2025’s Instant Classic Films
2025 moved fast, but a few movies managed to stay in the picture the whole time. Not just opening-week stuff, films that kept popping up in conversations, rewatches, references, and “have you seen this yet?” moments. This list is that overlap between what people watched and what actually lingered. Cover: Jacob Elordi for “Frankenstein”
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Come See Me in the Good Light
Ryan White · 2025
In an intimate and joyful story of love in the face of loss, celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley find strength—and unexpected hilarity—in what might be their final year together.
The Secret Agent
Kleber Mendonça Filho · 2025
In Brazil in 1977, Marcelo, a technology specialist fleeing a mysterious past, returns to Recife in search of peace, but realizes the city is far from the refuge he seeks.
Companion
Drew Hancock · 2025
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.
The Phoenician Scheme
Wes Anderson · 2025
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.
28 Years Later
Danny Boyle · 2025
Twenty-eight years since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one member departs on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
Sorry, Baby
Eva Victor · 2025
Agnes feels stuck. Unlike her best friend, Lydie, who’s moved to New York and is now expecting a baby, Agnes still lives in the New England house they once shared as graduate students, now working as a professor at her alma mater. A ‘bad thing’ happened to Agnes a few years ago and, since then, despite her best efforts, life hasn’t gotten back on track.
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi · 2025
Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eqbal enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers.
Mickey 17
Bong Joon Ho · 2025
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
Left-Handed Girl
Shih-Ching Tsou · 2025
Bugonia
Yorgos Lanthimos · 2025
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Materialists
Celine Song · 2025
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
Eddington
Ari Aster · 2025
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier · 2025
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father — and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson · 2025
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Weapons
Zach Cregger · 2025
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
KPop Demon Hunters
Maggie Kang · 2025
スタジアムを満員にするほどの人気を誇るKPOPスーパースターのルミ、ミラ、ゾーイのもう一つの仕事。それは、秘密の能力を使って不可思議な脅威から大切なファンを守ること。
Love Untangled
Namkoong Sun · 2025
A lovestruck teen plans to win the school heartthrob by going from curly to straight hair — until a new transfer student changes everything.
Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro · 2025
Sinners
Ryan Coogler · 2025
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Thunderbolts*
Jake Schreier · 2025
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
