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

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Watch Deep Cover on Prime Video

• Honorable mentions: Heads of State, Hedda, My Fault: London, Unstoppable