U.S. Release Date: 2025-08-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Cartoonish Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Cast: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, CCH Pounder
This is a fun, funny trifle that deserves to be enjoyed on its own terms - a throwback that only feels old when that serves its purposes.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-07-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Matt Shakman
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ralph Ineson, Julia Garner, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser
Removing the shackles of canon and continuity allow "First Steps" to breathe.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-07-10
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: Malcolm Washington
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Michael Potts, Skylar Aleece Smith
With impeccable period details, top-notch performances, and the text of one of the most lauded plays of the 20th century, this represents one of the stronger unsung late-2024 drops from Netflix.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-06-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Car Crashes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Javier Bardem
Watching the film, you may not believe you are in a racing car but you will feel like you are doing more than passively sitting in a theater seat.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-06-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Science Fiction
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Alfie Williams, Jodie Comer, Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Edvin Ryding, Chi Lewis-Parry, Jack O’Connell
Only the unevenness of the proceedings and the lack of a clean ending keep this from greatness.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-06-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Director: Dean DeBlois
Cast: Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost
Represents solid family entertainment even if it feels like it is tracing over an existing pattern rather than developing something new.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-06-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nude Images)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Bryan Cranston, Tom Hanks, Riz Ahmed, Michael Cera, Mia Threapleton, Benedict Cumberbatch
Anderson has almost completely dispensed with a conventional storyline in service of a movie that delights in parodying seemingly anything and everything.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-05-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
Cast: Bill Barratt, Sally Hawkins, Sora Wong, Jonah Wren Phillips
A serious downer, with a nihilistic approach designed to infuse the viewer with a sense of growing unease without worrying about delivering a catharsis.
U.S. Release Date: 2025-05-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Czerny, Angela Basset, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Greg Tarzan Davis, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Shea Whigham
A no-holds-barred action-oriented epic that does not much care if it makes sense as long as viewers are amped-up and engaged.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-05-12
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Mature Themes)
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
Director: Jack Clayton
Cast: Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Diane Ladd, Vidal Peterson, Shawn Carson, Pam Grier, Royal Dano
The film is worth searching out, especially if one appreciates movies that craft a spell with a powerfully rendered setting and unconventional storytelling.