Five highly anticipated movies to look out for in the second half of 2025

If your movie watchlist needs a glow-up, the second half of 2025 is serving big-time. Get ready for globe-trotting thrills featuring prehistoric predators gone rogue and the world’s most legendary flying alien facing off against new threats and moral dilemmas.

Shifting gears, brace for bone-chilling chills tied to real-world hauntings and emotional reckonings. Whether it’s ancient DNA, superhuman ideals, or spiritual hauntings, the second half of 2025 is about to hit on a different level, and you wouldn’t want to miss a beat, especially the five movies listed below.

F1

Brad Pitt isn’t just driving fast in F1, he’s burning through legacy, ego, and redemption at 180 mph. F1 certainly isn’t your average sports flick with some pretty cars. Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a racing icon dragged back onto the track to breathe life into a failing team, APXGP. It’s all about grease, grit, and glory, and his co-pilot in chaos? A fiery rookie played by Damson Idris, and a brooding mentor figure brought to life by Javier Bardem.

But here’s the kicker: F1 was shot during actual Grand Prix weekends. Pitt and Idris suited up and tore through 14 real tracks in specially souped-up F2 cars while fans watched in real time. Director Joseph Kosinski slapped IMAX cameras onto race cars like it was nothing, capturing every blink-and-you'll-miss-it curve like a symphony of steel.

And if you’re wondering why it feels so real? Lewis Hamilton, the god of the grid, was hands-on with every frame, making sure this movie doesn’t just look the part, it lives it. With Hans Zimmer’s background score revving under the hood and enough soul to match the speed, F1 is all set to be one of the biggest movies you look forward to this year.

Release Date: June 27, 2025

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Jurassic World: Rebirth

Jurassic World: Rebirth is returning after a full-blown resurrection. Directed by Gareth Edwards, this one swings big and is all set to live up to the hype of all of its movie predecessors. Screenwriter David Koepp returns to inject some old-school magic into a brand-new genetic mess.

The movie picks up five years after Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Dinosaurs now roam around isolated, guarded zones on the equator while humanity’s greatest minds scramble to extract genetic material for a so-called miracle drug. Translation: big pharma meets big teeth. Scarlett Johansson leads the charge as Zora Bennett, a covert ops queen with nerves of steel. She’s joined by Mahershala Ali as a no-nonsense captain and Jonathan Bailey as a paleontologist..

But the island isn’t just your average reptile playground; it’s home to the Distortus Rex, a six-limbed nightmare that looks like it crawled straight out of a fever dream. There’s also a stranded civilian family, genetically questionable ethics, and a lot of screaming.

Shot across Thailand, Malta, and the UK, and using 35 mm film for that nostalgic Spielberg glow, this movie promises to be bold, brutal, and beautifully prehistoric.

Release Date: July 4, 2025

Superman

James Gunn’s Superman is DC's reinvention and one of the year's biggest movies, crashing through the sky, already in motion. We're getting our favorite journalist, aka vigilant Clark Kent, fully caped, tangled in a world that’s losing its grip on faith. He’s not learning to fly. He’s trying to stay airborne while the weight of two worlds pulls at his cape.

David Corenswet steps into the suit with even more strength, lending the Man of Steel an emotional core that doesn’t flinch. He’s less god, more guy, the kind who crash-lands in a snowstorm and calls for his dog. He will be kicking off James Gunn's reign in DC, starting off the studio's Gods & Monsters chapter.

You will find Superman squaring off against a billionaire tech villain, Lex Luthor, navigating messy headlines and moral gray zones, all while rubbing shoulders with a fresh league: Hawkgirl, Mister Terrific, and Green Lantern. The vibes? Grounded, but glowing. This isn’t a reboot. It’s a reminder. A cape in the wind, a heart on the sleeve. Superman, finally, as the symbol we need, not reinvented, just rediscovered.

Release date: July 11, 2025

Fantastic Four: First Steps

Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps isn’t just a reboot; it’s a reintroduction, a cosmic handshake, and a swaggering walk into Marvel’s next era. The first family of superheroes is finally getting the movie glow-up they deserve, and this time, they’re not just saving the world, they’re redefining it.

Directed by Matt Shakman, Fantastic Four: First Steps throws it all the way back, and forward, by diving headfirst into retro sci-fi and ’60s futurism. The cast? Absolutely stacked. Pedro Pascal stretches into Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby stars as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn’s Johnny Storm is all fire and flair, while Ebon Moss-Bachrach is rock-solid as Ben Grimm, aka The Thing.

Release Date: July 25, 2025.

The Conjuring: Last Rites

The Conjuring: Last Rites isn’t just another dip into the demonic; it’s the grand finale, the curtain call on a franchise that made us all afraid of clapping toys and creaky basements. Directed by Michael Chaves, this final chapter dives into the infamous Smurl haunting, where a Pennsylvania family was allegedly tormented by a demon with a flair for chaos and zero respect for personal space.

Ed and Lorraine Warren, the ghost-hunting duo we’ve come to love and fear, return for one last battle. But this time, it’s personal. Their daughter, Judy, played by Mia Tomlinson, gets pulled into the shadows, raising the emotional stakes. The movie has got all the creepy signatures, flickering lights, levitating beds, and whispering voices, but it’s also about legacy, love, and letting go. The vibe is less jump-scare factory and more slow-burn existential dread.

Early glimpses promise a return to classic Conjuring horror, with a demonic force that may just surpass in its intensity everything the Warrens have faced. It’s not just horror; it’s a final rite of passage for the Warrens.