Top 50 Movies of the 21st Century

Our picks for the movies that have made our lives sweeter over the last 25 years.

ToppingsCinema SugarNovember 4, 2024hero, 21st Century

Top 10 Vampire Movies

Here are the blood-sucking, time-defying vampires of classic and modern cinema that have haunted us the most.

ToppingsCinema SugarOctober 7, 2024Horror, Nosferatu, Let the Right One In, Bram Stoker's Dracula, From Dusk Till Dawn, Daybreakers, Near Dark, Only Lovers Left Alive, Vampyr, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, What We Do In The Shadows, hero, row 2

Top 10 Chicago Movies

Chicago is second to none for welcoming the most colorful movie characters, including the fugitive doctors, future presidents, and truant teenagers that fill out our list.

ToppingsCinema SugarSeptember 6, 2024Chicago, The Dark Knight, Southside With You, Return to Me, Uncle Buck, While You Were Sleeping, Candyman, High Fidelity, Judas and the Black Messiah, The Fugitive, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Top 10 Road Trip Movies

There’s just something cinematic about the open road.

ToppingsCinema SugarJuly 8, 2024Summer, Thelma & Louise, Paris Texas, Little Miss Sunshine, Wild At Heart, Bandits, Lost in America, Y Tu Mamá También, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Joy Ride, Badlands

Top 10 Comedies

60% of the time, our Top 10 Comedies work every time.

ToppingsCinema SugarJune 5, 2024Comedy, Beverly Hills Cop, The Birdcage, Bridesmaids, Sullivan's Travels, Groundhog Day, Hot Fuzz, Anchorman, Young Frankenstein, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Raising Arizona

Top 10 Action Movies

Come with us if you want to live vicariously through the stunts, shootouts, chases, fights, and other heart-pounding moments of our favorite action flicks.

ToppingsCinema SugarMay 6, 2024Action, Last Action Hero, Prey, The Bourne Ultimatum, Foxy Brown, Point Break, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Dark Knight, Mad Max: Fury Road, Die Hard, Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Top 10 Movies of 1994

It’s been 30 years since we were introduced to the talkative hitmen, NBA hopefuls, and other compelling characters from the movies of 1994. Here are the ones we’ve stayed in love with all these decades later.

ToppingsCinema SugarApril 4, 20241994, Hoop Dreams, Dumb and Dumber, The River Wild, Heavenly Creatures, Little Women, Pulp Fiction, Red, Reality Bites, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption

Top 10 Movies About Love

We’re celebrating love in all its cinematic forms—through the bonds between friends, family, parents & kids, lovers, and everything in between.

ToppingsCinema SugarFebruary 6, 2024Love, I Love You Man, Interstellar, Dogfight, A Matter of Life and Death, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Moonlight, Punch-Drunk Love, Before Sunrise, City Lights

Top 10 Movies of 2023

A pink dream house. A high-school fight club. A New England college campus. Our favorite films of 2023 transported us to many different places filled with so many compelling characters. These are the ones that stuck with us the most.

ToppingsCinema SugarJanuary 9, 2024Barbie, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Are You There God? It's Me Margaret, The Holdovers, Poor Things, Theater Camp, How to Blow Up A Pipeline, Godzilla Minus One, Bottoms

Top 10 Animated Movies

From trash planets to totalitarian regimes, animation transports us to new worlds and tells powerful stories for all ages—whether in stop-motion, 2D illustration, or CGI. These are the animated movies that have drawn us in the most.

ToppingsCinema SugarJanuary 4, 2024Animation, WALL-E, Fantastic Planet, The Lion King, My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Persepolis, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Coco, Fantasia

Top 10 Christmas Movies

We took a swig of spiked eggnog and ran the gauntlet of the genre like Marv and Harry at the McCallisters, finally arriving at our Top 10 Christmas Movies.

ToppingsCinema SugarDecember 6, 2023Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Home Alone, Die Hard, Elf, Gremlins, The Family Stone, White Christmas, Love Actually, While You Were Sleeping

Top 10 Whodunits

Whether with a doctor on the run, a Bay Area serial killer, or a shady rear-window neighbor, the best whodunits draw us in through compelling characters and the irresistible mysteries that entangle them.

ToppingsCinema SugarNovember 8, 2023Whodunits, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Fugitive, The Long Goodbye, Brick, Memories of Murder, Memento, Clue, Scream, Rear Window, Zodiac

Top 10 Horror Movies

Narrowing down our favorite horror films to only 10 meant killing a lot of our darlings. But here are the ones that survived.

ToppingsCinema SugarOctober 4, 2023Horror, The Thing, The Blair Witch Project, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Cabin in the Woods, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Suspiria, The Descent, Night of the Living Dead, The Ring, The Shining

Top 10 Coming of Age Movies

Growing up is hard. Whether that happens in school, city streets, or the savannah, our Top 10 Coming of Age movies show just how universal yet deeply personal that experience is.

ToppingsCinema SugarSeptember 6, 2023Coming of Age, Almost Famous, Little Women, Moonlight, Boyhood, Boyz n the Hood, A Brighter Summer Day, Empire Records, Big, The Lion King, Welcome to the Dollhouse

Top 10 Westerns

From the low desert to the high plains, our Top 10 Westerns represent our favorites in the swellest genre this side of the Mississippi. Giddy up!

ToppingsCinema SugarAugust 8, 2023High Noon, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Good the Bad the Ugly, Unforgiven, Hell or High Water, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Buck and the Preacher, 3:10 to Yuma, Near Dark, Blazing Saddles, Westerns

Top 10 Summer Movies

From the joys of Fourth of July and sleepaway camp to the sweat-drenched woes of urban life, our Top 10 Summer Movies capture the essence of summer on screen.

ToppingsCinema SugarJuly 5, 2023Summer, Wet Hot American Summer, Rear Window, Stand By Me, Now and Then, In the Heights, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Do the Right Thing, Call Me By Your Name

Top 10 Pride Movies

From Best Picture winners to beloved obscurities, our Top 10 Pride Movies spotlights our favorite and most affecting portrayals of the LGBTQ+ experience on film.