Top 6 Upcoming Movies to Watch This Summer

Summer 2025 is locked and loaded with big-screen bangers. These upcoming movies are about to drop some serious heat, and if you are looking for the ones worth your time, this list has got you covered.

From weird aliens to fast cars and haunted foster homes, there is something wild for everyone:

“Lilo & Stitch” (May 23, 2025)

Let’s kick off summer with chaos. “Lilo & Stitch” is back, this time in live-action. If the 2002 original felt like a fever dream with heart, the remake looks ready to double down. Stitch is still a blue menace. Lilo still has the edge. And Hawaii’s still the best backdrop for a sweet-and-savage alien comedy.

GTN / IN “Lilo & Stitch”, Maia Kealoha plays Lilo, and Chris Sanders returns as the voice of Stitch. That alone would’ve been enough.

But throw in Zach Galifianakis and Courtney B. Vance, and now it is a party. The trailer has got “Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride” stuck in our heads again, and we are not mad. This is the summer nostalgia we asked for.

“Bring Her Back” (May 30)

Here is a must-watch for horror fans! “Bring Her Back” is the next twisted tale from the Philippou brothers, who seriously messed us up with “Talk to Me.” This one centers on a brother and sister stuck in the creepiest foster home since “The Haunting of Hill House.”

Sally Hawkins plays the eerie foster mom with a thing for dead people and disturbing rituals. The trailer doesn’t give much away, but what it does show? Nightmare fuel. There is blood and a VHS tape.

Of course, there is a kid you do not want babysitting your cat. If you’re into smart horror, this is one of the most unmissable upcoming movies this summer.

“F1” (June 27)

Fast cars. Big egos. Big-screen spectacle. “F1” is built for speed and adrenaline. Brad Pitt stars as a washed-up Formula One driver dragged back into the race world to mentor a cocky newcomer played by Damson Idris.

The whole thing is basically “Top Gun” on four wheels.

Director Joseph Kosinski, the guy behind “Top Gun: Maverick,” brings the same high-octane energy. Tight turns, roaring engines, and big emotional swings.

“Materialists” (June 13)

Rom-com? Not quite. “Materialists” is Celine Song’s second feature after “Past Lives,” and she is not playing it safe. Dakota Johnson stars as a matchmaker working in New York’s moneyed dating scene. Her job? Find love for the rich and emotionally unavailable.

NPR / Upcoming movie “Materialists” questions whether love and money can exist in the same sentence without something breaking. It is fresh, funny, and surprisingly real.

But when her own feelings get involved, things go sideways. Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans form a love triangle, but this is not your usual pick-one story. It is sharp, messy, and kind of brutal.

“Eddington” (July 18)

If Ari Aster is involved, you know it is going to be weird and probably amazing. “Eddington” brings Joaquin Phoenix back into the madness as a sheriff in a small New Mexico town mid-pandemic. Tensions rise between him and the town’s mayor, played by Pedro Pascal, and things spiral into something part-noir, part-western, and totally bonkers.

The rest of the cast is stacked: Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Luke Grimes. But nobody really knows what is going on in this one yet. Aster is keeping it mysterious. What we do know is that “Eddington” is shaping up to be one of the boldest upcoming movies this year!

“Sorry, Baby” (June 27)

This one might hit harder than you expect. “Sorry, Baby” already made waves at Sundance and isn’t about to slow down. Eva Victor’s feature debut follows a woman navigating the messiness of early adulthood – heartbreak, career pressure, and trauma – all wrapped in clever writing and unexpected laughs.

It is quiet but powerful—the kind of movie that sneaks up on you, makes you laugh at something awkward, and then hits you with a gut punch.