70 Movies You Need to Watch in 2025
It's been a weird start to the 2020s on the big screen. Just when movies seemed to be getting back in a groove after the COVID-related shutdowns that began the decade, the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes caused delayed that deceptively resulted in a lower film output in 2024. You may not have noticed, but while last year still had a ton of good and enjoyable movies, it also had less of them overall.
That seems to be swinging back the other direction in a big way in 2025. I've been making lists of my most anticipated (and, eventually, favourite) movies of the year for the entire decade so far, and this is by far the longest list I've ever made; there are tons of great movies set to release this year, with everything from romantic comedy, terrifying horror, big-budget spectacle, and auteur-driven mastery expected to hit the screens this year. In short? It should be pretty great.
Chances are, you won't be able to see everything good that comes out this year. But guess what? That's OK. The movie you miss in 2025 could become your new favourite in 2028; that's just the way this works sometimes. For now, though, we're here to help you get an idea of all that is coming – and, again, it's a lot. So sit back, get a drink, get some popcorn, and read through for our list of the movies set for release in 2025 that we're most excited for. It's gonna be a fun year.
1
Den of Thieves 2
The cult-favourite action heist frenzy from 2018 is back for round 2, but in a totally different (but still super fun) story led by returning players Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson, Jr. You're going to have a lot of fun with this one.
2
Presence
Director Steven Soderbergh's CV has proven that he can do quite literally anything (he was behind Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Magic Mike, and Che, just to name a few), and he really puts that to the test with his spooky and inventive new film Presence. How inventive, you might ask? Well, the entire film is shot from the perspective of a ghost haunting a family in their new home – and it is both expertly-made and thrilling. But the characters are great too; Chris Sullivan is particularly strong as the family's father, while Lucy Liu plays a vapid mother with expertise and Callina Liang is a revelation as the daughter whom the story essentially revolves around.
3
Companion
Companion is a fun thrill ride of a movie that comes from producer Zach Cregger (Barbarian) and is built on the genre strength of stars Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets, Heretic) and Jack Quaid (The Boys, Scream (2022)). One tip? Go into this one as blind as possible; there are thrills throughout that you will not see coming. Just know that it's a fun, violent, wild ride.
4
Love Hurts
After winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar a couple years ago for his role in Everything Everywhere All At Once (and taking a detour in season 2 of Loki), Ke Huy Quan finally gets to play the lead and hero in the action comedy Love Hurts. Jonathan Eusebio, who was a fight coordinator on the John Wick films, makes his directorial debut, while Quan is joined by Ariana DeBose and Marshawn Lynch.
5
Heart Eyes
Halloween has Halloween. Christmas has Black Christmas. And now Valentine's Day has Heart Eyes. Sure, there are plenty of other holiday slasher flicks out there (including both the original and remake of My Bloody Valentine), but Heart Eyes looks like a totally entertaining and super fun take on the holiday-themed slasher. Leads Mason Gooding and Olivia Holt seem totally game to outrun the villain here: a maniac known as the 'Heart Eyes Killer' who targets couples on Valentine's Day. Finally, something the single people out there don't have to worry about.
6
Captain America: Brave New World
It's been a longer than usual absence from the big screen for the Marvel Cinematic Universe; the franchise's only cinematic entry last year was Deadpool & Wolverine, which made a ton of money but was really not all that connected to the comings and goings of the MCU proper. Brave New World, which is notable in marking Anthony Mackie's first outing since his character, Sam Wilson, became the titular Captain America, also adds Harrison Ford to its cast as the new General Thunderbolt Ross (and Red Hulk) following the unfortunate passing of William Hurt. Will this be good? We can only hope so; despite lots of reported reshoots, the trailers look like a return to the political thriller roots of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
7
The Gorge
Two very cool stars (in Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy)? Check. A cool director (in Scott Derrickson, of Doctor Strange, Sinister, and The Black Phone fame)? Check. A cool premise? Check. The Gorge, finds Miles and Anya as a pair of talented agents who need to protect a mysterious gorge before finding themselves teaming up to take on a common evil. Is that a basic, easy-to-follow premise? Yes. Has it been done before? Yeah, probably. Is it going to be fun? Almost definitely.
8
The Monkey
The Monkey marks an absolute horror dream team: director Oz Perkins (who last year did Longlegs), producer James Wan (who has done about a million great things, including Insidious, Saw, and Malignant), and based on a story by Stephen King. The Monkey, which stars Theo James as a pair of troubled twins, is more of a dark horror comedy than Longlegs, but don't be mistaken: you can expect a lot of scares and a lot of violence to go along with quite a lot of laughs as well.
9
Mickey
Bong Joon-ho's follow-up to the Oscar-winning Parasite is finally arriving in theaters, and its Mickey 17, the sci-fi dark comedy featuring Robert Pattinson as many, many, different doomed versions of a guy named Mickey. This looks more like Bong's heightened worlds in Snowpiercer and Okja than the grounded mania of Parasite, but nonetheless it should still be a super fun movie filled with great performances (Pattinson is joined by Steven Yeun, Tilda Swinton, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo, among others) and lots of goofy violence. Fun fact: the movie is based on a novel called Mickey 7, but the title was changed because Bong wanted to kill Mickey 10 more times.
10
Opus
The Ayo Edebiri breakout continues with A24's Opus, a horror film where she plays a journalist who gets invited to the home of a mysterious and reclusive pop star (John Malkovich) who turns out to have a twisted and disturbing cult surrounding him. Sounds wild!
11
Black Bag
The second Steven Soderbergh film of 2025 already is Black Bag, which finds the 62-year-old master director returning to a zone he thrives in: the sleek, cool, fun, thriller with an absolutely stacked cast. Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett play a pair of legendary intelligence agents who find themselves wondering if they can trust each other or the agencies they work for in the midst of some major international danger. The rest of the cast includes Pierce Brosnan, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, Industry star Marisa Abela, and more.
12
Novocaine
The second Jack Quaid film of our list finds the young star as a guy with a condition where he can't feel pain on an adventure to save the potential love of his life. Novocaine looks to be filled with bouncing, frenetic action and Quaid's optimistic energy and strong charisma seem to make him a great fit.
13
The Alto Knights
Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson (Diner, The Natural, Rain Man) is back for his first movie on the big screen since 2015 with The Alto Knights, which features Robert De Niro as not one but two different warring mob bosses. Seems like it could be good but also might be a little silly. We'll have to see!
14
A Working Man
Guys. It's Jason Statham. You know what you're going to get, and I hope he never stops. This one has David Harbour as a blind ally of our bald-headed hero as he takes out all sorts of bad guys; it also marks a reunion between Statham and The Beekeeper director David Ayer. A sure blast incoming.
15
Death of a Unicorn
Death of a Unicorn has a phenomenal cast – Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, and Tea Leoni, among others – to go along with an even more phenomenal premise. The film is a black comedy that follows a father and daughter (Rudd and Ortega) who are in a whole situation after the accidentally strike and kill a unicorn on the road... only to find that a rich industrialist family (Grant, Poulter, Leoni) want to experiment on the unicorn for evil (and money). Lots of madness ensues. Not only is this movie fun and stacked with talent, but it's got an original score from horror/movie legend John Carpenter.
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Drop
One of the most fun horror directors in the last decade or so is Christopher Landon, who was behind the Happy Death Day films and Freaky. Now, he's back for Drop, an escape thriller that will star The White Lotus star Meghann Fahy and 1923's Brendan Sklenar.
17
The Amateur
Based on the novel by Robert Littell, The Amateur looks to have a simple enough premise: after a tech guy for the CIA (Rami Malek) sees his wife murdered, he decides to go rogue and take matters into his own hands. Think Law Abiding Citizen but with far more advanced technology.
18
Hell of a Summer
It's a camp-set horror/comedy/slasher that stars (and was co-directed by) Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard. Why not? He's joined in the cast by his co-writer/co-director Billy Bryk and Gladiator 2 and Thelma star Fred Hechinger.
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Sinners
One of the year's most exciting and intriguing blockbusters is Sinners, an original period-setting horror adventure film by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed, Fruitvale Station) that stars Michael B. Jordan as a pair of twins. We think vampires are involved? A little crazy that Ryan Coogler got to Vampires with Warner Bros. before his old friends at Marvel Studios did with Blade, but what are you going to do? This movie seems like it's going to rule – MBJ is joined in the cast by Hailee Steinfeld, Delroy Lindo, and Jack O'Connell, among many others.
20
The Accountant
Ben Affleck is back for The Accountant 2. If you know you know, folks. The first movie made over £120 million at the box office, and is a lot of fun – so if you were into that one, here's your treat.
21
Thunderbolts
Going to be real: I am very optimistic about Thunderbolts. While the team lineup is different from the Marvel Comics team of the same name (Seriously, where is Zemo!?!), we do still get a great crew that includes Sebastian Stan's Bucky, Florence Pugh's Yelena, David Harbour's Red Guardian, and Wyatt Russell's John Walker along with Lewis Pullman as Bob (who will eventually become Sentry) and Julia Louis-Dreyfus's Val. But the real exciting stuff comes from behind the camera, as the movie serves as a de facto reunion of the team from Netflix's Beef: director Jake Schreier directed six of the show's 10 episodes, while creator Lee Sung Jin is a credited screenwriter. Trust the process on this one!
22
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Very little is known about A Big Bold Beautiful Journey outside of the fact that it's some kind of romantic fantasy, comes from director Kogonada (After Yang), and has a stacked cast that includes Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie.
23
Final Destination Bloodlines
The Rube Goldberg Death Machine horror franchise is finally back! It should be hard to mess up a Final Destination movie: we just want to see increasingly-creative death scenes strung together by whatever passable plot the screenwriters can come up with. Is that so hard? We're confident here.
24
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The most bittersweet movie event of 2025 will be Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. Will this really be the final Mission: Impossible film? Will Ethan Hunt survive? 'It's just going to be going to amazing,' cast member Shea Whigham, who returns from Dead Reckoning, told Men's Health in a recent interview. We know he's going to be right.
25
The Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan hasn't put out a feature film since 2019's Doctor Sleep, having been largely at work on his many excellent TV projects in the years since. But he's back in 2025 with The Life of Chuck, a film with a cast led by Tom Hiddleston that's based on a Stephen King story of the same name (Adapting King is Flanagan's real bread and butter). The film earned rave reviews when it premiered at TIFF last year, and should be a big hit for NEON this year.
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From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
The Ballerina spinoff of the John Wick series – starring Ana de Armas and set between the third and fourth Wick movies – has been in the works for quite a while, at one point even being delayed for a full year (rumored to be due to producer/director Chad Stahelski wanting to totally revamp the movie's action scenes). Regardless of all that, how can you not be excited? De Armas's similar role in No Time To Die was the best part of the movie, and Ballerina counts Keanu Reeves, as Wick himself, as part of the cast. You'd have to be mad to not at least want to check it out.
27
M3GAN 2.0
The killer doll horror hit is back for round 2. We don't know too much, but can we assume that this could be a Terminator 2 situation, and this time our girl M3G is on the side of good? That would be fun. One other thing? Let's hope the movie goes all-out this time and is rated R – no more holding back on the blood and gore like the first movie did. What's the point of doing a movie like this if you're not going all out?
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28 Years Later
Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland are back for 28 Years Later, reuniting the original power duo from the beloved horror film 28 Days Later. This time, the cast is led by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes, and you know this is going to be filled with some gnarly, high-octane, zombie action. Could this be the sleeper hit of the year? The trailer has already done massive numbers.
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F1
Director Joseph Kosinski has always been a brilliant technical and visual filmmaker, but he leveled-up in just about every way when he stepped behind the camera for 2022's Top Gun: Maverick. Now, he's taking that same formula – practical stunts, a stacked cast led by an iconic movie star, natural action – and applying it to the world of Formula 1 racing. F1 may very well have the highest budget of any movie releasing in 2025, and high expectations are coming along with that. But thrilling visuals and action and a cast led by Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Tobias Menzies, Javier Bardem, and more has this as one of our most awaited movies of 2025 by far.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
The I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise is returning in 2025, with a reboot/sequel set to be helmed by Do Revenge's Jennifer Kaytin Robinson; if you've seen that film, you should know it's a perfect fit. We don't know a ton about the movie yet, but we do know that original stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. will both be returning in one capacity or another.
31
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Look, we're as exhausted by the Jurassic World franchise as anyone else. But Rebirth marks a creative reset, with director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, The Creator) taking over and an unreal cast led by Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali stepping into the shoes vacated by Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. That trio is good enough to pique our interest and get us hoping this can be one of the year's better blockbusters. Edwards has always been strong with sci-fi and visual effects, so we hope he can carry that talent over here.
32
Untitled Trey Parker/Matt Stone/Kendrick Lamar Movie
Guys. Matt Stone and Trey Parker of South Park and The Book of Mormon fame are making a musical film with Kendrick Lamar. Yes, that's right – Kendrick Lamar. We don't know much more, but, like, do we even need to? Do we even want to? Who knows what this could turn out being, but at the very least it should be interesting. And at the very most, it could possibly be genius.
33
Superman
James Gunn's DC Universe has already kicked off with his fantastic animated series Creature Commandos on Max, but the writer/director's take on the comic book franchise will really kick off when he launches Superman next July. So far, so good: the cast (with David Corenswet as Supes, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois, and Nicholas Hoult as Lex) seems perfect, and the trailer hit on just the right tone for a Superman movie. Gunn has always been a master of balancing humor, emotion, and sincerity, all of which are very important when it comes to properly telling a Superman story.
34
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
July 2025 is looking stacked with superhero stories, is it not? The MCU has certainly been in a bit of a rough stretch over the last few years, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps has the potential to bust it out of that slump and then some. Director Matt Shakman (WandaVision) has teased all the right stuff for this flick, and Pedro Pascal (who plays Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic) has just the right charisma to possibly be the franchise anchor that Robert Downey Jr. once was. His team members, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn, all seem like home run casting picks as well. We're hopeful.
35
The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun is being rebooted. And while that might make you initially groan, let us tell you next who is involved: Director Akiva Schaffer (of The Lonely Island fame), and stars Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson. Yes, now you can see why we're excited. This could be perfect.
36
The Battle of Baktan Cross/Untitled Paul Thomas Anderson Film
We are always going to be on board for a Paul Thomas Anderson film. But this one – which Warner Bros. has designated as an IMAX release and has a reported budget of upwards of £95 million – might be special. What we know for sure: it stars Leonardo DiCaprio, with Regina Hall, Sean Penn, Alana Haim, and Benicio del Toro among those joining him. That's it. There are all sorts of rumors out there, including a rampant one that the film is based on (or loosely based on) author Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland (PTA previously took on Pynchon with Inherent Vice). There's also a rumor that the film is called The Battle of Baktan Cross, but that hasn't been confirmed yet, and so we'll just have to wait and see. But we're excited.
37
Mercy
We don't have to overthink this one too much: it's a sci-fi detective story where star Chris Pratt has to prove his innocence when he's falsely accused of a crime, and his costar is Rebecca Ferguson. Sounds fun! That's about all we've got for now.
38
Nobody 2
Bob Odenkirk kicking ass in Nobody was fun. Bob Odenkirk kicking ass in Nobody 2 will probably be fun again.
39
Him
Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions is behind Him, a sports horror film that revolves around a young football star who goes to train with a soon-to-retire legend (Marlon Wayans) when some crazy, horrific stuff starts to happen. Sounds like ground that hasn't really been tread before, as Peele tends to find. Bonus? Julia Fox and Tim Heidecker are part of the cast, which should be fun.
40
Saw XI
Guys. It's Saw XI. You know what you're getting at this point. If you're into it, you're into it. And we tend to be into it.
41
The Bride!
Maggie Gyllenhaal returns to the director chair after her acclaimed turn with The Lost Daughter for The Bride!, a new take on the Bride of Frankenstein character that she's also writing. Jessie Buckley plays the titular bride, while Christian Bale plays the titular monster. The rest of the cast is strong: Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Penelope Cruz, and Annette Bening are among the many other notable names involved. This has a strong chance to be unique, fun, and good.
42
Roofman
Roofman stars Channing Tatum as a former United States Army Reserve Officer who stole from McDonalds restaurants by entering through the roof, and evades capture by hiding in the roof of Toys R Us stores. Sound wild? Even wilder is the fact that this is very much based on a true story.
43
Tron: Ares
The Tron story continues for the first time in more than a decade with Ares, which brings on a new director (Joachim Rønning) and a mostly new cast (led by Jared Leto, Evan Peters, Greta Lee, and Jodie Turner-Smith) along with a returning Jeff Bridges for what will probably just be a cameo. The movie will probably be fun enough and have some solid visuals, but what we're really excited about is the fact that a reunited Nine Inch Nails will be providing all of the original music. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have been working together to make some of the best film and television soundtracks for years, but working under the NIN name should mean something particularly special. Hell yeah.
44
Good Fortune
Good Fortune marks Aziz Ansari's directorial debut; he also stars alongside Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen, and Keke Palmer. The story is a fun, high-concept one about a guardian angel, life-swaps, and life lessons. Think of this as a spiritual sequel to Kevin Smith's Dogma, and also a strong contender for 2025's most exciting upcoming comedy.
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The Running Man
The classic Arnold Schwarzenegger film about prisoners who must escape a game in which they're hunted by other men (based on a Stephen King novel) is being remade by director Edgar Wright with superstar Glen Powell looking to keep his hot streak going as the lead. Can he pull it off? Well, that's a great director and Powell has made all great choices of late. So we're going to go with a most likely yes on that one.
46
Predator: Badlands
Director Dan Trachtenberg returns to the Predator franchise after 2022's hit Prey for Badlands, which will star Elle Fanning. And that's all we really know! Supposedly there will be another Predator film (also directed by Trachtenberg) next year as well, but we know even less about that one.
47
Bugonia
Will Emma Stone work with a director not named Yorgos Lanthimos ever again? Well, yes, because she's got Ari Aster's Eddington also coming out in 2025. But it seems like if she can make a movie with Mr. Lanthimos every year, she will do it; she's set to lead Bugonia, marking her fourth feature with the Greek filmmaker. Based on the South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia is about a pharma CEO (Stone) who gets kidnapped by a pair of conspiracy theorist men (one played by Jesse Plemons) convinced she's an alien bent on destroying the earth.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
James Cameron's Avatar saga continues this year with the third film in the series, Fire and Ash, which should pick up after The Way of Water and seems likely to introduce a new kind of Na'vi who embrace fire. You can say whatever you want about the Avatar films, but there's a couple things we can be 100 per cent certain about: they're going to be incredibly well made (because Cameron isn't capable of anything else), they're going to make a lot of money, and they're going to be damn entertaining.
49
Marty Supreme
Timothée Chalamet leads Marty Supreme, where he plays a famous table tennis player in what's said to be a globe-trotting adventure film. It comes from Uncut Gems director Josh Safdie (who recently split from working with his brother, Benny), and with a $70 million budget is the most expensive A24 film to date. Chalamet is joined by Gwyneth Paltrow and Tyler, The Creator (among others) in the cast.
50
Anaconda
The '90s hit horror film Anaconda will return in 2025 with a reboot led by Jack Black and Paul Rudd. Seems goofy but also fun and also maybe just right? We'll have to see.
51
Happy Gilmore
Will Happy Gilmore 2 be a great movie? Jury's probably out on that one. Will Happy Gilmore 2 be a great time? Almost assuredly yes. Adam Sandler is bringing the whole gang back together for the decades-in-the-making sequel to his iconic golf comedy, and even has roles for people like Travis Kelce and Bad Bunny.
52
Horizon: An American Saga
Kevin Costner's first Horizon film underwhelmed at the box office last year, and so Warner Bros. Discover has been holding Chapter 2 in limbo ever since (it was originally supposed to be released last August). Horizon has since gotten a ton more viewers in its time on PVOD platforms along with Max and Netflix, so perhaps WBD could finally release it to those of us eagerly awaiting what happens next. Horizon isn't a perfect movie, but it does have some exceptionally well-done scenes – and any fan of Westerns will probably have a good time with it.
53
Scary Movie Reboot
The Wayans Brothers are bringing Scary Movie back, and our hopes are sky high. When the Scary Movie franchise is right, and has something to say, it can be one of the funniest, silliest, goofiest, and most memorable comedy franchises around.
54
Friendship
A twisted, eccentric, weird friendship between Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson? Have never been more sold. The film debuted at TIFF last year to raves and we've been eagerly awaiting ever since.
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The Shrouds
I had the chance to see David Cronenberg's The Shrouds at NYFF last year and it's a super interesting late career revelation from one of the great filmmakers of the last 40 years. Cronenberg (who counts The Fly, Crash, and countless other classics to his name) meditates on death, capitalism, and technology in The Shrouds, which is an erotic thriller, a romance, and a conspiracy thriller all in one. Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, and Guy Pearce are among those leading the cast.
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The Smashing Machine
Is The Rock about to go legit? Sure seems like it. Dwayne Johnson is teaming up with director Benny Safdie (half of the directing duo of Uncut Gems and a star of Oppenheimer and The Curse) for this biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr, who famously struggled with substance abuse. This marks what very possibly might be Johnson's biggest and boldest swing on the big screen since he starred in Michael Bay's Pain and Gain and we're eager to see how it goes.
57
Frankenstein
Guys. Guillermo Del Toro (!) is doing a Frankenstein movie (!), where the Doctor is played by Oscar Isaac (!), the monster is played. by Jacob Elordi (!), and the bride is played by Mia Goth (!). There is not much more that needs to be said. We potentially have an all-timer on our hands with this one.
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Highest 2 Lowest
Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are teaming up for the fifth time (the first since 2006's Inside Man) for a remake/new version of Akira Kurasawa's High and Low. And while Lee has had trouble in the past with making his own version of an international classic (we don't need to talk about Oldboy), there's no need to go into this with anything other than the highest of hopes. Washington is joined in the cast by Jeffrey Wright and A$AP Rocky.
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No Other Choice
Speaking of Oldboy, that film's director Park Chan-wook – one of the most talented filmmakers alive – is back this year with his next film, No Other Choice, which is about a man (played by Squid Game star Lee Byung-hun) who loses his long-held job and quickly becomes desperate (and goes to drastic measures) to find a new one.
60
Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
We're getting another Knives Out movie this year! Writer/director Rian Johnson is giving Daniel Craig's ace detective Benoit Blanc another mystery to solve, this one involving a cast that includes Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, and Mila Kunis. If the past two films are any indication, this should be another fun, twisty-turny romp.
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Famous
One of the most intriguing movies of the year finds Zac Efron in dual roles – as a movie star and his loser doppelgänger – in a thriller about mistaken (and stolen) identities. Based on a to-be-released book by Blake Crouch (who wrote Dark Matter, Wayward Pines, Recursion, and more), the film is in the talented hands of Jody Hill, who is known for his frequent collaborations with Danny McBride on shows like The Righteous Gemstones and Eastbound and Down. Hill has done great work in the dark comedy/thriller genre before, when he directed the Seth Rogen-starring film Observe and Report; this should occupy a similar space and tone.
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Jay Kelly
Somehow George Clooney has never worked with Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story, The Squid and the Whale, While We're Young, etc.) before... which just feels like a massive oversight, does it not? Those two just feel like a natural fit. Anyway, it's finally happening this year, and we're thankful for that. We don't know much more about this movie other than the fact that Baumbach is co-writing and directing, and Clooney is playing the titular Jay Kelly, whoever he may be. The rest of the absolutely stellar cast includes Laura Dern, Adam Sandler, Riley Keough, Billy Crudup, and Baumbach's partner and frequent collaborator, Greta Gerwig.
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Warfare
Alex Garland re-teams with his Civil War military consultant Ray Mendoza for the star-studded Warfare, which they co-directed together. The movie stars an array of today's upcoming actors, including Will Poulter, Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, and Kit Connor; it looks, essentially, like a new version of Black Hawk Down but instead set during the Iraq war (which Mendoza served in).
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The History of Sound
Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor are in love. Maybe not in real life, but definitely in The History of Sound, and that's a compelling enough hook for any movie, right? These two rising stars are the leads in this film based on the short story of the same name, which follows a pair of men recording English folk songs between 1916 and 1919.
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In the Grey
Does anyone work harder than Guy Ritchie these days? Here, the Snatch director reteams with past stars Henry Cavill, Eiza Gonzalez,and Jake Gyllenhaal for what we can only assume is an action bonanza; the film is said to follow a pair of extraction experts who need to come up with a plan to get a woman out of trouble.
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The Ballad of a Small Player
Colin Farrell plays a high-stakes gambler in Macau in this quick follow-up to Conclave from director Edward Berger. Tilda Swinton also stars. That's a lot of things we like, all that sound very good, in just a handful of words.
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The Immortal Man
Peaky Blinders fans! This is the movie. Everyone you'd expect to return will return, and additions – including Barry Keoghan – will be in the mix as well.
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The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman's bestselling mystery novel The Thursday Murder Club comes to life with a Netflix-produced film this year, directed by crowd-pleasing industry legend Chris Columbus (who directed Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, among other projects; he recently produced Robert Eggers's Nosferatu as well). The cast is wonderfully chosen: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie make up the titular club, while David Tenannt, Naomie Ackie, and Jonathan Pryce are among others in the cast.
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The Woman in Cabin 10
Based on the nautical, Agatha Christie-esque novel of the same name, The Woman in Cabin 10 seems like the kind of Gone Girl-esque thriller we've seen many times in the last decade or so. But the cast, which features Keira Knightley and Guy Pearce, is particularly catching our attention.
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Polaris
Polaris is scheduled to be director Lynne Ramsay's second film of 2025, coming after Die, My Love, which has already made our list. It reteams Ramsaywith her You Were Never Really Here star Joaquin Phoenix, and also stars his wife, Rooney Mara. But we're just going to quote IMDb's description of this one: 'Set in Alaska during the 1890s, an ice photographer meets the devil.'
Please. Say no more. Take our money.
From: Men's Health US
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