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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! Across theaters, streaming, and on-demand, these are the movies Rotten Tomatoes users are checking out at this very moment, including A Quiet Place: Day One, Horizon: An American Saga (starring and directed by Kevin Costner), Pixar‘s Inside Out 2, The Bikeriders (starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy), and A Family Affair.

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#1
#1
Adjusted Score: 103020%
Critics Consensus: Grounded in raw humanity by Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn, this sideways entry into A Quiet Place finds fresh notes of fright to play amongst the silence.
Synopsis: Experience the day the world went quiet.... [More]
Starring: Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou
Directed By: Michael Sarnoski

#2
#2
Adjusted Score: 53799%
Critics Consensus: Kevin Costner doesn't lack for ambition as he sketches this frontier saga across the widest of canvases, but Horizon's first chapter proves too diffuse in scope for it to satisfy as a self-contained endeavor.
Synopsis: Families, friends and foes discover the lure of the Old West as the Civil War divides the country.... [More]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone
Directed By: Kevin Costner

#3

Inside Out 2 (2024)
90%

#3
Adjusted Score: 109778%
Critics Consensus: Spicing things up with the wrinkle of teenage angst, Inside Out 2 clears the head and warms the heart by living up to its predecessor's emotional intelligence.
Synopsis: The little voices inside Riley's head know her inside and out--but next summer, everything changes when Disney and Pixar's Inside... [More]
Starring: Amy Poehler, Kensington Tallman, Maya Hawke, Lilimar
Directed By: Kelsey Mann

#4

The Bikeriders (2023)
81%

#4
Adjusted Score: 93890%
Critics Consensus: Fueled by a charismatic cast and the gritty authenticity of writer-director Jeff Nichols' approach, The Bikeriders offers a conventional yet impactful look at motorcycle culture.
Synopsis: THE BIKERIDERS captures a rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at... [More]
Starring: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist
Directed By: Jeff Nichols

#5

A Family Affair (2024)
40%

#5
Adjusted Score: 45138%
Critics Consensus: Despite Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman's welcome return to rom-com territory, A Family Affair squabbles with its own tonality too much to elevate its litany of clichés.
Synopsis: A surprising romance kicks off comic consequences for a young woman, her mother and her movie star boss as they... [More]
Starring: Joey King, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Kathy Bates
Directed By: Richard LaGravenese

#6

Longlegs (2024)
100%

#6
Adjusted Score: 100405%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to... [More]
Starring: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Alicia Witt, Erin Boyes
Directed By: Oz Perkins

#7
#7
Adjusted Score: 87824%
Critics Consensus: A cold-hearted triptych brimming with caustic wit, Kinds of Kindness is Yorgos Lanthimos at his most misanthropic -- and bitingly funny.
Synopsis: KINDS OF KINDNESS is a triptych fable, following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own... [More]
Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley
Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos

#8
#8
Adjusted Score: 118155%
Critics Consensus: Retroactively enriching Fury Road with greater emotional heft if not quite matching it in propulsive throttle, Furiosa is another glorious swerve in mastermind George Miller's breathless race towards cinematic Valhalla.
Synopsis: Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led... [More]
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne
Directed By: George Miller

#9

Hit Man (2023)
95%

#9
Adjusted Score: 111044%
Critics Consensus: A deceptively dark thriller that's also loaded with laughs, Hit Man is an outstanding showcase for leading man Glen Powell -- and one of the most purely entertaining films of Richard Linklater's career.
Synopsis: Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater's sunlit neo-noir stars Glen Powell as strait-laced professor Gary Johnson, who moonlights as a fake hit... [More]
Starring: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta
Directed By: Richard Linklater

#10

Trigger Warning (2024)
19%

#10
Adjusted Score: 21106%
Critics Consensus: Trigger Warning sure packs a punch when doling out clichés and dialing up the snooze fest.
Synopsis: Special Forces commando Parker (Jessica Alba) is on active duty overseas when she gets called back to her hometown with... [More]
Starring: Jessica Alba, Mark Webber, Anthony Michael Hall, Alejandro De Hoyos
Directed By: Mouly Surya

#11

Thelma (2024)
99%

#11
Adjusted Score: 108574%
Critics Consensus: A stellar showcase for the talented June Squibb, Thelma avoids cheap laughs as it finds the lighter side of some serious issues.
Synopsis: Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin's own grandmother, THELMA puts a clever spin on movies like MISSION:... [More]
Starring: June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey
Directed By: Josh Margolin

#12

Despicable Me 4 (2024)
53%

#12
Adjusted Score: 59616%
Critics Consensus: Fast paced and teeming with slapstick gags, Despicable Me 4 is as overstuffed as a piñata but full of enough candy to give audiences an enjoyable sugar rush.
Synopsis: In the first Despicable Me movie in seven years, Gru, the world's favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League-agent, returns for an exciting, bold... [More]
Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Pierre Coffin
Directed By: Chris Renaud

#13

The Fall Guy (2024)
81%

#13
Adjusted Score: 106250%
Critics Consensus: With action, comedy, romance, and a pair of marvelously matched stars, The Fall Guy might be the rare mainstream movie with something to entertain everyone.
Synopsis: He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and... [More]
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stephanie Hsu
Directed By: David Leitch

#14

IF (2024)
49%

#14
Adjusted Score: 62345%
Critics Consensus: A sweet ode to rediscovering one's inner child, IF largely works as old-fashioned family entertainment despite an occasionally unfocused and unnecessarily complicated plot.
Synopsis: From writer and director John Krasinski, IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone's imaginary friends... [More]
Starring: Emily Blunt, Ryan Reynolds, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt
Directed By: John Krasinski

#15

The Watchers (2024)
32%

#15
Adjusted Score: 43423%
Critics Consensus: Heavy on eerie mood but undone by an obtuse script, The Watchers can only hold the gaze for so long before tedium sets in.
Synopsis: The Watchers follows Mina, a 28-year old artist who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When... [More]
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré, Oliver Finnegan
Directed By: Ishana Shyamalan

#16

Kalki 2898 AD (2024)
81%

#16
Adjusted Score: 81991%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In a future ruled by elites who revel in absolute luxury while leaving the rest of the world in darkness,... [More]
Starring: Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Kamal Hassan, Deepika Padukone
Directed By: Nag Ashwin

#17

Inside Out (2015)
98%

#17
Adjusted Score: 117065%
Critics Consensus: Inventive, gorgeously animated, and powerfully moving, Inside Out is another outstanding addition to the Pixar library of modern animated classics.
Synopsis: Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) is a happy, hockey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern girl, but her world turns upside-down when she and her parents... [More]
Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader
Directed By: Pete Docter

#18

Daddio (2023)
77%

#18
Adjusted Score: 81580%
Critics Consensus: A ruminative chamber piece on wheels, Daddio feels expansive thanks to Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn's compelling rapport.
Synopsis: New York City. JFK airport. A young woman jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi, the cabbie throws the... [More]
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Sean Penn, Marcos A. Gonzalez, Shannon Gannon
Directed By: Christy Hall

#19

Civil War (2024)
81%

#19
Adjusted Score: 107729%
Critics Consensus: Tough and unsettling by design, Civil War is a gripping close-up look at the violent uncertainty of life in a nation in crisis.
Synopsis: From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they... [More]
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen Henderson
Directed By: Alex Garland

#20
#20
Adjusted Score: 80155%
Critics Consensus: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence remain good company even when Bad Boys strains to up the ante, proving there's still life left in this high-octane franchise.
Synopsis: This Summer, the world's favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy... [More]
Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig
Directed By: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

#21
#21
Adjusted Score: 96310%
Critics Consensus: With a distinctive visual aesthetic that enhances its emotionally resonant narrative, I Saw the TV Glow further establishes writer-director Jane Schoenbrun as a rising talent.
Synopsis: Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a... [More]
Starring: Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ian Foreman, Lindsey Jordan
Directed By: Jane Schoenbrun

#22

The Exorcism (2024)
28%

#22
Adjusted Score: 35060%
Critics Consensus: The power of Crowe compels up to a point in this metatextual riff on the possession genre, but The Exorcism's greatest sin is ultimately falling back on clichés.
Synopsis: Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe stars as Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror... [More]
Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey
Directed By: Joshua John Miller

#23

I Am: Celine Dion (2024)
100%

#23
Adjusted Score: 101584%
Critics Consensus: Cutting through cliché with an earnest and open closet of vulnerability, I Am is a moving portrait of resilience, proving that Celine Dion will go on.
Synopsis: Directed by Academy Award nominee Irene Taylor, I AM: CELINE DION gives us a raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at... [More]
Starring: Céline Dion
Directed By: Irene Taylor

#24

A Quiet Place (2018)
96%

#24
Adjusted Score: 117583%
Critics Consensus: A Quiet Place artfully plays on elemental fears with a ruthlessly intelligent creature feature that's as original as it is scary -- and establishes director John Krasinski as a rising talent.
Synopsis: If they hear you, they hunt you. A family must live in silence to avoid mysterious creatures that hunt by... [More]
Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Directed By: John Krasinski

#25
#25
Adjusted Score: 99246%
Critics Consensus: A smart, tautly constructed crime thriller with some fresh twists, The Last Stop in Yuma County marks writer-director Francis Galluppi as a talent to watch.
Synopsis: While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into... [More]
Starring: Jim Cummings, Jocelin Donahue, Michael Abbott Jr., Richard Brake
Directed By: Francis Galluppi

#26
#26
Adjusted Score: 89796%
Critics Consensus: As single-mindedly focused on mayhem as its demonic monster, In a Violent Nature serves up a deliciously disgusting feast for gore aficionados.
Synopsis: When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny,... [More]
Starring: Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Reece Presley
Directed By: Chris Nash

#27

Fancy Dance (2023)
95%

#27
Adjusted Score: 100248%
Critics Consensus: An urgent drama grounded in its observant depiction of reservation life, Fancy Dance establishes director/co-writer Erica Tremblay as a rising filmmaking talent.
Synopsis: Since her sister's disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) has cared for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) by scraping by on the... [More]
Starring: Lily Gladstone, Isabel Deroy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Shea Whigham
Directed By: Erica Tremblay

#28
#28
Adjusted Score: 109961%
Critics Consensus: A nerve-wracking continuation of its predecessor, A Quiet Place Part II expands the terrifying world of the franchise without losing track of its heart.
Synopsis: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they... [More]
Starring: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Directed By: John Krasinski

#29
#29
Adjusted Score: 101627%
Critics Consensus: Carving out a new era for The Planet of the Apes with lovable characters and rich visuals, Kingdom doesn't take the crown as best of the franchise but handily justifies its continued reign.
Synopsis: Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar's reign,... [More]
Starring: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, William H. Macy
Directed By: Wes Ball

#30

Ultraman: Rising (2024)
83%

#30
Adjusted Score: 85549%
Critics Consensus: Ultraman: Rising adds an interesting wrinkle of childrearing to the franchise's high-octane formula, making for a colorful romp fit for the whole family.
Synopsis: With Tokyo under siege from rising monster attacks, baseball star Ken Sato reluctantly returns home to take on the mantle... [More]
Starring: Christopher Sean, Gedde Watanabe, Tamlyn Tomita, Keone Young
Directed By: Shannon Tindle, John Aoshima

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