Discover the best of American cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from United States. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of United States
American cinema began its legendary journey during the Classical Hollywood Golden Age from 1913 to 1962, during which thousands of movies were issued from the Hollywood studios. This extraordinary period established the most powerful and persuasive style of filmmaking worldwide, creating an industry that would shape global entertainment forever. From the late 1920s through the end of World War II, Hollywood studios dominated film production throughout the world, with several studios producing more than 50 movies a year. The studio system was ruled by five major studios: Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), RKO, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., and Paramount Pictures, which controlled every aspect of the industry and created iconic stars like Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, and Laurence Olivier. Television proved equally revolutionary. "I Love Lucy," which premiered in 1951, changed television forever by featuring a woman as the main character and setting new standards for industry technique. Shows like "The Twilight Zone," created by Rod Serling who wrote over 80 episodes, demonstrated television's potential for sophisticated storytelling that explored the human condition. What makes American entertainment unique is its ability to combine massive commercial appeal with cultural influence. From the Golden Age classics to modern streaming giants like Netflix and Disney Plus, the United States continues to set global trends. The industry's willingness to constantly reinvent itself, from silent films to talkies, from television to streaming, ensures its stories reach every corner of the world, making American cinema and television the most widely consumed entertainment on the planet.
Best American series
Game of Thrones 2011
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
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Breaking Bad 2008
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
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The Walking Dead 2010
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
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The Big Bang Theory 2007
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.
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Stranger Things 2016
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
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Friends 1994
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
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Best American movies
Deadpool 2016
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
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Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
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Interstellar 2014
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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The Dark Knight 2008
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
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Inception 2010
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
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The Matrix 1999
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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