Curated playlist

American 3D films

The Mandalorian and GroguHollywood's 2023 labor disputes turned a planned Mandalorian TV season into a movie.
Captain America: Civil WarThe villain of Captain America: Civil War beats the Avengers with patience and a stolen book of trigger words.
The Super Mario Galaxy MovieThe Super Mario Galaxy Movie cost $110 million to make and earned $992 million worldwide. Critics were far less generous than ticket buyers. This 2026 animated sequel sends the plumber brothers Mario and Luigi into outer space, where…
Avengers: EndgameAvengers: Endgame opens with Clint Barton losing his family to Thanos's snap. It was moved from Infinity War.
Justice League (film)Justice League used visual effects to erase Henry Cavill's mustache from its own footage.
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3DMagnificent Desolation took its title from Buzz Aldrin's two words on the Moon's surface. Tom Hanks narrates it.
Avengers: Age of UltronAvengers: Age of Ultron cut Loki out completely after test audiences thought he controlled Ultron.
Avengers: Infinity WarAvengers: Infinity War ends with Thanos watching a sunrise after erasing half of all life.
Wicked: For GoodNine million colorful tulips were planted on location to surround the Munchkinland set of Wicked: For Good. This 2025 American musical fantasy film, directed by Jon M. Chu, picks up the story of Elphaba and Glinda where its predecessor…
The Avengers (2012 film)Joss Whedon read the first Avengers script and said to pretend it never happened.
Toy StoryToy Story was the first feature film built entirely inside a computer. It opened in November 1995.
Deadpool & WolverineDeadpool & Wolverine almost went by the title Deadpool & Friend. The name leaked online in February 2024.
Transformers: Dark of the MoonMichael Bay bet $25,000 that two robots would not appear in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Avatar (franchise)The Avatar franchise, created by James Cameron, announced its sequels before the first film had even reached a cinema. On the 11th of December 2009, 20th Century Fox revealed plans for a sequel series. The original film opened one week…
Avatar: Fire and AshAvatar: Fire and Ash is the third film in James Cameron's Avatar series. In December 2022, word spread that its first cut ran nine hours. Cameron later clarified the figure. The nine hours covered three films of about three hours each:…
Thor (film)Chris Hemsworth gained 20 lb for Thor and then outgrew his costume.
Star Wars: The Last JediIn Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Luke hesitates to burn the Jedi library, so Yoda's spirit does it.
Rogue OneRogue One first had an ending where the heroes lived. Director Gareth Edwards wrote it, but it was never filmed.
Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerJohn Boyega left a Rise of Skywalker script in a hotel room, and it turned up on eBay.
XXX: Return of Xander CageXXX: Return of Xander Cage began its public life with a nickname. On the 23rd of August 2015, Vin Diesel told his Instagram followers, "While I was filming xXx, guys on set called me Air Diesel." He added that the time to return had come,…
Avatar (2009 film)Avatar, the 2009 science fiction film from director James Cameron, began with a dream he had when he was 19 years old. In the dream, he saw a bioluminescent forest. Its trees were made of fiber-optic strands, fan lizards moved through the…
Avatar: The Way of WaterAvatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron's 2022 science fiction sequel, contains an underwater scene for which Kate Winslet held her breath for more than seven minutes. That broke the record for a breath hold during a filmed scene, which…
Titanic (1997 film)Rather than cut Titanic, James Cameron gave up his $8 million director's salary.
Star Wars: The Force AwakensIn early drafts of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Luke took over every scene. So he became the one being sought.
Predator: BadlandsPredator: Badlands, a 2025 science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg, asks its audience to follow a Predator rather than flee from one. In a departure from earlier films, the hunter is the hero here and not the threat. His…
Superman (2025 film)Superman, the 2025 film written and directed by James Gunn, has a private detail hidden in its release calendar. The date was chosen because it matches the birthday of Gunn's late father. That personal thread runs through a project that…
Wicked (2024 film)Wicked, the 2024 musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu, drew some unwelcome aerial visitors early in production. Paparazzi flew over the Munchkinland set in Ivinghoe, England, by hang glider, with GoPro cameras strapped to their…
Jurassic World RebirthJurassic World Rebirth begins in 2008 on Île Saint-Hubert, a research island in the Atlantic Ocean. There, the company InGen keeps mutated dinosaurs that its own head considers disturbing. One of them, a six-limbed Tyrannosaurus called…
Thunderbolts*Before Thunderbolts* reached theaters in 2025, its title carried a small asterisk that Marvel Studios refused to explain. Studio president Kevin Feige confirmed in April 2024 that the mark was official. He promised the meaning would be…
Wreck-It RalphThe high score in Wreck-It Ralph secretly spells out Walt Disney's birthdate. The number 120501 means December 5, 1901.
Tron: AresTron: Ares is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Joachim Rønning, and it is built around a countdown of 29 minutes. That is the longest a digital construct can survive in the real world before it disappears. A hidden…
Solo: A Star Wars StoryRon Howard reshot around 70 percent of Solo: A Star Wars Story after taking over.