Top 25

So what if Christmas movies can be a bit sappy? They warm our hearts, restore our faith in humanity and generally bring joy to the world. We've unwrapped the top 25 big-screen Christmas flicks of all time (sorry 'Charlie Brown' lovers, no TV specials here), all the way down to No. 1. Behold the 25 best Christmas movies ever.

What makes a truly awful horror movie? The directors of our list of the 25 worst horror flicks of all time might be able to give us some guidance. We've seen enough truly bad ones to know 'em when we see 'em (and, just to clarify, we only considered movies that had theatrical releases -- because if we included straight-to-dvd stinkers, we'd be here all month), but we'll let you read through our countdown to see if you agree.

Here are 25 of the worst horror prequels, remakes and so called originals ... if you find any of these playing on your flat-scream TV, you know to turn the channel immediately. There are no treats here -- the only thing scary about these movies is how terrible they are. You've been warned.

We crunched the box office receipts and weighed them against our esteemed assessments, and what we've come up with is a list of the most profitable movies that aren't worth the celluloid they were printed on -- or at least the millions they earned at the box office. (Minimum take to make our list: $100 mil.) Looking for some themes? Start with sequels, superheroes and scientific inaccuracy ...

We found flying fairies, flatulent warthogs and femme fatales in our quest to name our 25 favorite animated characters. We came up with toon characters that entertain us, make us laugh ... or scare us a little bit.

Click through our countdown of the 25 characters who take the top spots in our hearts ... and our DVD collections.

It seems that any TV show you ever loved eventually gets recycled into a big-budget, big-screen version ... and that's not always a good thing.

These TV-to-movies misfire so often, we've come up with a list of the the worst offenders -- here's our countdown of the 25 worst movies based on TV shows.

Many 'Saturday Night Live' alums have gone on to acclaimed and lucrative film careers (Bill Murray); others have gone on to lucrative and not-so-acclaimed careers (ahem, Rob Schneider).

We rank the 25 most successful, based on a complicated algorithm that takes into account quality of work, popularity and box office haul.

'Rollerball' --- 'Angels In The Outfield' ... 'Eddie' ... find out where they rank on our list.

Looking for the best sports movies ever? You're in the wrong gym, son. We've got a keener eye for the most poorly cast non-athletes, the most unbelievable action and the most unwarranted sequels -- of which there are leagues -- in sports-movie history.

Here's our definitive list of the 25 biggest whiffs, airballs and unforced errors of all time -- in other words, the worst sports movies ever.

'Pretty Woman' ... 'The Wedding Singer' ... 'Some Like it Hot' ... find out where they rank on our list.

Great romantic comedies deliver an irresistible double sucker punch of meet-cute moments (only Julia Roberts could make prostitution adorable) and aw-shucks sentiment (who doesn't cry at the end of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'?).

Even better, they're perfect date-night material. We count down the 25 best rom-coms ever -- and believe it or not, Roberts, Renee Zellweger and Meg Ryan don't star in all of them.

'Terminator'... 'Alien'...'Empire Strikes Back'... Where do they rank?

Movies have long been at the forefront of space exploration, whether it's with alien encounters, time travel or just toying with way-cool technology.

So when we sat down to compile our list of the best sci-fi movies of all time, we looked all the way back to the classics ('Forbidden Planet'), to the movies that defined their times ('2001: Space Odessey') and our childhoods ('Star Wars').

It was one small step for Moviefone, one giant leap for movie lovers. Join us as we count down the 25 best sci-fi films of all time.

'Rocky' ... 'Glory'... 'It's a Wonderful Life' ... see where they rank on our list.

Whether it's a last-ditch Hail Mary pass flung on fourth and long to win the game or a high school math teacher leading students by his quiet example, movies are at their best when they inspire us.

The following films have stood the test of time (and racked up plenty of Oscar gilt) with their ability to enliven us to make all our dreams, however daunting, a reality. And the winners are ...