with complex, real-world issues and emotions, with nary a cape in sight. Others use superhero mythology as a jumping off point for looking for the problems that plague modern society – or simply deconstruct that mythology all together. Here are 50 of the best, representing all corners of the comic-verse, as selected by Time Out writers – with an assist from a guy who has made a great one himself, director Edgar Wright. Written by Tom Huddleston, Adam Lee Davies, Paul Fairclough, David Jenkins, Andy P. Kryza, Phil de Semlyen, Alim Kheraj & Matthew Singer  Recommended: 🦸 All the Marvel movies ranked from worst to best🦄 The 50 best fantasy movies of all-time💣 The best action movies of all-time✍ The 100 best animated movies of all-time

The ’90s were a great time to be a kid for many reasons, not the least being the kind of movies we could watch. It truly felt like Hollywood was catering directly to the youth, between the Disney renaissance, the rise of Pixar, coming-of-age comedies like The Sandlot, the golden age of Tim Burton and Robin Williams at his peak. Did young millennials spend a tad too much time in front of the VCR? Perhaps. But hey, look at us now! We’re all the better for it. And thanks to streaming, you can share the bounty of timeless entertainment with your own children – or just engage in some healthy nostalgia. In either case, here are the 20 movies you should fire up immediately. Recommended: 👪 The best family movies of all-time🎮 The 50 best ‘90s movies📺 The 35 best ‘90s TV shows🎸The 50 best ‘90s songs

Introducing kids to scary movies is a big gamble. Choose the right movie, and you’ve got a burgeoning horror fanatic who’ll spend every night in October letting you bust out all your frightening favorites with wide-eyed enthusiasm. Go too scary off the bat, and be prepared to hear a lot of screams emanating from their bedroom in the middle of the night.  To assist you in helping your sweet angel turn to the dark side of cinema, we’ve collected some of the best lightly spooky fare for all ages. There are few truly bloodthirsty monsters or serial killers here, but there are enough scares to delight the older members of the brood while not totally freaking out the smallest ones. Make sure there’s a fresh bulb for the nightlight handy, though. Recommended: 🎃 The best Halloween movies of all-time👻 The best Halloween movies for kids of all-ages👪 The 50 best family films to stream on movie night