Jordan Blake

We crunched our entire movie database to find the real patterns behind ratings, genres, and audience favorites. The data tells a fascinating story.

Out of 1,132,666 movies in the spameri.cz database, only 479 score above 7.5 on Trakt while having fewer than 1,000 votes. We dug through them all. These are the 8 that deserve your attention right now.

Everyone says movies are getting worse. The data disagrees — at least for thrillers. We dug into 53,000 thriller movies in the spameri.cz database and found a surprising trend: after a decade-long dip, thriller ratings have been climbing since 2019.

We queried 367,000 feature-length films from the spameri.cz database spanning six decades. The answer is yes — but not the way you think. The median movie barely budged. The real story is at the top.

Two of the most debated directors of the 21st century. Eleven Nolan films. Eight Villeneuve films. One database with the ratings to settle this once and for all — or at least make the argument more interesting.

The first five months of 2026 produced the best Q1 since the pandemic, a $179 million A24 record, and three animated films in the top seven. Here's what the data reveals about where movies really stand.

Every January, the prediction industry publishes its forecasts for the year ahead. Five months and billions of dollars later, the data tells a very different story. Here's how the 2026 box office predictions actually held up — and what the gaps reveal about the state of the industry.

Three consecutive weekends. Three potential hundred-million-dollar openings. June 2026 just delivered the most concentrated box office battle in years — here's what the data reveals about who won, who got hurt, and what it means for the rest of the summer.

Disney has spent a decade remaking its animated classics. We put every film through the data — box office, budgets, critic scores, audience scores, and ROI. The numbers tell a story the studio probably doesn't want you to see.

Twelve films. Three decades. Seven Oscar wins. One director who turned IMAX cameras into a storytelling revolution. We ran the numbers on Christopher Nolan's entire career — the data tells the story of cinema's most bankable auteur.