This film with a newcomer beat Captain America 4, Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible 8 to be 2025's most anticipated movie

The most anticipated film of 2025, according to IMDb, is one with no big star, and a rather controversial casting choice.

Updated on: Jan 3, 2025, 16:09:00 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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With the new year arriving, a whole new slate of upcoming films has also arrived. 2025 sees several heavily-anticipated films make their way to the theatres. And the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) compiled a list of which ones are the most awaited of them all, based on user interest. And even as Marvel, Jurassic Park, and Tom Cruise are all coming out with some big films this year, one title has trumped them all. (Also read: World's most profitable film of 2024 earned 45x its budget, beat Joker 2, bigger hit than Pushpa 2, Deadpool & Wolverine)

A still from IMDb's most anticipated film of 2025.

The most anticipated movie of 2025

IMDb released its list of the most anticipated films of 2025 on Friday in the form of a creative on Instagram. The list is topped by James Gunn's reboot of Superman, central to his new DC Universe. The film is the fourth cine adaptation of the popular comic book superhero. Starring newcomer David Corenswet in the titular role, the film is slated to be released in theatres this July.

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The other anticipated films of 2025

Superman managed to pip some of the biggest films of the year, despite minimal star power. The reason for that is the subject matter and the popularity of the superhero himself. In second place is Danny Boyle's zombie horror threequel 28 Years Later, followed by The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel Cinematic Universe's first feature involving the super team. Other films in the top 10 include the live-action adaptations of How To Train Your Dragon and Snow White, MCU films Thunderbolts and Captain America: Brave New World, Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, along with Jurassic World: Rebirth and A Minecraft Movie.

According to IMDb, there 10 movies were consistently the most popular with IMDb users in 2024, based on data derived from the IMDbPro MOVIEmeter rankings.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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