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

ToppingsCinema SugarNovember 4, 2024hero, 21st Century, Road to Perdition, Midsommar, Palm Springs, The Lives of Others, Paterson, 25th Hour, Jennifer's Body, Top Gun: Maverick, The Cabin in the Woods, Bridesmaids, Amelie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Brick, The Zone of Interest, Lincoln, Grizzly Man, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spirited Away, Moulin Rouge, Lost In Translation, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Moana, Midnight in Paris, Before Sunset, Anchorman, In the Mood for Love, The Descent, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hell or High Water, The Tree of Life, Mad Max: Fury Road, Mulholland Drive, Inglourious Basterds, La La Land, No Country for Old Men, Get Out, Signs, Pan's Labyrinth, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, There Will Be Blood, The Dark Knight, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Parasite, Almost Famous, Zodiac, Little Women, Arrival, Moonlight, WALL-E, Children of Men, row 2

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

7 Hard-Boiled Lessons from Noir Films Old and New

I take comfort in knowing that film noir—a genre that has existed for almost 100 years—has seen it all before. So here are few timeless, hard-won lessons and the noir films that illustrate them.

The ScoopChad ComelloNovember 14, 2022Noir, Double Indemnity, Fargo, Dial M for Murder, Gone Girl, Sunset Boulevard, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Chinatown, Zodiac, The Third Man, Under the Silver Lake, Ace in the Hole, Nightcrawler, Psycho, Memento

Top 10 Noir Movies

Here’s the skinny: We put a couple gumshoes on the case to track down all of film noir’s low-lifes, grifters, heels, and molls so we could assemble a lineup worthy of this amazing genre.

ToppingsCinema SugarNovember 6, 2022Noir, Notorious, Sweet Smell of Success, Memento, Zodiac, Double Indemnity, Touch of Evil, Blue Velvet, Sunset Boulevard, The Third Man, The Night of the Hunter

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