Bugonia

• Genre: Sci-fi, Crime, Comedy
• Year: 2025
• Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
• Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis
• Runtime: 1 hour 58 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Rent or buy on demand

What it’s about: Two conspiracy-obsessed young men abduct a powerful CEO, convinced she’s an alien with plans to destroy Earth. As they try to force answers out of her, the situation turns into a tense, darkly funny standoff that pokes at paranoia, power, and what people choose to believe.

Frankenstein

• Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
• Year: 2025
• Director: Guillermo del Toro
• Cast: Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth
• Runtime: 2 hours 30 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Netflix

What it’s about: A brilliant but egotistical scientist pushes beyond accepted limits and succeeds in bringing new life into the world. As the consequences of the experiment spread, both creator and creation are pulled into a dark, gothic spiral shaped by fear, rejection, and a desperate need for understanding.

F1

• Genre: Action, Drama
• Year: 2025
• Director: Joseph Kosinski
• Cast: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon
• Runtime: 2 hours 35 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Apple TV

What it’s about: A retired racing veteran returns to help a struggling Formula 1 team, taking on the pressure of elite competition while guiding a talented but inexperienced teammate. As the season heats up, the team must balance ambition, teamwork, and risk in pursuit of a long-awaited shot at glory.

Hamnet

• Genre: Drama, Romance, History
• Year: 2025
• Director: Chloé Zhao
• Cast: Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn
• Runtime: 2 hours 6 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Rent or buy on demand

What it’s about: In 16th-century England, a young couple builds a life between a rural home and the pull of work in London. When illness and hardship strike their family, they’re forced to face grief in different ways, and creativity becomes a path toward meaning, memory, and connection.

Marty Supreme

• Genre: Drama
• Year: 2025
• Director: Josh Safdie
• Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion
• Runtime: 2 hours 30 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Rent or buy on demand

What it’s about: A driven young man chases an unlikely dream of greatness in competitive table tennis, pushing himself far beyond what anyone around him thinks is reasonable. As the pressure mounts, his ambition collides with money troubles, risky choices, and a whirlwind of conflicts that test how much he’s willing to sacrifice to get ahead.

Also, we named this our best movie of 2025.

One Battle After Another

• Genre: Thriller, Crime, Action
• Year: 2025
• Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infinity, Teyana Taylor
• Runtime: 2 hours 42 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Rent or buy on demand

What it’s about: A former radical lives off-grid with his tough, independent teenage daughter, trying to stay out of trouble and out of sight. When an old enemy resurfaces and she disappears, he’s forced back into a frantic search that drags up past choices and puts their bond to the test.

The Secret Agent

• Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Year: 2025
• Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Cast: Wagner Moura, Carlos Francisco, Tânia Maria
• Runtime: 2 hours 41 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Exclusively in cinemas

What it’s about: In 1977 Brazil, a middle-aged technology expert goes on the run and heads to Recife during Carnival, hoping to reunite with his son. But the city’s festive surface hides a tense, watchful atmosphere, forcing him to lie low, navigate danger, and confront how quickly ordinary life can turn precarious.

Sentimental Value

• Genre: Drama
• Year: 2025
• Director: Joachim Trier
• Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
• Runtime: 2 hours 13 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Mubi

What it’s about: Two sisters reconnect with their estranged father when he returns with plans for a personal comeback film and asks one of them to star. After she refuses, he casts a rising Hollywood actor instead, stirring old resentments and forcing the family to face unresolved grief, ambition, and the cost of turning real life into art.

Sinners

• Genre: Horror, Action, Thriller
• Year: 2025
• Director: Ryan Coogler
• Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku, Jack O’Connell
• Runtime: 2 hours 18 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Sky Cinema, NOW TV

What it’s about: Two twin brothers return to their hometown hoping for a clean start and a new venture, but old tensions and fresh temptations quickly surface. As the night unfolds, their plans collide with a sinister supernatural presence that threatens the whole community.

Train Dreams

• Genre: Drama
• Year: 2025
• Director: Clint Bentley
• Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon
• Runtime: 1 hour 42 mins
• Where to stream in the UK: Netflix

What it’s about: In early 20th-century America, a logger lives a quiet, hardworking life as the world around him changes fast. Through love, loss, and the pull of memory, the story lingers on small moments, endurance, and the beauty and harshness of the natural landscape.