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The 15 best movies of 2025 from an "exceptional" spy thriller to an "unmissable" drama
And where you can watch them today.
2025 is drawing to an end and with Christmas around the corner, you might be looking to use the festive break as a chance to catch up on any movies you may have missed this year. But just where do you start when new movies have been released not just in cinemas every week, but on various streaming services too?
This is why the movies experts at Digital Spy come in to help. We've looked back through the year to pick out the 15 best movies of 2025 that you should watch, and because we go the extra mile, we've curated the list so that there's a range of genres to suit any taste rather than just focusing on awards contenders.
And yes, this is why we can absolutely justify Final Destination: Bloodlines being among the 15 movies.
So grab your popcorn, or movie snack of choice, and settle in for the 15 best movies of the year – and where you can watch them right now in the UK. (Just as a note, the only order to the below list is when they were released in the UK this year, from earliest to latest.)
Nosferatu
What we said: "The reimagining of the 1922 horror classic has long been a passion project for writer/director Robert Eggers. His years of developing Nosferatu have paid off with a seductive horror that seeps into your bones."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV | Sky Cinema
Black Bag
What we said: "Exceptional spy thriller Black Bag is the kind of movie that everybody is supposedly crying out for in Hollywood: an intelligent star-led movie reliant on an excellent script over special effects, and as a bonus, one that clocks in at a tight 94 minutes with zero filler."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV | Sky Cinema
Sinners
What we said: "As much as Michael B Jordan is the magnetic highlight of Sinners, Miles Caton equally holds his own as the film's soul and connecting tissue between the blues' past and modern-day present. In its fiery third act, that guitar becomes his voice and weapon for his dreams to escape segregation."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
Final Destination: Bloodlines
What we said: "Final Destination: Bloodlines crucially has the spirit of the series and its own dark heart in the right place. It's evident with the deaths as well as its treatment of the late, great Tony Todd whose beautifully-judged final appearance in the series will provoke tears.
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
The Ballad of Wallis Island
What we said: "It has its sentimental moments, but is much more a comedy about grief, both of lost loves and what might have been professionally. It's a comedy that questions whether you can regain what you've lost – or if you even should."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
Bring Her Back
What we said: "Bring Her Back confirms the Philippou brothers as one of the brightest (and also darkest) talents working in horror today. It walks on familiar ground to their break-out debut, but also showcases their growing confidence in pushing the audience to their limits."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
Weapons
What we said: "It should come as no surprise that a movie named Weapons would be brutal to watch. Zach Cregger's sophomore feature is just as horrifying, if not more so, than his first film. But just like Barbarian, Weapons is also funny in places."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
Sorry, Baby
What we said: "Sorry, Baby will move you and have you in stitches at the flick of a switch - and is but one of the reasons that make the movie an unmissable watch."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
The Long Walk
What we said: "The changes in JT Mollner's script elevate and contemporise The Long Walk in a way that, given the solid nature of the original ending, were completely unexpected. In 1979, it was a warning; in 2025, it's too late for that, but it's not too late to fight."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
One Battle After Another
What we said: "The kind of movie that only Paul Thomas Anderson can make with a ridiculously stacked cast, led by Leonardo DiCaprio, that doesn't contain a single weak link and is sure to be in awards contention."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
I Swear
What we said: "A star-making central performance from Robert Aramayo and a strong supporting cast of British favourites mean I Swear is a funny, heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting watch. What's more, it could be a very important one too."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
Hedda
What we said: "Tessa Thompson is the reason viewers should tune in to this brilliant watch, but far from the only arresting thing about this fevered adaptation of a classic story. Director and writer Nia DaCosta has done a great job at refreshing the existing work."
Watch now: Prime Video
Bugonia
What we said: "As ever with a Yorgos Lanthimos movie, Bugonia is a unique experience and culminates with a bold ending that is hard to shake."
Watch now: Prime Video | Apple TV
It Was Just an Accident
What we said: "A deserved winner of this year's Palme d'Or at Cannes, It Was Just an Accident is a brilliantly-acted movie that works as both a gripping thriller and a thought-provoking drama, as well as delivering one of the year's most chilling endings."
Watch now: Out now in UK cinemas
Marty Supreme
What we said: "It's a 150-minute stressful and anxiety-inducing journey across New York City, held together through the chaos by Timothée Chalamet's best-ever performance that you can't turn away from."
Watch now: Released in UK cinemas on 26 December
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
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