Until recently, it was believed that intellectuals did not, could not, or should not love mass culture. Those who love her for some reason consider it a guilty pleasure. However, over the past 20 years, intellectuals in the West have begun to reflect on popular culture, discovering in it philosophical depth or hidden or overt propaganda. Noting that the pleasure of consuming mass culture and especially its main form - cinema - is not shameful, the author, combining film studies with philosophical and socio-political analysis, shows how political philosophy can work with popular culture today. Where possible, relying on the methodology of Marxist philosophers Slavoj Žižek and Fredric Jameson, the author provides a political and philosophical reading of contemporary American cinema and some animated series. Using specific examples, the author finds out how ideologies work in big Hollywood cinema: radicalism, conservatism, patriotism, liberalism and feminism. Also, the book, using examples of American cinema, traces the transition from the modern era to postmodernity and notes how, in the postmodern era, some low genres and phenomena, not being mass in the 1970s, suddenly became mainstream. The book will be of interest to young philosophers, political scientists, cultural experts, film experts and all those for whom it is important not only to watch popular cinema, but also to think about it. The text will be useful mainly to those who, with or without shame, enjoy popular culture. Reading this book will help you find intellectual justifications for your guilty pleasures.