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Ask any Pokémon fan and chances are they can recall the exact moment they became obsessed with the franchise. For me, it’s convincing my parents to let me sell off old clothes and unwanted toys at a boot sale in an effort to raise £20 for Pokémon Yellow in the summer of 2000 – a core memory if ever there was one. Up until that point, I’d collected a few cards here and there and watched the anime religiously before school each morning, but owning my first mainline Pokémon game for the Game Boy is when my immersion into the world of Pokémon truly began. RECOMMENDED: I went to Jamaica to drink Rolling Stones rum and eat the best vegan food in North America Since its first games launched in Japan in 1996, Pokémon has grown into one of the world’s biggest franchises. The mainline video games and the official Trading Card Game (TCG) are as popular as they’ve ever been, and new generations of fans have joined the journey as Pokémon trainers, collectors and community members. It’s why this year’s Pokémon Worlds – shorthand for Pokémon World Championships – held in San Francisco for a second time was always going to be huge. The pinnacle of the competitive play calendar for Pokémon fans, Worlds has quickly evolved from players battling it out in hotel conference rooms to giant convention centres and now huge arenas. Thousands of people travel to the event each year, but with this being a special 30th anniversary year for the franchise, Worlds activated its mega evolution for the...

The death of movies has been greatly exaggerated. Sure, it was touch-and-go there for a while, particularly post-pandemic, and yes, very few films penetrate the zeitgeist to the degree they once did. Slowly but surely, though, movies – actual movies, not corporate IP – are inching back to the center of popular culture. In 2026 alone, consider the shock success of small films like Obsession and Backrooms, or ambitious blockbusters like Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey living up to its box office promise. Any time you’ve got Charli xcx posing in a Gus Van Sant bikini on social media, it feels safe to say that movies are back. With interest in movies rising, especially among young people, now’s a perfect time to make use of our list of the 100 greatest movies of all-time. It’s a broad survey of the highlights of film’s first century-plus, covering multiple countries and just about every genre imaginable, from massive blockbusters to intimate cult films, silly comedies to bloody horror, action-packed thrillers to thrilling action flicks. We’re not so high-minded to consider it the definitive canon – but as a road map, it’s a great place to start.   Jump to list: 100-91 |  90-81 | 80-71 | 70-61 | 60-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-11 | 10-1 How we chose our 100 best movies of all time Admittedly, the process is not an exact science. Mostly, it involves a bunch of arguing, whittling and deal-making amongst Time Out’s most movie-obsessed writers, and then voila: a top 100 everyone...

It costs a lot to be entertained now. Just a few years ago ‘cord-cutting’ seemed like a life hack that’d save TV watchers a tonne of cash. Once the streaming revolution kicked in, though, the subscriptions piled up, and with recent price increases and crackdowns on password sharing, it’s making us gaze longingly at our old cable bills.   But what if we told you there was an easily accessible website out there with a trove of awesome movies available to stream 24/7, and entirely for free? It’s called YouTube. Yes, the site known primarily for instructional videos about how to install a new sink and use an air fryer is hiding an impressive library of classic cinema of the sort many other streamers don’t bother with – from silent era milestones to essential deep cuts.  If you don’t mind sitting through a bunch of commercials, YouTube has a full channel of ad-supported modern films as well. But for true movie buffs looking to fill some knowledge gaps, check out the 37 flicks below – with links included.Recommended: 🎬 100 best movies of all time💣 The greatest thrillers ever made🤘 The best cult classic movies of all-time🌍 The best foreign films of all-time

Are we still in the Golden Age of Television? Probably not. Since the end of Succession, it hasn’t felt like there’s been a major prestige series to grip the culture in a way similar to Breaking Bad, Mad Men et al. But it doesn’t mean there isn’t still great stuff to watch – stuff that, as they go along, could grow into one of those zeitgeist-gripping all-timers. In 2026, that includes the likes of HBO’s Industry, which has grown from cult fave to must-watch over four seasons, and The Pitt, still probably the best show currently on despite its, let’s say, fervent fanbase. And don’t forget Heated Rivalry, Bait and yet another Game of Thrones spinoff, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms. We’ve put off sleep and watched them all to determine the best TV of the year so far.  Recommended: 📽️ The best movies of 2026 (so far)🔥 The best TV and streaming shows of 2025📺 The 100 greatest TV shows of all time

Here at Time Out, we love all hotels equally: the flashy five-stars, the cool boutiques, the well-thought-out budget stays. But some are, undoubtedly, better looking than others. Whether ‘beautiful’ to you is a secluded jungle lodge or an eco-cool city stay, a kitschy motel or a reawakened royal residence, we’ve got them all on this list (and then some).  Now, it goes without saying that any list of the world’s most beautiful hotels is entirely subjective and by no means exhaustive. But what we can offer is real-life experience: every place on this list has been visited by one of Time Out’s editors, writers and hotel experts. From Punjab to Palermo, California to Costa Rica, we can guarantee that each hotel packs serious wow factor, and you’ll have an excellent stay at them all.  The world’s most beautiful hotels at a glance 🏰 Best heritage hotel: Ashford Castle  ⛰️ Best for show-stopping scenery: The Hiramatsu Karuizawa Miyota 🌺 Most beautiful gardens and grounds: Four Seasons Hotel Firenze 🎨 Best for avant-garde art and design: Jackalope Hotel 👑 Best for all-out maximalism: The Fifth Avenue Hotel 🏊 Most beautiful pool: The Phoenicia Malta 🏙️ Most beautiful city-centre hotel: Le Pavillon de la Reine How did we choose the world’s most beautiful hotels?  Our global team of editors, writers and hotel experts spend a lot of their time reviewing hotels in their corner of the world. Every hotel on this list has been selected for a reason: show-stopping scenery,...

Providenciales (“Provo”, to those in the know) has a different pace from much of the Caribbean. The main island of Turks and Caicos is a mix of long white-sand beaches, shallow turquoise water, quiet residential pockets and a handful of places to actually go for dinner, drinks or a snorkel. Grace Bay is the best-known stretch, but head further out and the scenery starts to change: Long Bay is breezy and popular with kitesurfers, Turtle Cove is all boats and reef trips, while Taylor Bay, Chalk Sound and Turtle Tail are quieter and more secluded. The best way to experience it is to pick your corner of the island carefully. Stay around Grace Bay if you want restaurants and the beach on your doorstep, or go further afield for calmer surroundings and a bit more space. We’ve rounded up the best Airbnbs in Turks and Caicos across Providenciales, from beachfront spots in Grace Bay and Leeward to tucked-away villas around Long Bay, Turtle Tail and Chalk Sound. Expect easy beach access, private pools, kayaks, big outdoor spaces and, in some cases, a very good reason not to make plans for the afternoon. The best Airbnbs in Turks and Caicos, at a glance:  🌊 Best luxury beachfront villa in Grace Bay: mansion with Grace Bay views ☀️ Best secluded estate in Chalk Sound: the villa with panoramic lagoon views 🏝️Best Long Bay Airbnb for kite-surfing: Kailoa Villa beach house 🐚 Best Turtle Cove Marina stay: the beachfront bohemian villa Who makes the cut? While we might not stay in...

News of club closures and sober youngsters might have you thinking that nightlife is dead. We’re here to tell you – with proof! – that you couldn’t be further from the truth.  The way we go out might be different, but people are by no means staying in. Cities are adapting to our changing nightlife habits: as summers get hotter, street parties and rooftop raves are bigger than ever. Rather than heading to one or two big-name venues, locals are flocking to new nightlife districts for an evening of bar-hopping and curbside drinking. And, trust us, the nightclub isn’t going anywhere – in fact, communities and local governments have successfully rallied to save historic nightlife venues (in Berlin’s case, they’ve even managed to grant techno UNESCO-listed status). So, we’re here to celebrate going out in the city. From Bangkok to Berlin, Medellin to Mexico City, Time Out’s Best Cities for Nightlife with Intrepid Travel is the ultimate guide to today’s after-hours capitals. To curate the ranking, we went straight to the people who know their city best – the locals – and asked them to tell us all about the nightlife scene in their hometown right now. We asked them about everything from clubbing to cocktail bars, how affordable it is to go out at night, the overall quality of nightlife in their city, how easy it is to find community, and how safe, exciting, welcoming and diverse their city is. After crunching all that data, a panel of nightlife experts – Time Out’s city editors,...

Most movie years post-pandemic have felt like rollercoasters, but 2026 so far has been particularly up-and-down – and at its highest points, especially exciting. Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day disappointed while Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey took on one of the oldest epics in literature and surpassed even the loftiest expectations. Several titanic franchises flopped hard, while smaller films like Obsession and Backrooms, made by total unknowns,  have come bursting through the box-office glass ceiling. The likes of Project Hail Mary and Toy Story 5 may not qualify as ‘original stories’, but both displayed an intelligence, emotionality and sense of crowd-pleasing fun missing from many of the IP-flogging blockbusters of the recent past. All in all, a pretty good year – and we haven’t even hit awards season yet. For now, though, here’s the best of what we’ve seen to date. 📺 The best TV and streaming shows of 2026 (so far)😂 The best comedy movies of 2026📕 15 book-to-movie adaptations to get excited about in 2026🔥 The 100 greatest movies ever made

Science fiction isn’t just for nerds anymore. Once thought of as a niche interest, it has nearly become the dominant movie subcategory over the last two decades. But the truth is that the audience for sci-fi was always broader than the stereotypes made it seem. A great sci-fi film does what any good movie should do, and that’s to tell us something about ourselves and the world around us. The only difference is that it might invent an entirely different universe to do so. In other words, it’s a genre anyone can relate to, not just the geeks writing 4000-word theoretical treatises on fan forums. To prove it, in order to put together our list of the 100 best sci-fi movies ever made, we surveyed a broad panel of experts, from Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Sir Paul Nurse to film director Guillermo del Toro to Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin. The result is a list that crisscrosses the sci-fi universe, from galaxies far, far away to near-future Earth, from planets of apes to islands of dinosaurs, from inside dreams to outside reality itself. Recommended: 🚀 Charlie Brooker’s ten favourite sci-fi movies👽 The best sci-fi shows streaming on Netflix🦄 The 50 best fantasy movies of all-time

Plopping down in front of the television with a bottomless bag of M&Ms and a side of gummy worms is one of life’s great pleasures – and it’s even better if you’re high. As longtime stoners will tell you, though, not every movie is made to be watched high. Rolling the dice on whatever Netflix recommends is not advised, lest you encounter something that will make you think, feel and see things you absolutely should not be thinking, feeling and seeing in your ‘heightened’ state of mind.  Picking the right film for a stoned night in is a precarious science. It doesn’t necessarily need to be a stoner comedy. But if you’re looking to giggle, you probably don’t want to have to think too much about a joke. And if you’re in the mood to simply trip out on some wild imagery, you don’t want to go down a hole of darkness - 2001 may have courted acid freaks by billing itself as ‘The Ultimate Trip’, but in our opinion, that’s not really a trip you want to be taking from your sofa at 1 am. These 23 films, however, will hit the sweet spot… for as long as you manage to stay awake, anyway. Recommended: 🤣 The 100 best comedy movies of all-time👽 The 100 best sci-fi movies of all-time🍻 The 20 perfect movies to watch when you’re hungover