Road movies are a uniquely American invention. Put people in a car, set them out on a journey, watch chaos ensue. Or romance. Or horror, or comedy, or whatever. Road movies have never been exclusive when it comes to genre.

Jenna’s top ten features a whole lot of foreign releases and female directed films – including those about the ancient past, dystopian and utopian futures, satanic temptations and howling good times.

Veronica’s top twelve new to her watches include dopplegangers, sandworms, traveling through the abyss and Channing Tatum being a creep.

Wonderlands and odysseys come in so many forms. Despite how different these three movies are and how different the motives of each character, we can see overlap in how the stories play out: a goal out of reach and a maze with no clear answer.

Here’s 30 movies that Dan watched in 2023 for the first time and loved to varying degrees.

Enjoy Veronica’s best new to her list of 2023. Featuring more mainstream than usual movies and yet still chock-full of existential dread, sexual themes and gross humor.

Jenna gets into her favorites of 2023, a year of existential dread, rude awakenings, crushing loneliness, painful anxiety, and meditations on empathy.

A look at three different versions of the rich and crazy over the eras to see what we pity, what we covet, and what would ultimately drive us nuts as well.

Drama Season is that post-Halloween pre-Christmas time of the year where watching hard-hitting dramas just feels right. Here’s some recommendations to get you started.

Who else but Back Row would group together Dumb Money, Bottoms and Lawrence of Arabia? Read Veronica’s latest as she makes a compelling argument to the revolutionary connection throughout all three.

The future is female… weirdos. Veronica dives into female-led comedies that don’t back away from the weirdness and the uncomfortable reality of being a woman – including Joy Ride, Please Baby Please and Mod Fuck Explosion.

As origin and identities remain a focal point in national discourse, Veronica takes a look at films that speak to unknown origins and chosen families – Return to Seoul, Nr. 10 and I Like Bats.

Back Row turns six! To celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of our most popular articles and podcasts from this past year – including all topics cinematic from controversial to cult, sex to abortion, murderers to comfort zones.

Dan’s back with 30 movies they saw for the first time in 2022! Whether it’s obscure horror gems or classics that have been a blindspot until now, there’s something for everyone in their list!

Unable to rank them or choose less than ten, Veronica goes all in on the best new movies she watched in 2023 – including a whole lot of puking, ball busting, body horror, and murder. The good stuff.

Jenna gets into her favorites of 2022, including films about Elvis, aliens, vikings, ghosts and people from New Jersey - oh my!

Dan’s back with another list of off-the-beaten-path or under-the-radar picks for your Halloween watchlist!

Abortion is healthcare, and it is our right to demand a choice. Happening, Lingui The Sacred Bonds and Citizen Ruth are three films – all depicting different times, places and eras – that show the importance of a woman’s right to choose.

Back Row is five years old and ready to star in its own version of Kindergarten Cop! Check out our best lists, podcasts and articles from the past year you may have missed.

Join Carlo as he “takes a bite outta” all of the movies that didn’t come out in 2021 he’s watched!