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30 Most Popular Movies Right Now: What to Watch In Theaters and Streaming

Discover the top, most popular movies available now, along with what’s stoking early buzz and hype! Across theaters, streaming, and on-demand, these are the movies Rotten Tomatoes users are checking out at this very moment, including Thunderbolts* (MCU movies ranked), Sinners (best new horror movies), and Warfare (best new action movies).

Check back for latest updates to the charts, and also take a look at the most popular TV shows out right now!)

#1

Thunderbolts* (2025)
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#1
Critics Consensus: Assembling a ragtag band of underdogs with Florence Pugh as their magnetic standout, Thunderbolts* refreshingly returns to the tried-and-true blueprint of the MCU's best adventures.
Synopsis: In "Thunderbolts*," Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes -- Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and [More]
Directed By: Jake Schreier
#2

Sinners (2025)
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Critics Consensus: A rip-roaring fusion of masterful visual storytelling and toe-tapping music, writer-director Ryan Coogler's first original blockbuster reveals the full scope of his singular imagination.
Synopsis: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only [More]
Directed By: Ryan Coogler
#3

Warfare (2025)
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Critics Consensus: Narratively cut to the bone and geared up with superb filmmaking craft, Warfare evokes the primal terror of combat with unnerving power.
Synopsis: Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences [More]
Directed By: Ray Mendoza , Alex Garland
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#4
Critics Consensus: Clown in a Cornfield doesn't reinvent the corn-maze, but its clever insights, subversion of expectations, and solid foundation help slash its way to the top.
Synopsis: Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, [More]
Directed By: Eli Craig
#5

Nonnas (2025)
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Critics Consensus: Like a homey dish prepared for family, Nonnas just wants to provide heaping helpings of comfort — and does so with enough charm that audiences may want seconds.
Synopsis: After the loss of his mother, a man risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with a [More]
Directed By: Stephen Chbosky
#6

Black Bag (2025)
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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
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Critics Consensus: Sailing through on the strength of its predecessor, Another Simple Favor is the perfect cocktail of mystery, intrigue, and sharp casting with a dash of well-timed comedy.
Synopsis: Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) reunite on the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily's extravagant [More]
Directed By: Paul Feig
#8

Fight or Flight (2024)
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Critics Consensus: Josh Hartnett's go-for-broke performance gives Fight of Flight wings, sustaining this daffy action-comedy at an entertaining cruising altitude that refreshingly doesn't wear out its welcome.
Synopsis: Exiled American agent Lucas Reyes (Josh Hartnett) is given one last chance to redeem himself -- the assignment is to [More]
Directed By: James Madigan
#9

Drop (2025)
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Critics Consensus: A Hitchcockian thriller that cleverly utilizes modern technology for its twists and turns, Drop delivers on its pulpy premise while providing a welcome showcase for leading lady Meghann Fahy.
Synopsis: Emmy nominee Meghann Fahy, breakout star of White Lotus and The Perfect Couple, plays Violet, a widowed mother on her [More]
Directed By: Christopher Landon
#10

The Accountant 2 (2025)
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Critics Consensus: Improving on the original by leaning into Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal's buddy comedy chemistry, The Accountant 2 can safely be filed under a good time at the movies.
Synopsis: Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) has a talent for solving complex problems. When an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a [More]
Directed By: Gavin O'Connor
#11

Conclave (2024)
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Critics Consensus: Carrying off papal pulp with immaculate execution and career-highlight work from Ralph Fiennes, Conclave is a godsend for audiences who crave intelligent entertainment.
Synopsis: CONCLAVE follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events -- selecting the new Pope. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) [More]
Directed By: Edward Berger
#12

Havoc (2025)
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Critics Consensus: An anemic crime saga punctuated with bravura action sequences, Havoc may feel like a retread of director Gareth Evans' past glories but, for audiences addicted to his balletic style, the formula still rips.
Synopsis: Walker (Tom Hardy) is a bruised detective fighting his way through the criminal underworld threatening to engulf his entire city. [More]
Directed By: Gareth Evans
#13

Exterritorial (2025)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: When her son vanishes inside a US consulate, ex-special forces soldier Sara does everything in her power to find him [More]
Directed By: Christian Zübert
#14

Companion (2025)
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Critics Consensus: A fiendishly clever contraption that doesn't rest on the laurels of its twists, Companion thrillingly puts the demented into domestic bliss.
Synopsis: New Line Cinema--the studio that brought you "The Notebook"--and the unhinged creators of "Barbarian" cordially invite you to experience a [More]
Directed By: Drew Hancock
#15

Friendship (2024)
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#15
Critics Consensus: Tim Robinson expands his exquisitely painful cringe comedy style to feature length with seamless results in Friendship, a toxic bromance that'll make audiences laugh and wince in equal measure.
Synopsis: Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor, as Craig's attempts to make an adult male friend threaten [More]
Directed By: Andrew DeYoung
#16

Until Dawn (2025)
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Critics Consensus: Until Dawn has a novel premise by rewinding the clock repeatedly to deliver multiple horror movies in one, but a lack of inspiration in each new variation yields a spoil of diminishing returns rather than riches.
Synopsis: One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished [More]
Directed By: David F. Sandberg
#17
Critics Consensus: Adding some surprising emotional layers onto the ghoulish bones of Final Destination's mythology, Bloodlines ingeniously executes grisly set pieces with precision and turns impending doom into outrageous fun.
Synopsis: The newest chapter in New Line Cinema's bloody successful franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death's twisted [More]
Directed By: Adam B. Stein , Zach Lipovsky
#18

The Order (2024)
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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
#19
Critics Consensus: The Ballad of Wallis Island hums along a sweet melody without lapsing into outright sentimentality, mining a great deal of warmth from its humble premise.
Synopsis: THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND follows Charles (Tim Key), an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island [More]
Directed By: James Griffiths
#20

Karate Kid: Legends (2025)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Karate Kid: Legends unites the iconic martial arts masters of one of the most beloved film franchises of all time [More]
Directed By: Jonathan Entwistle
#21
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
#22

A Minecraft Movie (2025)
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Critics Consensus: Ostensibly a film about celebrating creativity, A Minecraft Movie provides a colorful sandbox for Jack Black and Jason Momoa to amusingly romp around in a story curiously constructed from conventional building blocks.
Synopsis: Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn't just help you craft, it's essential to one's survival! Four misfits--Garrett [More]
Directed By: Jared Hess
#23

Lilo & Stitch (2025)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A fugitive alien helps a lonely Hawaiian girl mend her broken family. [More]
Directed By: Dean Fleischer-Camp
#24

The Surfer (2024)
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Critics Consensus: Nicolas Cage expertly rides the waves of toxic masculinity in this sand filled arena of torment.
Synopsis: In the psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan, a man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf [More]
Directed By: Lorcan Finnegan
#25

Shadow Force (2025)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: In SHADOW FORCE, Kyrah (Kerry Washington) and Isaac (Omar Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group [More]
Directed By: Joe Carnahan
#26

Babygirl (2024)
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Critics Consensus: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson memorably smolder together in Babygirl, with writer-director Halina Reijn's clinical gaze keeping this sexually frank thriller more provocative than prurient.
Synopsis: A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much [More]
Directed By: Halina Reijn
#27

Bad Influence (2025)
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Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: An ex-con gets a fresh start when hired to protect a wealthy heiress from a stalker - but their chemistry [More]
Directed By: Chloé Wallace
#28

Death of a Unicorn (2025)
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Critics Consensus: Receiving some sparkle from Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega's father-daughter rapport, Death of a Unicorn's broad satire is a bit too on the horn but makes for an entertainingly splattery creature feature.
Synopsis: A father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend [More]
Directed By: Alex Scharfman
#29

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
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Critics Consensus: Taking a hammer and chisel to a quintessential fairy tale, The Ugly Stepsister's masterful application of gore and subversion are the stuff that nightmares are made of.
Synopsis: In a twisted take on the classic Cinderella story, 'The Ugly Stepsister' follows Elvira as she battles to compete with [More]
Directed By: Emilie Blichfeldt
#30
Critics Consensus: Gargantuan in action, runtime, and scope, The Final Reckoning is a sentimental sendoff for Ethan Hunt that accomplishes its mission with a characteristic flair for the impossible.
Synopsis: Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. [More]
Directed By: Christopher McQuarrie