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Better Man
(2024)
Release Date: January 10, 2025 (after limited release on 12/25/24)
Director: Michael Gracey
Starring: Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Herriman, Kate Mulvany, Alison Steadman
Micheal Gracey, director of The Greatest Showman, takes the reins in a biopic about UK musician Robbie Williams. The film is an original musical based on the life and career experiences of Williams, exploring his ascent to stardom from his boy-band beginnings to unprecedented success as a solo artist. The twist? He’s portrayed as a chimpanzee, voiced and played in performance capture by Jonno Davies.
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
The end of the 2018 heist flick Den of Thieves all but begged for a sequel, so writer-director Christian Gudegast has given us one. Gerard Butler returns to play LA detective Nick O’Brien, who goes international to track down the mastermind of the first film’s plot (O’Shea Jackson Jr.)… and join him on his next job.
September 5
(2024)
Release Date: January 17, 2025 (after limited release on 12/13/24)
Director: Tim Fehlbaum
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch
Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro star in this historical drama that recounts the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis specifically from the perspective of the ABC Sports news team as they covered the unfolding situation live. The film, which blends the drama with archival footage, earned strong reviews following its Venice Film Festival premiere.
Wolf Man
(2025)
Release Date: January 17, 2025
Director: Leigh Whannell
Starring: Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott
It’s still a bit early to speculate too much about this film, but Universal’s next classic monster reboot comes courtesy of the director who brought us the surprise 2020 hit The Invisible Man, namely Leigh Whannell. We do know that Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott have signed on to star, but that’s about it. If Whannell can bring the same kind of flair that made The Invisible Man a runaway success, we can expect good things.
Flight Risk
(2025)
Release Date: January 24, 2025
Director: Mel Gibson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Topher Grace, Michelle Dockery
Mel Gibson directs this action thriller about a US Air Marshall (Michelle Dockery) transporting a high-value witness (Topher Grace) to trial across the Alaskan wilderness aboard a small plane, only to discover that their pilot (Mark Wahlberg) is a hitman sent to eliminate him.
Presence
(2024)
Release Date: January 24, 2025
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan
Steven Soderbergh’s horror debut follows a family that has recently moved into a suburban home as they make the startling discovery that their new house is occupied by something other than themselves. Unlike most other horror films, though, the story is told from the point of view of the supernatural element — or presence — as it continues to haunt the family.
Companion
(2025)
Release Date: January 31, 2025
Director: Drew Hancock
Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend
We don’t have a lot of specific information about the plot of director Drew Hancock’s feature debut except that it’s “a new kind of love story,” and the teaser only offers snippets of the horrors to come. But we do know that it stars Heretic‘s Sophie Thatcher and The Boys’ Jack Quaid, and it’s produced by Zach Cregger, the writer-director who gave us 2022’s Barbarian, which are all good reasons to expect some fun, dark thrills.
Love Hurts
(2025)
Release Date: February 7, 2025
Director: Jonathan Eusebio
Starring: Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose
From the producers of Bullet Train and The Fall Guy comes another high-concept action film starring Oscar winners Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) and Ariana DeBose (West Side Story). Quan leads the film in the role of an unassuming realtor who has reformed his former life of crime. However a message from his past pulls him back into the life he promised to leave behind.
Heart Eyes
(2025)
Release Date: February 7, 2025
Director: Josh Ruben
Starring: Jordana Brewster, Devon Sawa, Olivia Holt
Heart Eyes combines love with horror, a perfect release to celebrate the nearing of Valentines Day. This thriller follows Ally (Olivia Holt) and her co-worker as they attempt to outrun and escape a serial killer who has a vengeance for couples. Holt’s performance in the thriller Totally Killer shows that she has come far from her Disney days and is no stranger to the horror genre.
Release Date: February 13, 2025
Director: Michael Morris
Starring: Leo Woodall, Hugh Grant, Renee Zellweger
The iconic romantic-comedy franchise is back for one last film, uniting familiar faces such as Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant in their roles of Bridget and Daniel Cleaver respectively and new faces such as Leo Woodall, Bridget’s considerably younger boyfriend. This film follows Bridget’s life as she navigates her grief and the complex world of modern dating.
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Sam Wilson, the superhero formerly known as The Falcon, took on Cap’s mantle in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and now he’s ready for the big screen. Tim Blake Nelson, who played the character who becomes the Marvel villain known as The Leader, will reprise the role first teased in The Incredible Hulk and seemingly forgotten about until now. Harrison Ford will also star, stepping into the role of Thaddeus Ross following the death of William Hurt.
The Gorge (2025)
If you’re not interested in superheroes or Peruvian bears (see below) this Valentine’s Day, Apple TV+ offers up Scott Derrickson’s (Doctor Strange, The Black Phone) a romantic survival film starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller as two snipers protecting a gorge that holds a dangerous secret. What begins as a classified mission with no communication between the two turns into a survival task once Levi (Miles Teller) falls into the gorge with only Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy) to turn to for support.
Paddington in Peru (2024)
The widely popular and lovable Paddington bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw) returns to the big screen in his latest adventure. The third installment in the franchise, directed by Dougal Wilson, follows Paddington into the depths of the Amazonian rainforest after a mysterious force propels him there. Slated to release in the U.K. on November 8, 2024, Paddington in Peru will see a wide release in the U.S. in early February 2025.
Cleaner
(2025)
Release Date: February 21. 2025
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, Taz Skylar
Set in one of London’s tallest buildings, One Canada Square, Cleaner follows a window cleaner (Daisy Ridley) who is thrown into action when a company gala is hijacked by activists. If the crisis is not averted by Ridley’s character who is suspended outside the building, all 300 hostages will die.
The Monkey (2025)
Horror maestro James Wan and Longlegs director Osgood Perkins team up for this adaptation of the Steven King short story “The Monkey,” which follows two twin brothers, both played by Theo James, whose discovery of a toy results in numerous murders. After many years and an unsuccessful attempt at destroying the monkey, the two brothers must come together to put an end to the murders.
Last Breath (2025)
Peaky Blinders’ Finn Cole stars as Chris Lemons, a deep-sea diver famous for surviving underwater for 30 minutes without oxygen. Cole is joined by Woody Harrelson and Simu Liu in this miraculous true story of survival about Lemons and his crewmates who, against all odds, successfully completed a harrowing rescue mission in a race against time.
