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Most movie years post-pandemic have felt like rollercoasters, but 2026 so far has been particularly up-and-down – and at its highest points, especially exciting. Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day disappointed while Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey took on one of the oldest epics in literature and surpassed even the loftiest expectations. Several titanic franchises flopped hard, while smaller films like Obsession and Backrooms, made by total unknowns,  have come bursting through the box-office glass ceiling. The likes of Project Hail Mary and Toy Story 5 may not qualify as ‘original stories’, but both displayed an intelligence, emotionality and sense of crowd-pleasing fun missing from many of the IP-flogging blockbusters of the recent past. All in all, a pretty good year – and we haven’t even hit awards season yet. For now, though, here’s the best of what we’ve seen to date. 📺 The best TV and streaming shows of 2026 (so far)😂 The best comedy movies of 2026🔥 The 100 greatest movies ever made

It’s been a headline-grabbing year for family movies, with a massive new Toy Story film, another new Pixar movie, an adorable Aardman adventure, a Super Mario sequel, a big rights kerfuffle over Coyote Vs. Acme, a disastrous live-action Moana, and something called Chickenhare And The Secret Of The Groundhog (although no shade if you missed that one). And there’s still a new Laika animated epic, Wildwood, and Disney’s Hexed to come. Picking a family film for movie night is not an easy task and 2026 has already contributed handsomely to the canon, for which it has the gratitude of an army of weary parents. But not all demographic-spanning sofa fodder is created equal. Allow us to curate the best options from the year for you to tee up on movie night safe in the knowledge that no toys will be thrown. Apart from maybe Buzz Lightyear.  RECOMMENDED: 📽️ The best movies of 2026 (so far)👪 50 great films to watch as a family

Zombie movies refuse to die. Ever since Night of the Living Dead invented the modern version of the genre in 1968, the undead have risen continuously over the decades, mutating as they go. Sure, there’s a well-established formula – some sort of plague infects the planet, turning the deceased into ravenous cannibals looking to feast on the flesh of the living – and plenty of hacks have exploited the template to overwhelm video store shelves and streaming platforms with mindless schlock. But a rarefied few have found ways to take the basic mythos and twist it into something wholly unique.  Others hit the beats with high style and freshness, while some are simply so energetically over-the-top that they can’t be ignored. On this list, you’ll find examples of all three: from classics to cult faves, zom-coms to gorefests, and even a few that predate George A Romero. Grab some popcorn and board up the windows – these are the best zombie movies ever made. Recommended: 😱 The 100 best horror movies of all-time👹 The best monster movies of all-time🔪 The 31 best serial killer movies of all-time🤘 The 40 best cult movies ever made

Let’s face it: Halloween is a children’s holiday. College kids may have usurped it as an excuse to throw costumed keg parties, and fortysomethings may use it as an excuse to put pumpkin spice in everything, but at its heart, All Hallow’s Eve is still mostly about tweens and grade-schoolers cosplaying as their favorite superhero, eating candy and allowing themselves a few innocent scares. That’s why, when thinking about the best movies to watch in the run-up to October 31, you shouldn’t only consider slasher flicks. Kids like to catch a fright, too. But picking a good Halloween movie that works for the whole family is a delicate science. You want something scary, but not so scary that your children will ask to sleep in your bed until they go away to university. And you also don’t want to pick something lame because, well, spooky season is only a month long, and you really can’t afford to waste any nights. These 45 movies, however, should do the trick… or treat. Best for little kids (ages 2-7): Monsters, Inc., It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Best for big kids (ages 7-11): The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline Best for tweens: Hocus Pocus, Goosebumps Best for teens: Beetlejuice, Gremlins Written by Hannah Doolin, Allie Early, Danielle Valente, Oliver Strand, Andy Kryza and Matthew Singer Recommended: 🎃 The best Halloween movies of all-time👪 The 50 best family films to stream on movie night🤣 The 35 best family comedies for your next movie night

In August I travelled to Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, to find out more about the country’s appreciation for bees. Within five hours of touching the tarmac, I’d squished one under my sandals. It wasn’t quite the start I’d hoped for.  Luckily, Paulius Chockevičius, founder and CEO of Urbanbee, continued making the case for bringing bees into city centres, politely ignoring the public execution that had just taken place under my big toe. Paulius is a fascinating contradiction: a former city-slicker turned bee whisperer. Having worked in finance for the best part of a decade in both Vilnius and London, he returned home to set up Urbanbee in 2019, after being inspired by The London Honey Company, which tends to hives on some of London’s most prestigious rooftops, including Fortnum & Mason, Harrods, the V&A and Tate Britain.  Photograph: Jess Phillips for Time OutPaulius Chockevičius, founder of Urbanbee Urbanbee followed a similar blueprint in Vilnius and now works with more than 40 companies, including Vinted. Even the presidential palace has turned its rooftop yellow, offering presidential honey as an official gift for international guests. On the surface, this is a classic case of corporate burnout gone granola. For Paulius, it’s more of a homecoming. He’s following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a lifelong hobby beekeeper, and reconnecting with his country’s roots. As Europe’s last pagan nation – the country officially adopted Christianity in 1387 –...

Updated for 2026: This was the year horror truly took over at the box office, thanks to two movies from freshman directors with built-in internet followings: Curry Barker’s Obsession, a ‘romantic’ monkey’s-paw scenario updated for Gen Z, and Kane Parsons’ singularly strange Backrooms. But it wasn’t just that they made a lot of money – both were major creative successes horror fans will be talking about for years to come, and deserving entries to the canon. For a long time, horror was cinema’s most misunderstood genre, if not its most derided. In the 1970s and ’80s, it was a vehicle for quick cash-ins to stock the emerging home video market, creating a flood of cheaply made, formulaic junk. Sure, there were the acknowledged classics – The Shining, The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, etc – but for the most part, ‘horror’ became a euphemism for ‘schlock’. That’s changed completely. In fact, there might not be a more bankable movie genre right now. Last year, it was Sinners and Weapons. In 2026, movies like Obsession and Backrooms are outgrossing Pixar and Star Wars. The success has led to a reappraisal of horror’s past. But as this list of the greatest horror movies ever made shows, the genre never truly needed such validation.  Among our picks, you’ll find psychological terrors that probe universal human fears and traditional slashers that jab at our most elemental instincts for survival. Some are transgressive, violent and gory, yes, but others will leave you rattled...

Everyone loves watching scary movies in October, of course. But true fright fans know no calendar. For real aficionados of the dark cinematic arts, any month, any day is a good time for horror, and Netflix is a proverbial crypt full of terrifying delights waiting to be streamed. As with most genres on the platform, though, it takes some digging to find the real scream of the crop. That’s why we’ve done the grave-robbing for you. And Netflix has an impressive amount of terrifying classics, new-school scares and hidden gems. Here are the best horror movies streaming right now. Recommended: 💀 The best horror movies of all time🇳 The best movies streaming on Netflix💻 The best Netflix original series to binge

Audiences have learned to view movies based on true stories with a certain amount of suspicion. Cinematic truth often differs from actual truth, and even the most accurate depictions of real events to appear on the big screen typically feature at least a sprinkling of dramatic license. And so, in compiling this list of the best movies based on true stories, we paid particular attention to those films that approached their subjects with something close to a journalistic eye – none of this vague ‘inspired by true events’ stuff.  Among them are Oscar winning dramas covering major moments in history, salacious crime stories drawn from magazine articles, odd character studies, psychedelic head-trips and other wild tales no one would believe if they didn’t actually happen. Sometimes, truth really is stranger than fiction – and often, it makes the best movies. Recommended: 📹 The 65 best documentaries of all-time😱 The 15 scariest horror movies based on true stories🔎 The best true crime documentaries on Netflix🙌 The 25 best biopics of all-time, ranked

As a lover of all things adventure and Africa, nothing quite beats the silence that creeps in as the safari vehicle engine comes to a stop, leaving only the wilderness between you and animals in their natural habitat. The animal kingdom is a complex world that you won’t understand until you see it for yourself: tracking different species, understanding their habits and if you’re lucky, witnessing your first kill.  I’ve been on safari in different formats, from typical game drives in Maasai Mara to walking on foot in South Luangwa or spotting animals by boat down the Zambezi River. Pensive reflection is part of the package too – some of my best ideas and meditative thoughts have come to me in the backseat of a safari truck, mind present and phone down. As a Black woman, it’s also an activity I love participating in and have no plans to stop. Vivienne Dovi is a travel and lifestyle journalist, based between London and Dakar. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.  How to plan a safari in Africa How long to go Before booking, consider what kind of safari experience you actually want. If you want a quick trip and plan to only do game drives in one national park, I wouldn’t recommend anything less than three nights. Combining two safari destinations is common, but factor in transfer times and add at least two to three nights per location. The physical demands are worth thinking about too: while a game drive requires little more than getting in and out of a...

Sprouting from the lustrous, expansive tiled floors, the central columns inside the Sagrada Família’s Basilica loom magnificently over the humming flocks of visitors like the trees of a pleasingly still forest, and that’s precisely what its maker intended – according to my audio guide.  This extraordinary structure is the world-famous, yet-to-be-complete (despite what that visit from Pope Leo might imply) magnum opus of Catalan architect and designer Antoni Gaudí. A deeply faithful man, a pioneer and poster boy of Catalan Modernisme and, as visitor numbers to his creations can attest, one of the world’s most adored designers, his work is woven into the cool, casual, bustling fabric of Barcelona.  This year marks a centenary since his death, and the Catalan capital has put on a splendour of celebrations – from immersive installations to community dinners – to honour him. I travelled to Barcelona with Vueling to get a closer look at Gaudí’s craftsmanship, from the near-complete cathedral to the formative, lesser-known spaces. Here’s why you should, too.  Photograph: Ivan Marc / ShutterstockSagrada Família’s Tower of Jesus Christ with a four armed cross Sagrada Família: Gaudí’s unfinished cathedral Sure, the cathedral sits atop every single list of must-see attractions in Barcelona, but with its arresting scale, forensic, ornate carvings and general one-of-a-kind aura, there really isn’t anywhere else like it.  In the 11 years since I first visited Barcelona, it’s undergone...