Cracked Archive - Movies & TV

4 Supporting Characters That Deserve Their Own Movies

There are a fair few characters who have practically no chance at all to ever feature in a movie of their own, despite the fact that they could totally carry one.

By Pauli Poisuo
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January 11, 2015

4 Embarrassing Moments From the Worst New Year's Countdown

Don't believe something as benign as a New Year's Eve countdown show could have been such a monumental spectacle of failure? Well, let's lay out all the evidence I've collected.

By Luis Prada
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January 09, 2015

5 Reasons Great Directors Eventually Make a Bad Movie

Why do formerly great directors decline into shit? The answers are probably a lot more simple than we think.

By Daniel Dockery
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January 08, 2015

5 Annoying Ways Trailers Trick You Into Seeing Movies

The people making trailers actually have really good reasons for making everything so painfully repetitive.

By J.F. Sargent
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January 06, 2015

6 American Characters In Foreign Films (Tested for Accuracy)

Next time you're traveling overseas, you might be compared to the people in these movies.

By C. Coville
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January 03, 2015

5 Stupid Movie Genres (And Why They're Popular)

There are matters of psychology and shit at work.

By Felix Clay
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January 03, 2015

5 Classic Shows You Had No Idea Had (Terrible) Sequels

Sequels fail nearly as often as they're greenlit, which explains why I was surprised to find that some of TVs most iconic shows were given sequels that should never have been made.

By Luis Prada
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December 30, 2014

4 Depressing Epilogues to Popular Reality Shows

Get ready for the saddest part of your day, whole Internet.

By Daniel Dockery
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December 28, 2014

4 Reasons Holiday Specials Have Ruined Our Childhoods

I realized that the very movies I religiously watch every year during the holidays are actually kind of messed up.

By Cher Martinetti
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December 24, 2014

4 Christopher Nolan Movies No Other Director Could Have Made

You know the drill -- spoiler alert and all that.

By Gladstone
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December 21, 2014

4 Christmas Movies That Get More Praise Than They Deserve

Christmas is here, and that means it's time to watch some terrible movies!

By Adam Tod Brown
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December 19, 2014

9 Famous Movies That Have Cooler Titles in Foreign Countries

Translating titles isn't as easy as it looks, and sometimes the results are hilariously amazing.

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By Micky McMichaelson
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December 19, 2014

5 Movie Series That Ended Up Awesome (After Terrible Starts)

The following are rare examples of series that would eventually turn great but that started off as pathetic experiments.

By Daniel Dockery
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December 18, 2014

The Worst Christmas Movie Ever (Viewed 12 Times in a Row)

Allowing for some imaginary commercial breaks where my brain hawked products I don't use, I sat in front of my screen for 24 hours, because that couldn't possibly be a terrible idea.