From Avatar 3 to Superman, 25 big-screen treats in 2025

A bald Emma Stone, a mad Jennifer Lawrence and lots and lots of Robert Pattinsons lead our must-see movies for the 12 months ahead

- Jacob Stolworthy

Predicting what you’ll be seeing in the cinema over the next 12 months is no easy task. Take our 2024 preview, which was led by the Joker sequel, spoke glowingly of Jerry Seinfeld’s then-secret Netflix film about Pop-Tarts and included the immortal sentence: “Could Amy Adams’s recent career woes be turned around by Nightbitch?”. Sorry, Amy – we may have cursed you there.

But that’s all part of the fun with these lists, which are often based on nothing but vibes – plot descriptions that sound particularly intriguing, stars and filmmakers with solid track records, the presence of Richard Osman.

That said, 2025 does look strong on paper, with new films from Paul Thomas Anderson, Lynne Ramsay, Spike Lee and Danny Boyle in the pipeline, as well as fresh, promising takes on The Naked Gun, Frankenstein and The Fantastic Four. (Marvel and DC, by the way, are no longer dominating the release schedule, which is a bit of a relief.)

And we didn’t quite have the space to squeeze in Knives Out 3, Edgar Wright’s remake of The Running Man with Glen Powell, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan’s belated Freaky Friday sequel, the Jordan Peele-produced horror movie Him, and (if we’re lucky) the new films by Wes Anderson and cult provocateur Gregg Araki. Or any one of the five movies due for release next year that star Charli XCX, who’s traded Brat Summer for... Act Summer?

To whet your appetites for 2025, here are our 25 most exciting films scheduled for UK release next year.

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