Prime Top Movies, a list by Keith Stewart

8.1

/10195/

79

/606/

78

/71/

4.0

/29224/

61

/28/

77

/4822/

69

/14/

2.5

age 13+

Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.

70

IMDb 63

6.4

/104538/

64

/8407/

64

/1315/

3.3

/509344/

87

/336/

72

/1764/

75

/48/

3.0

age 13+

Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Following in his father's footsteps, he must solve a murder case to prevent Police Squad from closure.

72

6.7

/42134/

68

/3454/

67

/509/

3.2

/58353/

90

/62/

79

/239/

67

/10/

3.0

age 16+

Kat is an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she’s missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop offers her the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students to infiltrate London’s gangland by impersonating dangerous criminals.

70

6.6

/60156/

66

/3298/

65

/741/

3.5

/602011/

77

/302/

71

/523/

70

/53/

3.0

age 14+

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

77

IMDb 87

6.7

/85648/

67

/5827/

63

/1050/

3.4

/355940/

96

/291/

70

/876/

85

/53/

4.0

age 15+

When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.

70

6.5

/82157/

68

/8261/

68

/1378/

3.1

/389292/

81

/221/

84

/481/

58

/38/

3.0

age 16+

When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, everyman Nate turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.

70

6.6

/34992/

69

/3297/

69

/547/

3.1

/79835/

79

/141/

91

/548/

65

/33/

2.5

age 13+

Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.

77

7.1

/255594/

69

/12554/

67

/3362/

3.7

/2408748/

85

/381/

73

/2959/

78

/59/

4.0

age 16+

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

79

6.7

/3484/

74

/470/

74

/60/

3.4

/15104/

93

/123/

93

/314/

76

/28/

3.5

age 13+

Claressa Shields, a high school junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. But even at the pinnacle of success, Claressa has to reckon with the fact that not all dreams are created equal, and the real fight has only just begun.

73

6.9

/76185/

73

/7764/

76

/3093/

3.5

/473247/

86

/152/

95

/3285/

56

/28/

2.5

age 9+

Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

80

6.9

/23240/

67

/1134/

66

/307/

4.0

/216463/

92

/213/

75

/123/

91

/49/

4.0

age 14+

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

76

7.1

/34410/

71

/2189/

70

/485/

3.4

/140129/

92

/212/

89

/116/

76

/38/

3.0

age 15+

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

81

7.4

/247271/

73

/13765/

71

/3116/

3.9

/1778755/

93

/336/

86

/1902/

79

/54/

4.0

age 13+

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.

71

6.7

/133846/

66

/8419/

65

/1952/

3.2

/881246/

86

/213/

81

/1105/

67

/37/

3.0

age 17+

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

77

IMDb 98

7.3

/221705/

74

/12214/

69

/2787/

3.8

/2470211/

88

/406/

95

/15133/

73

/63/

3.0

age 10+

In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

77

6.9

/45957/

69

/2712/

68

/429/

3.5

/316778/

90

/203/

89

/207/

74

/45/

3.5

age 15+

An 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. But when Elliott’s "old ass" starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what's becoming a transformative summer.

74

6.8

/127113/

70

/8301/

71

/1882/

3.3

/542399/

83

/213/

83

/923/

66

/41/

3.5

age 15+

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.

79

7.6

/61576/

78

/5559/

80

/1481/

3.8

/298110/

89

/171/

97

/1679/

65

/31/

3.0

age 9+

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

73

7.1

/277643/

72

/18502/

71

/4193/

3.6

/1146983/

80

/409/

85

/3136/

64

/57/

3.0

age 15+

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

71

6.5

/189727/

67

/13969/

67

/2761/

3.2

/975099/

75

/397/

90

/4533/

65

/57/

3.0

age 12+

As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

76

7.7

/8264/

75

/626/

77

/149/

3.8

/18112/

76

/12/

age 12+

A raw and honest behind-the-scenes look at the iconic superstar's struggle with a life-altering illness. Serving as a love letter to her fans, this inspirational documentary highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit.

77

6.9

/400/

64

/24/

60

/2/

3.8

/2350/

97

/39/

89

/5/

3.5

Chris Wilcha helped adapt This American Life to television. His new documentary embodies the spirit of that show as he tries to save a New Jersey record store, in this comic yet deeply moving reflection on opportunities lost and gained.

73

7.3

/3019/

73

/387/

65

/27/

3.4

/4871/

83

/30/

98

/118/

66

/4/

2.5

age 8+

Follow the veterans and newest class of Navy and Marine Corps flight squadron as they go through intense training and into a season of heart-stopping aerial artistry.

77

7.0

/172641/

69

/8157/

69

/2512/

3.8

/2545652/

88

/381/

76

/257/

82

/64/

3.5

age 15+

Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Major champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a "Challenger" event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi's former boyfriend.

74

7.0

/15884/

72

/1363/

71

/204/

3.6

/101433/

82

/34/

87

/145/

64

/6/

age 16+

Inseparable best friends AJ and Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, and friendship, at risk.

71

6.4

/5342/

66

/499/

64

/127/

3.1

/43184/

96

/48/

86

/88/

74

/7/

2.5

age 14+

A young man, plagued by the music in his head, has to come to terms with an uncertain future while balancing love, family and Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey.

73

7.5

/1677/

72

/135/

67

/41/

3.8

/8365/

89

/66/

80

/8/

75

/17/

2.0

age 15+

An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.

72

6.4

/1190/

64

/112/

66

/20/

3.5

/3478/

98

/41/

86

/21/

70

/9/

2.5

A man and a woman find their orbits repeatedly colliding over the course of 12 years, four planets, three dimensions and one space cult.

83

7.6

/15690/

74

/1086/

72

/237/

4.1

/158644/

97

/108/

82

/160/

82

/16/

4.0

age 10+

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

78

7.6

/115354/

75

/5403/

75

/1137/

4.1

/979384/

89

/277/

94

/459/

73

/55/

2.5

age 15+

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

71

6.4

/4762/

65

/590/

66

/165/

3.3

/19838/

97

/30/

71

/55/

74

/5/

age 7+

This Christmas, Damian Wayne wants to be a superhero like his dad – the one and only Batman. When Damian is left home alone while Batman takes on Gotham’s worst supervillains on Christmas Eve, he stumbles upon a villainous plot to steal Christmas and leaps at the chance to save the day.

70

5.9

/1422/

56

/86/

59

/21/

3.4

/8302/

90

/70/

61

/10/

87

/22/

3.5

Tender caresses and enveloping embraces are portals into the life of Mack, a Black woman in Mississippi. Winding through the anticipation, love, and heartbreak she experiences from childhood to adulthood, the expressionist journey is an ode to connection — with loved ones and with place.

75

6.6

/498/

72

/27/

72

/9/

3.5

/795/

82

/45/

77

/1/

77

/6/

3.5

age 10+

The story of the Reels family who are valiantly attempting to protect the land their family bought one generation after slavery. This documentary, based on the 2019 ProPublica article, highlights the covert ways the legal system has been exploited to keep Black land ownership fragile and the racial wealth gap growing.

70

6.0

/19494/

69

/2379/

72

/955/

3.2

/142222/

64

/89/

92

/487/

53

/13/

3.5

age 6+

When Branch's brother, Floyd, is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious pop-star villains, Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than pop-culture obscurity.

75

7.1

/42068/

73

/2534/

70

/583/

3.4

/35697/

92

/122/

83

/194/

74

/23/

3.0

age 15+

When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice.

70

6.5

/67431/

67

/3944/

68

/1036/

3.1

/363260/

85

/110/

76

/314/

62

/17/

3.0

age 15+

When the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start.

75

7.3

/25665/

74

/1744/

76

/498/

3.5

/20445/

89

/54/

94

/140/

62

/10/

2.5

age 10+

The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.

75

7.0

/62793/

73

/2878/

79

/1479/

3.2

/581343/

75

/122/

92

/484/

62

/25/

3.5

age 15+

After an altercation between Alex, the president's son, and Britain's Prince Henry at a royal event becomes tabloid fodder, their long-running feud now threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations. When the rivals are forced into a staged truce, their icy relationship begins to thaw and the friction between them sparks something deeper than they ever expected.

74

7.3

/949/

67

/34/

76

/9/

3.6

/2364/

94

/52/

74

/9/

2.5

CHASING CHASING AMY explores the transformational impact of a ‘90s rom-com on a 12 year old kid from Kansas, coming of age and contending with queer identity. For young Sav Rodgers, the Kevin Smith cult classic, CHASING AMY, became a life raft. As Rodgers examines the film and its making as a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema, he finds himself at a complicated crossroads.

70

6.1

/1515/

60

/102/

63

/31/

3.4

/5191/

85

/27/

70

/11/

3.5

A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through a dark industrial dreamscape, following her mother's voice on a transistor radio to find her way back to consciousness.

80

7.4

/191335/

74

/7718/

72

/2229/

3.6

/509509/

93

/348/

97

/1341/

73

/59/

3.5

age 15+

Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.

81

7.7

/1006/

72

/72/

74

/16/

3.8

/2971/

95

/62/

79

/2/

79

/16/

4.0

age 14+

The radical honesty of the books by young adult fiction pioneer Judy Blume changed the way millions of readers understood themselves, their sexuality, and what it meant to grow up, but also led to critical battles against book banning and censorship.

76

7.7

/3608/

73

/195/

73

/33/

3.8

/4347/

92

/49/

89

/24/

71

/10/

2.5

age 15+

Back from war in Afghanistan, a young British soldier struggling with depression and PTSD finds a second chance in the Amazon rainforest when he meets an American scientist, and together they foster an orphaned baby ocelot.

78

7.7

/5349/

76

/471/

75

/84/

3.7

/7449/

87

/92/

100

/4/

65

/20/

3.0

age 5+

The inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. Follow Opportunity’s groundbreaking journey on Mars and the remarkable bond forged between a robot and her humans millions of miles away.

72

6.7

/331/

58

/15/

53

/4/

3.6

/1478/

98

/49/

87

/4/

72

/11/

3.0

True to their name, Slave to Sirens — the first and only all-woman thrash metal band in the Middle East — are utterly magnetic. Amid a backdrop of political unrest and the heartbreaking unraveling of Beirut, five bandmates form a beacon of expression, resistance, and independence. Director Rita Baghdadi follows founders and guitarists Lilas Mayassi and Shery Bechara as their tenderness, and sometimes bitterness, for one another grows in ways both unexpected and deeply moving. Joined by vocalist Maya Khairallah, bassist Alma Doumani, and drummer Tatyana Boughaba, these women negotiate their emotional journeys through young adulthood in tumultuous circumstances with grace, raw passion, and a ferocious commitment to their art. Their grit is tested as they grapple with the complexities of friendship, sexuality, and the destruction around them.

75

7.8

/77533/

77

/3453/

78

/1422/

3.8

/74025/

85

/183/

93

/227/

66

/40/

2.0

age 11+

Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

71

6.6

/557/

64

/36/

61

/12/

3.4

/1275/

80

/5/

89

3.0

Through years of never-before-seen footage, director Karam Gill follows Lil Baby’s transformational journey from local Atlanta hustler to becoming one of hip-hop’s biggest stars and pop culture's most important voices for change.

72

6.2

/10641/

66

/846/

61

/254/

3.4

/31129/

91

/161/

73

/69/

73

/27/