Need a good movie? Watch these 10 at home now, from "Enola Holmes 3" to "Project Hail Mary." All are free on your streaming services.

Note: Only films that were fully released in 2026 so far were up for inclusion, so no festival favorites or titles that haven’t hit theaters yet — “Evil Dead Burn,” Zach Cregger’s “Resident Evil” and Robert Eggers’ “Werwulf,” to name a few — could make the cut.

From a controversial Israeli film to Ryan Gosling in space - the cream of the cinematic crop at our year's halfway point

Here's what to watch this month

A few days ago, the New York Times ran a provocative listicle entitled “What Is the Definitive Movie About America?” Their writers came up with a couple of inspired choices, like “Dazed and Confused,” along with a handful of head-scratchers (“Disclosure Day”?

The Good-Bad series, my exploration of movies that are irresistible in spite of themselves, is perhaps the pinnacle of this tendency. I treat movies such as “Grease 2,” “Batman & Robin,” “Practical Magic” or “Volcano” as perfect vehicles for contemplating the nature of entertainment.

If you're looking for something supernatural and spooky that you might not have seen, here are five forgotten ghost movies that still hold up.

In honor of America's 250th birthday, here are 50 must-see American movies that celebrate who we are, who we've been and who we can be.