The 20 Most Anticipated Movies of 2025

US release date: July 11 The Fantastic Four: First Steps Could the third time be a charm for the Fantastic Four? But perhaps the missing ingredient in previous iterations has been the creative force behind the camera, which in this case is Matt Shakman, who is better known for his television career, where he has helmed episodes of Game of Thrones, WandaVision, The Great, and—most prolifically—more than 40 installments of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, including the fan-favorite “The Nightman Cometh.” US release date: July 25 The Battle of Baktan Cross Just because we have no idea what Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie is about doesn’t mean we aren’t dying to learn more. US release date: September 26 Bugonia Would it really be a true year for movies if we didn’t get at least one absurdist comedy from Yorgos Lanthimos? Despite it feeling like the second film in the series didn’t get a whole lot of buzz following its release, nor was it met with an overwhelming amount of positive chatter, The Way of Water still somehow earned enough money to secure its place as the third-highest-grossing movie of all time—knocking Titanic down to #4 and sitting just underneath the original Avatar and Avengers: Endgame. US release date: December 19 Peaky Blinders One year after Oppenheimer made Cillian Murphy one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, the Irish actor is returning to his roots.