From vampires to aliens, from Tollywood to Hollywood, from indies to blockbusters, here are the best movies of 2025.
James Cameron’s ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ gives us some of the most spectacular visuals of the year, but maintains the saga’s simplified storytelling.
Timothée Chalamet delivers a captivating performance as a ping-pong player in relentless pursuit of greatness in Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme.

Fueled by a stellar performance from Rashmika Mandanna, The Girlfriend packs a punch, offering an important story about toxic relationships, self-discovery, and the healing power of female friendship.

Make some room on your top 10 list because Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is a frantic, funny, and heartfelt father-daughter story that feels incredibly relevant in our current political climate.

We’ve seen cinematic universes, supernatural stories, and otherworldly action heroes a million times, but Dominic Arun’s Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra gives us a refreshing and meticulously-made take on the superhero genre.
While there’s much fun to be had from the action sequences in Koratala Siva’s Jr. NTR starrer, Devara: Part 1, the story can feel a bit too convoluted and the romance subplot with Janhvi Kapoor brings the pace to a screeching halt.
Is Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis the magnum opus of one of cinema’s great auteurs or the fever dream of an old man who is not used to hearing the word no? Well…it’s complicated.
In a combination of body horror, biting humor, and beautiful visuals, The Substance delivers one of the most unique viewing experiences of the year.
The new documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! takes viewers inside Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s renovation nightmare and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the South Park creators’ restoration of the iconic Denver Mexican restaurant.
Because we live in an era of reboots and lega-sequels where nothing is sacred, everyone knew we’d eventually get a new Beetlejuice film. With Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, and Michael Keaton back, can Beetlejuice Beetlejuice capture the fun of the original or should the ghost with the most have been allowed to rest…
Zoe Kravitz channels her inner Jordan Peele in her directorial debut, Blink Twice, but does the film fully live up to Get Out?
I’m going to get a lot of side-eye from my film friends for this one, but I liked the new M. Night Shyamalan movie, Trap—mostly because of Josh Hartnett.