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

Critics Consensus: Reinvigorating an ancient adventure with majestic sweep and sterling work by its colossal ensemble, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey imbues myth with primal human feeling.

Synopsis: Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War. Crossing the Mediterranean Sea with his fellow soldiers, they... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson

Directed By: Christopher Nolan

Critics Consensus: A humanistic variation on one of Steven Spielberg's most revisited themes, Disclosure Day's breathless pursuit of optimism in an age of conspiracy gets its biggest boost from career-highlight work by Emily Blunt.

Synopsis: If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson

Directed By: Steven Spielberg

Critics Consensus: By the power of Grayskull and with a little help from its self-deprecating script and spirited cast, Masters of the Universe is a delightful adventure that finds the humanity in He-Man.

Synopsis: In MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, Director Travis Knight brings the legendary franchise back to the big screen in this epic live-action adventure. After being separated... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, James Purefoy

Directed By: Travis Knight

Critics Consensus: Taking an icky conceit and twisting it to deviously crowd-pleasing ends, Obsession is dauntingly disturbing while also skillfully amusing and thrilling.

Synopsis: After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless

Directed By: Curry Barker

Critics Consensus: Perversely funny while giving its quartet of fine actors some of their best material yet, The Invite is a sophisticated farce that reaffirms Olivia Wilde as one of the most exciting filmmakers working today.

Synopsis: Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton

Directed By: Olivia Wilde

Critics Consensus: Jake Johnson gives his all to pickleball in The Dink, a funny and easygoing enough comeback for the sports comedies of yore that leaves it all on the court with ample pizzazz.

Synopsis: Washed up former tennis prodigy Dusty Boyd (Jake Johnson) has been reduced to coaching unruly children at his father Chuck's (Ed Harris) suburban country club.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, Ben Stiller

Directed By: Josh Greenbaum

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A forty-year-old executive hopes to save his flailing career by joining a group of twenty-somethings on a wild three-day bachelor party, after he's inadvertently added... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kevin Hart, Teyana Taylor, Mason Gooding, Marcello Hernández

Directed By: Tim Story

Critics Consensus: Avatar Aang is a glowing continuation of The Last Airbender series, giving audiences an audacious update to their favorite characters while being technically proficient and visually captivating.

Synopsis: Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Eric Nam, Dave Bautista, Jessica Matten, Román Zaragoza

Directed By: Lauren Montgomery

Critics Consensus: A startlingly assured feature debut from director Kane Parsons, Backrooms bends the liminal spaces that have haunted the internet for years into a horror film that's as mesmerizing as it is terrifying.

Synopsis: A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett

Directed By: Kane Parsons

Critics Consensus: The sea calls to no one in this underwhelming new version of Moana, an endeavor that solidifies its animated predecessor as the superior adventure.

Synopsis: In Disney's live-action reimagining of the beloved Oscar®-nominated animated adventure, Moana (Catherine Laga'aia) answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Catherine Laga'aia, Dwayne Johnson, Rena Owen, John Tui

Directed By: Thomas Kail

Critics Consensus: A visually dazzling space odyssey that's carried along effortlessly by the gravitational pull of Ryan Gosling at his most winning, Project Hail Mary is a near-miraculous fusion of smarts and heart.

Synopsis: Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, Lionel Boyce

Directed By: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Critics Consensus: Equal parts bracing and sensitive in its exorcism of the taboo, Blue Film is provocative without being exploitative thanks to phenomenal performances and writer-director Elliot Tuttle's emotional frankness.

Synopsis: Fetish camboy Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore) agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client (Reed Birney), and discovers a disturbing tie to his past.

Starring: Reed Birney, Kieron Moore

Directed By: Elliot Tuttle

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A chilling reimagining of the familiar fable, Pinocchio Unstrung unfolds inside an elite London prep school. Influenced by a sinister Cricket (Robert Englund) and created... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Richard Brake, Robert Englund, Jessica Balmer, Cameron Bell

Directed By: Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Critics Consensus: Motor City's deliberate lack of dialogue occasionally backfires in a story that winds up running on fumes, but a rollicking soundtrack and visual panache soup up the engine enough to deliver a memorable ride.

Synopsis: In 1970s Detroit, a working class romantic is framed by a ruthless gangster after falling for his girlfriend. After years in prison, he returns with... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Alan Ritchson, Shailene Woodley, Ben Foster, Pablo Schreiber

Directed By: Potsy Ponciroli

Critics Consensus: Sébastien Vanicek spills guts with glory in this latest installment of Evil Dead, featuring the meanest, nastiest, and ickiest chapter that is sure to leave fans with a wickedly satisfying Burn for more.

Synopsis: EVIL DEAD BURN unleashes the franchise's most savage and terrifying ride to date, blazing onto big screens with an all-new chapter of carnage and demonic... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan

Directed By: Sébastien Vaniček

Critics Consensus: Intoxicating in style but saddled with pacing that feels like purgatory, Her Private Hell is a take-it-or-leave-it proposition from Nicolas Winding Refn that the unconverted will happily decline.

Synopsis: A troubled young woman searches for her father as a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity. Her quest collides... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Diego Calva, Aoi Yamada, Shiori Kutsuna, Hidetoshi Nishijima

Directed By: Nicolas Winding Refn, Magnus Nordenhof Jønck

Critics Consensus: Spinning a web of spectacular set pieces together with mature emotional stakes and Tom Holland's soulful performance, Brand New Day is a promising reset that portends Spidey will remain sticky on the big screen for years to come.

Synopsis: It's a BRAND NEW DAY for Peter Parker. Fighting crime full-time as Spider-Man in a world that doesn't remember him -- and the pressure of... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Jacob Batalon

Directed By: Destin Daniel Cretton

Critics Consensus: Bountiful in action but threadbare in narrative thrust with its episodic structure, this Star Wars is more of a skirmish that coasts on the charm of its central dynamic duo.

Synopsis: The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, Jonathan Coyne

Directed By: Jon Favreau

Critics Consensus: Drolly funny and sweet as a lamb, The Sheep Detectives is a delightful family entertainment that bundles disarmingly profound themes in a cozy package.

Synopsis: In this witty, new breed of mystery, George (Hugh Jackman) is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun, Emma Thompson, Nicholas Galitzine

Directed By: Kyle Balda

Critics Consensus: Taking a stab at modern horror movies and missing more than it cuts, Scary Movie's self-referential callbacks and tired gags make for a stunted return to what was already a hit-or-miss franchise.

Synopsis: Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, Shorty, Ray, Cindy and Brenda find themselves targeted by another mad slasher.

Starring: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall

Directed By: Mike Tiddes

Critics Consensus: The Minions bring their penchant for mayhem to Hollywood history in this affectionate and charming sendup of moviemaking magic, turning out the franchise's most roundly enjoyable entry yet.

Synopsis: This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Allison Janney, Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg

Directed By: Pierre Coffin

Critics Consensus: Swathing classic themes in the sweltering rhythms of jazz while capturing all the action with crisp clarity, Hadestown: The Musical recreates the Broadway experience with transporting aplomb.

Synopsis: The live theater capture of the hit musical Hadestown, which won eight Tony Awards in 2019 including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Reeve Carney, Andre De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada

Directed By: Brett Sullivan

Critics Consensus: A brawny, entertaining spectacle, but lacking emotional resonance.

Synopsis: While visiting Spartan King Menelaus, Trojan prince Paris falls for Menelaus' wife, Helen and takes her back to Troy. Menelaus' brother, King Agamemnon, having already... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger

Directed By: Wolfgang Petersen

Critics Consensus: Proving that old toys can learn new tricks while reckoning with an era of endless screen time, Toy Story 5 largely sidesteps franchise fatigue by reaffirming that children everywhere still got a friend in these lovable characters.

Synopsis: The toys are back in Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 5," and this time it's Toy meets Tech. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Tony Hale

Directed By: Andrew Stanton

Critics Consensus: Millie Alcock brings a swagger to Kara Zor-El that'd make Krypton proud in this otherwise familiar origin story, dawning a promising new hero in the DCU who's still waiting for an adventure that matches her vigor.

Synopsis: When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Milly Alcock, Jason Momoa, Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley

Directed By: Craig Gillespie

Critics Consensus: Though its muted storytelling keeps it from being the rousing epic it aspires to be, Young Washington delivers its portrait of America's first president with earnest conviction, historical reverence, and rousing battle sequences.

Synopsis: Before he was the Father of a Nation, he was a soldier fighting to survive. A single misstep thrusts young George Washington into the center... View Full Synopsis

Starring: William Franklyn-Miller, Mary-Louise Parker, Ben Kingsley, Andy Serkis

Directed By: Jon Erwin

Critics Consensus: The Furious detonates into a relentless, blood-soaked spectacle of breathtakingly inventive martial arts choreography, with director Kenji Tanigaki delivering a brutal, balletic action extravaganza.

Synopsis: After the daughter of Wang Wei (Xie Miao) is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wei sets... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Enyou Yang, Brian Le

Directed By: Tanigaki Kenji

Critics Consensus: A self-aware slugfest that plays directly to those who know the difference between Fatalities and Babalities, Mortal Kombat II may not be a flawless victory but it's likely the most roundly enjoyable entry in the franchise yet.

Synopsis: From New Line Cinema comes the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, Mortal Kombat II. This time,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson

Directed By: Simon McQuoid

Critics Consensus: While Jaafar Jackson's smooth moves bring the King of Pop to uncanny life, this musical biopic mostly plays like a "greatest hits" album that could've benefitted from including liner notes to give actual insight into the icon.

Synopsis: MICHAEL is the cinematic portrayal of the life and legacy of one of the most influential artists the world has ever known. The film tells... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jaafar Jackson, Miles Teller, Colman Domingo, Nia Long

Directed By: Antoine Fuqua

Critics Consensus: Cooper Hoffman and David Johnsson's soulful performances bring a lot of heart to Stephen King's dystopian tale, making The Long Walk a life-or-death ordeal for its characters but a riveting ride for audiences.

Synopsis: From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King's first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films (Catching... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot

Directed By: Francis Lawrence