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100 Best New Action Movies of 2025


The latest: Two in Certified Fresh: the spy thriller Black Bag (with Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett), and high-concept Novocaine. Before going back into Kevin Feige’s loving arms, the Russo brothers have one last piece of content for you to consumption gland: The Electric State, starring Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown.

From the strongest marriage in showbiz, Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson’s latest, the fantasy-adventure In the Lost Lands (based on a George R. R. Martin story), is out.

Added sub-nautical thriller Last Breath, which tells a remarkable true story with the utmost efficiency.


We’re cutting to the chase: 100 of the highest-rated action movies of the past year, to satisfy all your stunt-driving, barrel-smashing, limb-pummeling urges.

The list starts with Certified Fresh movies (Gladiator II, Rebel Ridge, and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In), followed up with Fresh films on the Tomatometer (Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), and rounded out with the Rotten crew, with a few boast beefy audience-driven Popcornmeters (Red One, The Killer’s Game).

#1

Black Bag (2025)
Tomatometer icon 97% Popcornmeter icon 72%

#1
Critics Consensus: Sleek in design and spiked with dry wit, Black Bag is an exemplary espionage caper that lets movie stars like Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender do what they do best -- light up the screen.
Synopsis: BLACK BAG is a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn. When she [More]
Directed By: Steven Soderbergh

#2

The Promised Land (2023)
Tomatometer icon 97% Popcornmeter icon 95%

#2
Critics Consensus: Mads Mikkelson leads us through the savage terrain of The Promised Land with a glimmer of hope in this epic Nordic tale with Western bones.
Synopsis: In 18th century Denmark, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) -- a proud, ambitious, but impoverished war hero -- sets out [More]
Directed By: Nikolaj Arcel

#3
#3
Critics Consensus: A smart, tautly constructed crime thriller with some fresh twists, The Last Stop in Yuma County marks writer-director Francis Galluppi as a talent to watch.
Synopsis: While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into [More]
Directed By: Francis Galluppi

#4

Rebel Ridge (2024)
Tomatometer icon 96% Popcornmeter icon 72%

#4
Critics Consensus: An intelligent and gripping vehicle for Aaron Pierre's star-making performance, Rebel Ridge lays down the law on its action-thriller contemporaries.
Synopsis: Terry Richmond enters the town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission-- post bail for his cousin and [More]
Directed By: Jeremy Saulnier

#5

The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Tomatometer icon 96% Popcornmeter icon 94%

#5
Critics Consensus: Condensing Alexandre Dumas' hefty tome into a brisk and lavishly appointed action-adventure, this French adaptation of The Count of Monte-Cristo hits the sweet spot with rapier-like precision.
Synopsis: Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he [More]

#6

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
Tomatometer icon 94% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#6
Critics Consensus: Lust and violence collide to powerfully pulpy effect in Love Lies Bleeding, a well-acted addition to writer-director Rose Glass' growing body of exceptional work.
Synopsis: From Director Rose Glass comes an electric new love story; reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious [More]
Directed By: Rose Glass

#7

Dune: Part Two (2024)
Tomatometer icon 92% Popcornmeter icon 95%

#7
Critics Consensus: Visually thrilling and narratively epic, Dune: Part Two continues Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the beloved sci-fi series in spectacular form.
Synopsis: "Dune: Part Two" will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while [More]
Directed By: Denis Villeneuve

#8

The Order (2024)
Tomatometer icon 92% Popcornmeter icon 89%

#8
Critics Consensus: A stoic Jude Law and diabolically good Nicholas Hoult turn the tides of history in this grippingly intense thrill ride.
Synopsis: For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and [More]
Directed By: Justin Kurzel

#9

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Tomatometer icon 90% Popcornmeter icon 88%

#9
Critics Consensus: Retroactively enriching Fury Road with greater emotional heft if not quite matching it in propulsive throttle, Furiosa is another glorious swerve in mastermind George Miller's breathless race towards cinematic Valhalla.
Synopsis: Snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers, young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led [More]
Directed By: George Miller

#10
Critics Consensus: An action-packed homage that nails the nitty-gritty choreo-crazed daze of '80s Hong Kong cinema to masterful effect.
Synopsis: Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong's underworld, the [More]
Directed By: Pou-Soi Cheang

#11

Monkey Man (2024)
Tomatometer icon 89% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#11
Critics Consensus: An audacious effort from debuting director Dev Patel, Monkey Man dispenses action and sociopolitical commentary with equal aplomb.
Synopsis: Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Dev Patel as Kid, an [More]
Directed By: Dev Patel

#12

Kill (2023)
Tomatometer icon 89% Popcornmeter icon 85%

#12
Critics Consensus: A relentless thrill ride grounded in raw emotional stakes, Kill serves up a knuckle sandwich that action fans will gleefully eat up.
Synopsis: When army commando Amrit (Lakshya) finds out his true love Tulika (Tanya Maniktala) is engaged against her will, he boards [More]
Directed By: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

#13

Carry-On (2024)
Tomatometer icon 87% Popcornmeter icon 51%

#13
Critics Consensus: Taron Egerton and an against-type Jason Bateman make for great adversaries in Carry-On, a throwback thriller that clears all checkpoints of plot logic with its confident execution.
Synopsis: A young TSA agent fights to outsmart a mysterious traveler who blackmails him into letting a dangerous package slip onto [More]
Directed By: Jaume Collet-Serra

#14

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 85% Popcornmeter icon 95%

#14
Critics Consensus: With a double helping of Jim Carrey's antics and a quicksilver pace befitting its hero, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the best entry in this amiable series yet.
Synopsis: Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen this holiday season in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic, Knuckles, and [More]
Directed By: Jeff Fowler

#15

The Fall Guy (2024)
Tomatometer icon 82% Popcornmeter icon 85%

#15
Critics Consensus: With action, comedy, romance, and a pair of marvelously matched stars, The Fall Guy might be the rare mainstream movie with something to entertain everyone.
Synopsis: He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and [More]
Directed By: David Leitch

#16
Critics Consensus: Carving out a new era for The Planet of the Apes with lovable characters and rich visuals, Kingdom doesn't take the crown as best of the franchise but handily justifies its continued reign.
Synopsis: Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise set several generations in the future following Caesar's reign, [More]
Directed By: Wes Ball

#17

Last Breath (2025)
Tomatometer icon 79% Popcornmeter icon 92%

#17
Critics Consensus: Ratcheting up the tension to a riveting degree, Last Breath tells a remarkable true story with the utmost efficiency and a dependably terrific performance from Woody Harrelson.
Synopsis: A heart-pounding film that follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds [More]
Directed By: Alex Parkinson

#18

Novocaine (2025)
Tomatometer icon 83% Popcornmeter icon 87%

#18
Critics Consensus: Getting an adrenaline shot from Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder's considerable charm while finding increasingly demented ways to utilize its concept, Novocaine is the opposite of a pain to watch.
Synopsis: When the girl of his dreams (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped, everyman Nate (Jack Quaid) turns his inability to feel pain [More]
Directed By: Dan Berk , Robert Olsen

#19

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Tomatometer icon 78% Popcornmeter icon 94%

#19
Critics Consensus: Ryan Reynolds makes himself at home in the MCU with acerbic wit while Hugh Jackman provides an Adamantium backbone to proceedings in Deadpool & Wolverine, an irreverent romp with a surprising soft spot for a bygone era of superhero movies.
Synopsis: Deadpool's peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon [More]
Directed By: Shawn Levy

#20

Arcadian (2024)
Tomatometer icon 78% Popcornmeter icon 57%

#20
Critics Consensus: Led by a trio of strong performances, Arcadian blends family drama and post-apocalyptic horror to visceral, emotionally stirring effect.
Synopsis: In a near future, life on Earth has been decimated. Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas (Jaeden [More]
Directed By: Benjamin Brewer

#21

The Return (2024)
Tomatometer icon 79% Popcornmeter icon 76%

#21
Critics Consensus: The Return removes the mythology from Odysseus' homecoming along with some of the fun, but Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche's terrific performances keep this drama absorbing.
Synopsis: After 20 years away, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has [More]
Directed By: Uberto Pasolini

#22

Twisters (2024)
Tomatometer icon 75% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#22
Critics Consensus: Summoning a storm of spectacle and carried along by the gale force winds of Glen Powell's charisma, Twisters' forecast is splendid with a high chance of thrills.
Synopsis: Daisy Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her [More]
Directed By: Lee Isaac Chung

#23

Gladiator II (2024)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#23
Critics Consensus: Echoing its predecessor while upping the bloodsport and camp, Gladiator II is an action extravaganza that derives much of its strength and honor from Denzel Washington's scene-stealing performance.
Synopsis: Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the [More]
Directed By: Ridley Scott

#24
#24
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The veteran detectives renowned for always getting their man are back in action! Detective Seo Do-cheol (HWANG Jung-min) and his [More]
Directed By: Ryoo Seung-wan

#25

The Shadow Strays (2024)
Tomatometer icon 91% Popcornmeter icon 79%

#25
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After nearly botching a mission, Codename 13, a prodigal assassin found herself suspended from further duties. The killer teen meets [More]
Directed By: Timo Tjahjanto

#26

The Roundup: Punishment (2024)
Tomatometer icon 91% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#26
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: During the investigations of a drug trafficking app, the Monster Cop Ma Seok-do (Don Lee) and his team discover a [More]
Directed By: Heo Myeong-haeng

#27

Night Call (2024)
Tomatometer icon 79% Popcornmeter icon 0%

#27
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: One evening, Mady--a young student by day, locksmith by night--receives an emergency call from Claire to open a lock. But [More]
Directed By: Michiel Blanchart

#28

Kalki 2898 AD (2024)
Tomatometer icon 77% Popcornmeter icon 87%

#28
Critics Consensus: A colorful spectacle that competes with Hollywood blockbusters while retaining its own distinctive flavor, Kalki 2898 AD marks a rousing breakthrough in Tollywood sci-fi cinema.
Synopsis: In a future ruled by elites who revel in absolute luxury while leaving the rest of the world in darkness, [More]
Directed By: Nag Ashwin

#29

Survive (2024)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 0%

#29
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In SURVIVE, Julia and her loving husband celebrate their son's birthday on their boat in the middle of the ocean. [More]
Directed By: Frédéric Jardin

#30

Escape (2024)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 86%

#30
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a [More]
Directed By: Lee Jong-pil

#31

Clone Cops (2024)
Tomatometer icon 69% Popcornmeter icon 94%

#31
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In a future dumbed down by next-day-delivery, the conglomerate Nefaricorp dominates human existence through high tech, great deals, and free [More]
Directed By: Danny Dones

#32
Critics Consensus: Cranking up a true story of derring-do into a high-octane action flick that's heavy on spectacle if not suspense, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is another solid entry into Guy Ritchie's pantheon.
Synopsis: Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE [More]
Directed By: Guy Ritchie

#33

The Silent Hour (2024)
Tomatometer icon 68% Popcornmeter icon 60%

#33
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Boston Detective Frank Shaw (Joel Kinnaman) returns to duty after a career-altering injury leaves him with permanent hearing loss. Tasked [More]
Directed By: Brad Anderson

#34

Badland Hunters (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 56%

#34
Critics Consensus: Badland Hunters entertains with all-out action, even if the story's far less impressive than the fight scenes.
Synopsis: Years after Seoul turns into an apocalyptic wasteland, a tough huntsman takes matters into his own hands when a teenager [More]
Directed By: Heo Myeong-haeng

#35

Wolfs (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 72%

#35
Critics Consensus: George Clooney and Brad Pitt's professional star power gives Wolfs zip even when it cycles through clichés of the fixer genre, making for a pleasing and slick throwback.
Synopsis: Global superstars George Clooney and Brad Pitt team up for the action comedy Wolfs. Clooney plays a professional fixer hired [More]
Directed By: Jon Watts

#36

Land of Bad (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 93%

#36
Critics Consensus: Thanks to some exciting set pieces and a smartly assembled cast, Land of Bad stands as a solid survival thriller in spite of an overall reliance on genre formula.
Synopsis: Starring Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth, a covert Special Forces operation in the South Philippines spirals into a brutal 48-hour [More]
Directed By: William Eubank

#37

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 76%

#37
Critics Consensus: Content to let a very game Eddie Murphy bring all the heat, the fourth Beverly Hills Cop coasts on nostalgia but marks a welcome return for Axel Foley.
Synopsis: Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter's life is threatened, she [More]
Directed By: Mark Molloy

#38

Sixty Minutes (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 61%

#38
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Mixed Martial Arts fighter Octavio (Emilio Sakraya) finds himself with just 60 minutes to make it to the birthday party [More]
Directed By: Oliver Kienle

#39
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Rebels on a remote moon make an impossible stand in director Zack Snyder's bigger, bloodier cut of his sci-fi saga. [More]
Directed By: Zack Snyder

#40

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Tomatometer icon 65% Popcornmeter icon 96%

#40
Critics Consensus: Will Smith and Martin Lawrence remain good company even when Bad Boys strains to up the ante, proving there's still life left in this high-octane franchise.
Synopsis: This Summer, the world's favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy [More]
Directed By: Adil El Arbi , Bilall Fallah

#41

The Gorge (2025)
Tomatometer icon 63% Popcornmeter icon 76%

#41
Critics Consensus: Mixing multiple genres, The Gorge makes for a surprisingly endearing romance until its action-thriller obligations steer proceedings back onto a more predictable path.
Synopsis: Two highly-trained operatives (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a [More]
Directed By: Scott Derrickson

#42
#42
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After locating the Divine Blade, a shaman and a modern-day woman race through time to battle a powerful alien commander [More]
Directed By: Dong-hoon Choi

#43

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
Tomatometer icon 63% Popcornmeter icon 79%

#43
Critics Consensus: Pantera trades the original Den of Thieves' self-seriousness for a more winking lightheartedness that doesn't entirely smooth over its familiarity but ought to satisfy those hankering for absolute Dad Cinema.
Synopsis: Gerard Butler (Plane, Has Fallen series) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Out of Compton, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) return [More]
Directed By: Christian Gudegast

#44

Road House (2024)
Tomatometer icon 60% Popcornmeter icon 52%

#44
Critics Consensus: Road House updates a cult classic for a new generation, happily replicating the original's emphasis on cheesy brawn over narrative brains.
Synopsis: In this adrenaline-fueled reimagining of the 80s cult classic, ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job as a bouncer [More]
Directed By: Doug Liman

#45

One Fast Move (2024)
Tomatometer icon 60% Popcornmeter icon 66%

#45
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: ONE FAST MOVE is an action-adventure thrill ride about a young man down on his luck who seeks out his [More]
Directed By: Kelly Blatz

#46

Dhoom Dhaam (2025)
Tomatometer icon 60% Popcornmeter icon 75%

#46
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: On their wedding night, an oddball couple gets entangled in a chaotic chase, dodging both goons and the police as [More]
Directed By: Rishab Seth

#47

City Hunter (2024)
Tomatometer icon 59% Popcornmeter icon 84%

#47
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to [More]
Directed By: Yuichi Sato

#48

The Killer (2024)
Tomatometer icon 59% Popcornmeter icon 51%

#48
Critics Consensus: John Woo recaptures some of his legendary action bravura in this gallic reimagining of his very own The Killer, although the kinetic set pieces don't quite compensate for the overall lack of personality.
Synopsis: Legendary action director John Woo, the visionary filmmaker of Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck, Broken Arrow and Hard Boiled returns [More]
Directed By: John Woo

#49

One More Shot (2024)
Tomatometer icon 57% Popcornmeter icon 37%

#49
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A Navy SEAL battles a group of mercenaries while racing against time to stop a bomb from detonating. [More]
Directed By: James Nunn

#50

Damsel (2024)
Tomatometer icon 56% Popcornmeter icon 59%

#50
Critics Consensus: Damsel has an appealing action hero in Millie Bobby Brown, whose gutsy performance is often enough to balance the scales against the film's underpowered story and occasionally unconvincing effects.
Synopsis: A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a [More]

#51

Absolution (2024)
Tomatometer icon 55% Popcornmeter icon 32%

#51
Critics Consensus: Liam Neeson's gruff performance redeems Absolution somewhat, this thriller's sluggish pacing may not fully earn audiences' forgiveness.
Synopsis: An aging gangster attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify the mistakes in his past, but the criminal underworld [More]
Directed By: Hans Petter Moland

#52

Elevation (2024)
Tomatometer icon 55% Popcornmeter icon 80%

#52
Critics Consensus: Beautiful scenery and a solid star turn from Anthony Mackie raise Elevation up to an extent, but this sci-fi thriller is too derivative to reach the peak of its potential.
Synopsis: Set in the post-apocalyptic Rocky Mountains, a single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to [More]
Directed By: George Nolfi

#53
#53
Critics Consensus: Come to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire for the sheer monster-mashing spectacle -- and stay for that too, because the movie doesn't have much else to offer.
Synopsis: This latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic [More]
Directed By: Adam Wingard

#54
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Zack Snyder's sci-fi saga expands with his hardcore director's cut about a search for warriors to defend a peaceful moon. [More]
Directed By: Zack Snyder

#55

Weekend in Taipei (2024)
Tomatometer icon 52% Popcornmeter icon 68%

#55
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Years ago, committed DEA agent John Lawlor fell in love with Joey Kwang, a Taipei-based transport driver working in the [More]
Directed By: George Huang

#56

Red Right Hand (2024)
Tomatometer icon 52% Popcornmeter icon 70%

#56
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In action-thriller RED RIGHT HAND, Cash (Orlando Bloom) is trying to live an honest and quiet life taking care of [More]
Directed By: Eshom Nelms , Ian Nelms

#57

Cleaner (2025)
Tomatometer icon 50% Popcornmeter icon 66%

#57
Critics Consensus: Daisy Ridley's credible action chops and Martin Campbell's smooth direction keep Cleaner from being a mess, but this thriller borrows one too many elements from better predecessors to have a polished identity of its own.
Synopsis: Set in present-day London, a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages in [More]

#58
Critics Consensus: Anthony Mackie capably takes up Cap's mantle and shield, but Brave New World is too routine and overstuffed with uninteresting easter eggs to feel like a worthy standalone adventure for this new Avengers leader.
Synopsis: Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who's officially taken up the mantle of Captain America. After meeting [More]
Directed By: Julius Onah

#59

The Quiet Ones (2025)
Tomatometer icon 48% Popcornmeter icon 99%

#59
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In 2008, a group of men from Denmark and across Europe pulled off the biggest heist of all time on [More]
Directed By: Frederik Louis Hviid

#60

The Killer's Game (2024)
Tomatometer icon 46% Popcornmeter icon 79%

#60
Critics Consensus: While it can be commended for refreshingly casting the reliable Dave Bautista in a romantic role, this otherwise tepid hitman comedy doesn't make many inventive moves on the board.
Synopsis: In the new action-comedy THE KILLER'S GAME, when top hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) is diagnosed with a terminal illness, [More]
Directed By: J.J. Perry

#61

Brothers (2024)
Tomatometer icon 44% Popcornmeter icon 47%

#61
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Brothers tells the story of a reformed criminal (Josh Brolin) whose attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites [More]
Directed By: Max Barbakow

#62

Ad Vitam (2025)
Tomatometer icon 43% Popcornmeter icon 34%

#62
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: After escaping an attempted murder, Franck Lazarev must find his wife Léo, who has been kidnapped by a mysterious group [More]
Directed By: Rodolphe Lauga

#63

Cult Killer (2024)
Tomatometer icon 42% Popcornmeter icon 31%

#63
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A PI (Antonio Banderas) and his partner (Alice Eve) are drawn into a web of intrigue when they start tracking [More]
Directed By: Jon Keeyes

#64
#64
Critics Consensus: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire offers a certain amount of nostalgia-fueled fun for fans of the original, but a crowded cast and surprisingly serious tone prevent this sequel from truly sparking.
Synopsis: In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started -- the iconic New York City firehouse [More]
Directed By: Gil Kenan

#65

The Instigators (2024)
Tomatometer icon 40% Popcornmeter icon 55%

#65
Critics Consensus: The alchemy of Casey Affleck and Matt Damon's knucklehead rapport provides some charm, but this laidback caper unravels due to a lack of intrigue and pulse.
Synopsis: Rory (Matt Damon) and Cobby (Casey Affleck) are reluctant partners: a desperate father and an ex-con thrown together to rob [More]
Directed By: Doug Liman

#66

Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
Tomatometer icon 40% Popcornmeter icon 80%

#66
Critics Consensus: The always watchable Tom Hardy injects ample charisma into Venom: The Last Dance, but the offering buckles under its convoluted tonal ambitions.
Synopsis: In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel's greatest and most complex characters, for the [More]
Directed By: Kelly Marcel

#67

The Union (2024)
Tomatometer icon 38% Popcornmeter icon 24%

#67
Critics Consensus: While its imprint may dissolve soon after the credits roll, The Union could provide sufficient thrills to household duties.
Synopsis: Mike, a down-to-earth construction worker, is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school [More]
Directed By: Julian Farino

#68

Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024)
Tomatometer icon 37% Popcornmeter icon 53%

#68
Critics Consensus: Hellboy:The Crooked Man buckles under its constraints resulting in an uneven, third-rate bag of all tricks and no treats.
Synopsis: Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent find themselves stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia. They soon discover a community of witches [More]
Directed By: Brian Taylor

#69

Lights Out (2024)
Tomatometer icon 35% Popcornmeter icon 52%

#69
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In Lights Out, a homeless veteran, Michael "Duffy" Duffield (Frank Grillo), meets a talkative Ex-Con, Max Bomer (Mekhi Phifer) who [More]
Directed By: Christian Sesma

#70

Baby John (2024)
Tomatometer icon 33% Popcornmeter icon 51%

#70
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: The film stars Varun Dhawan in the lead role of DCP Satya Verma, a man who fakes his death to [More]
Directed By: Kalees

#71

Devara Part 1 (2024)
Tomatometer icon 33% Popcornmeter icon 78%

#71
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Directed By: Koratala Siva

#72

Jackpot! (2024)
Tomatometer icon 31% Popcornmeter icon 51%

#72
Critics Consensus: Despite having a cast and crew of comedy all-stars on hand, Jackpot! provides little payout thanks to a puerile script and erratic pacing.
Synopsis: In the near future, a 'Grand Lottery' has been newly established in California -- the catch: kill the winner before [More]
Directed By: Paul Feig

#73

Valiant One (2025)
Tomatometer icon 31% Popcornmeter icon 80%

#73
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In the heart-pounding military thriller VALIANT ONE, a routine mission goes awry when a US army helicopter crashes deep within [More]
Directed By: Steve Barnett

#74

Dirty Angels (2024)
Tomatometer icon 30% Popcornmeter icon 28%

#74
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Soldiers in an all-female commando unit pose as members of a relief organization to save a group of girls taken [More]
Directed By: Martin Campbell

#75

Lift (2024)
Tomatometer icon 30% Popcornmeter icon 33%

#75
Critics Consensus: Lift may be a passable streaming option for viewers seeking mindless entertainment, but that doesn't excuse its thinly written characters or formulaic, haphazardly written story.
Synopsis: An international heist crew is recruited to prevent a terrorist attack, and must pull off the heist on a plane [More]
Directed By: F. Gary Gray

#76

Red One (2024)
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#76
Critics Consensus: Wrapped in slick packaging but wholly lacking in holiday magic, Red One is a ho-ho-hum action-adventure.
Synopsis: After Santa Claus -- Code Name: RED ONE -- is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must [More]
Directed By: Jake Kasdan

#77

Back in Action (2025)
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#77
Critics Consensus: It's good to have Diaz and Foxx back, but they deserve a warmer welcome than this rote action-comedy.
Synopsis: Former CIA spies Emily and Matt are pulled back into espionage after their secret identities are exposed. [More]
Directed By: Seth Gordon

#78

Flight Risk (2025)
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#78
Critics Consensus: While there's a place for high-octane dumb fun, Flight Risk dives straight into unpleasant camp without a parachute.
Synopsis: In this high-stakes suspense thriller, Academy Award® nominee Mark Wahlberg (Actor in a Supporting Role, 2006 -- The Departed) plays [More]
Directed By: Mel Gibson

#79

Old Guy (2024)
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#79
Critics Consensus: Saddling an overqualified cast with a rote script, Old Guy's tired execution may leave audiences wondering whether it's time to put this concept out to pasture.
Synopsis: An aging hitman (Christoph Waltz) is forced to train a young prodigy (Cooper Hoffman) when his employer moves to replace [More]
Directed By: Simon West

#80

Damaged (2024)
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#80
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: How do you catch a brilliant monster? When a sadistic murderer surfaces in Scotland, terrified local authorities call on a [More]
Directed By: Terry McDonough

#81

Into the Deep (2025)
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#81
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Scout Taylor Compton and Richard Dreyfuss star in this action packed thriller where modern day pirates on the hunt for [More]
Directed By: Christian Sesma

#82

In the Lost Lands (2025)
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#82
Critics Consensus: Squandering George R.R. Martin's source material on an incomprehensible eyesore, Paul W.S. Anderson's In the Lost Lands could use its own map out of the wilderness.
Synopsis: Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and based on George R.R. Martin's short story, the story centers on a queen who, [More]
Directed By: Paul W.S. Anderson

#83

My Spy: The Eternal City (2024)
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#83
Critics Consensus: Wasting Dave Bautista's crack comedic timing on a leaden script, this My Spy sequel is a mission failure.
Synopsis: Back by popular demand, My Spy's dynamic duo, veteran CIA operative JJ (Dave Bautista) and his 14-year-old stepdaughter and protégé [More]
Directed By: Peter Segal

#84

The Crow (2024)
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#84
Critics Consensus: Dreary and poorly paced, this reimagining of The Crow doesn't have enough personality or pulse to merit the resurrection.
Synopsis: Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of THE CROW in this modern reimagining of the original graphic novel by [More]
Directed By: Rupert Sanders

#85

Trigger Warning (2024)
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#85
Critics Consensus: Trigger Warning sure packs a punch when doling out clichés and dialing up the snooze fest.
Synopsis: Special Forces commando Parker (Jessica Alba) is on active duty overseas when she gets called back to her hometown with [More]
Directed By: Mouly Surya

#86

Cash Out (2024)
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#86
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In this tense thriller, John Travolta is Mason, leader of a high-end crew of thieves that hang it up for [More]
Directed By: IVES

#87

Atlas (2024)
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#87
Critics Consensus: Jennifer Lopez admirably does her best to shoulder Atlas' seismic scope, but this sci-fi spectacle buckles under the weight of a script whose intelligence is merely artificial.
Synopsis: A brilliant data analyst with a deep distrust of AI finds it may be her only hope when a mission [More]
Directed By: Brad Peyton

#88

Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
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#88
Critics Consensus: Beam it out of here, Scotty.
Synopsis: In STAR TREK: SECTION 31, Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation [More]
Directed By: Olatunde Osunsanmi

#89

Love Hurts (2025)
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#89
Critics Consensus: Ouchie.
Synopsis: Ke Huy Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs, where 'For Sale' signs bloom. Gable receives [More]
Directed By: Jonathan Eusebio

#90

The Electric State (2025)
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#90
Critics Consensus: Lumbering along like a giant automaton, The Electric State has plenty of hardware to back it up but none of the spark that'd make it come to life.
Synopsis: The Electric State is a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of [More]
Directed By: Anthony Russo , Joe Russo

#91

Canary Black (2024)
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#91
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A top CIA operative, Avery Graves, is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. [More]
Directed By: Pierre Morel

#92

Laws of Man (2024)
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#92
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: At the dawn of the Cold War, U.S. marshals Frank and Tommy pursue wanted murderer Benjamin Bonney in the deserts [More]
Directed By: Phil Blattenberger

#93

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024)
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#93
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When a masked enemy rises within the nation, mercilessly targeting the military by stealing the country's most dangerous weapon, COLONEL [More]
Directed By: Ali Abbas Zafar

#94

Uglies (2024)
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#94
Critics Consensus: It's what's on the inside that counts, but unfortunately Uglies doesn't have much going on in there, either.
Synopsis: In a futuristic world that imposes a cosmetic surgery at 16, Tally is eager for her turn to join the [More]
Directed By: McG

#95

Kraven the Hunter (2024)
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#95
Critics Consensus: Claiming no trophies with its rote story and shoddy special effects, Kraven the Hunter turns out to be a paper tiger.
Synopsis: Kraven the Hunter is the action-packed, R-rated, standalone story of how one of Marvel's most iconic villains came to be. [More]
Directed By: J.C. Chandor

#96

Breathe (2024)
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#96
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Breathe is a heart pounding thriller set in the future. After Earth is left uninhabitable due to lack of oxygen, [More]
Directed By: Stefon Bristol

#97

Madame Web (2024)
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#97
Critics Consensus: Madame Web's earnest approach to the title character's origin story has a certain appeal, but its predictable plot and uneven execution make for a forgettable superhero adventure.
Synopsis: In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing's most [More]
Directed By: S.J. Clarkson

#98

Borderlands (2024)
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#98
Critics Consensus: Glitching out in every department, Borderlands is balderdash.
Synopsis: Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic [More]
Directed By: Eli Roth

#99

Alarum (2025)
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#99
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone, Scott Eastwood, Mike Colter, and Willa Fitzgerald star in this explosive action-thriller about two married [More]
Directed By: Michael Polish

#100

Armor (2024)
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#100
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Academy Award Nominee Sylvester Stallone and Jason Patric star in an action-packed thriller about the lengths one man will go [More]
Directed By: Justin Routt