Among the modern masterpieces are rare gems that transcend the title of great and achieve flawless status, such as The Godfather. These are the films where every gear in the machine, the pacing, the choreography, the stakes, and the character arcs work in total harmony. From the moment the first frame hits the screen until the final credits roll, there isn’t a single wasted second.
Out of all the genres in cinema, action is by far the furthest-reaching spectacle. Action-packed drama and daring stunts combine to create a riveting experience of fights and thrills that define the genre. While many films have revolutionized the industry, only a handful can claim to be airtight from beginning to end. This list highlights ten action movies that are practically perfect, based on their narrative structure, visual storytelling, and the sheer adrenaline they provide without ever losing their footing.
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‘The Dark Knight’ (2008)
Batman (Christian Bale) looming over The Joker (Heath Ledger) in ‘The Dark Knight’Image via Warner Bros.
Many fans claim that the superhero genre has gone downhill, but it is true that there hasn’t been a better film in this genre than The Dark Knight. Batman (Christian Bale) now faces his toughest challenge yet with the Joker (Heath Ledger) trying to prove his psychotic philosophy. This race against time pits the two against each other, leaving Batman with an impossible choice.
From the opening bank heist to the flipping of the semi-truck, the action feels heavy and tangible. Christopher Nolan eschews heavy CGI in favor of practical stunts, giving the film a gritty realism that has taken over the superhero genre. With frantic pacing that moves from one crisis to the next, The Dark Knight never loses sight of its complex themes among the chaos, but that is exactly why it is an intellectually stimulating, adrenaline-pumping action masterpiece.
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ (2023)
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Most flawless movies are groundbreaking classics, but some modern hits also prove to be perfect, including John Wick: Chapter 4. The titular character has his final battle against the High Table, hoping to get out of the industry for good. Moving from city to city, John (Keanu Reeves) will face challenges unlike anything he has faced before.
The original John Wick is more influential, but there is no denying that John Wick: Chapter 4 is the most riveting. Redefining the genre with its gun-fu and return to tactile combat, this movie uses gorgeous set pieces and innovative fight scenes to create an exhilarating experience that has a stranglehold on the viewers’ entertainment from start to finish. John Wick: Chapter 4 is a breathless epic that concludes in poetic fashion.
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‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ (1981)
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Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are two of the most legendary creators in the industry, and they teamed up to create the ultimate tribute to 1930s adventure serials. Raiders of the Lost Ark introduces Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), a globe-trotting archaeologist racing against Nazis to recover the biblical Ark of the Covenant.
Indiana Jones is one of the greatest adventure franchises, and this film is its magnum opus. The film is a series of escalating challenges, each one more creative than the last. Whether it’s the opening boulder escape or the truck chase, the action is always driven by wit and desperation.Raiders of the Lost Ark never wastes time or effort, simply creating a flawless template for action-adventure movies.
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‘The Raid 2’ (2014)
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Some of the greatest action movies are foreign productions, and while the first Raid was a masterclass in minimalist action, its sequel, The Raid 2, is an ambitious crime saga that expands the world without losing the visceral impact. Rama (Iko Uwais) goes undercover in a ruthless crime syndicate to root out corruption, resulting in plenty more blood-pumping fights and drama.
The film features some of the most complex and brutal choreography ever captured on film, including a muddy prison-yard riot and a climactic kitchen fight that is widely considered one of the best 1-on-1 duels in history. The cinematography is absolutely stunning, synchronizing movement to create an exhaustive feel in the best way possible, making The Raid 2 a must-watch action movie.
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‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (2015)
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Three decades after the previous films, George Miller returns to the wasteland with what many consider the greatest action film of the 21st century. Mad Max: Fury Road follows the titular character played by Tom Hardy, as he reluctantly becomes entangled with Furiosa (Charlize Theron), a rebel leader fleeing a tyrannical cult leader with his five wives in tow. What follows is essentially a two-hour-long chase sequence across a scorched desert.
What makes Mad Max: Fury Road flawless is its commitment to visual storytelling, as Miller strips away any unnecessary exposition. The film is a masterclass in pacing; even when the vehicles stop moving, the tension never dips. With its heavy reliance on practical stunts, vibrant color palette, and a percussion-heavy score that beats like a heart, Mad Max: Fury Road is a relentless, beautiful, and perfectly tuned engine of a movie.
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‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ (1991)
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Sequels often struggle to live up to the original, but James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day didn’t just meet expectations, it obliterated them. Eleven years after the original film, a new Terminator, also played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, is sent back in time, but this time his mission is to protect a young John Connor (Edward Furlong) from the liquid-metal T-1000 (Robert Patrick).
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a perfect loop of emotion and action, balancing groundbreaking CGI with stunning visual effects. Featuring some of the greatest scenes in action movies, including the hallway shootout at the mall and the final showdown in the steel mill, the stakes are constantly escalating. There isn’t a single scene that doesn’t serve the plot or the characters, making Terminator 2: Judgment Day the definitive, perfect blockbuster and standout action sensation.
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‘Aliens’ (1986)
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Right after one James Cameron action masterpiece is another action-packed sequel that defines its franchise. Aliens takes place 57 years after the first, spending that time in cryosleep. Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) returns to the planetoid LV-426 with a team of Colonial Marines to investigate a lost colony, facing ten times the challenge as before.
Aliens took the haunted-house-in-space from the first one and built on it, creating a slow-burning tension that culminates in unbearable dread. It is an explosion of action that never lets up, introducing fan favorite characters that make their fate that much more painful. Aliens is a well-constructed action phenomenon that climaxes in a legendary moment that went down in cinematic history.
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‘Hard Boiled’ (1992)
John Woo is an iconic director who has pioneered the action genre, particularly through his magnum opus, Hard Boiled. When a gang kidnaps his partner, a cop must now go undercover in order to take down a powerful triad leader while trying to save his friend.
Hard Boiled moved action away from typical hard-hitting grittiness in favor of a ballet of bullets that made gunfights elegant and thrilling. This visually stimulating action movie features exploding environments and dual-wielding pistol fights that accentuate its fast pace. Hard Boiled is a badass classic that is a feast of technical coordination, making it one of the most important action movies.
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‘The Matrix’ (1999)
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Keanu Reeves is an action icon, and one of his best movies is arguably The Matrix. Neo is a computer programmer who realizes that he and the rest of humanity are living in a simulation. Learning that robots control the world, he joins the revolution but must choose between an ideal fantasy and a harsh reality.
The film’s bullet time effects and wirework choreography became instant staples of the genre, but what makes The Matrix flawless is how it integrates these elements into its philosophy. Neo grew as a character with every minute, making every shootout and action sequence feel earned. The Matrix is a perfect fusion of philosophical sci-fi and revolutionary action that hasn’t gone out of style since 1999.
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‘Speed’ (1994)
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Reeves has not one, not two, but three flawless action movies that never lose a step throughout, with the best being Speed. Jack Traven is a cop who finds himself in a tricky situation: the bus he is on is rigged with a bomb, and if it drops below 50 miles per hour, it will explode. With the help of the passengers and other cops, they try to keep the bus at a high speed while finding a way to defuse the bomb.
Everyone needs to breathe, but Speed will leave viewers breathless, forcing them into a constant state of shock with its non-stop, high-octane exhilaration. The tension is constant, forcing the characters to solve increasingly impossible problems at high speed. Speed is a tightly focused movie that uses its cramped feeling on an open highway to create suspense unlike anything felt before, proving it is a perfect action movie from start to finish.
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Collider Exclusive · Oscar Best Picture Quiz Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie? Parasite · Everything Everywhere · Oppenheimer · Birdman · No Country
Five Oscar Best Picture winners. Five completely different visions of what cinema can be — and what it can do to you. One of them is the film that was made for the way your mind works. Ten questions will figure out which one.
🪜Parasite
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🌀Everything Everywhere
☢️Oppenheimer
🐦Birdman
🪙No Country for Old Men
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What kind of film experience do you actually want? The best movies don’t just entertain — they leave something behind.
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Which idea grabs you most in a film? Great films are driven by a central obsession. What’s yours?
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How do you like your story told? Form is content. The way a story is shaped changes what it means.
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What makes a truly great antagonist? The opposition defines the protagonist. What kind of opposition fascinates you?
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What do you want from a film’s ending? The final note is the one that lingers. What do you want it to sound like?
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Which setting pulls you in most? Where a film takes place shapes everything — mood, stakes, what’s even possible.
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What cinematic craft impresses you most? Every great film has a signature — a technical or artistic element that makes it unmistakable.
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What kind of main character do you root for? The protagonist is the lens. Who you choose to follow says something about you.
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How do you feel about a film that takes its time? Pace is a choice. Some films sprint; others let tension accumulate slowly, deliberately.
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What do you want to feel walking out of the cinema? The best films leave a mark. What kind of mark do you want?
The Academy Has Decided Your Perfect Film Is…
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Your answers have pointed to one Oscar Best Picture winner above all others. This is the film that was made for the way your mind works.
Parasite
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You are drawn to films that operate on multiple levels simultaneously — that begin in one genre and quietly, brilliantly migrate into another. Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a film about class, desire, and the architecture of inequality that manages to be darkly funny, deeply suspenseful, and genuinely shocking across a single extraordinary running time. Your instinct is for cinema that hides its true intentions until the moment it’s ready to reveal them. Parasite is exactly that — a film that rewards close attention and punishes assumptions, right up to its devastating final image.
Everything Everywhere All at Once
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You want it all — and this film gives you all of it. The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once is one of the most maximalist films ever made: action comedy, multiverse sci-fi, family drama, existential crisis, and a genuinely earned emotional core that sneaks up on you amid the chaos. You are someone who responds to ambition, who doesn’t want cinema to choose between being entertaining and being meaningful. This film refuses that choice entirely. It is overwhelming by design, and its overwhelming nature is precisely the point — because the feeling of being crushed by infinite possibility is exactly what it’s about.
Oppenheimer
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You are drawn to cinema on a grand scale — films that understand history not as a backdrop but as a force, and that place their characters inside that force and watch what happens. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a film about the terrifying gap between what we can do and what we should do, told with the full weight of one of the most consequential moments in human history behind it. You want your films to feel important without feeling self-important — to earn their ambition through sheer craft and the gravity of their subject. Oppenheimer does exactly that. It is enormous, complicated, and refuses easy comfort.
Birdman
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You are drawn to films that foreground their own construction — that make the how of the filmmaking part of the what it’s about. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, shot to appear as a single continuous take, is cinema examining itself through the cracked mirror of a fading actor’s ego. You respond to formal daring, to the feeling that a film is doing something that probably shouldn’t be possible. Michael Keaton’s performance and Emmanuel Lubezki’s restless camera create something genuinely unlike anything else — a film that is simultaneously about creativity, relevance, self-destruction, and the impossibility of ever truly knowing if your work means anything at all.
No Country for Old Men
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You are drawn to cinema that trusts silence, that refuses to explain itself, and that treats dread as a form of meaning. The Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men is a film about the arrival of a new kind of evil — implacable, arbitrary, and utterly indifferent to the moral frameworks we use to make sense of the world. It is one of the most formally controlled films ever made, and its controlled restraint is what makes it so terrifying. You want your films to haunt you, not comfort you. You are not interested in resolution if resolution would be dishonest. No Country for Old Men is honest in a way that most cinema never dares to be.
Whew, roomies… all eyes were on the Michael Jackson biopic premiere, and the Jackson family definitely showed up—but not without a few noticeable moments that have folks talking. From fashion tributes to family pull-ups, the red carpet gave what it needed to give—but y’all already know the internet clocked everything. And let’s just say… while some showed up and showed out, others had folks asking, “Now wait a minute…”
Prince & Bigi Jackson Turn Heads At ‘Michael’ Premiere
Prince Jackson and Bigi Jackson, formerly known as “Blanket,” stepped out and had folks doing a double-take as they made a rare red carpet appearance at the ‘Michael’ film premiere in Berlin. The brothers came through channeling their dad, Michael Jackson, with Prince rocking a sharp black suit paired with a red shirt and tie, while Bigi added his own tribute with gold details and an armband featuring one of MJ’s iconic poses. And they didn’t pull up solo either—Roomies, it was definitely a family affair with Jackie, Jermaine, and Marlon Jackson in the building, plus Jaafar, Jermajesty, and Randy Jackson Jr. all showing love for the King of Pop.
Fans Question Who Showed Up—And Who Didn’t
Fans wasted no time running to The Shade Room’s Instagram comment section—and whew, they went IN. Some were simply asking where Paris Jackson was. Meanwhile, others joked that Janet Jackson probably said, “Leave me out of this one.” And of course, a few folks couldn’t help but side-eye Jermaine Jackson, saying he was moving like he was the star of the night
One Instagram user @aphilly92 asked, “Where’s Paris, Janet, Latoya???“
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This Instagram user @laffordj shared, “Michael would be SO PLEASED seeing everyone roasting tf outta Jermaine!!!😂😂”
And, Instagram user @vickyy.vickyyy said, “omgeeeee look at Blanket😩😩😩❤️❤️”
Meanwhile, Instagram user @cxaxrxexe wrote, “Yall making fun of Jermaine but he was ten toes down out of EVERYBODY during the trial. Iykyk ✈️🏃🏾♂️💨”
While Instagram user @sittinpretti83 added, “Baby, they beat Jermaine’s mug zoooooown!!! Got him looking like the BADDEST of em all!“
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Finally, Instagram user @mista_posh commented, “Janet said take me out the groupchat 😂😂”
Paris Jackson’s Absence Sparks Questions At Premiere
Now y’all already know the internet was watching closely. And, it didn’t take long for folks to notice that Paris Jackson was nowhere to be found. Instead of hitting the red carpet, Paris was spotted back in L.A., posted up in West Hollywood, and casually smoking with a friend, which had fans raising eyebrows. But let’s be real, her absence didn’t totally shock some folks, especially since she’s been pretty vocal about not fully rocking with the biopic and even called out parts of the script that didn’t sit right with her.
While she’s since smoothed things over with Colman Domingo, she’s still reportedly at odds with the estate’s executors, John Branca and John McClain, even blaming them for issues with the film’s production. And to make things even more noticeable, Janet and LaToya Jackson were also missing, leaving fans side-eyeing who showed up—and who clearly kept their distance.
Less than two years after Netflix released the unexpectedly successful film Under Paris, the streamer has unveiled what appears to be a new movie crafted in that creature feature’s image and designed to repeat its performance. Directed by Xavier Gens, who broke out in Hollywood with the poorly received 2007 video game adaptation Hitman, Under Paris emerged as a word-of-mouth streaming sensation. The film’s success showed that there is a large appetite for campy content aimed at the non-Emily in Paris demographic. Unsurprisingly, a sequel to Under Paris is in development. While fans wait for the sequel to make landfall, they seem to be tuning into Netflix’s new replacement.
Like Under Paris, the new movie is also directed by a European filmmaker. In fact, the filmmaker in question has already delivered a Hollywood blockbuster. We’re talking about the Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola, who broke out with the Nazi zombie movie Dead Snow in 2009 and went on to direct Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. The 2013 action film starred Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner, and grossed around $225 million worldwide against a reported budget of $50 million. More recently, Wirkola directed Violent Night, the Christmas-themed action movie starring David Harbour. It grossed $76 million worldwide against a reported budget of $20 million, and like Under Paris, is set for a sequel.
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Collider Exclusive · TV Medicine Quiz Which Fictional Hospital Would You Work Best In? The Pitt · ER · Grey’s Anatomy · House · Scrubs
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Five hospitals. Five completely different ways medicine goes sideways on television — brutal, chaotic, romantic, brilliant, and ridiculous. Only one of them is the ward your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out exactly where you belong.
🚨The Pitt
🏥ER
💉Grey’s
🔬House
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🩺Scrubs
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A critical patient comes through the door. What’s your first instinct? Medicine under pressure reveals who you actually are.
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Why did you go into medicine in the first place? The honest answer says more about you than the one you’d give in an interview.
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What do you actually want from the people you work with? Who you want beside you under pressure is who you are.
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You lose a patient you fought hard to save. How do you carry it? Every doctor who’s worked a long shift has had to answer this question.
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How would your colleagues describe the way you work? Your reputation on the floor is usually more accurate than your self-image.
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How do you feel about hospital protocol and procedure? Every institution has rules. What you do with them is a choice.
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What does this job cost you personally? Nobody works in medicine without paying a price. What’s yours?
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At the end of a long shift, what keeps you coming back? The answer to this question is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Assignment Has Been Made You Belong In…
Your answers have pointed to one fictional hospital above all others. This is the ward your instincts, your temperament, and your particular brand of dysfunction were built for.
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Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center
The Pitt
You are built for the most unsparing version of emergency medicine television has ever shown — one that puts you inside a single fifteen-hour shift and doesn’t let you look away.
You need your work to be real, not romanticised — meaning over drama, honesty over aesthetics.
You find purpose inside the work itself, not in the chaos surrounding it.
You’ve made peace with the fact that this job takes from you constantly, and gives back in ways that are harder to name.
Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center demands exactly that kind of person — and you would not want to be anywhere else.
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County General Hospital, Chicago
ER
You are the person who keeps the whole floor running — not the most brilliant in the room, but possibly the most essential.
You show up, do the work, absorb the losses, and come back the next day without needing the job to be anything other than what it is.
You care about patients as individual human beings, not as cases to solve or dramas to live through.
You believe in the system even when it fails you — and you understand that emergency medicine is about holding the line just long enough.
ER is television about endurance. You have it.
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Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Seattle
Grey’s Anatomy
You came to medicine with your whole self — your ambition, your emotions, your relationships, your history — and you have never quite managed to leave any of it at the door.
You feel things fully and form deep attachments to the people you work with.
Your personal and professional lives are permanently, chaotically entangled — and that entanglement drives both your greatest disasters and your most remarkable saves.
You understand that extraordinary medicine often happens at the intersection of clinical skill and profound human connection.
It’s messy at Grey Sloan. You would not have it any other way.
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Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, NJ
House
You are drawn to the problem above everything else — the symptom that doesn’t fit, the diagnosis hiding underneath the obvious one.
You’re not primarily motivated by the patient as a person — though you are capable of caring, even if you’d deny it.
You work best when the stakes are highest and the standard answer is wrong.
Princeton-Plainsboro exists to house one extraordinary, impossible mind — and everyone around that mind is there because they’re smart enough to keep up.
The only way forward here is to think harder than everyone else in the room. That is exactly what you do.
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Sacred Heart Hospital, California
Scrubs
You understand that medicine is tragic and absurd in almost equal measure — and that the only sane response is to hold both of those things at the same time.
You are warm, self-aware, and funnier than most people in your field.
You use humour to get through terrible moments — and at Sacred Heart, that’s not a flaw, it’s a survival strategy.
You lean on the people around you and let them lean back. The laughter and the grief are genuinely inseparable here.
Scrubs is a show about learning to become someone worthy of the job. You are still very much in the middle of that process — which is exactly right.
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There’s a Feeding Frenzy Among Creature Features
Wirkola’s latest film, however, is the Netflix creature feature Thrash. The movie follows a young woman who is trapped in her home during a Category 5 hurricane that brings with it a giant flood and a great white shark. Thrash opened to mediocre reviews and is currently sitting at a 38% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The movie is headlined by Bridgerton breakout Phoebe Dynevor, alongside Whitney Peak, Djimon Hounsou, and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga‘s young star, Alyla Browne. According to FlixPatrol, Thrash became one of the most-watched movies on the domestic and worldwide Netflix viewership charts immediately after its debut. The days leading up to the film’s release saw another European director’s creature feature — Crawl— make a comeback on the domestic streaming charts. On the same day as Thrash‘s release, Netflix debuted the Indian creature feature Tu Yaa Main, which follows a couple fending off a man-eating crocodile while trapped in an empty swimming pool. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Natalie Portman in a still from Jane Got a Gun.The Weinstein Company
Perhaps it’s a sign of the times that the Western genre has had such a massive resurgence. Many American viewers seem to be yearning for a bygone era, and shows like Taylor Sheridan‘s Yellowstone deliver that nostalgia. Released in 2018, Yellowstone launched a new wave of interest in Westerns, led by its own spin-offs and a string of lavishly produced movies and shows from other studios. The decade leading up to Yellowstone‘s release was rather quiet on the Western front, although there were a handful of movies that managed to break through. They were invariably directed by the Coen Brothers or Quentin Tarantino. However, another critically acclaimed filmmaker was on the verge of making a Western before a decision she made fueled one of the biggest production controversies of the past couple of decades.
In 2012, Natalie Portman boarded the project along with director Lynne Ramsay. The movie in question was based on a Black List script by Brian Duffield. In the subsequent years, Joel Edgerton, Jude Law, and Michael Fassbender signed on to play supporting roles. The movie was set to be shot by the renowned cinematographer Darius Khondji, who worked with David Fincher on Se7en and more recently with Josh Safdie on Marty Supreme. However, on the day that filming was supposed to begin, Ramsay failed to show up on set. It was announced that she had quit the production, which prompted Khondji and Law to back out as well. Gavin O’Connor was hired as Ramsay’s replacement, with Portman’s Star Wars co-star Ewan McGregor stepping in to play the role vacated by Law.
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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Natalie Portman’s Western Has a Notorious Production History
The movie in question, Jane Got a Gun, was eventually released in 2016 after numerous delays. It received mixed reviews and underperformed at the box office. Jane Got a Gun is now sitting at a 42% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads, “Jane Got a Gun flounders between campy Western and hard-hitting revisionist take on the genre, leaving Natalie Portman’s committed performance stranded in the dust.” The movie grossed only $3.8 million worldwide against a reported budget of $25 million. However, according to FlixPatrol, it was resurrected by fans this week, more than a decade after its disastrous theatrical run. Jane Got a Gun emerged as one of the most-watched movies on the global HBO Max chart. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Ryland Grace is being briefed while standing next to Eva Stratt.Image via Amazon MGM Studios
Now in its fourth weekend of release, the sci-fi blockbuster Project Hail Mary is refusing to lose momentum. The film has already overtaken a handful of past sci-fi blockbusters over the last few weeks, and will continue to do so in the weeks to come. A few days ago, it overtook the $228 million domestic gross of its spiritual precursor The Martian, also based on a bestseller by Andy Weir. Directed by Ridley Scottand starring Matt Damon, The Martian was critically acclaimed and massively successful at the box office in 2015. It grossed $630 million worldwide — a benchmark that Project Hail Mary has yet to cross — and received seven Oscar nominations.
This weekend, Project Hail Mary is poised to pass the coveted $500 million milestone worldwide. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the movie stars Ryan Gosling as a schoolteacher sent on an intergalactic mission to save the world. Project Hail Mary exceeded expectations in its theatrical debut, boosted by near-unanimous praise from critics and audiences. It currently holds a “Certified Fresh” 94% critics’ score and a “Verified Hot” 96% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. The movie is turning out to be Amazon MGM Studios what F1 was to Apple Studios last year, in that it’s technically a streaming movie that has done exceedingly well in theaters, especially in the IMAX format.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Has Gone Stratospheric
With nearly $240 million at the domestic box office so far, Project Hail Mary has overtaken the likes of Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar and M. Night Shyamalan‘s Signs. It has also doubled the lifetime domestic gross ofBumblebee, the highest-rated installment of the live-action Transformers series. Directed by Travis Knight, whose Masters of the Universe movie is around the corner, Bumblebee grossed $127 million domestically and $467 million worldwide against a reported budget of $135 million. It now holds a “Certified Fresh” 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads, “Bumblebee proves it’s possible to bring fun and a sense of wonder back to a bloated blockbuster franchise — and sets up its own slate of sequels in the bargain.” Starring Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena, it was followed by a soft reboot titled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, whose underperformance has left the franchise in limbo. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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March 15, 2026
Runtime
157 minutes
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Christopher Miller, Phil Lord
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Drew Goddard, Andy Weir
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Aditya Sood, Amy Pascal, Andy Weir, Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, Rachel O’Connor, Ryan Gosling
When dealing with arguably the most influential, recognizable, and iconic source material in modern fantasy, it makes sense that a show like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power would be one of the most expensive television projects ever put to the screen. After all, not only is J.R.R. Tolkien‘s original fantasy epic still considered the “gold standard” of fantasy literature, but Peter Jackson‘s The Lord of the Rings trilogy is also counted as one of the greatest film trilogies ever made. So, it’s no wonder that Amazon hoped to capitalize on Tolkien’s material by green-lighting a prequel series on Prime Video. However, unreasonable production costs and a general lack of enthusiasm surrounding The Rings of Power have led viewers to question if the endeavor was even worth it.
‘The Rings of Power’ Has Been a Significant Investment for Amazon
It cannot be understated how much of an investment that Amazon has put into bringing The Rings of Power to the screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the rights to Tolkien’s work alone — which only include The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, as well as the appendix — cost the corporation a hefty $250 million to secure. But that initial down payment only made it possible for Prime Video to make their own Lord of the Rings content apart from the Jackson-helmed franchise owned by Warner Bros. From there, it was still a few years before Amazon cracked their take on Middle-earth, deciding to helm a prequel series set during the Second Age (for reference, Lord of the Rings is set thousands of years later during the end of the Third Age). While the Second Age is rife with high-fantasy material, Amazon had not secured the rights to Tolkien works like The Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales, meaning there would be a lot of embellishing needed to make the story work.
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That alone was already a hard sell for some, but when THRlater reported that an additional $465 million was shelled out to bring the first season to life, many hoped that Amazon was taking the undertaking seriously. That’s over $700 million just to get Rings of Power off the ground. Unfortunately, the results led some to wonder how exactly Prime Video was allocating those funds. While some of the visuals were spectacular (the series’ opening moments promise something epic), the show is nowhere near as visually appealing as the film trilogy — not to mention the production costs for Season 2, which required another $458 million to produce, according to financial statements obtained by the Daily Mail.
“Sometimes to find the light, we must first touch the darkness.”
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To say that Prime Video was gambling something fierce with this high-fantasy attempt at the next Game of Thrones would be an understatement, especially since The Rings of Power was largely dismissed by hardcore Tolkien fans and even casual viewers alike. Critics have also been split on the two-season series, though Rotten Tomatoes reports that the series is considered “fresh” — which, considering how critical many have been about the show’s overall characterization and pacing (something our Season 2 review noted), seems a bit surprising. As far as audience scores go, they’re abysmal — and that comes as no surprise when you considerhow the viewership between Seasons 1 and 2 drastically decreased. In October 2024, THR reported that 50 million viewers had tuned into the sophomore season compared to the 150 million who watched the first.
‘The Lord of the Rings’ May Be Popular, but ‘The Rings of Power’ Is Struggling
It’s a shame, because Season 2 is a legitimate improvement on the first, leaning into some of the show’s stronger arcs and pulling back on others. Of course, it’s not perfect, nor is it exactly the high-quality fantasy epic that Amazon promised. Indeed, what makes The Rings of Power so notorious (aside from that hefty price tag) is that the show is a pretty vast departure from Tolkien’s original work — and especially previous on-screen adaptations of Middle-earth. Sure, it has its exciting moments and characters — namely Elendil (Lloyd Owen), Sauron (Charlie Vickers), and occasionally Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) — and certain elements are quite interesting, but are they really worth that massive price tag? While The Lord of the Rings proves to be a popular tale with audiences (as many continue to praise the original trilogy), this prequel series has largely been tossed aside.
Aside from the upfront costs, the show’s decision to deviate from the source material has no doubt alienated a portion of the audience — and if those who love Tolkien have deeply mixed feelings about it, then why would anyone else be interested? With more Lord of the Rings material underway from Warner Bros. — who are preying on audience nostalgia by revisiting stories from the original trilogy — Rings of Power doesn’t appear to stand a chance. Hopefully, the series will continue to improve with time, but even if Season 3 is an epic masterpiece we’ve all been waiting for, will streaming’s most expensive series be able to justify the funds sunk into making it?
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September 1, 2022
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Amazon Prime Video
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John D. Payne, Patrick McKay, Louise Hooper, Charlotte Brändström, Wayne Yip
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Patrick McKay, John D. Payne, J.R.R. Tolkien, Justin Doble, Jason Cahill, Gennifer Hutchison, Stephany Folsom, Nicholas Adams
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Online shoe shopping can feel like an uphill battle — but not when you have hundreds (if not thousands) of fashionistas doing the hard work for you. We scoured Amazon reviews to find the comfiest rich mom sneakers for long walks and travel days alike, and these 13 chic spring picks emerge as clear winners.
Comfy and supportive, it’s no wonder these popular sneakers have gleaming reviews. In fact, shoppers love wearing them while exploring new cities, logging miles in places like Venice, New York City, Barcelona and more. Better yet, these kicks give any outfit a sporty-chic edge — especially the options we picked from Adidas, Reebok, Sam Edelman and beyond. They channel rich mom energy like nobody’s business, so check out our list to find your new staple sneakers below!
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13 Comfy Rich Mom Sneakers to Walk Miles
1. Our Favorite: Shiny and sleek, these memory foam sneakers make every outing look like a fashion show. We adore the gold and silver varieties.
2. Wear-Everywhere Kicks: New York, D.C., France! These classy Sam Edelman sneakers are reliable for travel days when there’s no time to change between your tour and the dinner reservation.
3. Simple Stunner: Reebok sneakers usually lean athletic, but these leather lace-up kicks double down on style. Nearly 33,000 five-star reviews don’t lie.
4. Jennifer Aniston: Want to radiate Aniston’s cool-girl energy? All you need are these classic Adidas Sambas that have a flat silhouette, but are surprisingly supportive.
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5. Boutique Find: People will think you spent hundreds on these lace-embellished sneakers. The ribbon laces add a coquette flair.
Everyone’s going somewhere lately. Whether you’re traveling or stuck in Milwaukee, the right spring dress can make you look like you belong in Lake Como. These 19 loose, breezy dresses do just that, delivering relaxed coastal vibes without the passport stamp. Our Italian-inspired favorites from Amazon, Nordstrom and more feature comfortable fabrics, flowy silhouettes and […]
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6. Leopard Print: Rich moms swoon over leopard-print styles, and these sassy shoes nail the aesthetic. Shoppers wear them to Venice, Florence, Portugal and beyond, with one reviewer walking 60 miles in one trip.
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10. Dreamy Denim: These Dr. Scholl’s shoes have stylish denim accents, making them a standout pick for your everyday ensembles. Wear a Canadian tuxedo, and you’ll be coordinated from head to toe.
11. New Balance: Reviewers and shopping writers love these New Balance 574 sneakers. We wear ours to sports games, but some wear them all around Europe.
12. Royal Approval: Not a drill! Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton both wear these understated Veja kicks. They’re 110% splurge-worthy.
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If tight jeans have you reaching for sweats lately, same. But sweatpants aren’t flattering, and they downgrade your look from chic to frumpy. Luckily, these elastic-waist jeans solve all of your pants woes — and no, they’re not jeggings. These comfy wonders have the classic look of denim, but with stretchy waistbands that mimic your […]
“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” stars and sisters Kim and Kyle Richards were involved in a dramatic legal dispute. Their relationship apparently hit a turning point in 2024 when reports surfaced about Kim’s unfortunate relapse after years of being open about her addiction struggles. A new report claims Kyle sued Kim in January 2025, seeking to have her evicted from the LA property where Kim was residing.
Kyle Richards Sued Her Sister Kim In 2025, Seeking To Have Her Evicted From Her Home
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Kyle attempted to have her sister, Kim, evicted from her 2-bedroom Encino property, where she had been residing, according to legal documents reported by TMZ.
The “Halloween” actress said Kim had been living in the property for years; however, she asked her to leave in late 2024 following a dispute. Kyle asked for possession of the house and wanted Kim to pay $140 per day, beginning in November 2024, for each day she stayed after being asked to leave.
Kim didn’t respond to the suit, according to the legal documents, and was later required to move from the property in March 2025.
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Kim Richards Reportedly Arrested In 2024 While She Was With Her Sister Kyle
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Kyle’s reported attempt to have her sister removed from her LA home occurred after TMZ reported that Kim had a dramatic and saddening interaction with LA police after acting belligerently in a Hilton hotel.
Cops reportedly asked the reality star to leave the property, and when she refused, they placed her on a 5150 psychiatric hold and took her to the hospital.
Kyle and the rest of the Richards/Hilton family had cut ties with Kim following the event, hoping their strained relationship would encourage her to change.
In March 2016, Kim spoke candidly with PEOPLE about her addiction beginning after having her “first real drink” when she was 24.
Kim explained that she found herself drinking even more following her split from her second husband in 1991. “That’s when my issue started,” she said.
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Kim went on to say that living her life in the public eye only exacerbated her personal struggles.
Kyle Outed Sister Kim As An ‘Alcoholic’ On Season 1 Of ‘Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills’
Kim and Kyle have repeatedly butted heads in earlier seasons of the Bravo series. Their worst argument was in the season finale of the first season of “RHOBH,” where Kyle outed Kim for being an “alcoholic.”
The sisters later regretted the moment, according to PEOPLE, and rushed to Andy Cohen to have it scrapped from the show.
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“The sisters were begging Evolution and Bravo to take the scene out of the show,” Cohen said. “It didn’t happen.”
Former NBCUniversal Executive Vice President Shari Levine commented on the dramatic scene as well, adding that it’s one of the realities of shooting an unscripted show.
“The series really does capture life as it happens. And everyone has moments that they want to keep off the air. The great equalizer for all the franchises is that it’s all out there. If it’s shot, we will edit it in,” Levine said.
Kyle Regrets What Happened Between Her and Kim On The Show
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While the scene has been etched into the Housewives’ history book, Kyle previously revealed she wished it had never happened.
“I would say Season 1, the limo scene,” she said on an episode of “Watch What Happens Live.” “That’s a no-brainer for me.”
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That’s not all. Kyle also recalled the explosive dinner scene Kim had with former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” titan Lisa Rinna in Amsterdam.
“There’s been many since then. Like even Amsterdam, you know, running out when Rinna broke the glass and all that,” Kyle said.
Where Are Kim And Kyle Today?
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Despite the drama, Kim and Kyle are back together and doing “good” as of November 2025.
Kyle opened up about where they stand today during BravoCon 2025, according to The Daily Dish, and said the former reality star has been thriving since relocating from California to Florida.
“She has the most beautiful grandchildren I’ve ever seen; they’re unbelievable, and I’m really close with them, and I love them so much,” Kyle said. “I just went to Kim’s granddaughter’s little Halloween thing at school, and it was so fun to go and see, and have that relationship with them is nice.”
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