There's already been some stellar films released in 2025, from the newest installment of Bridget Jones to sob-inducing romance We Live in Time. And it seems cinema screens will only be getting busier, with Paul Mescal, Anne Hathaway and Margot Robbie all returning to the big screen. Here are 10 of the films we're most excited to watch this year.
A romantic comedy starring Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal? Talk about keeping the internet happy. Set in New York City, it follows Lucy (Johnson), an elite matchmaker who gets involved with a wealthy man, but still harbours feelings for the broke actor-waiter she left behind. Other cast members include Chris Evans, Succession’s Zoë Winters and The Gilded Age’s Louisa Jacobson, and it’ll be directed by Past Lives’ maestro Celine Song.
Based on the best-selling novel by Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet will star Irish hunk Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare, and Jessie Buckley, who recently wowed in Cabaret, as his wife Agnes. The loosely historic tale imagines the impact of grief and Shakespeare’s metamorphic rise on his family, while Chloé Zhao, who picked up four Oscars for her 2020 film Nomadland, will direct.
Love a thriller? Mark Anthony Green’s directorial debut is sure to give you goosebumps. It stars The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri as a young writer invited to the remote compound of a legendary popstar (John Malkovich) who disappeared from the public eye 30 years ago. Surrounded by the star’s cult of sycophants, she finds herself embroiled in his twisted plan.
Everyone’s favourite killer doll (with, we must say, fantastic fashion sense), is back. This time, M3GAN creator Gemma (Allison Williams) has become an author and advocate for regulation of AI after her own creation set out on a murderous rampage. Only she soon learns her technology has been stolen by a defence contractor to create a new spy robot, Amelia, who becomes self-aware and set on an global AI takeover. Gemma’s response? To reconstruct an upgraded M3GAN and finish Amelia off.
Twenty-two years after the original body-switching mega-hit, Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis will reprise their roles as Anna and Tess, the former of which now has a daughter and soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover lightning may well strike twice. The best bit? Chad Michael Murray is returning. Yay!
