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Updated for 2026: This was the year horror truly took over at the box office, thanks to two movies from freshman directors with built-in internet followings: Curry Barker’s Obsession, a ‘romantic’ monkey’s-paw scenario updated for Gen Z, and Kane Parsons’ singularly strange Backrooms. But it wasn’t just that they made a lot of money – both were major creative successes horror fans will be talking about for years to come, and deserving entries to the canon. For a long time, horror was cinema’s most misunderstood genre, if not its most derided. In the 1970s and ’80s, it was a vehicle for quick cash-ins to stock the emerging home video market, creating a flood of cheaply made, formulaic junk. Sure, there were the acknowledged classics – The Shining, The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, etc – but for the most part, ‘horror’ became a euphemism for ‘schlock’. That’s changed completely. In fact, there might not be a more bankable movie genre right now. Last year, it was Sinners and Weapons. In 2026, movies like Obsession and Backrooms are outgrossing Pixar and Star Wars. The success has led to a reappraisal of horror’s past. But as this list of the greatest horror movies ever made shows, the genre never truly needed such validation.  Among our picks, you’ll find psychological terrors that probe universal human fears and traditional slashers that jab at our most elemental instincts for survival. Some are transgressive, violent and gory, yes, but others will leave you rattled...

Everyone loves watching scary movies in October, of course. But true fright fans know no calendar. For real aficionados of the dark cinematic arts, any month, any day is a good time for horror, and Netflix is a proverbial crypt full of terrifying delights waiting to be streamed. As with most genres on the platform, though, it takes some digging to find the real scream of the crop. That’s why we’ve done the grave-robbing for you. And Netflix has an impressive amount of terrifying classics, new-school scares and hidden gems. Here are the best horror movies streaming right now. Recommended: 💀 The best horror movies of all time🇳 The best movies streaming on Netflix💻 The best Netflix original series to binge

Audiences have learned to view movies based on true stories with a certain amount of suspicion. Cinematic truth often differs from actual truth, and even the most accurate depictions of real events to appear on the big screen typically feature at least a sprinkling of dramatic license. And so, in compiling this list of the best movies based on true stories, we paid particular attention to those films that approached their subjects with something close to a journalistic eye – none of this vague ‘inspired by true events’ stuff.  Among them are Oscar winning dramas covering major moments in history, salacious crime stories drawn from magazine articles, odd character studies, psychedelic head-trips and other wild tales no one would believe if they didn’t actually happen. Sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction – and often, it makes the best movies. Recommended: 📹 The 65 best documentaries of all-time😱 The 15 scariest horror movies based on true stories🔎 The best true crime documentaries on Netflix🙌 The 25 best biopics of all-time, ranked

As a lover of all things adventure and Africa, nothing quite beats the silence that creeps in as the safari vehicle engine comes to a stop, leaving only the wilderness between you and animals in their natural habitat. The animal kingdom is a complex world that you won’t understand until you see it for yourself: tracking different species, understanding their habits and if you’re lucky, witnessing your first kill.  I’ve been on safari in different formats, from typical game drives in Maasai Mara to walking on foot in South Luangwa or spotting animals by boat down the Zambezi River. Pensive reflection is part of the package too – some of my best ideas and meditative thoughts have come to me in the backseat of a safari truck, mind present and phone down. As a Black woman, it’s also an activity I love participating in and have no plans to stop. Vivienne Dovi is a travel and lifestyle journalist, based between London and Dakar. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.  How to plan a safari in Africa How long to go Before booking, consider what kind of safari experience you actually want. If you want a quick trip and plan to only do game drives in one national park, I wouldn’t recommend anything less than three nights. Combining two safari destinations is common, but factor in transfer times and add at least two to three nights per location. The physical demands are worth thinking about too: while a game drive requires little more than getting in and out of a...

Sprouting from the lustrous, expansive tiled floors, the central columns inside the Sagrada Família’s Basilica loom magnificently over the humming flocks of visitors like the trees of a pleasingly still forest, and that’s precisely what its maker intended – according to my audio guide.  This extraordinary structure is the world-famous, yet-to-be-complete (despite what that visit from Pope Leo might imply) magnum opus of Catalan architect and designer Antoni Gaudí. A deeply faithful man, a pioneer and poster boy of Catalan Modernisme and, as visitor numbers to his creations can attest, one of the world’s most adored designers, his work is woven into the cool, casual, bustling fabric of Barcelona.  This year marks a centenary since his death, and the Catalan capital has put on a splendour of celebrations – from immersive installations to community dinners – to honour him. I travelled to Barcelona with Vueling to get a closer look at Gaudí’s craftsmanship, from the near-complete cathedral to the formative, lesser-known spaces. Here’s why you should, too.  Photograph: Ivan Marc / ShutterstockSagrada Família’s Tower of Jesus Christ with a four armed cross Sagrada Família: Gaudí’s unfinished cathedral Sure, the cathedral sits atop every single list of must-see attractions in Barcelona, but with its arresting scale, forensic, ornate carvings and general one-of-a-kind aura, there really isn’t anywhere else like it.  In the 11 years since I first visited Barcelona, it’s undergone...

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

Want to get away? Of course you do. If escaping modernity is what you crave, there is no better carriage ride to a different, more elegant era than a good period piece. It’s a genre famous for big dresses, towering wigs, romantic entanglements and social constructs just waiting to be defied. But the best costume dramas aren’t mere wardrobe porn. They use the manners and mores of the day to interrogate the strictures of our own time, while also making our hearts palpitate and nervous systems swoon with some of the greatest love stories ever told. From Jane Austen and Edith Wharton up to Bridgerton, period pieces have served as comfort food for generations of film fans, right up to Gen Z – see the recent reboots of both Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. But there is much more to absorb than those heavy-hitters. Here are 26 of the swooniest.  Recommended: 💂 The best movies about British royalty for a regal film night🫅 Every actress who has played Queen Elizabeth II in film and TV🤯 The best movies based on true stories💻 The 41 best original Netflix series to binge

Movie monsters come in many shapes, sizes and species, from parasitic slugs to reanimated dinosaurs to creeping mounds of space gelatin. Some are meant to symbolise social ills or reflect the deepest, darkest human fears, while others are clearly reflective of the issues their designers have been working on in therapy. In other cases, some monsters are just unholy beasts that are often nauseating to look at but impossible to turn away from, driven only by pure instinct. All that said, a great movie monster doesn’t necessarily make for a great monster movie. In the case of these movies, the monster might drive the action, but there’s more going on than just awesome effects and righteous kills. To help sort the beastly from the bogus, we put a few parameters in place. First off, no zombies or vampires – those guys warrant lists of their own. Secondly, no humans. Apologies to Freddy, Jason, Michael and Henry from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, but you are not the kind of monsters we’re looking for. Rather, we loaded up on killer rabbits, killer plants, killer fish, killer clowns, killer aliens and killer giant sandworms – and even then, it was hard to choose the bloodthirstiest of the bunch. But we did the best we could.  Written by Tom Huddleston, Adam Lee Davies, Andy Kryza, Paul Fairclough, David Jenkins & Matthew Singer Recommended: 👹 The 66 greatest movie monsters💀 The 100 best horror movies of all-time👽 The 100 best sci-fi movies of all-time🦄 The 50 best...

It’s been a headline-grabbing year for family movies, with a massive new Toy Story film, another new Pixar movie, an adorable Aardman adventure, a Super Mario sequel, a big rights kerfuffle over Coyote Vs. Acme, a disastrous live-action Moana, and something called Chickenhare And The Secret Of The Groundhog (although no shade if you missed that one). And there’s still a new Laika animated epic, Wildwood, and Disney’s Hexed to come. Picking a family film for movie night is not an easy task and 2026 has already contributed handsomely to the canon, for which it has the gratitude of an army of weary parents. But not all demographic-spanning sofa fodder is created equal. Allow us to curate the best options from the year for you to tee up on movie night safe in the knowledge that no toys will be thrown. Apart from maybe Buzz Lightyear.  RECOMMENDED: 📽️ The best movies of 2026 (so far)👪 50 great films to watch as a family

With the return of popular animes like Jujutsu Kaisen and Frieren in January, this year in anime kicked off pretty early with heroic characters, cutting-edge animation, and rave reviews from dedicated fanbases. But if the spring anime calendar offers any hints for what is to come, anime fans (or otakus and weebs, as the vernacular goes) are eating good in 2026. New titles like Witch Hat Atelier and Daemons of the Shadow Realm have already won over audiences with their early episodes, while cult favourites like Hell’s Paradise and Dorohedoro are returning to our screens after an overlong hiatus. There’s a lot to catch up on. So, here’s how to get started with the best anime of the year so far.  📺 The best TV and streaming shows of 2026 (so far)🇯🇵 The best anime movies of all time, ranked🔥 The best movies of 2026 (so far)