Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

5 Terrible Early Drafts Of Your Favorite Superheroes

'Robert Downey Jr. as Bozo' doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

Authors: By Marina Reimann
Published: June 01, 2016
Comments: 171

6 Movie Characters Whose Names Spoiled Huge Plot Twists

J.K. Rowling wasn't exactly subtle when it came to foreshadowing.

Authors: By Tara Marie, Matt Cowan
Published: May 31, 2016
Comments: 458

Failed TV Shows That (Somehow) Actually Existed

We forced ourselves to watch a whole bunch of nutty stuff for this article.

Authors: By JM McNab
Published: May 29, 2016
Comments: 233

7 Hilariously Perverted Works By Iconic Kids' Cartoonists

Presumably, 'Powerpuff Girls' got picked up only after they entered a clause in the contract specifying that there wouldn't be any tiny mutant orgies in it.

Authors: By Matt Fazio
Published: May 23, 2016
Comments: 320

7 Gaping Flaws In Famous Sci-Fi Movies

(SPOILER FOR THIS ARTICLE: It's full of spoilers.)

Authors: By Chris Radomile
Published: May 20, 2016
Comments: 606

5 Classic Movies With Way Better Insane Foreign Ripoffs

The 'Expendables' is ripoff wall-to-wall karate and machine guns and has virtually no interest in linking events together with a narrative.

Authors: By Raoni Lacerda
Published: May 20, 2016
Comments: 142

6 Specific Reasons Why Superhero Movies Ruined Comic Books

It turns out those gorgeous movie types cosplaying as your favorite ink-and-paper creations are ruining them more than they'll ever know or care about.

Authors: By Jason Iannone
Published: May 19, 2016
Comments: 497

Evil Ideas We Accept In Fantasy Movies (And Nowhere Else)

Beneath the wonder of powerful wizards, heroic sword fights, and enchanted jewelry, fantasy stories encourage some very dark ideas that usually fly right under our radar.

Authors: By Ark Tolei
Published: May 17, 2016
Comments: 874

7 Stars With Wild Off Screen Lives

These stars' off-screen antics were even more unbelievable than anything in their movies.

Authors: By Kathy Benjamin
Published: May 12, 2016
Comments: 299

5 Conspiracy Theories We're Ashamed To Admit Make Sense

Most of the time, conspiracy theories are pretty nuts. But every once in a while, one comes along that seems dangerously plausible.

Authors: By Bryce Riley
Published: May 10, 2016
Comments: 862

8 More Unrealistic Versions Of Movies That Really Happened

By age 30, William McGovern had two doctorates spoke anywhere between 12 and 17 languages, and had spent time exploring the heck out of our planet in ways that should have gotten him killed several times over.