This week on Episode 620 of the InSession Film Podcast, we discussed our Top 5 most anticipated films of 2025. It’s a new year and that means new movies to look forward to as we turn the page. 2025 could be quite the departure from last year as we’ll see more spectacle this year with the likes of Avatar: Fire and Ash, Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Thunderbolts, Captain America: Brave New World, Jurassic World Rebirth, and Superman among others. However; we’ll have plenty on the auteur side of things as well as we are getting movies from Paul Thomas Anderson, Bong Joon-ho, Wes Anderson, Lynn Ramsay, Kelly Reichardt, Steven Soderbergh, Richard Linklater, Chloe Zhao, Ethan Coen, Guillermo del Toro and many more. There is a lot to be excited about for 2025. Should be really fun!
For the sake of this post, we are going to list our true Top 10 most anticipated films of 2025, even thought we mostly just discussed our top five on the show.
JD
1) Avatar: Fire and Ash
2) A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
3) The Phoenician Scheme
4) No Other Choice
5) Die, My Love
6) The Battle of Baktan Cross
7) The Mastermind
8) Materialists
9) Nouvell Vague / Blue Moon
10) Mission: Impossible – Final reckoning
Brendan
1) The Battle of Baktan Cross
2) The Bride
3) Sinners
4) Mother Mary
5) Sly Lives!
6) The Legend of Ochi
7) Materialists
8) The Monkey
9) No Other Choice
10) The Accountant 2
Honorable Mentions (Combined)
The Way of the Wind, Sontag, Mickey 17, At the sea, Sentimental Value, Paper Tiger, Miroirs No. 3, Black Bag, Good Fortune, Honey Don’t, Hamnet, Flowervale Street, Roofman, New Baumbach, After the Hunt, Father Mother Sister Brother, Frankenstein, Anemone, The Actor, Tornado, Hope, Highest 2 Lowest, The Smashing Machine, Marty Supreme, 28 Years Later, Eddington, Wildwood, Wake Up Dead Man, I Want Your Sex, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, Fantastic Four, Jurassic World Rebirth, Superman, Tron: Ares, Freakier Friday, Wicked: For Good
Hopefully you guys enjoyed our lists and if you agree or disagree with us, let us know in the comment section below. There are obviously many more films coming out this year that we didn’t have time to mention. Which is to say, your list could look very different than ours given the amount of great potential that we could see in 2025. That being said, what would be your Top 5? Leave a comment in the comment section or email us at [email protected].
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