Year: 2025

Explore Cinephile Corner’s full selection of movie reviews from 2025, featuring critiques on all the major releases from this year. From blockbuster hits to indie gems, our archive covers the best (and worst) films that defined 2025. Cinephile Corner also ranked the best horror movies of 2025, the best A24 movies of 2025, the best comedies of 2025, and the best action movies of 2025.

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HIM (2025)

HIM Review: Football and Horror Intersect in Justin Tipping’s Provocative Failure

Together (2025)

Together Review: Alison Brie and Dave Franco Are Inseparable in One of 2025’s Buzzier Body Horror Films

Hedda (2025)

Hedda Review: Nia DaCosta’s Turbulent ‘Hedda Gabler’ Adaptation Is (Mostly) a Return to Form

The Elixir (2025)

The Elixir Review: Zombies Tear Apart a Small Indonesian Town in Netflix’s Latest Genre Import

Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

Ballad of a Small Player Review: Colin Farrell Is Down Bad in Five-Star Macau-Set Purgatory

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025)

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Review: Hulu’s Latest Straight-To-Streaming Remake Is Tedious

Honey Don't! (2025)

Honey Don’t! Review: Ethan Coen’s ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Follow-up Sorely Underwhelms

Blue Moon (2025)

Blue Moon Review: Ethan Hawke Leads Richard Linklater’s Boozy Old-Broadway Biopic

A House of Dynamite (2025)

A House of Dynamite Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Ambiguous Political Thriller Fizzles Out

The Mastermind (2025)

The Mastermind Review: Josh O’Connor Fumbles an Art Heist

The Perfect Neighbor (2025)

The Perfect Neighbor Review: Stand Your Ground Laws Go Under the Microscope

The Twits (2025)

The Twits Review: Netflix’s Latest Roald Dahl Adaptation Lacks the Imagination of Its Predecessors

Steve (2025)

Steve Review: Cillian Murphy Holds Together a Collapsing School for Boys With Behavioral Issues

It Was Just an Accident (2025)

It Was Just an Accident Review: Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-Winning Political Thriller Earns Its Accolades

Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)

Jurassic World Rebirth: Please Let This Franchise End

The Bad Guys 2 (2025)

The Bad Guys 2 Review: Dreamworks’ Gorgeous Animation Doctors up a Hollow Sequel

Play Dirty (2025)

Play Dirty Review: Mark Wahlberg and LaKeith Stanfield Lack Energy in Shane Black’s Prime Video Crime Caper

Ick (2025)

Ick Review: Joseph Kahn’s Campy Horror B-Movie Is Upbeat and Electric

V/H/S/Halloween (2025)

V/H/S/Halloween Review: Alex Ross Perry and Paco Plaza Direct the Best Segments of Shudder’s Latest ‘V/H/S’ Installment

One Battle After Another (2025)

One Battle After Another Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Action Epic Is 2025’s Greatest Achievement

Splitsville (2025)

Splitsville Review: Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona Star in a So-So Open Marriage Comedy