There might not be a more consistent director than Hayao Miyazaki, whether you want to talk about directors who are still alive and/or active, or directors of any time in cinema history. Miyazaki’s output has slowed down as he’s gotten older, with an especially long gap between The Wind Rises (2013) and The Boy and the Heron (2023), but a dozen movies released between 1979 and 2023 is still a decent amount.

In other words, it’s not like quantity has been overlooked, but it’s quality that Miyazaki focuses on. And what quality, you know? None of his 12 movies come anywhere close to being bad, so ranking them is always difficult. Just sticking to his first seven doesn’t make things a whole lot easier, but that’s what you’ve got below, in any event: all seven Hayao Miyazaki movies that came out in the 20th century, ranked from good to great.

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‘My Neighbor Totoro’ (1988)

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People do really love My Neighbor Totoro, so it being in last place here might seem sacrilegious, but something has to go at the bottom. It just does. Nothing really deserves to be at the bottom, and since My Neighbor Totoro is a Hayao Miyazaki movie, it is, at the very least, quite good, but to be perfectly honest, it just doesn’t have enough going on.

That’s the reason for it being here. It’s slow, and it can be hard to figure out what really feels like the point of this one is, and similarly difficult to work out what it does that appeals to people when everything here is done/explored better in all of Miyazaki’s other movies. You’ve probably quit scrolling at this point, out of frustration, and if not, thank you, and also, apologies. “There are no bad Hayao Miyazaki movies” is the point that should continue to be stressed.

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‘Porco Rosso’ (1992)

Porco Rosso is about an anthropomorphic pig who can fly planes, and since he gets into some dogfights and the film’s a bit of an adventure one, it’s technically more exciting than My Neighbor Totoro, though it does remain a bit light on plot. There is a goofiness here that’s charming, owing to the premise, and then Porco Rosso does have some emotional moments, or at least reasons to care about what’s going on beyond just enjoying the vibes.

The vibes are the main thing here, though, admittedly. It also feels a bit like Miyazaki’s Ponyo (2009) in the sense that it really doesn’t feel like things were planned out narratively, and the resulting movie (again, like with Ponyo) ends up feeling a bit longer than it is. But things are sometimes fun, occasionally sweet, and always gorgeous to look at (the quality of the animation, as always, is impossible to find fault with), and so even with it being a bit aimless, it’s never unenjoyable to spend that amount of time with.

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‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ (1989)

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Just one year on from My Neighbor Totoro, Hayao Miyazaki returned to the realm of coming-of-age stories, in turn coming dangerously close to repeating himself. The film that followed so close to My Neighbor Totoro was Kiki’s Delivery Service, but it’s a step forward in the sense that the protagonist here is a little older than either of the two young girls in Miyazaki’s previous film, and the story here also sees her venturing off entirely on her own.

Well, actually, she does have a cat. Not a catbus, but a cat. Kiki’s Delivery Service is about her taking steps to become independent, doing what all witches apparently do when they reach their teenage years. Beyond that premise, there’s not a ton of narrative, and things wrap up especially abruptly once the film’s 100-ish minutes are up, yet it’s still a decently engaging film. Probably goes without saying, but it’s a winner as far as animation and music are concerned, too, as can be said about all of Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli-era movies.

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‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’ (1984)

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There are two movies Hayao Miyazaki directed before Studio Ghibli was officially founded, though of the two, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is the easiest to classify as a Studio Ghibli movie. Maybe it is spiritually, because it’s got a ton of recognizable elements thematically and stylistically, and then it’s also worth singling out that it’s the first Miyazaki film with a score composed by Joe Hisaishi, who’d go on to compose music for the 10 that followed Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, too.

This film’s a post-apocalyptic one that combines sci-fi and fantasy elements very effectively, telling a story that’s a bit more interesting than some of the stories found in certain previously mentioned movies, but then also, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind succeeds in terms of having an especially interesting world. It feels like one movie isn’t really enough for all that’s engaging here, which makes sense when you realize that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was originally a manga written by Miyazaki himself (and one that the film couldn’t adapt in its entirety, since it took until 1992 for the manga series to be concluded).

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‘Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro’ (1979)

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The other Miyazaki movie that pre-dated the formation of Studio Ghibli was Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, which is pretty easy to single out as the most underrated Hayao Miyazaki movie. It’s probably the lack of connection to Studio Ghibli that’s made that happen, and it’s also difficult to mistake this one for a Studio Ghibli movie the way you possibly might’ve with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, outside a castle – or castles – being important (Miyazaki loves his castles).

This one’s incredibly entertaining, and if you want one more bit of hyperbole, it’s also comfortably the funniest Hayao Miyazaki movie. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro is about a charismatic and skilled (albeit also unlucky) thief and his partner-in-crime getting wrapped up in a less-selfish-than-usual mission to save a princess from an evil count named Cagliostro, and he does indeed have quite the castle. This movie’s so much fun, and if you’re a fan of Miyazaki’s and have somehow missed out on watching it so far, that’s something you should try to amend as fast as possible.

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‘Castle in the Sky’ (1986)

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Another movie with “Castle” in the title, Castle in the Sky is once more one where it feels tempting to call it underrated, even with the acknowledgment that everyone seems to like and/or love it. But it’s, like, even better than the general consensus. The entertainment value here is important, as it was with Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, because Castle in the Sky is consistently fun, and there’s a story here that gives the feeling of things always going somewhere.

Miyazaki’s first three movies are, overall, a bit more exciting than the next two he’d do: My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service. They feel like better entry points to Miyazaki, or anime generally, than those two other movies, even if those two (and especially My Neighbor Totoro) might be more famous. Castle in the Sky is exciting and never boring, all the while also standing as perhaps Miyazaki’s most ambitious film in terms of genres covered, since this is a bit of an action/adventure/comedy/family/fantasy/sci-fi film, all at once.

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‘Princess Mononoke’ (1997)

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Princess Mononoke does absolutely everything right, and the only Hayao Miyazaki movie you’re likely to see most people ranking ahead of it, when they’re trying to go over all his films, would be Spirited Away. For now, it’s easy to call it the best film Miyazaki directed in the 20th century, since Spirited Away came out in 2001. But the gap in quality between these two masterpieces is an incredibly small one.

Narratively and thematically, Princess Mononoke has the most in common with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, since both are heavily about environmental-related conflicts, though Princess Mononoke arguably refines and/or perfects everything that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind already did exceptionally well. It’s such a beautiful and thought-provoking film, animated or otherwise, and more than worthy of its status as an untouchable classic.

Prime Video has quickly become one of the strongest all-around streaming libraries for true movie lovers. They have found a mix of brand-new theatrical exclusives to weave into an impressively deep, well-curated back catalog. This month’s lineup is a particularly strong argument for that case, pairing two of 2026’s biggest theatrical hits with a run of prestige dramas, genre classics and a horror classic that has truly stood the test of time. Whether you are chasing something new or filling in a gap in your movie-watching history, there’s a real range here worth carving out time for.

The reason this library deserves more attention is mainly due to the lack of commonality found on the surface between all of these projects. Animated space adventures, a slew of setting-specific dramas, theatrical blockbusters and Wes Anderson’s latest dollhouse of a film all sit side by side. There is a through line underneath, though, all movies that are confident enough in their own voice to demand your full attention. None of these movies are pure background noise service, if that is what you came here looking for. Several of these titles are also brand new to the platform this month, which means the window to catch them without having to hunt elsewhere or succumb to a “movie with ads” service, is right now.

With all this being said, ranking a list like this means weighing pure craft against cultural momentum, and this month’s slate makes that unusually difficult. A decades-old horror classic sits comfortably beside a film that just opened in theaters weeks ago. A testament to how two vastly different films can earn their place amongst a prestigious library like Prime’s for completely different reasons. Here are ten movies on Prime worth prioritizing this month.

10

‘Frailty’ (2001)

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Bill Paxton‘s directorial debut Frailty is an unsettling gothic thriller about a father (Paxton) who convinces his two young sons that God has tasked their family with hunting and killing demons disguised as ordinary people. Matthew McConaughey anchors the framing story as the grown-up version of one of those sons recounting the family’s history to an FBI agent investigating a string of unsolved murders. The movie finds itself through its total commitment to ambiguity, never fully tipping the hand about whether the father is a monster, prophet, or something far more complicated than either. Paxton directs with true patience, letting an uncomfortable dread build devoid of cheap scares.

This is the type of film that gets better on a rewatch, once you understand where it’s headed, since the early scenes will take on a much darker, sadder resonance. McConaughey’s performance is a masterclass in withheld information, and the film’s final twist recontextualizes everything before it without feeling like a cheap gotcha. It’s a film about faith, trauma and inherited violence dressed as a horror thriller, and it holds up remarkably well more than two decades later. If you’ve never seen it, this is the month to fix that.

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‘A Serious Man’ (2009)

The Coen brothers‘ bleakly funny, deeply personal take on the Book of Job, A Serious Man, follows Larry Glopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a Midwestern physics professor whose life falls apart piece by piece for reasons that neither quite make sense to him or to us. Set in a meticulously recreated 1967 Minnesota Jewish suburb, the film mines real, specific cultural detail for a blend of comedy and existential trepidation. Stuhlbarg shines as the lead, a performance full of controlled panic, a man trying to apply logic and reason to a universe that refuses to cooperate. The structure of the narrative deliberately withholds catharsis, ending on a note of pure unresolved horror that has divided audiences since its release.

This is the Coens at their most philosophically ambitious, which many would argue is when they have done their best work. They use a seemingly small, personal story, to ask enormous questions about faith, suffering and whether meaning exists at all. The humor works well too, but it’s the kind that makes you feel a bit uncomfortable the longer you sit with it afterward. It is also one of the most rewatchable films in their whole catalog because it refuses to explain itself and every viewing seems to surface something new. For anyone who thinks they’ve seen everything the Coens have to offer, this is the one that proves otherwise.

8

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ (2025)

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Wes Anderon‘s latest meticulously constructed diorama follows a wealthy, morally dubious industrialist navigating a labyrinth of business schemes, family estrangement and personal reckoning. All of this filtered through Anderson’s signature symmetrical framing and deadpan delivery across yet another A-list ensemble cast. Like many of his previous entries, the film’s visual density rewards close, repeated attention. Anderson continues to push his aesthetic further into miniature, diorama-like precision, not a single prop or color out of place. There is a sensitivity to the film that sneaks up on you, beneath all of that surface level control. It’s a film like most of his heavily stylized projects, that asks its audience to trust its rhythm rather than fight it.

For longtime Anderson fans, this is another entry in his ongoing interest in absent or emotionally unavailable father figures, weaved through his most maximalist visual instincts yet. Critics and audiences were genuinely split on where it should land in his filmography. But, it’s that division that makes it worth watching and forming your own opinion on a project from an auteur who is constantly heavily criticized for better or worse. The craft on display, production design, costuming, needle-drop precision, is just about as meticulous as anything he has made over his long illustrious career. Even a lesser Anderson film is more interesting than most directors’ best work, and this one has real defenders.

7

‘Mud’ (2012)

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Jeff Nichols coming of age drama follows two Arkansas boys who discover a fugitive, Mud, (Matthew McConaughey), hiding out on a small island and agree to help him reunite with the woman he loves before the men hunting him catch up. McConaughey delivers one of the best performances of his career-defining run in the early 2010s, playing a character who is equal parts myth and man, superstitious, wounded, and unreliable in ways the film never fully resolves. Nichols shoots the Mississippi River Delta with a real texture and specificity, grounding the film’s fable-like premise in lived-in working-class reality. The young leads, Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland, carry the film’s emotional weight with a naturalism that never feels performed.

This is a movie about the gap between the romantic stories boys tell themselves about love and loyalty, and the messier, more disappointing reality adults actually live in. It’s patient, atmospheric, and quietly devastating without ever reaching for melodrama. Nichols has built a career on this kind of grounded American storytelling, and Mud stands as one of his most realized efforts. It’s the kind of film that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after the credits roll.

6

‘Munich’ (2005)

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Steven Spielberg‘s tense, morally exhausting thriller follows a Mossad-assembled team tasked with hunting down and killing those responsible for the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. Eric Bana leads as a man increasingly consumed and hollowed out by the cycle of violence he’s been ordered to carry out. The movie never lets the audience feel simple satisfaction at any of the team’s successes, reinforcing the moral issues involved in the actions they have been ordered to go through with. Spielberg depicts the assassination sequences with tension and consequence, refusing to turn political violence into action-movie spectacle. The film’s structure, methodical, patient, increasingly paranoid, mirrors its protagonist’s own sense of unraveling sense of moral clarity.

This is Spielberg working in his most complicated, unresolved register, refusing easy answers about retribution, national identity, or whether any of the violence actually accomplishes anything it sets out to do. It is one of his more purely adult films, structured on ambiguity rather than the redemptive uplift he’s often associated with. Two decades on, its questions about the cost and futility of endless retaliatory violence feel as urgent as ever. Munich is a great, underappreciated entry in his vast filmography that rewards a serious, patient viewing.

5

‘The Thing’ (1982)

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John Carpenter‘s paranoid, practical-effects masterpiece, The Thing, focuses on an Antarctic research team picking off one another as they realize an alien organism capable of perfectly imitating any living thing has infiltrated their ranks. The movie draws out its suspense and horror almost completely through uncertainty, as nobody, including the audience can be totally sure who is still human and Carpenter sustains that dread relentlessly across the entire runtime. Kurt Russell leads an ensemble with real grit, but the film’s true star is Rob Bottin’s still astonishing practical creature effects, which to this day remain more disturbing than most modern CGI renderings. The bleak, claustrophobic setting becomes its own kind of prison, isolating the characters from any possible rescue or relief.

This is one of the great horror films of all time because it refuses to offer any comfort, and its ending remains one of the most ambiguous, unresolved conclusions in the genre. Carpenter’s command of tone, the construction of terror through implication and suggestion instead of traditional jump scares has influenced decades of horror filmmaking since. It is a movie that gets more impressive with every rewatch, since once you know who’s “infected”, the character work underneath takes on a whole new dimension. If horror history interests you at all this one should definitely be on your watch list.

4

‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead’ (2007)

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Sidney Lumet‘s final film, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, is a ferociously tense crime drama about two desperate brothers, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke, whose plan to rob their own parents’ jewelry store spirals into a catastrophe. Told through a fractured, non-linear structure, Lumet slowly reveals new layers of betrayal and desperation and builds the apprehension surrounding the situation instead of a singular dramatic moment. The late Hoffman is fantastic as a man drowning in debt, addiction and self-loathing and drags everyone, including his family, down with him. And Lumet, in his eighties at the time, directs with the same unsparing moral clarity that defined his entire career.

This is a film about how desperation can curdle into cruelty, and how family loyalty can be its own kind of trap. The structure rewards close attention, each new timeline jump recontextualizes what came before it in some truly uncomfortable and unsettling ways. It’s a fitting capstone to Lumet’s career, an auteur who spent five decades interrogating American institutions and the people who are crushed beneath them. Few crime drama entries hit this hard on an emotional level while still functioning as a gripping and believable plot device.

3

‘The Martian’ (2015)

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Ridley Scott‘s crowd-pleasing space survival drama, The Martian, follows astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon), stranded alone on Mars after his crew mistakenly believes him dead. He is forced to use science, ingenuity and sheer stubbornness to survive long enough for a rescue mission to reach him. Damon carries much of the film alone, and his performance balances true peril with a disarming, self-deprecating humor that keeps the film from ever feeling too bleak. Scott shoots the Martian landscape and foreign planet setting with a real scale and beauty audiences would hope from a space epic and a director of his stature. But its really the film’s science-forward problem-solving structure and watching Watney work through one crisis after another, that makes this one endlessly satisfying. The ensemble supporting cast back on Earth adds real texture without ever distracting from Watney’s central plight.

This is a story that trusts science and competence as truly heroic qualities, and one of the more purely optimistic films made about human ingenuity and cooperation in the last decade or so. It has aged well specifically because of its sincerity, refusing cynicism in favor of a narrative forged on the notion of people working together to solve an impossible problem. With Project Hail Mary now streaming as well, this is a perfect companion watch, both stories built on the same faith in resourcefulness under pressure. It is an endlessly rewatchable comfort viewing that never talks down to its audience.

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‘The Sheep Detectives’ (2026)

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Kyle Balda‘s charming whodunit tracks George Hardy (Hugh Jackman), a shepherd who reads murder mystery novels aloud to his flock every night, assuming they can’t understand a word. When George turns up dead, his sheep, led by a stacked voice cast including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston and Patrick Stewart, set out to solve his murder themselves. After all, they realized that they’ve absorbed more detective know-how than anyone would give them credit for. Balda threads a very difficult needle seamlessly by playing the mystery completely straight while mining natural comedic beats out of its absolutely absurd premise.

The Sheep Detectives ends up being closer to a cross between Babe and Knives Out than a typical animated family comedy. Jackman plays Hardy with a warmth and ease, and supporting performances from Nicholas Hoult‘s absent-minded police officer and Emma Thompson‘s as an uptight lawyer for the Hardy family add a nice touch to the human element of the mystery. This is the kind of family film that works because it never condescends to either its child or adult audience, the jokes land, the mystery is well clued and gate kept, and the emotional beats will have any adult man in full tears. It’s a rare recent studio release devoid of traditional franchise mechanics in place of a real charm and craft that all age groups can appreciate. Given its stacked cast, rave reviews and cross-generational appeal, it’s an easy, rewarding watch for pretty much any mood. Do not let the silly premise fool you, this one really delivers.

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‘Project Hail Mary’ (2026)

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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller‘s first live action, non-comedic directorial effort hones in on Ryan Gosling as a lone astronaut waking up with no memory on a solo mission to save humanity from an extinction-level threat. Unfortunately for Ryland Grace, Gosling’s character, he is actually just a middle school science teacher, now forced to piece together his mission and his own identity as the stakes become clear. Despite the slight tonal departure from their comedic routes, Lord and Miller bring warmth and unexpected humor to the material adapted from the novel, without undercutting its real emotional and existential stakes. Gosling shines in a performance that asks him to carry a heavy weight for its three-hour runtime. He brings a much welcomed vulnerability and wit to the role of Grace, which plays smoothly through the character’s more isolated moments and bridges a genuine curiosity for his outer space friend Rocky. The scope of the epic, blending hard science fiction with emotional catharsis, has resonated very strongly with both critics and audiences since its release in theaters this past Spring.

For a studio of MGM’s magnitude, Project Hail Mary feels like the exception to the normal assessment of a science fiction film, trusting its audience with scientific problem-solving instead of the usual reductive decision to turn the whole piece into a study in spectacle. This is not a case of that. As Lord and Miller have done throughout their twenty-year careers, they never lose sight of the human element of characters and story-making that makes their work connect with so many on a deeper level. The duo’s instinct for pacing and character, honed across animation and comedy, translate remarkably well to a genre they’d never worked in before. It’s currently the strongest recommendation on this list, a movie that rewards both a first watch and a rewatch once you know where it’s headed. If you watch nothing else on this list this month, make it this one.

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Release Date

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

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2026 has been a great year for sci-fi, with the likes of Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott releasing new entries into the genre. The highlight so far has been the Phil Lord and Christopher Miller-directed masterpiece Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling, which beautifully adapts the 2021 novel by Andy Weir. Project Hail Mary ​​​​​​was a huge hit with critics, including Collider’s Ross Bonaime, who dubbed it “the first great film of 2026” in his 9/10 review, and is an early favorite to take home Oscars in early 2027.

Project Hail Marywasn’t just a hit with critics; it was also a commercial success, earning an enormous $682 million worldwide during its extended box office run. But not every sci-fi film of the year has managed to hit these same heights. In fact, one of the most surprising flops of this summer hailed from the genre’s biggest franchise, one that Lord and Miller themselves have even previously been involved with. The film in question is The Mandalorian and Grogu, which saw Pedro Pascal‘s bounty hunter make the move from the small to the big screen alongside the hugely popular Grogu.

The latest Star Wars movie seemed destined to fly high at the box office, but instead fell far, far away from expectations. Against a budget of $165 million, The Mandalorian and Grogu earned just $345 million worldwide, barely breaking the all-important $330 million mark, which doesn’t account for major marketing costs. This is far short of what many had expected and is even the lowest-grossing live-action Star Wars movie ever made. Thankfully, it has since bounced back after coming to streaming, and currently ranks as the most-watched movie on Disney+ in the world, outperforming the likes of The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Avengers: Endgame.

What Did Critics Say About ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’?

Directed by Jon Favreau, The Mandalorian and Grogu simply had to continue the success of the three-season Disney+ series that had laid impressive foundations for this big-screen jump. However, it fell short both commercially and critically, earning mixed reviews across the board. This included Collider’s Aidan Kelley, who called it “not the Star Wars movie we need right now,” adding, “The Mandalorian and Grogu are neither great nor awful, and that’s what makes it one of the galaxy far, far away’s most frustrating.”

For the latest streaming stories, stay tuned to Collider.

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May 20, 2026

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Kai Cenat celebrated the launch of his VIVET fashion line with a star-studded New York Fashion Week show, but fans couldn’t help but notice Gabrielle ‘Gigi’ Alayah sitting front row.

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Kai Cenat Debuts VIVET During New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week is in full effect, and streamer Kai Cenat has officially entered the fashion chat! Over the weekend, Kai debuted his VIVET fashion line with its inaugural fashion show in New York City, bringing together family, friends, celebrities, and fellow streamers to support his latest venture. The Saturday, Sept. 12, event featured a star-studded lineup, with celebrities including Lauryn Hill, Jaden Smith, Coi Leray, and others. Several familiar faces from the streaming and entertainment world also showed up to support Cenat as he stepped into a new creative lane. The runway featured appearances by Duke Dennis, Gioo, and model Alton Mason.

Gabrielle Alayah’s Front-Row Appearance Has Fans Talking

One familiar face quickly caught the internet’s attention: Kai Cenat’s ex-girlfriend, Gabrielle Alayah. Social media users first noticed Gigi’s appearance after celebrity hairstylist Arrogant Tae shared footage from the event on his Instagram Story. In the clip, Tae and Gigi appeared seated next to each other in the front row. Tae also captured a moment when Kai walked out during the show and appeared to blow a kiss in Gigi’s direction, sending fans into speculation mode.

Gigi later took to her Instagram Story to show off her look for the event. She wore an all-black ensemble with black hair featuring pink highlights, while fans also noticed the VIVET logo displayed on her top. While neither Kai nor Gigi have publicly confirmed their, Gigi’s appearance at the VIVET fashion show has sparked plenty of online conversation, especially given their previously public relationship.

Social Media Reacts

As clips and photos from the fashion show made their rounds online, fans quickly shared their theories about Kai and Gigi’s relationship over in The Shade Room Teens comment section. 

Instagram user @evb_fav_mila wrote, “I have so many theories about their “break up” because I know they didn’t stop talking. So I question how real it really was. But I wanna know how the dynamic between her and Kai friends gonna be after she read they a** for filthhhh !!!”

Another Instagram user @fellfromthesky wrote, “I don’t think they really broke up they had that one public argument and Kai wanted y’all out his relationship”

While Instagram user @iam.kotaaa wrote, “Tae always the messy one LMFAOOOO 😂”

Instagram user @mommmnnaaaaa wrote, “Front row seats boo 😂👏🏾 support ya man Gigi don’t mind”

Another Instagram user @rockydarealist wrote, “Kai too tender to let that girl go 😭 I knew when he came back with Streamer U they had to work they s*** out cause no way he was just back and happy without her lol”

While Instagram user @lovelyyy.alexandraaa wrote, “Y’all really owe that girl a REAL APOLOGY for all the disrespect”

While Instagram user @beauty_court wrote, “W Kai W VIVET and W for doubling back on your EX! 😂❤️Folks do it all the time only bad thing is they in the public eye 🤷🏽‍♀️”

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Chicago is mourning another young life lost to gun violence, and the latest reports have sent shockwaves through the local hip-hop community. Bloodhound Q50, whose real name is Mikquale Cooper, is reportedly dead following a shooting early Sunday morning.

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Chicago Police Share Details On Deadly Early-Morning Shooting

According to CBS News, the Chicago Police Department confirmed that a 22-year-old man was fatally shot around 3:58 a.m. in the Fuller Park neighborhood. Authorities say two vehicles pulled up alongside the victim as he was sitting in the driver’s seat and opened fire before fleeing the area.

Dispatch Audio Reportedly Identifies The Shooting Victim

The victim reportedly suffered gunshot wounds to the chest and shoulder. Responding officers provided treatment at the scene, where the man was ultimately pronounced dead. While police have not publicly released the victim’s identity, dispatch audio that surfaced online reportedly identifies him as “Cooper, Mikquale,” with a date of birth listed as Aug. 6, 2004. The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing, and additional details surrounding the circumstances leading up to the deadly incident have not been released.

POLICE AUDIObConfirming the death of BloodHound Q50 🫩💔 pic.twitter.com/qHIqTslFCz

— Akademiks TV (@AkademiksTV) September 13, 2026

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DJ Vlad Speaks Out & Seemingly Confirms

Following news of the reported shooting, DJ Vlad also addressed Q50’s death via X. Vlad, who interviewed the rapper last year, reflected on their conversation while offering his condolences to Q50’s loved ones. “Rest in peace Bloodhound Q50, who was shot and killed a few hours ago. I interviewed him last year. He was the most media-trained rapper I’ve ever spoken to at his young age. My condolences to his family, friends, and fans,” he wrote.

Rest in peace Bloodhound Q50, who was shot and killed a few hours ago. I interviewed him last year. He was the most media-trained rapper I’ve ever spoken to at his young age. My condolences to his family, friends, and fans. https://t.co/vBczpZiCJm

— DJ Vlad (@djvlad) September 13, 2026

Q50’s Last Public Moment Came Just Weeks Before The Shooting

The reported shooting comes just weeks after Q50 celebrated his 22nd birthday with the release of his latest project, ‘Get Back or Die Trying,’ which dropped on Aug. 6. The project also included an appearance from fellow Bloodhound artist Lil Jeff, who was fatally shot in 2024.

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Shania Twain will forever remember the late Dolly Parton’s influence.

“She is the ultimate example of being true to oneself in every way,” Twain, 61, exclusively told Us while promoting her collaboration with Candy Crush’s new music season. “She never abandoned her vision of things and her perspective on things and always fulfilled them all unapologetically and so courageously. I always admired that so much in her and it’s empowered me a lot in my own life and in my career but also in my personal life.”

News broke on August 25 that Parton died after a “brief” battle with an undisclosed form of cancer. She was 80.

“Dolly’s going to be very missed because we can never get enough of Dolly, and we didn’t get enough of Dolly,” Twain said. “She’s a big loss and she’s on my mind.”

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Twain, who reimagined her hit song “You’re Still the One” for Candy Crush with DJ Zedd, reflected on others wanting to put their own spin on Parton’s songs through the years.

“‘Jolene’ has been rerecorded so many times now in so many different ways, and in the end, she is still this magical songwriter who inspires others to reimagine and to redo their own take on her music,” Twain said. “It’s only a flattering thing.”

Twain’s collaboration with Zedd gave her iconic track a fresh flair, celebrating 30 years of “You’re Still the One.” The pair created a new sound and music video for Candy Crush in honor of the app’s new Music Season, with the track keeping the heart of the original intact while handing it a new pulse, turning it into a dance song built for right now — without losing what made it timeless in the first place.

“Well, Candy Crush chose the song, and I thought it was a very exciting concept because, first of all, Zedd’s style of arranging and producing is a whole other world from the song’s vocals and the style. So it’s kind of this beautiful contrast,” she told Us. “When [these two styles] come together, it’s this explosion of a candy-coated country world. So it’s just a really fun take on a classic song, and I feel like it’s been refreshed with Zedd’s animated sound that works really well with the animation and the spirit of this treasure hunt … and excitement of all the colors. It’s just a lot of fun. It’s taken this beautiful love song into a whole different world of love, I guess you could say. It’s really great. It’s exciting, and it’s another platform for one of my classics. I’m excited about it.”

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She continued, “I think it’s just a whole new, wonderful energy to the song, and it just gives a second life to something that we already know and has been in our lives for so many years now. It’s like hitting the refresh button on something. It’s fabulous.”

Not only has she been busy with Candy Crush, but Twain also released her seventh studio album, Little Miss Twain, in July. The record features collaborations with country music legend Tanya Tucker, as well as Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and duo The War and Treaty, whom Twain shared she feels inspired by.

“There’s so much room for inspiration, and being around younger artists and meeting them and performing with them gives me a lot of hope about where we’re going with music and creativity, because they’re just so full of new ideas, and that’s where inspiration comes from,” she told Us. “Being around people that are doing things you may never have thought of [or] doing things in a different way you may never have considered, like Zedd’s doing. … That’s certainly a genre that I wouldn’t have imagined for ‘You’re Still the One,’ so this is what young people do. They come up with all kinds of really fun things that continue to inspire me, so it’s really great new juice and I like being around it. It’s a joy.”

After rising to stardom with roles in The Americans, Girls and The Beast in Me, Matthew Rhys was excited to share even more about himself while celebrating award buzz surrounding his new hit series, Widow’s Bay.

“[It is an] the interesting question [to consider] how long [the show could go for],” Rhys, 51, exclusively tells Us in his 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me interview, on newsstands now. “It’s like Scooby-Doo. How long could you draw an episode of Scooby-Doo? How long does it take for them to figure something out? Or how long does it take for them to try and figure something out before they become buffoons for not figuring it out?”

He continued: “If the audience is going, ‘Oh my God, come on! You can see how it’s figured out!’ Then you’ve lost them. So I don’t know but it could be quite finite.”

Rhys spoke with Us while enjoying the views on the NAVAN C30. Brunswick also has other boating options including the Boston Whaler 405 Conquest, 210 Guardian and 330 Outrage, the Sea Ray SLX 360, the Elite, the Mercury Racing x MTI 440X Catamaran, the Textron TSUNAMI 25′ and more.

“I have no idea why but I had the mad idea of owning a boat, which is ridiculous. What you need are friends with boats. That’s what you should aim for,” he jokes. “Or what we try and offer here with Brunswick is an accessibility to the water without necessarily boat ownership, which is far more reasonable.”

Keep scrolling for more fun facts from Rhys:

1. My most valuable possession? In a fire, what am I grabbing? The dog.

2. I used to collect military badges from different regiments. Now they just collect dust.

3. Favorite comfort meal is what my mother used to make, a lamb’s neck soup. It’s the traditional dish of Wales — a lamb and vegetable soup.

4. Most starstruck moment [was] meeting Anthony Hopkins when I was 24. He introduced himself as Tony. I went, “Yes, I know.” [He’s] a lifelong hero.

5. Celebrity crush growing up was Kylie Minogue or Elisabeth Shue.

6. I have a slightly irrational fear of rats. I mistook one for a cat. It was so big.

7. I like to think I could do [other jobs], because I’ve played them once or twice. “Oh, I’d love to be a cowboy,” which is the most idealistic, ridiculous idea because I wouldn’t last half a day.

8. There’s nothing I prefer to coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Bridge Marina and just looking out at the water.

9. Kylie Minogue songs bring me that kind of rush of romance for the candle I still hold for her.

10. A lot of people want to talk about the ending [of The Americans]. There’s [also] a moment where Keri [Russell] had to punch national treasure Margo Martindale and shout, “Show them your face.” That one comes up a lot.

11. My Girls memory is that it was such a singularly unique experience because we rehearsed it as a play. It was a standalone episode. It was such a luxury of a procedure.

12. What I love about being a similar age to [Widow’s Bay creator] Katie Dippold is we enjoy the homage to a lot of the films we grew up watching: the Stephen King stuff, Jaws.

13. I never read my own reviews. I did a play once with Paul Bettany. I read such a scathing review of myself that I said, “Then I will never read another,” and I haven’t.

14. [Being an Emmy nominee at the same time as partner Keri] brings a cold competition into the kitchen most mornings. We haven’t spoken since nomination day, sadly! No, it’s a relief that you just get to do a fun date night together.

15. Proudest moment? God. Is it yet to happen? Just being able to look back and go, “Oh, it turned out OK.” So far! Don’t get me wrong. There’s plenty of room to mess things up!

16. I just binged Alone, the survival series. I find it very calming because these people are alone with their own thoughts and this beautiful landscape.

17. The most famous person in my phone is Robert Downey Jr.

18. I’m such a sports fan. The Welsh national [rugby] team will always have a very special place in my heart.

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19. The Americans is my favorite project because I met Keri.

20. For a brief second, [I had a job where] I would hot-press numbers and names onto ice hockey shirts. A lot of burnt fingers!

21. I did a movie [Titus] where Jonathan Rhys Meyers and I were hung naked upside down, hands tied behind our backs. Then Anthony Hopkins slit our throats and these prosthetics opened up and pumped blood onto our faces. It was the most nervous I’ve ever been.

22. I would like to do an Atlantic crossing, sailing. That’s a big bucket list item for me.

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23. I would love to work with Javier Bardem. He’d be a big one, just so we could play rugby [on] lunch breaks.

24. The nonprofit Billion Oyster Project in New York Harbor does incredible work.

25. [A reason I fell in love with boating is] I remember thinking how calm it was; such a lovely way to spend some time. You don’t even have to be on a boat. Just looking at water has the same effect.

Reacher star Alan Ritchson filed for divorce from his wife of 20 years, Catherine Ritchson, months before publicly announcing their separation.

Alan, 43, filed to dissolve the pair’s marriage on December 1, 2025, per court records viewed by Us. (TMZ was first to report the news.)

Alan and Cat, 37, revealed nearly nine months later that they had called it quits.

“After 20 years together, Cat and I have decided to end our marriage and continue alongside one another in a different way,” the now-exes wrote in a joint statement shared via Instagram on Saturday, September 12. “We grew up together, we built a life and a family together.”

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They continued, “We are raising three incredible boys, who will always be the center of our world. Nothing can diminish what these years have meant to us — or the love and respect we will always share. The best gift we can give one another — and our boys — right now is friendship, grace and commitment to becoming the strongest coparents we can be.”

The actor and Catherine further stressed that they hoped to “give each other room to grow into the people [they were] becoming.”

“Change is hard enough without the whole world weighing in,” the pair added in her Saturday statement. “We hope, especially for the sake of our boys, that you will allow our family to move through this chapter with privacy and compassion. Thank you for supporting us as we continue making the health and happiness of our family our priority.”

Days earlier, Catherine documented a “solo trip” via Instagram and shared cryptic “statements that resonate.”

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“It is what it is, and it ain’t nothin’ else,” Catherine reposted a 1965 quote attributed to Flavin on Thursday, September 10. “One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.”

While Catherine did not explain why the statement felt relevant, she and Alan have continued to amicably coparent their three sons.

“Was so fun to support Dad as a family yesterday for his appearance on @latenightseth,” Catherine wrote via Instagram in July, sharing behind-the-scenes pics with Alan and their kids. “Seth couldn’t have been more friendly and welcoming!”

The Hunger Games actor and Catherine were high school sweethearts, first meeting in a ballet class as teenagers.

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“After the millionth time of us sitting next to each other, inches away, tying our shoes — so now it’s super awkward — I was like, ‘So I heard you ice skate,’” Alan told Men’s Health in February 2024. “She was like the sweetest thing in the world.”

Alan and Catherine briefly separated after one year together before reconciling, eventually getting married in 2006.

Us has reached out for comment.

Netflix’s 4-season legal drama, The Lincoln Lawyer, is a compelling look at an attorney who makes it his life’s work to defend his clients. Each fascinating storyline dives further into the law and its consequences. HBO’s Sharp Objects is a heart-wrenching and often disturbing examination of a female protagonist who is haunted by her hometown and the murders of two young girls. At first glance, these two shows have little in common, but a completely underrated Apple TV series perfectly captures the best of both.

What Is ‘Truth Be Told’ About?

Truth Be Told, based on the 2017 novel Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber, began airing on Apple TV back in 2019 and ran for three seasons, wrapping up in 2023. The series follows a well-known podcaster named Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer), whose claim to fame was covering the murder of a professor named Chuck Buhrman (Nic Bishop) back in 1999. Poppy was convinced that a young man named Warren Cave (Aaron Paul, as well as Hunter Doohan in flashbacks) was responsible for the gruesome murder.

The only problem is that Poppy now has reason to believe that Warren may have been wrongfully convicted of the crime. Because of her immense guilt, she feels driven to correct her mistake and discover the truth about who actually killed Chuck. Truth Be Told unfolds with an eerie, twisty narrative, complete with family secrets, betrayal, and lies. Subsequent seasons of the series allow Poppy to investigate other cases, similar to The Lincoln Lawyer, including the murder of a filmmaker in Season 2, and the terrifying disappearances of several young Black girls in Season 3.

‘Truth Be Told’ Captivates With Its Suspenseful Storytelling and Stellar Cast

All 28 episodes of Truth Be Told are thrilling to watch because the storytelling is so gripping. It’s easy to find yourself drawn into Poppy’s cases, especially because she becomes so enmeshed with both the victims and the suspects. She’s not a perfect protagonist, since she’s responsible for putting a potentially innocent person behind bars, but her dogged desire to fight for the truth is both admirable and riveting. The dark, almost Southern Gothic vibe, similar to the one found in Sharp Objects, becomes almost another character, portraying the setting as mysterious and dangerous. Plenty of red herrings and twists and turns help the pacing of each episode fly by.

Truth Be Told doesn’t feel like your average prestige thriller, and much of this is because of the impressive cast. Oscar winner Spencer shines in a role that allows her to dig into the messier sides of humanity, a far cry from her hilarious performance in the recent Prime Video hit Ride or Die. Paul, as impeccable as always, has a hardened edge to his performance that demonstrates the harsh effects of growing up in prison, and his scenes with Spencer are incredibly intense. Lizzy Caplan is a standout in Season 1 in a dual role as Chuck’s traumatized twin daughters, while Elizabeth Perkins is heartbreaking as Warren’s cancer-stricken mother. The Pitt‘s Katherine LaNasa even pops up in a supporting role as Noa Havilland, the producer of Poppy’s podcast. One of the most fascinating aspects of Truth Be Told is that Seasons 2 and 3 provide brand-new cases and even more extraordinary cast members; Kate Hudson, Gabrielle Union, and Peter Gallagher are just a few of the actors who help bring Poppy’s world to life in later episodes.

Truth Be Told was cancelled after Season 3, but many felt the show had run its course due to its anthology storytelling format. With just three seasons, the series is now the perfect length for a binge-watch. Even if the content is pretty heavy, you’ll be drawn in by the captivating twists and authentic performances in all three seasons of Truth Be Told.

Truth Be Told is available to stream on Apple TV in the U.S.

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Truth Be Told

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Release Date

2019 – 2023-00-00

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Apple TV+

Directors

Fred Toye, Alrick Riley, Bille Woodruff, Rosemary Rodriguez, Sarah Pia Anderson, Nelson Cragg, Dawn Wilkinson, Kat Candler, Loni Peristere, Millicent Shelton, Tucker Gates, Ariel Kleiman, Jet Wilkinson

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Writers

Darla Lansu, Amanda Segel, Leonard Dick, Matt Johnson, Chitra Elizabeth Sampath, Jai Tiggett, Jeanine Daniels, Davita Scarlett, Matthew Montoya

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