If 2025 already seemed promising for cinema, the first half of the year confirmed all expectations — and even exceeded some. From long-awaited blockbusters to surprises that came out of nowhere, many films reached the big screen, winning not only the public, but also the critics.
And to separate what's really worth it, we based ourselves on one of the most respected thermometers of the seventh art: Rotten Tomatoes.
Below, you can check out the 10 best films released in 2025 so far, according to reviews on the site (in no specific order). Get ready for explosive espionage, provocative science fiction, superheroes and even vampires in the 1930s. It has it all — and the best part: approved by critics!
A team of MCU anti‑heroes – Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Ghost, Taskmaster, John Walker and Red Guardian – are urgently assembled by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. After falling into a deadly trap, the misfits must work together on a dangerous mission that makes them face the traumas and choices of their past.
Thunderbolts was in theaters and soon will be released on Disney+.
Ethan Hunt and the IMF face a lethal AI known as “The Entity,” which has infiltrated global systems. The plot unfolds like an international manhunt, with new allies, intense action and twists as they try to prevent the destruction of humanity.
Mission Impossible: The Final Hit will be released in Brazil for digital rental soon and is already on pre-order on Prime Video.
Thirty years after the original outbreak of the rabies virus, a group of survivors living isolated on an island seek ways to coexist with those infected. Upon resuming contact with the continent, they face highly cognitive infected and need to adapt their survival strategies.
Extermination 3 was released in Brazilian cinemas recently and will be released on streaming later this year.
During a weekend at a country house, friends discover that Iris is not human, but a sophisticated android who has developed homicidal behavior. Mixing horror, suspense and comedy, the film explores romantic idealizations, gender relations and the limits between human and machine.
The feature film Escort Perfeita is available for streaming on HBO Max.
College student Stefanie is haunted by a recurring violent nightmare and returns to her hometown to find who could break this curse. From there, she needs to prevent the imminent death of her family, once again entering the death spiral that we are used to seeing in the horror franchise.
The feature film Premonição 6 is now available online for digital rental. The feature film should arrive on HBO Max in the coming months.
Based on the book Mickey7, by Edward Ashton, and directed by Bong Joon Ho. In 2054, Mickey is an “expendable” — a disposable clone on a mission to colonize Niflheim. Every time it dies, it is reprinted. In the seventh “reprint”, Mickey 17 becomes the target of some experiments, survives deadly encounters with native creatures, and faces existential dilemmas, memories and identity.
Mickey 17 is now available online and can be watched on HBO Max.
Directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, the film portrays a platoon of Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission in Iraq on November 19, 2006. The narrative, based on real testimonies, takes place in real time, emphasizing the chaos of modern warfare and the bonds of brotherhood between soldiers.
Warfare: Time of War is available to watch in the Prime Video catalog, which has a 30-day free trial.
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and Joshua Wassung, Predator: Killer of Killers was one of the biggest surprises of 2025, delivering sharp animation and an exciting story. “Three of the fiercest warriors in the history of humanity become victims of the greatest killer of assassins”, says the synopsis of the work, which heats up the engines for the release of Predator: Badlands.
The Predator feature film is available to watch on Disney+.
Sports drama directed by Joseph Kosinski, with Brad Pitt playing Sonny Hayes, a former F1 driver who returns to help save the fictional Apex GP team. Throughout the championship, he partners with young Joshua, faces trauma from a past accident and internal team conflicts. The climax is in Abu Dhabi, with realistic racing scenes, romance and redemption.
F1: The Movie is currently showing in Brazilian cinemas.
Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan. Set in the 1930s, in the southern USA, Sinners follows two brothers who open a social club and face a vampire invasion. The film brings several surprises throughout its duration, as well as impactful cultural references.
You can watch the film Sinners on HBO Max streaming.
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