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Graveyard Shift

We are living in an age of television where <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/great-tv-shows-about-21st-century-events/jim-rowley">so many series</a> are being released on a weekly basis on such a wide variety of platforms, it is literally impossible to keep up with all of them. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/underrated-movies-based-on-true-crimes/mike-mcgranaghan">True crime drama</a>, in particular, has become one of the hottest genres around.For every hit like American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson, The Staircase, or Mindhunter, there are a handful of other underrated television dramas based on real-life crimes that fall by the wayside. If you plumb the depths of the genre, you can find something for just about everyone. We hope you're ready to be marveled by some terrifically horrible true crime stories…&nbsp;

Underrated TV Shows About Real-Life Crimes

TV Program

Underrated True Crime TV Shows

T.W. Mitchell

Underrated

Looking back and reflecting on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/underrated-sci-fi-movie-flops/lily-mcelveen">Hollywood flops</a> has become one of the internet's favorite pastimes. If Tinseltown bigwigs can fail while having all the money in the world and talent to spare, the rest of us can put our failures into stark perspective. If one genre has seen its fair share of blockbuster failures over the years, it is the fantasy film.Especially after Lord of the Rings revitalized Hollywood's interest in the genre in the early 2000s, fantasy became a go-to staple of the summer release window. But moviemaking is always a gamble, and sometimes the roll of the dice isn't kind to the studios who put up the capital in the first place. So, go ahead and vote up the underrated fantasy films audiences missed the first time around.

Underrated Fantasy Movies That Flopped At The Box Office

Film

Sci-Fi

Go ahead and Google “the ending of Lost was terrible.” We'll wait for you to come back. That particular ending has become so infamous over the last decade, it's considered to be one of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/great-tv-shows-with-terrible-final-seasons/alexandra-plesa?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">worst TV show endings</a> ever made. Unless you're one of the people who actually like it, that is. That's always the problem with judging a series finale: they're inherently subjective.Having <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/emotional-tv-finales-undone-by-reboots/josh-plainse">an emotional ending</a> might rub some people the wrong way. Going with a downbeat finale is sure to bother just as many viewers. Whatever you do, don't end your show on a massive cliffhanger. That is one way to earn the ire of online fans until the end of time. Put on your nerd goggles, folks, and get ready to vote up the sci-fi series finales that had horrible endings.

Great Sci-Fi TV Series That Had Terrible Endings

90s Music

Though their popularity has waned in recent years, there still is nothing quite like <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movies-with-great-amazing-soundtracks/alyssa-mariano">a solid movie soundtrack</a>. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, major Hollywood movie soundtracks were all the rage. Simply put, if your movie was going to be a success, it needed to have a big-time single and a full soundtrack of crossover hits to go with it.What would the legacy of Batman Forever and Armageddon look like without the power ballad mastery of “Kiss from a Rose” and “I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"? A Night at the Roxbury basically can't even exist without Haddaway's “What Is Love.” And is there anything more quintessentially ‘90s than Vanilla Ice’s “Ninja Rap” from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze? The answer is no. No, there isn't.

14 '90s Movie Songs That Really Take Us Back

Song

Marvel Comics

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is littered with all kinds of characters. You have <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/minor-mcu-characters-who-dont-hold-back/tyler-mitchell">intense minor characters</a>. You have <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-mcu-bystander-characters/tyler-mitchell">memorable bystander characters</a>. You have extremely forgettable characters. Seriously, the franchise's wide-reaching cast runs the gamut. That includes those unique characters we thought we'd never see again.Like Trevor Slattery, the man who pretended to be the Mandarin only to get captured by the Mandarin and return years later. Or Harley Keener, the kid who assisted Tony Stark in Iron Man 3 that only resurfaced to attend the hero's funeral in Avengers: Endgame. Or how about Black Bolt, star of Inhumans, a show so terrible that Marvel basically wants everyone to forget it ever existed? That was a wild one. Get ready to take a trip down memory lane and vote up those long-missing MCU characters you never thought you'd see again.

MCU Characters We Didn't Expect To Come Back Later In The Franchise

Fictional Character

MCU Characters We Didn't Expect To See Again In The Franchise

Superheroes

Plenty of underrated X-Men characters have <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/xmen-characters-missing-from-movies/williamsbrianjake">yet to make an appearance on the big screen</a>. When Marvel Studios finally gets around to bringing the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/non-mutant-x-men-characters/stephanroget">X-Men characters</a> to the MCU, they not only have all the mutants who have shown up in Fox's X-Men film series but all the ones who haven't made the leap yet. You'd think the majority of them would've made the cut over the 13-film franchise, but you'd be wrong. There are so many mutants in Marvel Comics and a great number of them have never graced the multiplex.Mutants like Magneto's daughter, Polaris, and Scott Summers's brother, Gabriel. There are members of the New Mutants, Magma and Karma, who apparently weren't good enough for the New Mutants movie. Supervillains like Mastermind and Exodus have yet to appear while important mutants like Legion, Proteus, and Daken haven't been given the time to shine, either. So get those voting fingers ready, Merry Marvelites, and vote up the mutants you want to see at your local movie theater.

17 Powerful Marvel Mutants Who Haven't Shown Up In Any Movies Yet, But Should

Comic Book Character

17 Mutant Characters Who Haven't Shown Up In Any Movies Yet

Entertainment

Ah, Hollywood certainly loves a reboot. Why come up with something wholly original when you can piggyback on years of fan loyalty by revamping a property to which you already own the rights? It doesn't matter how many <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/franchise-reboots-that-only-lasted-one-movie/jacob-shelton">reboots fail right from the jump</a>, there will always be a dozen more to follow in its wake. Tinseltown's creative bankruptcy simply knows no bounds. Some franchises have even gotten multiple reboots in recent years!After rebooting the uber-popular Spider-Man with the less popular Amazing Spider-Man series, Sony panicked and teamed with Marvel Studios for another rebooted Peter Parker after just two movies. Rob Zombie's rebooted Halloween franchise was shelved in favor of bringing back Jamie Lee Curtis. And remember the 2016 Ghostbusters fiasco? So strap in and vote up those rare reboots that simply had to be rebooted again shortly thereafter.

Movie Reboots That Had To Be Rebooted Again

Sequels

Upping the ante in a ridiculous way isn't always a bad thing. Sometimes you get a genuine “<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/over-the-top-scenes-where-franchises-jumped-the-shark/jacob-shelton">jump the shark</a>” moment, others you just get memorable scenes for audiences to latch onto. Either way, Hollywood has a tendency to go all-out for sequels that makes their original films seem tame in comparison.Like when a Pontiac Fiero goes to space in F9: The Fast Saga or when Jason Statham turns into a massive Kaiju version of himself in Crank: High Voltage. How about that time Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues paid homage to the original's fight scene by cramming more celebrities into the action than the finale of Avengers: Endgame? And the credits sequence of 22 Jump Street is basically a crash course in ridiculous ante-upping. So get those voting fingers ready, and vote up your favorite ways movie sequels have gone just a little bit crazy.

13 Times Movie Sequels Upped The Ante In Ridiculous Ways

Entertainment Franchises

There are numerous reasons for a movie coming out of the oven just a bit underdone. Sometimes <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movies-ruined-by-bad-villains/tyler-mitchell">a mundane villain</a> can ruin the proceedings. Sometimes <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movies-ruined-by-bad-third-acts/tyler-mitchell">a milquetoast final act</a> can make everything a slog. Arguably worst of all, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movies-with-boring-main-character/ryan-izay">a boring protagonist</a> can sabotage the project from the very beginning. As far as sequels go, having a beloved character somehow seem a bit different can stop a movie from recapturing the lost magic.Think of John McClane miraculously becoming unkillable or Pirates of the Caribbean's Barbossa no longer being a villain. Heck, the Fantastic Beasts series has struggled with this specific problem on not one, but two occasions. And the MCU's ho-hum heel turn for Wanda Maximoff ended up being far less interesting in practice than it was on paper. So vote up those film sequels that were held back in some way by a character making some sort of change.

12 Sequels That Were Held Back By One Character Completely Changing

Total Nerd

There really is nothing quite like a bonkers fictional family tree. You know, the kind of extensive fictional family that fandoms love to go ga-ga over. Some franchises bank heavily on viewers caring what happens to each and every member, and most of us fall for it every time, hook, line, and sinker.What would Star Wars be without Anakin Skywalker's widespread family tree? Would the Fast &amp; Furious series be what it is today without the Corona-sipping cohorts of Dom Toretto? Even one-off movies like Encanto can get in on the action. So buckle up for some familial retrospectives and prepare to vote up your favorite pop culture families that truly have a lot going on.

The Most Complicated Franchise Family Trees

The Most Complicated Fictional Family Trees In Movie And TV Franchises

Where certain actors, like Anthony Hopkins and Lawrence Fishburne, arguably play just about the only type of characters they can in the MCU, others haven't been so lucky. While those actors and more are <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/overqualified-mcu-movie-performances/tyler-mitchell">certainly overqualified for their roles</a>, others have simply been wasted on extremely minor characters.Like, Idris Elba did a great job as Heimdall - who is an important character in the comics and plays his role in the movies - but was that the best use of his talent? What about Zachary Levi as Fandral? Or Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha? These thespians and plenty more have essentially been squandered on roles that are beneath their abilities.&nbsp;

14 Great Actors Wasted On Minor MCU Characters

Actor

Special Effects

<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/visually-stunning-movies-that-are-just-bad/jacob-shelton">Sometimes, a gorgeous movie is just bad</a>. It's the way of the moviemaking world. There are so many moving parts in film production, where hundreds and hundreds of people can be working on the same project for multiple years at a time, that the final product isn't up to snuff. There's nothing wrong with that! We're all human. Even the best and brightest screw up sometimes.Sometimes, not-so-great movies can have incredible special effects. Like, is anyone out there fighting the good fight for the Transformers film franchise? No, but those movies have some truly mind-blowing CGI, don't they? John Carter is one of the most infamous flops in Hollywood history, but those aliens look amazing. Eternals isn't up to Marvel Studios' usual standard, but doesn't it look great? So vote up those movies that aren't so great despite having some truly great special effects.

Great Special Effects In Not-So-Great Movies

Bad Movies With Good Special Effects

There is nothing quite like having <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-heroes-whose-plans-failed/shane-fraser">a great plan completely fall apart</a>. Although, performing a good deed and having it backfire in your face is a close second. The price for being a good person can be quite high if things don't fall your way.For example, Mr. Incredible saves a guy from assured death at the beginning of The Incredibles. What a nice thing for him to do! Except, that guy didn't want to be saved and ended up suing Mr. Incredible, starting a chain of events that led to all superheroes being banned across America. Talk about very much doing the right thing only to have it explode in your face and then some. So get ready to feel bad for some good people as we run through some memorable moments where heroes performed a good deed only for it to turn sour for them almost immediately.

14 Times Heroes Did The Right Thing And It Backfired

14 Times Heroes' Good Deeds Backfired

It's not easy to make blockbuster after blockbuster after blockbuster and keep raising the stakes. At some point, diminishing returns have to be expected. As such, entirely new threats have to be introduced out of nowhere simply to make new movies possible. Having a plan of numerous films down the line leading up to one overarching big bad just isn't economically or creatively feasible… at least <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sequels-that-did-characters-dirty/jacob-shelton">it isn't most of the time</a>.This is how we end up with sequels pulling new villains <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/over-the-top-scenes-where-franchises-jumped-the-shark/jacob-shelton">seemingly from the ether</a>. We need a new, non-Kylo Ren villain for The Rise of Skywalker (for some reason). Okay, Palpatine's back! Who are we going to get as the big threat for Terminator: Dark Fate now that Skynet is dead? We'll do a new AI that does the same exact thing as Skynet called Legion! Dinosaurs are so passe now, can't we add something new for Jurassic World: Dominion? Yeah, big locusts! All of these and more are waiting for you to scroll down and remember just how weird it was to have them show up in the first place.

12 Franchises That Add A Completely New Threat Out Of Nowhere

12 Franchises That Add A Completely New Threat

Fails

A <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/box-office-flops-2010s/eric-vega">box-office flop</a> is nothing new. Some so-called failures even made <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/notorious-flops-that-made-money/nathan-gibson">a pretty good amount of money</a> when all things are considered. But not all flops are created equal, and there are more than a few that ended up poisoning entire genres with their putrid stench.Like when 1995's Cutthroat Island killed off swashbuckling adventures altogether or when 1997's Batman &amp; Robin stopped Warner Bros. from making any DC Comics films for a long time while Marvel movies were raking in the cash. All it takes is one truly revolting bomb to put Tinseltown into panic mode. So, scroll on down and vote up the movies that effectively buried movie genres with their awfulness.

15 Movies That Poisoned Entire Genres

15 Movies That Killed Entire Genres

In a town as creatively bankrupt as Hollywood, no genre is dead forever. All you need is the right series of events leading to a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/classic-hit-movies-filmmakers-thought-would-flop/anncasano">box-office smash</a> that revitalizes an entire style of film. Swashbuckling pirate adventures had been dead for years, then Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl came along and rocked the world. High fantasy was a genre Hollywood never cared about until The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring raked in money and Academy Awards. Zombies would still be slow-moving shamblers whose heyday was the 1970s if 28 Days Later hadn't come along and resuscitated the entire horror subgenre.Tinseltown is always looking for the easiest way to make a buck and once a movie has become a massive success, it is <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/popular-movies-box-office-flops/kelly-patrick">rife for the mimicking</a>. So vote up your favorite films that came out of nowhere to give long-dormant genres a fresh breath of life.

14 Movies That Brought Genres Back From The Dead

Lists all about the high speed action franchise, including its first spin-off, Hobbs & Shaw.

The Fast and the Furious

Fast and Furious Franchise

Like any Hollywood franchise, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/fast-and-furious-trivia-facts/coy-jandreau">the Fast &amp; Furious series</a> has plenty of errors for fans to pick out. And we're not just talking about continuity errors or <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/fast-and-furious-plot-holes/jim-jacobi">plot holes</a> here, but actual scientific inaccuracies a lot of people wouldn't even notice at first glance. These are big, dumb action movies, after all, so does it really matter all that much? As long as people go home entertained, science can be flubbed in major ways.Like that time in The Fate of the Furious where Charlize Theron's team of hackers took over dozens of cars at one time. Or when Dom Toretto used giant magnets to repel cars in F9. Or, going back to the beginning, how a Honda Civic can't actually fit under a standard semi-truck trailer. Get your fact-checking glasses on everyone, we're going through some of the big mistakes the Fast &amp; Furious franchise has made.&nbsp;

12 Things The 'Fast & Furious' Franchise Gets Wrong About Cars

General

Part of the fun of watching family-friendly sitcoms is feeling like you're a member of said family. You get to relate to the kids, you get to laugh at the hijinks, and you get to compare the parents to your own! So much fun to be had, all-around! Throughout the years, actors like Andy Griffith and John Goodman have become synonymous with “wholesome TV dad” while also having diverse careers that go directly against this kind of image.Think of Kurtwood Smith of That '70s Show fame starring as a murderer in RoboCop. Or William Russ, the middle-class dad from Boy Meets World, as a racist fireman in American History X. What about Milo Ventimiglia from This is Us as a character named “Rick Rape” in Gamer? Get ready to shatter the wholesome images you have of sitcom dads as we run through the ones who have convincingly played cold-blooded movie villains as well.

Wholesome TV Dads Who Played Cold-Blooded Movie Villains

What Batman villains deserve solo movies? It's become the latest superhero movie trend, after all. Every time you turn around, Marvel Studios or Warner Bros. is releasing something along the lines of Joker, Venom, Black Adam, or Morbius. The Suicide Squad, a team of supervillains, was essentially rebooted in a five-year period! If Warner Bros. truly is going to go hog-wild with DC films and start making a bunch of villain movies, there is no <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-modern-batman-villains/stephanroget">better rogues' gallery than the Dark Knight's</a>.There is no doubt that he has the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/batman-villain-fan-theories/loren-o_connell">best cadre of baddies</a> in comic books, rivaled only by Spider-Man's colorful cast of antagonists. From classic characters like Joker and Catwoman - who have already gotten their own films - to newer additions like Hush and the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/court-of-owls-batman-adaptation/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Court of Owls</a>, the Caped Crusader has a Rolodex of villains that just keeps going and going. Of course, not all of them can carry their own feature film. That's why we're here to run through the brigands and bandits who deserve their own movie outside of the confines a Bat-flick usually requires. So vote up the lawbreakers you want to see lead a story on the big screen.

12 Batman Villains Who Deserve Their Own Movies

12 Batman Villains Who Deserve Their Own Movie

As opposed to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/cold-blooded-movie-villains-that-actually-existed/williamsbrianjake">evil movie villains that actually existed</a>, sometimes filmmakers have to invent their own baddies for audiences to jeer at. Even if a movie is based around a particular war, it can be easier to create a villain from scratch instead of using a real-life personality. Sometimes that takes the form of an amalgamation of people and sometimes it can be an antagonist who has no basis in reality at all.For example, Pilou Asbæk's Wafner from Overlord was invented for his particular WWII movie because, well, he ends up becoming a superpowered Nazi-zombie of sorts. On the other hand, Jason Isaacs's Colonel William Tavington from The Patriot was based on the actions of Colonel Banastre Tarleton, but the most heinous things Tavington does in the movie - like burn an entire town to death in a locked church - are completely made up. Sometimes, a villain is simply too evil to be real.

The Most Evil Villains Invented For War Movies

Evil Villains Invented For War Movies

<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/visually-amazing-anime-fights-underrated/anna-lindwasser?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Animated fight scenes</a>, of either the film or television variety, rarely get the kudos their live-action counterparts do. Why is that? They're often times <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/genre-parodies-better-than-original/williamsbrianjake">more emotionally resonant</a> and technically impressive than anything you'd see in a live-action project. They're not usually restricted by traditional constraints like budget and concern for the actors' well-being. And we all like to see <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-villains-defeated-without-a-fight/tyler-mitchell">villains get their comeuppance</a> no matter the movie!Let's just show the animated fight scenes some love, people! Animated series like Samurai Jack and Avatar: The Last Airbender have memorable battles at the core of their storytelling. Superhero flicks like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The Lego Batman Movie prove that animated comic book films can stand tall when compared to the live-action blockbusters put out on a yearly basis. And the die-hard Star Wars fans out there will tell you straight up that the animated Ahsoka-Vader and Maul-Palpatine fights easily rival any lightsaber duel put to film.&nbsp;

15 Animated Fight Scenes That Are Just As Good As Live Action

80s Movies

When you've been around as long as Walt Disney Productions has and you've released as many films as the industry titan has, there are bound to be a<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/underrated-disney-animal-sidekicks/jessica-bedewi"> few underseen gems</a> in the mix. Even in the doldrums of the 1980s, a decade where the Walt Disney Company scrambled to survive and ended up bringing Michael Eisner and Frank Wells on board to save the House of Mouse, there are more than a handful of movies that have become underseen cult hits over the years.Whether it is the big-budget animation of not-quite-classics such as The Black Cauldron and The Great Mouse Detective or <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/small-details-underrated-princesses/tpetersccc">underappreciated films</a> forgotten to time like The Journey of Natty Gann and Never Cry Wolf, there is something for everyone here. Want an adventure film? There's Dragonslayer. Supernatural horror? Something Wicked This Way Comes fits the bill. Need a musical? Oliver &amp; Company has Billy Joel and Bette Midler! So vote up the Disney flicks you remember loving from yesteryear you think modern audiences should check out.

Underrated '80s Disney Movies That Really Take Us Back

Underrated '80s Disney Movies That Are Worth Checking Out

Zack Snyder

If there is anything that goes along with Zack Snyder's signature style, it is grisly violence. They simply go hand in hand. There is something about oversaturated slow-motion filmmaking that lends itself to savage imagery. And it's hard to say Snyder hasn't made a name for himself on the back of brutality that would feel at home in a Mortal Kombat video game. After all, what would Dawn of the Dead and 300, the two films that put him on the map, be without all the blood and guts?With all of this in mind, now is as good a time as any to run through some of the most ruthless and violent moments the director has put on film. From a zombie being blown to absolute bits in Army of the Dead to Doctor Manhattan disintegrating Vietnamese soldiers in Watchmen, here are some <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/zack-snyder-movie-details/jonathan-kantor">Zack Snyder moments</a> that simply make you wince in your seat.

The 14 Grisliest Moments In Zack Snyder Movies

Everybody loves major heroes like Captain America and Iron Man, but there are plenty of beloved <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mcu-characters-not-from-the-comics/stephanroget">MCU characters</a> who only show up in one movie. One-off characters give some special flair to an MCU project and make each film feel a little bit different. Seeing as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is adding multiple films and television shows every year, having some <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-mcu-bystander-characters/tyler-mitchell">unique characters</a> that don't keep showing up on a regular basis is pretty important.Whether it's Skurge in Thor: Ragnarok with his collection of Earth oddities and eventual turn against Hela or Abraham Erskine in Captain America: <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/captain-america-movies-bts-facts/jonathan-kantor?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The First Avenger</a> putting his faith in Steve Rogers, the following one-off MCU characters have left an indelible mark on the franchise over the years. Some of them should even make a return appearance in the MCU sometime in the future!

12 One-Off MCU Characters That Left A Lasting Impact

12 MCU Characters Who Only Appear In One Film

Who said war movies had to have violence to be great? A nonviolent movie can be just as riveting as one caked with graphic mayhem. It's not like blood and guts are enough to make a film good in the first place. All you need for a <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-underrated-war-movies/mike-mcgranaghan">great war movie</a> is a riveting story set during wartime, buoyed by a fantastic production team and a stellar cast. That's all! Easy-peasy, right?Just like great <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/action-movies-where-no-one-dies/williamsbrianjake">action movies where no one actually dies</a>, you can have a great war movie with little to no violence at all. Movies like Casablanca, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and The Great Escape have become bona-fide classic war films with almost no violence in them whatsoever. In recent years, awards darlings like The Imitation Game, Lincoln, and Darkest Hour have proven to be just as exciting as movies set on the battlefield. Also, war comedies like M*A*S*H, Jojo Rabbit, and Biloxi Blues all prove you can make a solid wartime movie with humor instead of fighting.

Great War Movies With Hardly Any Violence In Them

Get to know the charming people inside the super suits across the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Actors Who Make Marvel

Have you ever been sitting in a movie theater, watching the latest Marvel film, thinking&nbsp;to yourself, "Wow, that actor is too good for the MCU"? Same here. The MCU&nbsp;is certainly deserving of great actors, but many of its films introduce some top notch casting choices that make you do a double take, even if they do deliver amazing performances that add to the films. Nevertheless, sometimes the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/overqualified-nerd-franchise-icons/jake-williams">actors seem overqualified</a> for their roles.&nbsp;Vote up the actors who go above and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/overqualified-dc-movie-performances/jake-williams">beyond what you might expect from a superhero film</a>.

The Most Overqualified Performances In The MCU

The Boys Season 3 is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

The Boys

The Boys (Amazon Video)

As messed up as the&nbsp;television show can be at times, the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-gruesome-ends-in-the-boys-show/linda-meyers" target="_blank">darkest scene from&nbsp;The Boys</a> holds no candle to the disturbing sights seen in&nbsp;comic book series. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/homelander-most-messed-up-moments/joshualee" target="_blank">Homelander</a>, Butcher, and the rest of the characters get up to some truly heinous acts that make The Boys&nbsp;comics disturbing even for readers with the stiffest spines. Suffice it to say,&nbsp;The Boys&nbsp;isn&#39;t a comic book for children.

Do you want to see a superhero with a&nbsp;hamster-sized secret&nbsp;living in their body?&nbsp;The Boys&nbsp;has you covered. Perhaps you&#39;re looking for monkeys that enjoy copulating with ears?&nbsp;The Boys&nbsp;is here for you. In the mood to see a pizza topped with a dude&#39;s face? Hey,&nbsp;The Boys&nbsp;has a lockdown on that department as well. It goes without saying, be prepared for some NSFW content below with this rundown of the most messed up moments in the comic book version of&nbsp;The Boys.&nbsp;

The Most Messed Up Moments In The Comic Book Version Of ‘The Boys’

The Most Messed Up Moments In 'The Boys' Comic Books

Lists about films, TV series, novels & series, anime, and other media that explore imaginary universes and the characters and forces that live inside them.

What's Your Fantasy?

Fantasy

A major aspect of any memorable&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-dark-fantasy-movies/ranker-film" target="_blank">fantasy film</a> is the world&nbsp;ruled by a seemingly all-powerful evil. For example,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/willow-lord-of-the-rings/zack-howe" target="_blank">The Lord of the Rings</a>&nbsp;has the Dark Lord&nbsp;Sauron. What would Tolkien&#39;s work be without such an iconic looming threat? But everyone knows&nbsp;The Lord of the Rings. It&#39;s&nbsp;only one of the most important film franchises of all time. There are plenty of other, smaller fantasy films that utilize calamitous leaders and evil kings as antagonists&nbsp;gliding by just under the radar.

You won&#39;t be surprised to learn that many of these films were released in the 1980s - do&nbsp;Willow,&nbsp;The Dark Crystal, and&nbsp;Legend&nbsp;ring any bells? - but we do have some newer films waiting in the wings, as well. Some are box-office bombs, some are animated features, and some make no sense from the start. One thing is for sure: All of the films waiting for you down below are underrated pictures that are worth some discussion.&nbsp;

Underrated Fantasy Movies Set In A Land Ruled By Evil

Superhero & Comic Book Movies

With plenty of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/funniest-spiderman-lines/ranker-comics" target="_blank">comic book inspiration</a> to draw from, the Marvel Cinematic Universe offers up loads of laughs to go along with the seemingly unending amount of action they continue to provide on the big screen. The screenwriters who have worked on Marvel Studios films have seen fit to add plenty of MCU jokes and Marvel puns throughout the last decade of dominance.&nbsp;

Whether it&#39;s a witticism from the hyperverbal mouth of Tony Stark, a deadpan joke from Black Widow, or some innocuous innuendo from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, there always seems to be enough giggles to go around. Get ready to roll your eyes and chuckle under your breath&nbsp;at some good, old-fashioned wordplay.

The Most Heroic Puns In The MCU

The Most Heroic Of Marvel's Puns In The MCU, Ranked

Are we the only intelligent lifeforms in the entire universe? Probably not. Exploring the unknown worlds, motives, and visits of extraterrestrial life and UFOs.

Aliens.

Alien invasion movies are a dime a dozen. And for good reason! It is a genre that has been around for decades, and it isn&#39;t going anywhere soon. It seems like superheroes are always fending off the armies of some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-the-seven-steps-to-contact/laura-allan" target="_blank">extraterrestrial</a> foe, and some of the biggest films in history have been centered around visitors from outer space - hello,&nbsp;Independence Day. But there are plenty of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-alien-invasion-movies-list/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">alien invasion films</a> that don&#39;t necessarily get the plaudits they deserve due to a variety of reasons.

This list runs the gamut from big-budget flops like&nbsp;Cowboys &amp; Aliens&nbsp;to B-movie cult hits like&nbsp;Killer Klowns from Outer Space. We&#39;ve got Netflix fare such as&nbsp;Extinction&nbsp;and black comedies like&nbsp;Slither. There is something for everyone here as we run through some of the most underrated sci-fi movies where humanity has to stick it to invaders from another world.

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