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The Top 100 Classic Sci-Fi Films Ranked & Where to Watch Them

Set your phasers to high as we continue our countdown leading up to our #1 Top retro Sci-fi film

black-and-white image from the 1965 documentary

TCM Gets Into the ‘Olympic Spirit’ With a Marathon of Classic Documentaries About Past Games

On the first day of the 2024 Summer Olympics, TCM gets into the spirit with several famed films about past Games, including Tokyo Olympiad and 16 Days of Glory.

Nosferatu and Radiohead

Radiohead Music & the Silent Film ‘Nosferatu’ Are Being Paired for An Epic Movie Experience

Sounds like a unique experience as R.E.M, Pixies & Pearl Jam may also be getting the same treatment.

Lili-Rose Depp in 'Nosferatu'

‘Nosferatu’ Teaser Trailer Gives Us Our First Glimpse of the Vampiric Villain

Director Robert Eggers brings Count Orlok back to the big screen this Christmas

ALF, Flash Gordon and Nosferatu collage

NECA Unveils Exclusive ALF, Nosferatu, Flash Gordon, & Predator Action Figures For San Diego Comic-Con

Not going to SDCC? Then score one of these bad boys during NECA’s online presale taking place on June 27–28

20 Classic War Films That Continue To Touch Our Hearts & Minds

Sampling of the best wartime movies that continue to thrill, commemorate and inspire.

I'M NO ANGEL, Mae West, 1933

Why Sex Symbol Mae West Went to Prison

Before she was a huge star, she spent some time in prison.

Red Hair Clara Bow, 1928

Who is Silent Film Star Clara Bow? Her Name is a Track on Taylor Swift’s New Album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

She was a silent film star in the 1920s.

a black-and-white 1994 photo of Robert Osborne standing at a lectern and speaking during the launch announcement of Turner Classic Movies in April 1994.

TCM Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary & Original Host Robert Osborne

On April 14, 2024, 30 years to the day since its launch, Turner Classic Movies will air a daylong marathon of movies featuring their original intros from first host Robert Osborne.

AS YOU DESIRE ME, Greta Garbo, portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1932

Greta Garbo Documentary Coming With Previously Unseen Footage

Greta Garbo was a huge Hollywood star until she suddenly decided to retire at age 35.

image of the MGM studio's opening logo during the 1950s, featuring the lion roaring in the center of a circle, around which reads:

TCM Celebrates MGM’s 100th Anniversary in April 2024

The legendary Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio was founded a century ago, on April 17, 1924. Turner Classic Movies is celebrating each Monday in April 2024 with daylong lineups of legendary MGM films from across the various decades of its existence.

POPEYE, Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Wesley Ivan Hurt, 1980,

Another Live-Action ‘Popeye the Sailor Man’ Movie is in the Works

Popeye is coming back to the big screen!

image from the 1994 movie

2024 TCM Classic Film Festival Will Open With 30th Anniversary ‘Pulp Fiction’ Screening

Star John Travolta will be on hand to help celebrate Quentin Tarantino’s classic crime thriller on opening night for the 15th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival in April 2024.

Chicago officials re-enact St. Valentine's Day massacre, the most atrocious in Chicago's history, which was planned in Al (Scarface) Capone's Florida residence

In 1929, Valentine’s Day Was Associated with Violence, Not Love & Romance

Seven people were murdered on this awful day in history.

black and white image from the 1942 movie

Valentine’s Day Publicity Shots of Classic Movie Actresses

Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn, Janet Leigh and several other legendary ladies from 1920s-’60s Hollywood appear in Valentine’s Day-themed studio portraits that will win your heart.

THE BIG SLEEP, from left: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, 1946

Hollywood’s Most Famous & Scandalous Couples of the Golden Age

In Tinseltown, Sometimes The Real Heat Begins After The Director Yells “Cut!”

black and white image from the 11th Academy Awards in 1939. from left to right in the horizontal photo are Fay Bainter, Best Supporting Actress winner for

Day-by-Day Guide to TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar 2024

Check out all of the films, categories and stars featured during the 2024 installment of Turner Classic Movies’ popular 31 Days of Oscar annual programming event.

Popeye Animated Series (Cartoon), 1956-

Popeye, The Spinach-Loving Sailor Turns 95

He is being given an award for helping kids love spinach!

image from the 1964 James Bond movie

100-Plus Memorable Movies With Notable Anniversaries in 2024

Among other things, this year marks the 85th anniversary of the remarkable number of classics produced in 1939, like The Wizard of Oz. And there are plenty of other notable film anniversaries in 2024.

Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse horror movie

Mickey Mouse is Getting a Horror Movie Makeover

The Steamboat Willie version of Mickey will soon haunt your dreams.

Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse 1928

What is Public Domain Day & Why is Mickey Mouse Tangled Up in it?

Learn why Public Domain day is so important.

promotional image from the Library of Congress touting its 2023 selections for preservation in the National Film Registry. It is a collage of images from various selected titles, including Lady and the Tramp, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Home Alone, Desperately Seeking Susan, Terminator 2, Dinner at Eight and Apollo 13.

25 Selections Announced for the 2023 National Film Registry

Among the diverse group of films selected for preservation in 2023 by the Library of Congress are Home Alone, The Nightmare Before Christmas, , Dinner at Eight, Love & Basketball, Desperately Seeking Susan and 12 Years a Slave.

Steamboat Willie, lobbycard, Mickey Mouse, 1928

Disney is About to Lose Rights to 1928’s ‘Steamboat Willie’ Version of Mickey Mouse

What is going to happen to the beloved mouse?

UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 23 1961: Thanksgiving Day is the day when Americans traditionally pause to count their blessing, have a good turkey dinner, and then start looking forward to Christmas. One of the annual highspots is Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The floats, bands and balloons set out from Central Park West at 77th Street, swung down Broadway and ended up at Macy's. Martha Wright, star of

The History of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

It all began in 1924.

HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brad Loree, 2002

Scream Queens: Horror Heroines & Striking Villainesses

Ever since Mary Philbin unmasked Lon Chaney in the 1925 silent film ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ horror films have depended on frightened heroines.

Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926).

The Strange Events Surrounding Magician Harry Houdini’s Death on Halloween Night in 1926

There are many conspiracy theories about what really happened to Houdini.

THE MUMMY, Boris Karloff, 1932

The Mummy: Awakening The Famous Monster’s Most Notable Appearances

The legendary monster has been a cinematic staple for nearly a century.

DISNEYLAND, (aka DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD, aka WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR, aka WALT DISNEY PRESENTS), Mixckey Mouse (in TV), presenting Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Peter Pan, Pinicchio, Lady and the Tramp, The Three Little Pigs, Bambi, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Daisy Duck, Cinderella, Tinkerbell and other characters, ca. 1960

House of Mouse: Collecting The Wonderful World Of Disneyana

The magical animated world Walt Disney created turns 100 today!

image from the 1932 horror movie

Where to Watch Classic Universal Monsters

Find out where you can watch and/or stream movies featuring Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolf Man, the Mummy, the Gill-man and other classic Universal Monsters.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: (EDITORS NOTE: This image has been retouched at the request of Warner Bros. Discovery.) Chip Gaines, Fixer Upper on Magnolia and Joanna Gaines, Fixer Upper on Magnolia attend the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront 2022 arrivals on the red carpet at MSG Studios on May 18, 2022 in New York City

Chip and Joanna Gaines Renovated Historic 1920s Hotel

You can now stay at the gorgeous Hotel 1928 in Texas.