It looks like 2025 will be another great year for movies. Many titles are set to hit the big screen, which will most certainly be a boon for the box office. The trend of studios mining established IP continues, and popular franchises’ remakes, sequels and spinoffs will compete for audiences’ attention.
James Gunn’s Superman is way up on our list of must-see blockbusters in 2025. Other noteworthy releases include Anthony Mackie’s first feature-length outing for Marvel as Captain America, a female-led John Wick spinoff, the pulse-pounding next installment of Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible franchise, a long-awaited return to the grid for Tron fans, Adam Sandler’s reprisal of notoriously angry golfer Happy Gilmore and that second Wicked movie.
Our list of the hottest films to come out in 2025 is not exhaustive, and plenty of names didn’t make it on our guide. That said, we’re confident our curated list of the year’s most anticipated movies will keep your theater-going calendar stacked. Check back regularly, as we will update the release dates on specific titles once this information is released.
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Love Hurts (Feb. 7)
Finally, Ke Huy Quan takes the lead. This actioner from Jonathan Eusebio follows a realtor who’s forced back into the dangerous life he left behind when his former partner Rose (played by Ariana DeBose) comes back into his life.
Captain America: Brave New World (Feb. 14)
It’s been nearly four years since Anthony Mackie starred opposite Sebastian Stan in The Falcon & The Winter Soldier on Disney Plus, and the actor is finally suiting up as Captain America on the big screen. This doesn’t look like your run-of-the-mill Marvel movie — there’s a riveting political thriller vibe to the trailer above. What could make Brave New World even more exciting? Harrison Ford as Red Hulk, that’s what.
The Monkey (Feb. 21)
Director Osgood Perkins left his indelible mark on the big screen in 2024 with the horror movie Longlegs. Now he’s back with Monkey — an adaptation of Stephen King’s short story about an evil toy monkey. Elijah Wood, Theo James and Tatiana Maslany make up the cast in what is sure to be another twisted banger from the filmmaker.
Mickey 17 (March 7)
Bong Joon-ho changed the game with his Oscar-winning movie Parasite. Now, the writer-director is back with his big-screen follow-up, Mickey 17. Based on Ashton Edwards’s book, it follows a man named Mickey Barnes (played by Robert Pattinson) who enlists to do dangerous work on an alien colony. The twist is every time he dies, a clone of him is made. Starring alongside Pattinson in the sci-fi thriller is Toni Collette, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun and Mark Ruffalo.
The Electric State (March 14)
Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown will tour America in search of her lost brother in an alternate version of 1997, where the robots rebelled against humanity in this post-apocalyptic adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel. Woody Harrelson, Ke Huy Quan, Holly Hunter and Stanley Tucci also star.
The Woman in the Yard (March 28)
This Blumhouse joint hails from Black Adam director Jaume Collet-Serra and centers on a family who is visited by a creepy woman shrouded in black who delivers the ominous warning, “Today’s the day.” Danielle Deadwyler, Russell Hornsby and Okwui Okpokwasili star.
Death of a Unicorn (March 28)
What would you do if you accidentally hit a unicorn with your car? That’s the central question driving this horror-comedy starring Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd as the daughter and father, who, unfortunately, do just that. Something tells us the wrath of this magical creature’s mother isn’t going to be all sunshine and rainbows.
Murder robot doll M3GAN in her first Blumhouse movie.
Superman (July 11)
James Gunn’s first feature-length film for DC will reimagine the Man of Steel once again. David Corenswet stars as Superman, Nicholas Hoult is Lex Luthor and Rachel Brosnahan steps into the role of Lois Lane. Shout out to Gunn and company for giving Krypto the Superdog a role in this highly anticipated summer blockbuster.
Fantastic Four: First Steps (July 25)
This ain’t your parents’ Fantastic Four movie. Matt Shakman helmed this retro-themed MCU flick, which stars Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Susan Storm, the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm, the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm, the Thing).
The Conjuring: Last Rites (Sept. 5)
The last entry in the Conjuring franchise finds Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga playing iconic paranormal-investigating married couple Ed and Lorraine Warren one final time.
Daniel Craig returns as the world’s greatest detective, Benoit Blanc, in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, coming to Netflix in 2025.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Daniel Craig is back as the world’s best investigator, Benoit Blanc, in Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out movie. What’s the movie about? Your guess is as good as mine. Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington and Thomas Haden Church make up the movie’s stacked cast, which has left me thinking this is going to be the must-see murder mystery of the year.
Frankenstein
A Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein movie? Yes, please. The Netflix adaptation of Mary Shelley’s iconic novel stars Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi as the titular monster and Oscar Isaac plays Dr. Frankenstein. With a cast that includes Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and Charles Dance, it sounds like another horror banger is on the horizon.
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