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Entertainment

It's nothing new for a movie to come and go from the public's mind, but these films made such a very specific splash with us. Few people remember that <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movies-we-love-but-everyone-else-forgot/will-morgan-1">these movies even existed</a> at all, let alone came and went, but we promise they were a thing and they honestly weren't that bad.

16 Movies Nobody Remembers But We SWEAR Existed

Film

Jacob Bryant

Watchworthy

Not every good show can be good for its entire run. In fact, some of the most revered shows in the world have some <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/great-tv-shows-with-terrible-final-seasons/alexandra-plesa">real stinker seasons</a>.The valleys make the mountains, though, and maybe these truly awful seasons from these all-time great TV shows made us love the whole even more. That's not going to stop us from taking these weak seasons to task and airing our grievances.

14 Great TV Shows With A Very Bad Season

General

Total Nerd

It's good to be honest and get things off your chest. That's what we're doing here now as we bare our hearts to reveal some of the most beloved <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-space-movies/ranker-film">sci-fi movies</a> of all time that we just cannot stand. Will this earn us <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/bad-sci-fi-movies-that-are-good/jonathan-kantor">some hate</a> comments? Probably. Are we being incredibly brave? Absolutely.Go easy on us.

Beloved Sci-Fi Movies We Actually Hate

Ranking, deconstructing, and thinking about movies based on books, TV shows based on comics, plays based on cartoons, musicals based on toys, etc.

Great Adaptations

Adaptations are just that – <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-based-on-books">adaptations</a> of the source material. That means movie and TV conversions of books are rarely one-to-one and changes are often made. A lot of time the choice in change angers fans of the original source material, but these are just a few times that adaptations made changes for the better.

10 Great Changes Movie And TV Adaptations Made From Their Source Material

It's important to recognize the flaws in the things we love. These excellent <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/hit-comedy-movies-that/jacob-shelton">movies</a> and TV shows can't be perfect, but some of these moments truly aged like milk and it's time we called them on it.

Moments In Great Movies And TV That Aged Horribly

Some times teachers need to phone in a day or week on their class schedule and what better way than rolling in a TV and putting something on for students to watch. Usually the choices are fairly bland but every now and then an enterprising teacher manages to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/funny-educational-videos/thomas-west">sneak in a film</a> that makes borderline sense at best to be viewed for educational purposes. This list honors those brave souls who made questionable choices so we could all have an easy week.

Weird Movies We Can't Believe We Watched In School

While we were all staying safe and locking down during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, movies kept dropping. While some refused to be seen on anything but the big screen, others decided getting dropped on a streamer was a great way to help take people's minds off a scary situation.We caught <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/underrated-movies-2022/mike-mcgranaghan">these movies</a> during the lockdown but years later wished we could have seen them on the big screen as intended.

Movies We Watched During Quarantine We Wished We Saw In Theaters

A look at the best and most underrated in entertainment, music, and sports in 2022.

2022: Wrapping Up

The Best of 2022

So much film and TV content is released year after year that sometimes small, individual moments - in movies and shows both good and bad - get lost in the mix of broader talks about what the overall best stories were that graced our screens. We're here to remind you of some of our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-single-scene-performances/mike-mcgranaghan">favorite scenes</a> and moments this year.

Underrated Moments From Our Favorite Movies And TV Shows In 2022

Underrated Moments From 2022 Movies And TV Shows

Sometimes it's obvious from a trailer or stills that a newly introduced character is going to be a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-characters-of-all-time">fan favorite</a>, but other times characters come completely out of left field or redeem themselves through the season that makes them beloved. These are the characters in movies and TV that we weren't expecting to love as much as we did.

13 Fan Favorite Characters That Came Out Of Nowhere In 2022

While a lot of what is coming out on TV is incredible, there is just <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-returning-tv-shows-2022/molly-gander">so much content</a> that there's no way to see it all. That means there's a lot of solid options that fall by the wayside. These are just some of the great shows you might have missed in 2022 that deserve your attention.

14 TV Shows You Didn't Watch In 2022 But Should Have

TV Program

2022

2022 has been a solid year <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-2022/jason-bancroft">for movies</a> as people began returning to theaters, but there's always room for some surprises and these are the movies that exceeded our expectations – both large and small.

11 Movies That Were Better Than Expected In 2022

172 years before the birth of Daenerys Stormborn, House Targaryen engages in a war of succession to the Iron Throne, known as the "Dance of the Dragons," now airing Sundays on HBO Max. The wait for Season 2 is on.

House of the Dragon

Streaming

The people of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/collections/game-of-thrones-history-and-lore">Westeros</a> are constantly making terrible decisions. They do try their best – at least most of them – but often their eyes are too much on the end game or climbing the political ladder to realize that the short-term choices they make are colossally terrible. These are the worst decisions made throughout the first season of House of the Dragon.

The Objectively Worst Decisions In 'House of the Dragon' Season 1

How do some characters become so lovable? What is it about them that wins over the masses? Are they funny? Do they save the day? Because sometimes <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-hated-tv-characters/matthewcoleweiss">these characters</a> just don't deserve all that love. Past skin deep they aren't as great as the public thinks they are and we're here to call some of them out.

Lovable Movie Characters That We Just Don't Like Very Much

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Seeing a movie much before you should is a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/90s-movies-kids-saw-too-young/mike-mcgranaghan">rite of passage</a> growing up. Some movies though are better to see too early than others, and the ones that we watched left quite a mark – in some cases pushing us away from an entire genre of movies for the rest of our lives.

Movies We Watched As Kids That We Were Definitely Too Young For

Some <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/villains-with-good-points/erin-maxwell">villains</a> make a mark on us from the moment we see them on screen. Often they aren't even that scary but through the eyes of a child things look different and the cream of the villain crop maintain their terror in our heads well into adulthood and continue to scare us to this day. These are those <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movie-villains-of-all-time">villains</a>.

Movie Villains That Scared Us As Kids That Still Scare Us As Adults

Let's face it – some movies just <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/overrated-movies/elle-tharp">don't warrant the hype</a> and celebration they constantly get. Too often critical reviews and nostalgia goggles fog the fact that movies often become beloved without earning it. They get it because someone just decided it should. Well, these are just some of the movies that the vast majority of people believe do no wrong that we just don't like at all.

Beloved Movies We Just Don't Like

Everyone loves a bit of redemption – especially while embarking on a pretty hellish journey. Finding a bright spot in a bad experience is really what it's all about and what these moments are all about. These <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/great-villains-from-mediocre-movies/ryan-izay">not-so-great movies</a> were made just a bit more manageable by the one scene in them that went above and beyond.&nbsp;

Great Scenes In Not-So-Good Movies

A <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-jump-scares-in-horror-movies/christopher-shultz">jump scare</a> is one of the purest things about the moviegoing experience. Everyone does it but some definitely stick with us more than others. Whether it's the severed leg of a recently devoured goat, or a humble hobbit quickly turning into a monster, these are the movie moments that made the Ranker editors jump the hardest.

Ranker Editors Reveal The Hardest They've Ever Jumped At A Movie

Rankings, theories, behind-the-scenes stories, and fun facts about the adventures of Indiana Jones, the archaeologist who can find anything—except the inner-strength to conquer his own fear of snakes.

X Never, Ever Marks the Spot

The term <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/guilty-pleasure-action-movies-that-are-funny/williamsbrianjake">guilty pleasure</a> gets thrown around a lot. It's often a way to somewhat write off liking something more than the general public did. It feels like a cop-out and it sounds like you're shameful of what you like. That's not what we're doing today. Today we're standing proud and saying “these movies are bad but we love them anyway.” No guilt, just love and fun.

10 Pretty Bad Movies That We Secretly Love Anyway

Disney has created a true pantheon of all-time great characters for fans of all ages to fall in love with more during each viewing. All that greatness casts a long shadow though and a lot of other great characters have fallen <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disney-sidekick-fan-theories/charlie-boyle">by the wayside</a> because of it. That ends today. These are some of the truly wonderful animated Disney characters that deserve more love than they got originally.

Underrated Animated Disney Characters That Deserve More Love

Stephen King

On June 19, 1999, horror maestro Stephen King was <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/06/19/on-impact">struck by a van</a> and nearly killed while on his daily walk. The author had already become a massive hit with a staggering number of best-sellers - many of which were adapted into big Hollywood movies - but the accident forced some changes on King.From writing himself and the accident into the final three Dark Tower books (while writing them back-to-back to ensure they were finished) to having to write some initial post-surgery books by hand because he couldn't sit at his desk, these are the ways that fateful day changed the way King wrote his stories.

How Stephen King's Car Accident Affected His Writing

Some characters deserve to be celebrated for how fun they are and deserve to be the subject of tons of merchandise but others just haven't earned it – or more frustratingly they <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjr8sy45sv5AhXtFjQIHe_aAO4QFnoECAgQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ranker.com%2Flist%2Fshows-where-the-main-character-is-the-worst%2Fjosh-plainse&amp;usg=AOvVaw22yqvahDVa-UfAfi34M-Vn">are popular but are actually awful</a>. From secret-keepers to bullies, these characters somehow managed to become beloved while honestly being pretty terrible.

Popular Movie Characters That Are Actually Awful

Cult Following

The idea of a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/cult-movies-and-films/reference">cult movie</a> is up for a bit of personal interpretation, but often it's the crossroads of a movie that never hit it big at the box office or had a flash-in-the-pan popularity before fading into obscurity only to be discovered years later to be beloved. It's a sweet spot kind of movie, and these seemed to have just missed the mark but deserved the status nonetheless. Allow us to make our case.

16 Forgotten Movies That Should Have Been Cult Classics

Underrated

We get hit with the phrase <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/underrated-current-tv-shows/evan-lambert">Peak TV</a> a lot now, but the fact of the matter is that we've always been buried under TV content and because of it a lot of great shows slip through the cracks. Well, we're doing our part to see that come to an end. These shows all <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-10-most-underrated-shows-of-all-time/beausalant">deserved more love</a> when they were on the air and we owe it to them now to track them down on DVD or various streamers and give them a shot. If you're hungry for a new show you could do far far worse than one of these.

TV Shows We Loved That Never Got The Attention They Deserved

Everybody has a pile of movies they watched too early. Sometimes seeing those movies early is a badge of honor among friends, meaning you either braved something your friends couldn't or you learned something that at the time was nothing but myth whispered in hush tones at the playground.Other times, though, you weren't ready for the movie you saw, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dark-kids-movie-details/jonathan-kantor">a scene or two</a> really sticks with you badly. These are just a few of the scenes that rattled us for years and years after we saw them.

12 Movie Scenes That Terrified Us As Kids

Google

Google Maps can be a great thing but sometimes people put a bit too much trust in the GPS app. Reddit&nbsp;users <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/google-maps-secrets/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">revealed the unnerving places</a> that Google Maps <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/81pz44/what_creepy_place_have_you_accidentally_visited/" target="_blank">has led them over the years.</a> From dilapidated homes, to &quot;Cementland,&quot; to encounters with the NSA, it's clear that people should <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/accidents-caused-by-google-maps/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">be focusing</a> on one thing: Using Street View.

People Describe Terrifying Times Google Maps Led Them Into Horror Country

13 Horror Stories of Google Maps Leading People to Scary Places

Deconstructing the final season of Game of Thrones—how it played out, what we all missed, and what could have been. 

Season 8: The End of an Epic

Fantasy

The characters in Game of Thrones are constantly plotting, scheming, and making choices -&nbsp;and sometimes those choices aren&#39;t necessarily&nbsp;the most advantageous. The show&#39;s final season has been filled with countless questionable decisions: why did Jon abandon Ghost? Why was the planning for the Battle of Winterfell so ineffective? Why does anybody trust anybody in Westeros?

We&#39;ve gathered some of the worst decisions made in the final season.&nbsp;Vote up which ones you found the most frustrating.

The Objectively Worst Decisions In 'Game Of Thrones' Season 8

Exploring and ranking everything in HBO's epic fantasy series.

Game of Thrones

Look: since 2011, a lot has happened. Here is some of the stuff you may have forGoTten about. 

The Game of Thrones — So Far

Game Of Thrones Season 8

Winter&nbsp;finally came for Winterfell. After two episodes &ndash; and most of last season &ndash; prepping, the battle between the North and the Night King&#39;s army arrived on Game of Thrones. Fans were simultaneously looking forward to and dreading the battle,&nbsp;knowing full well that many of their favorite characters could be on the chopping block. A fair number of people did drop this week &ndash; though not as many as a lot of people were guessing &ndash; and those weren&#39;t even the biggest parts of the episode.&nbsp;

Between deaths, dragon fights, a major character&#39;s return, and more, the Battle of Winterfell lived up to what it promised and more.&nbsp;

Spoilers Ahead!

Everything That Happened In 'Game Of Thrones' Season 8, Episode 3: The Battle Of Winterfell

Culture

The tender or witty&nbsp;texts between two people in a relationship - sort-of&nbsp;mini love letters&nbsp;-&nbsp;can take a very dark turn when it's all over. A text exchange with&nbsp;an ex, no matter who initiates it, is uncomfortable at best and downright brutal at worst.&nbsp;Most people on the receiving end of such&nbsp;reach-outs simply ignore them&nbsp;- sometimes by renaming the contact helpful hints like &quot;Satan,&quot; &quot;do not respond,&quot; or &quot;assh*le&quot; - but others go above and beyond.Sometimes it's not enough to just ignore an ex's texts, or to never initiate another exchange with an ex. In some cases it's too tempting to&nbsp;call the ex out. These texts, as memorialized on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/textsfromyourex/" target="_blank">textsfromyourex</a>'s Instagram page, are about as brutal as such exchanges can get. Just be warned - they contain some adult language.

Brutal Texts From Exes That Will Make You Laugh And Cry

Revisiting the best, worst, most polarizing episodes ever to grace the small screen.

Unforgettable Episodes

A long-running <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/television-shows-most-episodes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">TV series</a> is often &ndash; though not always &ndash; the sign of a good show and something worth watching. The problem is that after a time the pilot may not be the episode to sell the show that it once was. Pilots often have a lot of responsibilities &ndash; introducing characters, explaining the hook of the series, etc. &ndash; that it&#39;s hard to always walk away with a great episode. An episode later in the run when a show has settled into itself and figured out the stories it really wants to tell can often have a better chance of getting new viewers to stick around than just the pilot.

From <a href="https://www.ranker.com/fact-lists/tv-programs/the-longest-running-tv-shows-of-every-genre" target="_blank">legendary runs</a> like Doctor Who to lauded shows like Sopranos that just might not have stuck after an episode or two, these are the episodes we recommend to get your friends and family hooked on the same great TV you are.

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