A few short weeks remain in the 2025 summer movie season, and we have to say, it’s been a pretty great one. Lots of the big blockbusters really delivered. Lots of smaller films came out of nowhere to surprise us. And even a few streaming titles made their mark. Below, we’ve got our choices for the 15 best genre movies released during the summer of 2025, from the first weekend in May through the end of August.
15. Thunderbolts
Spoiler: this is the only Marvel movie on this list. Not that we disliked Fantastic Four—it’s actually pretty fun—but Thunderbolts offered us a more exciting ride, with an incredible cast of characters and a much, much better tease toward the future.
Thunderbolts is now available on digital download and Blu-ray. It’ll hit Disney+ on August 27.
14. Clown in a Cornfield
There’s something to be said about a movie that just gives you exactly what it promises, does it well, and does it right. That’s Clown in a Cornfield. Read our review here.
Clown in a Cornfield is streaming on Shudder.
13. Together
Together is almost an incredible movie. Instead, it’s just a really, really good, gross movie about two people who get infected with something that keeps forcing them together. Great performances, interesting relationship dynamics, and a killer ending. It’s missing a little something to put it over the top, but it is still well worth seeing.
Together is now in theaters and will be streaming later this year.
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