The 35 best movies of 2025: TechRadar's favorite films on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, and more

Date:
Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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It's been another year of top-tier movies, and TechRadar's experts have rounded up their favorites of the last 12 months.

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It's been another eventful year in the world of films and, as 2025 prepares to leave us for good, we thought you'd want to know what our favorite new movies of the last 12 months were.

Whether they were made by a traditional studio or one of the world's best streaming services , nominees had to meet one or more of the following criteria. Indeed, to book a spot on this round-up, films had to be one of the most-watched and/or highest-grossing flicks of 2025, hold a critical and/or audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes (RT) above 80%, and/or just be a movie
that one of our experts really enjoyed. You'll find our choices categorized
by the streamer they're currently available on. Films that don't fit into a specific one have been grouped together under a 'miscellaneous' section header.

Bear in mind we couldn't write about every film so, at the end of each section, you'll find an 'honorable mentions' segment that rounds up the best of the rest. With all of that housekeeping out of the way, read on to see
what our 35 favorite movies of 2025 are. Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter Best Apple TV movies of 2025 F1: The Movie (Image credit: Apple Original Films/Warner Bros. Pictures) Watch F1: The Movie on Apple TV The
Lost Bus (Image credit: Apple TV) Watch The Lost Bus on Apple TV Honorable mentions: Eternity , Highest 2 Lowest Best Disney+ movies of 2025 The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Image credit: Marvel Studios) Watch The
Fantastic Four: First Steps on Disney+ Lilo & Stitch (Image credit: Walt Disney Studios) Watch Lilo & Stitch on Disney+ Thunderbolts* (Image credit: Marvel Studios) Watch Thunderbolts* on Disney+ Zootropolis 2 (Image credit: Disney) Zootopia 2 is only available to watch in theaters Honorable mentions: Elio , Freakier Friday Best HBO Max movies of 2025 A Minecraft Movie (Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Mojang Studios) Watch A Minecraft Movie on HBO Max Companion (Image credit: Warner Bros.) Watch Companion on HBO Max Final Destination: Bloodlines (Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) Watch Final Destination: Bloodlines on HBO Max One Battle After Another (Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) Watch One Battle After Another on HBO Max Sinners (Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) Watch Sinners on HBO Max Superman
(Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures) Watch Superman on HBO Max Weapons
(Image credit: Warner Bros.) Watch Weapons on HBO Max Honorable mentions: The Accountant 2 , The Conjuring: Last Rites Best Hulu movies of 2025 Predator: Badlands (Image credit: 20th Century Studios) Predator: Badlands is only available to watch in theaters Predator: Killer of Killers (Image credit: Hulu) Watch Predator: Killer of Killers on Hulu Honorable mentions: The Amateur , Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Best miscellaneous movies of 2025 28 Years Later (Image credit: Sony Pictures) Watch 28 Years Later on Netflix US Bring Her Back (Image credit: A24/Sony) Watch Bring Her Back on
HBO Max Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (Image credit: Crunchyroll) Watch Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle on Crunchyroll Eddington (Image credit: WBD) Watch Eddington on HBO Max Good Boy (Image credit: Shudder) Watch Good Boy on Shudder The Long Walk (Image
credit: Lionsgate Films) The Long Walk is available to rent and/or buy now on digital stores Ne Zha II (Image credit: Beijing Enlight Pictures) Watch Ne
Zha II on HBO Max Sorry, Baby (Image credit: A24) Watch Sorry, Baby on HBO
Max Honorable mentions: One of Them Days , Sisu: Road to Revenge , Warfare Best Netflix movies of 2025 Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (Image credit: Netfix) Watch Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein on Netflix Kpop Demon Hunters (Image credit: Netflix) Watch Kpop Demon Hunters on Netflix Train Dreams (Image credit: Netflix) Watch Train Dreams on Netflix Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Image credit: Netflix) Watch Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on Netflix Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Image credit: Netflix ) Watch Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl on Netflix Honorable mentions: A House of Dynamite , Goodbye June , Happy Gilmore 2 , In Your Dreams , Jay Kelly , Lost in Starlight , Nouvelle Vague , Steve Best Paramount+ movies of 2025 Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning (Image credit: Paramount) Watch Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning on Paramount+ Roofman (Image credit: Paramount Pictures) Watch Roofman on Paramount+ Honorable mentions: The Naked Gun , Novocaine Best Peacock movies of 2025 Bugonia (Image credit: Focus Features) Watch Bugonia on Peacock Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (Image credit: Focus Features ) Watch Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale on Peacock Jurassic World: Rebirth (Image credit: Universal Pictures) Watch Jurassic World: Rebirth on Peacock Wicked: For Good (Image credit: Universal Pictures) Wicked: For Good is only available to
watch in theaters Honorable mentions: The Bad Guys 2 , Black Bag , How to Train Your Dragon Best Prime Video movies of 2025 Deep Cover (Image credit: Prime Video) Watch Deep Cover on Prime Video Honorable mentions: Heads of State , Hedda , My Fault: London , Unstoppable



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