whatNerd’s Best Movie Articles

Here at whatNerd, we love movies of all kinds—but there are certain types of movies that we're particularly fond of.

Classic movies? Sci-fi and fantasy movies? Horror movies? Alien and robot and supernatural movies? Those really get our gears going!

And we love to stream movies, which is why we're all about Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and all that.

Movie Streaming

Life was much simpler when the major movie streaming services only included Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video. These days, we also have to consider Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, and others.

Which ones are worth your hard-earned money? Which streaming platforms are right for you?

• Amazon Prime Video Streaming Tips
• Disney+ vs. HBO Max: Which Is Better for Geeks?
• Is Disney+ Streaming Worth It?
• Is HBO Max Streaming Worth It?
• Is Hulu Streaming Worth It?
• Is NBC's Peacock Streaming Worth It?
• Is Shudder Streaming Worth It?
• Where to Rent Movies Online
• Where to Watch Classic Movies Online
• Why Disney+ Will Surpass Netflix
• Why Netflix Is Dying as Streaming King

Movie Recommendations

Life is too short to waste time on unsatisfying movies. On the other hand, great movies are definitely worth your time because they add real value to our lives. How do you find those? Well, we've watched lots of movies, and we can point you to the ones worth watching!

• The Best 4K HDR Movies
• The Best 80s Action Movies
• The Best 80s Sci-Fi Movies
• The Best 90s Comedy Movies
• The Best 90s Horror Movies
• The Best 90s Sci-Fi Action Movies
• The Best Body Swap Movies
• The Best Character-Driven Movies of Terrible People
• The Best Classic Monster Movies
• The Best Classic Nerd Movies
• The Best Dream Movies With Dream Logic
• The Best Escape Room Movies
• The Best Found Footage Movies
• The Best Gangster Movies
• The Best Kid's Movies With Great Villains
• The Best Martial Arts Comedy Movies
• The Best Movie Adaptations Based on Books
• The Best Movies About Dragons
• The Best Movies That Take Place in New York City
• The Best Movies That Take Place in Philadelphia
• The Best Movies With Imaginary Friends and Characters
• The Best Movies With Multiple Personalities
• The Best Neo-Noir Movies
• The Best One-Man Movies With Only One Character
• The Best One-Room Suspense Movies
• The Best Origin Story Movies
• The Best Outer Space Movies
• The Best Post-Apocalyptic Movies
• The Best Sci-Fi Comedy Movies
• The Best Thriller Suspense Movies
• The Best Time Travel Movies
• The Best Vampire Movies
• The Best Video Game Movies
• The Best Workplace Movies About Careers
• The Greatest Love Stories in Cinema History
• The Most Rewatchable Movies to Watch Again
• The Most Underrated Fantasy Movies
• The Most Underrated Crime Movies

Movie Recommendations (Horror)

• The Best Christmas Horror Movies
• The Best Horror Movie Directors of All Time
• The Best Horror Movies About Clowns
• The Best Horror Movies About Dolls and Creepy Figures
• The Best Horror Movies About Haunted Houses
• The Best Horror Movies About Possession
• The Best Horror Movies About Schools
• The Best Horror Movies by Wes Craven
• The Best Horror Movies of the 2000s
• The Best Horror Movies Without Jump Scares
• The Best Horror Movies Without Much Blood or Gore
• The Best Horror Parody Movies
• The Best Korean Horror Movies
• The Best Modern Horror Movies for a Marathon
• The Best Movies About Cults and Creepy Groups
• The Best Psychological Horror Movies
• The Best Serial Killer Movies
• The Best Slasher Horror Movies
• The Best Sleep Paralysis Movies

Movie Recommendations (Netflix)

• The Best Alien Sci-Fi Movies on Netflix
• The Best Buddy Cop Movies on Netflix
• The Best Hidden Gem Movies on Netflix
• The Best Netflix Documentaries
• The Best Netflix Movies With Plot Twists
• The Best Netflix Original Movies
• The Best Robot Movies on Netflix
• The Best Romantic Comedy Movies on Netflix
• The Best Space Movies on Netflix
• The Best Superhero Movies on Netflix
• The Best True Crime Movies on Netflix

Movie Rankings

Are you looking to dive into an entire movie franchise? Or perhaps all of the movies crafted under a particular movie director? We like to do that, too! And we have plenty of articles where we've ranked all of the movies in a certain franchise or all of the movies by a certain director. Use them as a reference if you need something new to watch.

Movie Characters

• The Best Anti-Villains in Sci-Fi Movies
• The Best Artificial Intelligences (AIs) in Movies
• The Best Astronaut Characters in Movies
• The Best Blade Runner Movie Characters
• The Best Christmas Movie Characters
• The Best Cops and Police Characters in Movies
• The Best Cowboy Characters in Movies
• The Best DCEU Superheroes
• The Best DCEU Villains
• The Best Disney Animated Sidekicks and Buddies
• The Best Disney Movie Villains
• The Best Dragon Characters in Movies
• The Best Female Anti-Heroes in Movies
• The Best James Bond Villains
• The Best James Bond Women
• The Best Jurassic Park Dinosaurs
• The Best Judge Characters in Movies
• The Best Lord of the Rings Movie Characters
• The Best Movie Villains Who Turned Into Heroes
• The Best Parents in Movies
• The Best Pixar Movie Villains
• The Best Quentin Tarantino Characters
• The Best Silent Movie Characters Who Don't Speak
• The Best Spies and Secret Agents in Movies
• The Best Superhero Characters in Movies
• The Best Thief Characters in Movies
• The Best Time Traveler Characters in Movies
• The Best Toy Story Characters
• The Best Witch & Wizard Characters in Movies
• The Best X-Men Movie Characters
• The Most Evil Robots and Machines in Movies
• The Most Iconic Geek Characters in Movies

Movie Scenes

• Incredible Movie Scenes That Actually Weren't CGI
• Infamous Movie Scenes Where Actors Weren't Acting
• The Best Car Chase Scenes in Movies
• The Best Fight Scenes in the DCEU
• The Best Fight Scenes in the MCU
• The Best Hero Introductions in Movies
• The Best Lightsaber Battles in Star Wars
• The Best Monologue Scenes in Movies
• The Best Opening Scenes in the DCEU
• The Best Opening Scenes in the MCU
• The Best Scenes in the DCEU Movies
• The Best Scenes in the Godfather Movies
• The Best Scenes in the Harry Potter Movies
• The Best Scenes in the Indiana Jones Movies
• The Best Scenes in the James Bond Movies
• The Best Scenes in the Lord of the Rings Movies
• The Best Shootout Scenes in Movies
• The Best Space Battles in Sci-Fi Movies
• The Best Supervillain Deaths in Movies
• The Best Villain Introductions in Movies
• The Loveliest Scenes in Romantic Comedy Movies
• The Saddest Scenes in Pixar Movies
• The Saddest Scenes in Romantic Comedy Movies

Movie Directors

• The Best Adam McKay Movies, Ranked
• The Best Alfonso Cuarón Movies, Ranked
• The Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies, Ranked
• The Best Christopher Nolan Movies, Ranked
• The Best Coen Brothers Movies, Ranked
• The Best David Fincher Movies, Ranked
• The Best David Lynch Movies, Ranked
• The Best Denis Villeneuve Movies, Ranked
• The Best Edgar Wright Movies, Ranked
• The Best Guillermo del Toro Movies, Ranked
• The Best James Cameron Movies, Ranked
• The Best John Carpenter Movies, Ranked
• The Best John Hughes Movies, Ranked
• The Best Judd Apatow Movies, Ranked
• The Best Martin Scorsese Movies, Ranked
• The Best Orson Welles Movies, Ranked
• The Best Paul Thomas Anderson Movies, Ranked
• The Best Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Movies, Ranked
• The Best Quentin Tarantino Movies, Ranked
• The Best Ridley Scott Movies, Ranked
• The Best Robert Zemeckis Movies, Ranked
• The Best Robert Rodriguez Movies, Ranked
• The Best Stanley Kubrick Movies, Ranked
• The Best Steven Spielberg Movies, Ranked
• The Best Terrence Malick Movies, Ranked
• The Best Tim Burton Movies, Ranked
• The Best Wes Anderson Movies, Ranked

Movie Actors

• The Best Actor Comebacks in Hollywood
• The Best Actors During Hollywood's Golden Age
• The Best Adam Sandler Movies, Ranked
• The Best British Movie Actresses, Ranked
• The Best Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Movies, Ranked
• The Best Jack Nicholson Movies, Ranked
• The Best Jake Gyllenhaal Movies, Ranked
• The Best James Bond Actors, Ranked
• The Best Johnny Depp Movies, Ranked
• The Best Paul Rudd Movies, Ranked

Movie Franchises

• Every Die Hard Movie, Ranked
• Every Evil Dead Movie, Ranked
• Every Fast and Furious Movie, Ranked
• Every Freddy Krueger Movie, Ranked
• Every Friday the 13th Movie, Ranked
• Every Halloween (Michael Myers) Movie, Ranked
• Every Leprechaun Horror Movie, Ranked
• Every Saw Movie, Ranked

Movie Culture

Do you hate hype culture? Are there certain movie trailer pet peeves that really get under your skin? Want to catch up on some really weird rumors about Disney? There's all kinds of unusual stuff that's always happening in movie culture.

• Alternate Sci-Fi Movie Endings That Almost Happened
• Are Movies Getting Too Long or Is It Just Me?
• The Weirdest Disney Fan Theories
• The Greatest Movie Trailers (And Why They're So Effective)
• The Most Common Horror Movie Tropes
• Why Hype Culture Is Ruining Modern Movies
• Why I'm Tired of Superhero Movies
• Why Zombie Movies Aren't Zombie Movies Anymore

Movies by the Decade

• The Best Indie Movies of the 1960s
• The Best Indie Movies of the 1970s
• The Best Indie Movies of the 1980s
• The Best Indie Movies of the 1990s
• The Best Indie Movies of the 2000s
• The Best Indie Movies of the 2010s
• The Most Popular & Iconic Movies of the 1930s
• The Most Popular & Iconic Movies of the 1940s
• The Most Popular & Iconic Movies of the 1950s
• The Most Popular & Iconic Movies of the 1960s
• The Most Popular & Iconic Movies of the 1970s
• The Most Popular & Iconic Movies of the 1980s
• The Most Popular & Iconic Movies of the 1990s

Movie Lore

Want to explore some of the coolest corners of movie history? Check out our articles where we retrace how streaming services got started, uncover behind-the-scenes stories and scandals, and delve into some of the most interesting gimmicks employed in movies.

• How Netflix Got Started and How It Got So Popular
• How the Marvel Cinematic Universe Almost Failed
• Infamous Disney Movies With Dark Origin Stories
• The Best Movies Filmed (Almost) Entirely in POV Shots
• The Best Movies That Change Aspect Ratios During Runtime
• The Best Movies That Changed Directors During Production
• The Best Movies That Combine Animation and Live-Action
• The Best Movies That Started Without Scripts
• The Best Movies With Hellish Production Stories
• The Greatest Years for Movies in Cinema History
• The Most Controversial Academy Award (Oscar) Wins
• The Most Difficult Movie Directors to Work With
• The Most Famous Movie Catchphrases
• The Most Profitable Movies of All Time

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