Movies & TV
6 Fictional Places You Didn't Know Actually Existed
Part of what makes fantasy and sci-fi appealing is that it's not just a bunch of characters -- it's a whole world. One you want to live in. And while that's not possible, you can come pretty close, because it turns out a lot of these fantasy settings were based on real places.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , David Christopher Bell
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5 Badass Movie Heroes (Who Were Actually Just Really Lucky)
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- By Steve Hanley, Jake Ferretti
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5 Ridiculous Origins of Movie Sound Effects
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- By Oliver Kealey
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6 Insane Batman Villains You Won't See in the Movies
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- By Sean Warhurst
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Horrible Aftermaths Implied By Movies With Happy Endings
It's amazing how you can ruin a movie's perfectly happy ending with a little bit of analysis.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Chris Radomile
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8 Gratuitously Violent Horror Movie Scenes (from the Bible)
More than just occasionally, people in the bible are killed in ways so innovative and gruesome that they could've been filmed as a scene in a slasher movie. And, as we'll show you, some have done exactly that.
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- By Matt Cramer
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5 Characters Who Totally Missed the Moral of Their Own Movie
It's so weird when, on occasion, the good guys of the film seem to let the obvious moral that they themselves helped establish whiff by them as they do EXACTLY what they just taught us to never do.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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The Only 4 Christmas Movies Ever Made (Over and Over Again)
Those holiday classics we'll all be watching today? Paint by numbers.
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- By Matt Gallagher
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6 Horrifying Implications of Classic Christmas Movies
Christmas movies are all about magic, miracles and faith. Except for these six 'family friendly' Christmas films that contain nothing but horror beneath their shiny wrapping paper.
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- By Erik Germ, Chris Abboud
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6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About The Workplace
Writers and directors aren't exactly corporate experts and often don't even know what an average office job is like. That's why they've come up with these weird misunderstandings of how companies work.
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- By Christina H
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The 5 Most Horrifyingly Wasteful Film Shoots
It's obvious Hollywood wants us to think it cares about the fragile environment. But when it comes time to getting just the right shot, wiping out a big hunk of ecosystem is considered a small price to pay.
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- By Kevin Forde
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The Top 8 Everything of 2011 (For Better and Worse)
Sometimes the TV show, movie or video game that best represents a year isn’t necessarily the best show of the year. Cracked.com’s editors are more than happy to tell you why.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 'Based on a True Story' Movies with Unpleasant Epilogues
When Hollywood has exhausted its creativity producing prequels and sequels, it often turns to unbelievable real life events for inspiration. And while not all of these are completely embellished, unfortunately, these amazing stories often have terrible aftermaths that even Hollywood wouldn't dare to film.
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- By Mike Cooney
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Star Wars vs Star Trek: An Objective Analysis
Star Wars is 100X the movie franchise that Star Trek is in all the worst possible categories.
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- By Winston Rowntree
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