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The 10 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time, Ranked

Jeremy Urquhart — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:19:11 GMT

Plenty of books are fiction, and some genres are inevitably going to be bound to the world of fiction (see fantasy and science fiction). Then you’ve also got historical fiction books which might play out against real-world events, but focus on largely fictional characters. War and Peace is perhaps the best example, because the Napoleonic Wars were real, and so were some historical figures who show up throughout the novel, though most of the main characters were fictional.

10 Best Epic Movies of the 1980s

Jeremy Urquhart — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:05:14 GMT

If you look over the history of the epic genre, you'll find quite a few all-timers came out in the 1950s (see Seven Samurai, The Ten Commandments, and Ben-Hur) and 1960s (see Lawrence of Arabia, The Great Escape, and Once Upon a Time in the West). But there were also plenty of noteworthy films of considerable length and ambition made before 1950, and a bunch made after the 1960s were well and truly done, too.

10 Best Epic Adventure Movies, Ranked

Jeremy Urquhart — Wed, 20 May 2026 20:54:14 GMT

Plenty of adventure movies feel epic, but what about adventure movies that are genuine epics? Admittedly, there are fewer, but not dramatically so. For present purposes, something’s counted as an adventure movie if a large part of the film involves traveling somewhere, especially if the conflict/drama comes about from the journey, and something’s an epic if it spans at least a decent amount of time, and has a runtime of over 2.5 hours.

10 Most Exciting Drama Movies of All Time, Ranked

Jeremy Urquhart — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:51:12 GMT

Action movies are exciting, and so are most thrillers, horror movies, crime films, etc. Look, there are lots of genres that showcase excitement and thrills above just about any other emotion. Dramas can be thrilling, too, though often, that’s because they tackle different genres on top of being dramas. Look at something like Hereditary, for example, which is a horror and drama hybrid, or Seven Samurai, which works as a drama and an action movie simultaneously.

10 '80s Movies That Are Genuinely Perfect but No One Remembers

Daniel Boyer — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:00:12 GMT

The 1980s were wild times in cinema. Blockbusters were all the rage, mega franchises were dominating the screens, and films were just trying to be the biggest, most memorable experience possible. So, of course, it became a decade full of hidden gems. This time was filled with excitement and iconic films hogging all the attention. Not all of them can be as well regarded as Amadeus, Aliens, Die Hard, or Raiders of the Lost Ark, but that doesn't mean the ones forgotten weren't perfect.

20 Most Underrated Movies of All Time, Ranked

Jeremy Urquhart — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:00:13 GMT

If you watch and enjoy a movie, only to find plenty of other people didn’t feel the same way, or find that most people just didn’t watch – or hear about – the movie at all, you might feel it’s underrated. Finding a few like-minded people might feel validating, but if there aren’t too many of those like-minded people, then you're still looking at something that’s probably underrated.

10 Most Ambitious Epic Movies of All Time, Ranked

Jeremy Urquhart — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 21:20:12 GMT

If you had to call one genre or type of movie the most (generally) ambitious, it would probably be the epic genre. These movies go big, because of course they do; it’s in the name. Epic movies usually have long runtimes, numerous characters, and narratives that span great distances and/or periods of time. You have to set aside a large chunk of your day to watch such movies in one go, but if they're good epics, then that proves more than worthwhile.

10 Epic Movies That Deserve to Be in the Criterion Collection, Ranked

Luc Haasbroek — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:18:12 GMT

The epic film is one of cinema's oldest traditions. These are the movies with sweeping visuals and truly sprawling narratives, daring to tell stories that span not just individual lies but entire civilizations. While Criterion has honored some epics, too many masterpieces remain absent from the collection.

10 Greatest Epic Movies of the Last 50 Years, Ranked

Jeremy Urquhart — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:40:13 GMT

It’s no secret that many of the all-time great epic movies are also quite old. You have to go back decades to find the likes of Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Great Escape, but they're all worth watching, even if you're not usually wild about older films. The best of the best classic epics went big for their time, and to the extent that they still feel big – and oftentimes rather spectacular – even all these decades later.

This Historical Epic is the Best Movie About NASA

Reid Goldberg — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 16:40:11 GMT

From Apollo 13to Interstellar and Hidden Figures to First Man, among others, Hollywood has succeeded in capturing the history and spirit of NASA many times over. Through technical prowess, harrowing narratives, and three-dimensional characters, these films manage to convey the truly awe-inspiring nature of space travel, along with all the scientific ingenuity and danger that comes with it. However, as great as these movies are, none of them is as sprawling and intimately compelling as The Right Stuff. Based on Tom Wolfe's 1979 book and released in 1983, the Philip Kaufman-directed epic takes audiences behind the scenes of the 16 years America engaged in fierce competition with the Soviet Union over space travel and exploration. Clocking in at a lengthy 193 minutes and featuring a star-studded ensemble cast, The Right Stuff distinguishes itself as the premier cinematic account of NASA thanks to its docudrama approach to storytelling and detailed depiction of the various challenges experienced by America's first astronauts and their loved ones.