Hello, I've been doing this for 16 years, listing my anticipated movies of the year. It's now more of a ritual than anything. No one's viewing this but me and like 15 other random visitors (yes, that's you!). Last year I mentioned that I wanted to start creating content on TikTok. That lasted for three months. But I'm still writing for Collider, please do give my page a look! It's a thankless job but I'm enjoying writing about some of my favorites. It's kind of a tricky job too, because the clickbait titles listing "worst movies" often thrived but I just felt negative writing them. So I'm only focusing on things I like and positive articles. Also, if you're on Letterboxd, you can also find me there.
It's already February 2025, and last month I only saw one movie, Wolf Man. I was excited for that movie because of Leigh Whannell and Julia Garner, but I was thoroughly disappointed. It's extra disappointing because that's the first movie that I saw in cinemas since late November when I saw Megalopolis. I wanted to watch Companion, but it was released during a busy holiday with like 10 other movies so it disappeared quite fast from the cinemas.
I'm much more mindful of what I watch in the cinemas these days. You can thank the pandemic for this. Last year I only saw 38 movies in the cinemas. Compare that with 2019 when I watched 78 movies in theatres. I'll still watch those movies, but probably when they hit streaming.
Anyway, let's get into it. These are my watchlist for 2025! Bolded titles are must-watches for me. There are two movies marked *, because their release dates are unconfirmed and I guesstimated.
JANUARY
Wolf Man Julia Garner, Christopher Abbott, Leigh Whannell (director)
Companion Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Drew Hancock (director)
Paddington in Peru Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Dougal Wilson (director)
Den of Thieves: Pantera Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Gudegast (director)
FEBRUARY
The Monkey Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Osgood Perkins (director)
Captain America: Brave New World Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Julius Onah (director)
The Gorge Anya Taylor-Joy, Miles Teller, Scott Derrickson (director)
MARCH
Mickey 17 Robert Pattinson, Bong Joon-ho (director)
A Working Man Jason Statham, David Harbour, David Ayer (director)
Black Bag Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Steven Soderbergh (director)
Snow White Rachel Zegler, Marc Webb (director)
The Electric State Chris Pratt, Millie Bobby Brown, The Russos (director)
APRIL
Sinners Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Ryan Coogler (director)
The Siege at Thorn High Morgan Oey, Joko Anwar (director)
The Accountant 2 Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, Gavin O'Connor (director)
Drop Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Christopher Landon (director)
Warfare Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Ryan Mendoza & Alex Garland (directors)
MAY
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie (director)
Thunderbolts Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Jake Schreier (director)
Final Destination: Bloodlines Tony Todd, Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein (directors)
The Life of Chuck Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan, Mike Flanagan (director)
Karate Kid: Legends Ralph Macchio, Jackie Chan, Jonathan Entwhistle (director)
JUNE
28 Years Later Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jodie Comer, Danny Boyle (director)
F1 Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Joseph Kosinski (director)
Ballerina Ana de Armas, Norman Reedus, Len Wiseman (director)
How to Train Your Dragon Mason Thames, Gerard Butler, Dean deBlois (director)
Megan 2.0 Allison Williams, Gerard Johnstone (director)
Elio Pixar!
JULY
Superman David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, James Gunn (director)
Fantastic Four: First Steps Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Matt Shakman (director)
Jurassic World: Rebirth Jonathan Bailey, Scarlett Johansson, Gareth Edwards (director)
The Old Guard 2 Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Victoria Mahoney (director)
AUGUST
War 2 Hrithik Roshan, NTR Jr, Ayan Mukerji (director)
Nobody 2 Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Timo Tjahjanto (director)
The Naked Gun Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Akiva Schaffer (director)
One Battle After Another Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Thomas Anderson (director)
Caught Stealing Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, Darren Aronofsky (director)
SEPTEMBER
The Bride! Christian Bale, Jessie Buckley, Maggie Gyllenhaal (director)
The Conjuring: Last Rites Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Michael Chaves (director)
Downton Abbey 3 Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, Simon Curtis (director)
OCTOBER
Tron: Ares Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Joachim Ronning (director)
Frankenstein Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Guillermo del Toro (director)*
NOVEMBER
Wicked: For Good Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jon M. Chu (director)
Now You See Me 3 Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Ruben Fleisher (director)
The Running Man Glen Powell, Edgar Wright (director)
Predator: Badlands Elle Fanning, Dan Trachtenberg (director)
Bugonia Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Yorgos Lanthimos (director)
DECEMBER
Avatar: Fire and Ash Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, James Cameron (director)
Wake Up Dead Man Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Rian Johnson (director)*
Marty Supreme Timothee Chalamet, Josh Safdie (director)
Pretty insane year, especially in June and July right? Well, here are my top 10 most anticipated movies of the year.
10. Tron Ares - I'm just excited to go back to the Grid, even if it's with Jared Leto
9. War 2 - sorry I love the Spy Universe
8. Jurassic World Rebirth - looks both good and stupid, will have a fun time
7. F1 - looks amazing, gotta be crazy in IMAX
6. 28 Years Later - I'm one of the few who loved 28 Months
5. Superman - still on the fence, but excited
4. Fantastic Four: First Steps - the trailer is very good
3. Mickey 17 - been waiting for this since last year!
2. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - this will be crazy
1. Avatar: Fire & Ash - of course!
