Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

5 Characters Amazingly Based on Real People

Every story you've ever watched or read includes characters that are, in reality, based on somebody the writer knew. But you'd be surprised to see how totally out of left field the real-life inspirations often are.

Authors: By Jacopo della Quercia
Published: August 05, 2014
Comments: 450

5 Dumb Things Movie Characters Do Only to Advance the Plot

These are the times when the filmmakers are hoping you get so enthralled with the action that you forget how much more easily the whole thing could have been resolved, if somebody hadn't dropped the ball.

Authors: By Robin Warder
Published: July 28, 2014
Comments: 436

5 Amazing Performances by Actors Who Weren't Acting (Part 4)

If you thought being a child actor was rough now... Imagine what it was like before

Authors: By Chris Rio, Aaron Short
Published: July 21, 2014
Comments: 438

The 5 Craziest Ways Famous Actors Got Into Character (Pt. 2)

Here are a few actors who went all out for the part when, in all honesty, they probably could have showed up in their pajamas to read straight from the teleprompter and achieved the same results.

Authors: By P. Chung
Published: July 02, 2014
Comments: 386

5 Insane Pop Culture Questions Answered by Super Fans

These super-nerds are out there right now, crunching the numbers on things that actually matter.

Authors: By Josh Hrala
Published: July 01, 2014
Comments: 763

5 Hit Movies (That Swiped Their Plots)

There are a finite number of stories that can possibly be told, and after a century of moviemaking, filmmakers are bound to start repeating themselves completely by accident.

Authors: By Connor Briggs-Morris
Published: June 24, 2014
Comments: 696

8 Horrifying Movie Props You Won't Believe You Could Buy

Out of their original context, many of these are pure nightmare fuel.

Authors: By Tristan Cooper
Published: June 08, 2014
Comments: 234

The Drunken Wisdom of Harry Potter

Because if LOTR taught us anything, it's that wizards in chemically altered states have all the answers.

Authors: By Michael Swaim, Abe Epperson
Published: June 06, 2014
Comments: 67

5 Unrealistic Movie Plot Twists That Really Happened IRL

Even stranger than when truth is stranger than fiction is when truth is exactly as strange as fiction, right down to the unfeasible little details that would make you roll your eyes and change the channel.

Authors: By Eric Yosomono, Rev. Les Crowley
Published: May 26, 2014
Comments: 337

5 Grossly Inappropriate Jokes Hidden in Children's Cartoons

Cartoon writers have the unenviable task of creating something a toddler will love, without it making mom or the babysitter want to blow their own brains out. Yet some of the stuff they slip past censors is pretty shocking.

Authors: By Matt Pass, Dennis Fulton, Jeetesh, Carolyn Burke, Cole Norton
Published: May 18, 2014
Comments: 949

5 Scrapped Episodes That Almost Ruined Famous TV Shows

You'd be surprised by how close some great TV shows came to destroying themselves with awful storylines.

Authors: By JM McNab
Published: May 13, 2014
Comments: 838

7 Movies Based on a True Story (Are Shockingly Full of Crap)

The following biopics have as much in common with the true events they depict as 'Super Mario Bros.' depicts the day in the life of an Italian plumber.

Authors: By Chris Rio
Published: May 12, 2014
Comments: 697

21 Easter Eggs Hidden in 'Welcome Back, Potter'

They say there's no surer way to ruin a joke than by explaining it. Luckily, I'm terrible at what I do and a complete rebel that no one wants to step to.