Curated playlist

American 4DX films

Project Hail Mary (film)Project Hail Mary begins with a schoolteacher waking from an induced coma in the year 2032, aboard an interstellar spacecraft he has no memory of boarding. His name is Ryland Grace, and he teaches middle school science. He is also the only…
The Mandalorian and GroguHollywood's 2023 labor disputes turned a planned Mandalorian TV season into a movie.
Avengers: DoomsdayAvengers: Doomsday revealed its villain when a masked Doctor Doom removed his mask. Underneath was Robert Downey Jr.
Captain America: Civil WarThe villain of Captain America: Civil War beats the Avengers with patience and a stolen book of trigger words.
Avengers: EndgameAvengers: Endgame opens with Clint Barton losing his family to Thanos's snap. It was moved from Infinity War.
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…
Hoppers (film)Hoppers is a 2026 Pixar film about a college student who puts her mind inside a lifelike robotic beaver. Her plan is to talk with wild animals and rescue their habitat from human destruction. Instead, she accidentally sparks an uprising.…
Spider-Man: No Way HomeSpider-Man: No Way Home drew 355.5 million global views for its first trailer in the first 24 hours. No trailer had drawn more views in such a span. Avengers: Endgame held the old record at 289 million, and the Far From Home trailer had…
Mission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningAt the New York premiere of Mission: Impossible , The Final Reckoning in May 2025, Tom Cruise left no room for doubt about the title. "It's the final! It's not called 'final' for nothing," he said, confirming that this would be his last…
Jaws (film)The broken shark in Jaws made the film scarier. Spielberg had to suggest it with barrels and a fin.
Deadpool & WolverineDeadpool & Wolverine almost went by the title Deadpool & Friend. The name leaked online in February 2024.
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:…
No Time to DieIn a November 2024 interview about No Time to Die, Daniel Craig left no doubt about the fate of his James Bond. "He's dead! How many times do I have to blow him up?" he asked. The 2021 film is the twenty-fifth in the James Bond series and…
The Batman (film)The Batman, a 2022 superhero film directed by Matt Reeves, made its first big impression with a teaser trailer. Shown during a virtual fan event in 2020, the footage drew 34 million views within 24 hours. Commentators called its Gotham…
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.
Titanic (1997 film)Rather than cut Titanic, James Cameron gave up his $8 million director's salary.
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…
The Fantastic Four: First StepsThe Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in 1964 on a world called Earth-828. Crowds are marking four years since a space mission gave four astronauts extraordinary powers. Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm are celebrities…
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…
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesA sports bar chat got two directors the Dungeons & Dragons movie job. They had just left directing The Flash.
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…
Sinners (2025 film)Sinners is a 2025 horror film from the writer, director and producer Ryan Coogler. It opens with someone describing a kind of music 'so pure it can pierce the veil between life and death, past and future.' The film then spends the rest of…
Zootopia 2Zootopia 2, the 2025 animated sequel from Walt Disney Animation Studios, once contained a four-minute scene lifted word for word from The Silence of the Lambs. The scene recreated a famous prison encounter from that thriller. It was cut…
Barbie (film)The film Barbie used up the world's remaining supply of one shade of pink paint. The shade was Pantone 219.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny first left out Marion until Karen Allen wrote a letter.
F1 (film)F1, marketed as F1 the Movie, is a 2025 American sports drama directed by Joseph Kosinski. Brad Pitt plays a Formula One driver who returns after a 30-year absence to rescue his former teammate's underdog team from collapse. Damson Idris,…
A Minecraft MovieA Minecraft Movie arrived in theaters in 2025, and at one screening at Provo Towne Centre in Provo, Utah, audience members hoisted a live chicken into the air. They were promptly ejected from the theater, and videos of the moment spread…
Weapons (2025 film)Weapons is a 2025 American supernatural mystery horror film written and directed by Zach Cregger. Its story begins at 2:17 in the morning on a Wednesday in Maybrook, Pennsylvania. Seventeen children walk out of their front doors and vanish…
Alita: Battle AngelAlita: Battle Angel began as a website address registered around June 2000. The film did not arrive until 2019.