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30 Most Popular Movies Right Now: What to Watch In Theaters and Streaming

Discover the top, most popular movies available now, along with what’s stoking early buzz and hype! Across theaters, streaming, and on-demand, these are the movies Rotten Tomatoes users are checking out at this very moment, including three Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Mufasa: The Lion King as new occupants of the top 2 spots, with last week’s #1 Kraven the Hunter (ending Sony’s live-action Spideyverse) dropping into third.

Check back for latest updates to the charts, and also take a look at the most popular TV shows out right now!)

#1

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 88% Popcornmeter icon 97%

#1
Adjusted Score: 94515%
Synopsis: Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and... [More]
Starring: Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter
Directed By: Jeff Fowler

#2

Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
Tomatometer icon 55% Popcornmeter icon 88%

#2
Adjusted Score: 65858%
Synopsis: "Mufasa: The Lion King" enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba... [More]
Starring: Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga
Directed By: Barry Jenkins

#3

Kraven the Hunter (2024)
Tomatometer icon 15% Popcornmeter icon 73%

#3
Adjusted Score: 23376%
Synopsis: Kraven the Hunter is the action-packed, R-rated, standalone story of how one of Marvel's most iconic villains came to be.... [More]
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola
Directed By: J.C. Chandor

#4

Red One (2024)
Tomatometer icon 30% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#4
Adjusted Score: 41065%
Synopsis: After Santa Claus -- Code Name: RED ONE -- is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must... [More]
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, J.K. Simmons, Lucy Liu
Directed By: Jake Kasdan

#5

Nosferatu (2024)
Tomatometer icon 87% Popcornmeter icon 77%

#5
Adjusted Score: 98820%
Synopsis: Robert Eggers' NOSFERATU is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with... [More]
Starring: Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Directed By: Robert Eggers

#6

Juror #2 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 93% Popcornmeter icon 91%

#6
Adjusted Score: 102822%
Synopsis: "Juror #2" follows family man Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) who, while serving as a juror in a high profile murder... [More]
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina
Directed By: Clint Eastwood

#7

Anora (2024)
Tomatometer icon 95% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#7
Adjusted Score: 114200%
Synopsis: Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner ANORA is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey... [More]
Starring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian
Directed By: Sean Baker

#8

A Complete Unknown (2024)
Tomatometer icon 79% Popcornmeter icon 96%

#8
Adjusted Score: 89513%
Synopsis: New York, 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota... [More]
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro
Directed By: James Mangold

#9

Heretic (2024)
Tomatometer icon 90% Popcornmeter icon 76%

#9
Adjusted Score: 107063%
Synopsis: Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by... [More]
Starring: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace
Directed By: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

#10

The Brutalist (2024)
Tomatometer icon 93% Popcornmeter icon 91%

#10
Adjusted Score: 102135%
Synopsis: Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to... [More]
Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn
Directed By: Brady Corbet

#11

Wicked (2024)
Tomatometer icon 88% Popcornmeter icon 95%

#11
Adjusted Score: 111957%
Synopsis: Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway's... [More]
Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater
Directed By: Jon M. Chu

#12
#12
Adjusted Score: 54135%
Synopsis: Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, "The Lord of the Rings: The War... [More]
Starring: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto
Directed By: Kenji Kamiyama

#13

Small Things Like These (2024)
Tomatometer icon 93% Popcornmeter icon 81%

#13
Adjusted Score: 98755%
Synopsis: Small Things Like These takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy)... [More]
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley, Clare Dunne
Directed By: Tim Mielants

#14

Homestead (2024)
Tomatometer icon 35% Popcornmeter icon 74%

#14
Adjusted Score: 35172%
Synopsis: A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and... [More]
Starring: Neal McDonough, Dawn Olivieri, Bailey Chase, Susan Misner
Directed By: Ben Smallbone

#15

Gladiator II (2024)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#15
Adjusted Score: 95371%
Synopsis: Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the... [More]
Starring: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal
Directed By: Ridley Scott

#16
#16
Adjusted Score: 95274%
Synopsis: The Herdmans are absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, they steal, they bully... and... [More]
Starring: Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright, Lauren Graham
Directed By: Dallas Jenkins

#17

The Six Triple Eight (2024)
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#17
Adjusted Score: 51896%
Synopsis: The Six Triple Eight is inspired by the first and only Women's Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas... [More]
Starring: Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Kylie Jefferson
Directed By: Tyler Perry

#18

Moana 2 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 61% Popcornmeter icon 86%

#18
Adjusted Score: 74961%
Synopsis: Walt Disney Animation Studios' epic animated musical "Moana 2" takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and... [More]
Starring: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Temuera Morrison
Directed By: David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller

#19

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Tomatometer icon 31% Popcornmeter icon 32%

#19
Adjusted Score: 54750%
Synopsis: "Joker: Folie à Deux" finds Arthur Fleck institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with... [More]
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson
Directed By: Todd Phillips

#20

It Ends With Us (2024)
Tomatometer icon 55% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#20
Adjusted Score: 66892%
Synopsis: IT ENDS WITH US, the first Colleen Hoover novel adapted for the big screen, tells the story of Lily Bloom,... [More]
Starring: Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj
Directed By: Justin Baldoni

#21

The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Tomatometer icon 54% Popcornmeter icon 38%

#21
Adjusted Score: 70792%
Synopsis: In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the... [More]
Starring: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny
Directed By: Jim Jarmusch

#22

Babygirl (2024)
Tomatometer icon 77% Popcornmeter icon 56%

#22
Adjusted Score: 85100%
Synopsis: A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much... [More]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde
Directed By: Halina Reijn

#23

Carry-On (2024)
Tomatometer icon 88% Popcornmeter icon 54%

#23
Adjusted Score: 92653%
Synopsis: A young TSA agent fights to outsmart a mysterious traveler who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package slip onto... [More]
Starring: Taron Egerton, Sofia Carson, Jason Bateman, Danielle Deadwyler
Directed By: Jaume Collet-Serra

#24

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
Tomatometer icon 69% Popcornmeter icon 96%

#24
Adjusted Score: 78704%
Synopsis: The world's favorite blue hedgehog is back for a next-level adventure in SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2. After settling in Green... [More]
Starring: James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter
Directed By: Jeff Fowler

#25

Dear Santa (2024)
Tomatometer icon 24% Popcornmeter icon 41%

#25
Adjusted Score: 24448%
Synopsis: When a young boy mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, a devilish Jack Black... [More]
Starring: Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Post Malone
Directed By: Robert Farrelly

#26

The Substance (2024)
Tomatometer icon 90% Popcornmeter icon 75%

#26
Adjusted Score: 112647%
Synopsis: Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You, only better in every way. You should try this... [More]
Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Hugo Diego Garcia
Directed By: Coralie Fargeat

#27

Subservience (2024)
Tomatometer icon 50% Popcornmeter icon 38%

#27
Adjusted Score: 51345%
Synopsis: Megan Fox stars as Alice, a lifelike artificially intelligent android, who has the ability to take care of any family... [More]
Starring: Megan Fox, Michele Morrone, Madeline Zima, Atanas Srebrev
Directed By: S.K. Dale

#28

Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Tomatometer icon 64% Popcornmeter icon 93%

#28
Adjusted Score: 78584%
Synopsis: The world needed a hero -- it got a hedgehog. Powered with incredible speed, Sonic embraces his new home on... [More]
Starring: James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Tika Sumpter
Directed By: Jeff Fowler

#29

That Christmas (2024)
Tomatometer icon 66% Popcornmeter icon 74%

#29
Adjusted Score: 67827%
Synopsis: Based on the charming trilogy of children's books by beloved multi award-winning writer/director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral,... [More]
Starring: Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Bill Nighy
Directed By: Simon Otto

#30

Maria (2024)
Tomatometer icon 75% Popcornmeter icon 67%

#30
Adjusted Score: 85100%
Synopsis: The tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived and reimagined during... [More]
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alba Rohrwacher, Pierfrancesco Favino
Directed By: Pablo Larraín

#31

Conclave (2024)
Tomatometer icon 93% Popcornmeter icon 86%

#31
Adjusted Score: 111028%
Synopsis: CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events -- selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes)... [More]
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati
Directed By: Edward Berger

#32

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
Tomatometer icon 41% Popcornmeter icon 81%

#32
Adjusted Score: 54547%
Synopsis: In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel's greatest and most complex characters, for the... [More]
Starring: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Alanna Ubach
Directed By: Kelly Marcel

#33

The Order (2024)
Tomatometer icon 90% Popcornmeter icon 89%

#33
Adjusted Score: 97411%
Synopsis: For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and... [More]
Starring: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett
Directed By: Justin Kurzel

#34

Y2K (2024)
Tomatometer icon 43% Popcornmeter icon 52%

#34
Adjusted Score: 48343%
Synopsis: On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves... [More]
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, The Kid LAROI
Directed By: Kyle Mooney

#35

28 Days Later (2002)
Tomatometer icon 87% Popcornmeter icon 85%

#35
Adjusted Score: 95161%
Synopsis: A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research... [More]
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson
Directed By: Danny Boyle

#36

Mary (2024)
Tomatometer icon 31% Popcornmeter icon 37%

#36
Adjusted Score: 31106%
Synopsis: Mary is shunned following an otherworldly conception and forced to flee when Herod's insatiable thirst for power ignites a murderous... [More]
Starring: Noa Cohen, Ido Tako, Anthony Hopkins, Stephanie Nur
Directed By: D.J. Caruso, Gavin Struthers, Tina Kalivas

#37

September 5 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 90% Popcornmeter icon 81%

#37
Adjusted Score: 95205%
Synopsis: During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli... [More]
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch
Directed By: Tim Fehlbaum

#38

Emilia Pérez (2024)
Tomatometer icon 76% Popcornmeter icon 70%

#38
Adjusted Score: 90030%
Synopsis: From renegade auteur Jacques Audiard comes Emilia Pérez, an audacious fever dream that defies genres and expectations. Through liberating song... [More]
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz
Directed By: Jacques Audiard

#39

Queer (2024)
Tomatometer icon 76% Popcornmeter icon 59%

#39
Adjusted Score: 87548%
Synopsis: 1950. William Lee, an American expat in Mexico City, spends his days almost entirely alone, except for a few contacts... [More]
Starring: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville
Directed By: Luca Guadagnino

#40

Nightbitch (2024)
Tomatometer icon 59% Popcornmeter icon 64%

#40
Adjusted Score: 70892%
Synopsis: A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom seeking a new chapter in her life and... [More]
Starring: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Ella Thomas, Zoe Chao
Directed By: Marielle Heller

#41

Nutcrackers (2024)
Tomatometer icon 47% Popcornmeter icon 52%

#41
Adjusted Score: 49792%
Synopsis: A strait-laced man finds his life suddenly upended when he becomes the caregiver for his rambunctious, orphaned nephews.... [More]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker
Directed By: David Gordon Green

#42

The Piano Lesson (2024)
Tomatometer icon 89% Popcornmeter icon 67%

#42
Adjusted Score: 96066%
Synopsis: Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, The Piano Lesson follows the lives of the Charles... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher
Directed By: Malcolm Washington

#43

Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
Tomatometer icon 65% Popcornmeter icon 89%

#43
Adjusted Score: 79855%
Synopsis: Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Fly Me To The Moon is a sharp, stylish romantic comedy set against the... [More]
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Jim Rash, Anna Garcia
Directed By: Greg Berlanti

#44

Blitz (2024)
Tomatometer icon 81% Popcornmeter icon 47%

#44
Adjusted Score: 92339%
Synopsis: Sir Steve McQueen's "Blitz" follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London... [More]
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Leigh Gill, Harris Dickinson
Directed By: Steve McQueen

#45

My Old Ass (2024)
Tomatometer icon 90% Popcornmeter icon 89%

#45
Adjusted Score: 101961%
Synopsis: In this fresh coming-of-age story, an 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old... [More]
Starring: Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Percy Hynes White, Maddie Ziegler
Directed By: Megan Park

#46

A Real Pain (2024)
Tomatometer icon 96% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#46
Adjusted Score: 109064%
Synopsis: Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother.... [More]
Starring: Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Jakub Gasowski, Will Sharpe
Directed By: Jesse Eisenberg

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