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30 Most Popular Movies Right Now: What to Watch In Theaters and Streaming

Discover the top, most popular movies available now, along with what’s stoking early buzz and hype! Across theaters, streaming, and on-demand, these are the movies Rotten Tomatoes users are checking out at this very moment, with Wicked back at #1, hype building for Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, and Moana 2 in its third theatrical week.

Check back for latest updates to the charts, and also take a look at the most popular TV shows out right now!)

#1

Wicked (2024)
Tomatometer icon 88% Popcornmeter icon 95%

#1
Adjusted Score: 111550%
Synopsis: Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway's... [More]
Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater
Directed By: Jon M. Chu

#2

Nosferatu (2024)
Tomatometer icon 94% Popcornmeter icon 0%

#2
Adjusted Score: 99539%
Synopsis: Robert Eggers' NOSFERATU is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with... [More]
Starring: Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Directed By: Robert Eggers

#3

Moana 2 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 62% Popcornmeter icon 87%

#3
Adjusted Score: 75396%
Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios' epic animated musical "Moana 2" takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and... [More]
Starring: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Temuera Morrison
Directed By: David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller

#4

Gladiator II (2024)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#4
Adjusted Score: 94828%
Synopsis: Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the... [More]
Starring: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal
Directed By: Ridley Scott

#5

Juror #2 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 94% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#5
Adjusted Score: 102875%
Synopsis: "Juror #2" follows family man Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) who, while serving as a juror in a high profile murder... [More]
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina
Directed By: Clint Eastwood

#6

Conclave (2024)
Tomatometer icon 93% Popcornmeter icon 86%

#6
Adjusted Score: 110430%
Synopsis: CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events -- selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes)... [More]
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati
Directed By: Edward Berger

#7

Y2K (2024)
Tomatometer icon 45% Popcornmeter icon 50%

#7
Adjusted Score: 49703%
Synopsis: On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves... [More]
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, The Kid LAROI
Directed By: Kyle Mooney

#8

Red One (2024)
Tomatometer icon 30% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#8
Adjusted Score: 40683%
Synopsis: After Santa Claus -- Code Name: RED ONE -- is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must... [More]
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, J.K. Simmons, Lucy Liu
Directed By: Jake Kasdan

#9

The Substance (2024)
Tomatometer icon 90% Popcornmeter icon 75%

#9
Adjusted Score: 112159%
Synopsis: Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this... [More]
Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Hugo Diego Garcia
Directed By: Coralie Fargeat

#10

Subservience (2024)
Tomatometer icon 50% Popcornmeter icon 42%

#10
Adjusted Score: 51086%
Synopsis: Megan Fox stars as Alice, a lifelike artificially intelligent android, who has the ability to take care of any family... [More]
Starring: Megan Fox, Michele Morrone, Madeline Zima, Atanas Srebrev
Directed By: S.K. Dale

#11

Joy (2024)
Tomatometer icon 90% Popcornmeter icon 89%

#11
Adjusted Score: 92616%
Synopsis: Joy tells the remarkable true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world's first 'test-tube-... [More]
Starring: Bill Nighy, James Norton, Thomasin McKenzie, Ella Bruccoleri
Directed By: Ben Taylor

#12

Nightbitch (2024)
Tomatometer icon 57% Popcornmeter icon 68%

#12
Adjusted Score: 67962%
Synopsis: A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom seeking a new chapter in her life and... [More]
Starring: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Ella Thomas, Zoe Chao
Directed By: Marielle Heller

#13
#13
Adjusted Score: 55912%
Synopsis: Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, "The Lord of the Rings: The War... [More]
Starring: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto
Directed By: Kenji Kamiyama

#14

Dear Santa (2024)
Tomatometer icon 20% Popcornmeter icon 43%

#14
Adjusted Score: 20394%
Synopsis: When a young boy mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, a devilish Jack Black... [More]
Starring: Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Post Malone
Directed By: Robert Farrelly

#15

The Order (2024)
Tomatometer icon 89% Popcornmeter icon 89%

#15
Adjusted Score: 95650%
Synopsis: For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and... [More]
Starring: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett
Directed By: Justin Kurzel

#16

Nutcrackers (2024)
Tomatometer icon 44% Popcornmeter icon 51%

#16
Adjusted Score: 46616%
Synopsis: A strait-laced man finds his life suddenly upended when he becomes the caregiver for his rambunctious, orphaned nephews.... [More]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker
Directed By: David Gordon Green

#17

The Return (2024)
Tomatometer icon 77% Popcornmeter icon 76%

#17
Adjusted Score: 79338%
Synopsis: After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has... [More]
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari
Directed By: Uberto Pasolini

#18

That Christmas (2024)
Tomatometer icon 64% Popcornmeter icon 74%

#18
Adjusted Score: 65712%
Synopsis: Based on the charming trilogy of children's books by beloved multi award-winning writer/director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral,... [More]
Starring: Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Bill Nighy
Directed By: Simon Otto

#19

Mary (2024)
Tomatometer icon 27% Popcornmeter icon 40%

#19
Adjusted Score: 20726%
Synopsis: Mary is shunned following an otherworldly conception and forced to flee when Herod's insatiable thirst for power ignites a murderous... [More]
Starring: Noa Cohen, Ido Tako, Anthony Hopkins, Stephanie Nur
Directed By: D.J. Caruso, Gavin Struthers, Tina Kalivas

#20

Werewolves (2024)
Tomatometer icon 51% Popcornmeter icon 44%

#20
Adjusted Score: 52440%
Synopsis: In WEREWOLVES, a supermoon event has triggered a latent gene in every human on the planet, turning anyone who entered... [More]
Starring: Frank Grillo, Katrina Law, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jimmy Cummings
Directed By: Steven C. Miller

#21

Smile 2 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 86% Popcornmeter icon 81%

#21
Adjusted Score: 98909%
Synopsis: About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and... [More]
Starring: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage
Directed By: Parker Finn

#22

Our Little Secret (2024)
Tomatometer icon 38% Popcornmeter icon 55%

#22
Adjusted Score: 39230%
Synopsis: Two resentful exes are forced to spend Christmas under the same roof after discovering that their current partners are siblings.... [More]
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Ian Harding, Kristin Chenoweth, Jonathan Rudnitsky
Directed By: Stephen Herek

#23

Heretic (2024)
Tomatometer icon 91% Popcornmeter icon 77%

#23
Adjusted Score: 107596%
Synopsis: Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by... [More]
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace
Directed By: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

#24

Kraven the Hunter (2024)
Tomatometer icon 15% Popcornmeter icon 72%

#24
Adjusted Score: 21165%
Synopsis: Kraven the Hunter is the action-packed, R-rated, standalone story of how one of Marvel's most iconic villains came to be.... [More]
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola
Directed By: J.C. Chandor

#25

Hot Frosty (2024)
Tomatometer icon 82% Popcornmeter icon 53%

#25
Adjusted Score: 83301%
Synopsis: Two years after losing her husband, Kathy magically brings a handsome snowman to life! Through his naïveté, the snowman helps... [More]
Starring: Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Katy Mixon, Lauren Holly
Directed By: Jerry Ciccoritti

#26

The Piano Lesson (2024)
Tomatometer icon 89% Popcornmeter icon 67%

#26
Adjusted Score: 95998%
Synopsis: Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, The Piano Lesson follows the lives of the Charles... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher
Directed By: Malcolm Washington

#27

The Wild Robot (2024)
Tomatometer icon 97% Popcornmeter icon 98%

#27
Adjusted Score: 112205%
Synopsis: The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot--ROZZUM unit 7134, "Roz" for short -- that is shipwrecked on an... [More]
Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O'Hara, Bill Nighy
Directed By: Christopher Sanders

#28

Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
Tomatometer icon 65% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#28
Adjusted Score: 79857%
Synopsis: Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me To The Moon is a sharp, stylish romantic comedy set against the... [More]
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Jim Rash, Anna Garcia
Directed By: Greg Berlanti

#29
#29
Adjusted Score: 95173%
Synopsis: The Herdmans are absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, they steal, they bully... and... [More]
Starring: Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright, Lauren Graham
Directed By: Dallas Jenkins

#30

Queer (2024)
Tomatometer icon 77% Popcornmeter icon 58%

#30
Adjusted Score: 86505%
Synopsis: 1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City, spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts... [More]
Starring: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville
Directed By: Luca Guadagnino

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