Guillermo del Toro. James Cameron. Edgar Wright. These are just some of the filmmakers who still have major, exciting genre films coming to your eyeballs before the end of 2025. So while the big, blockbuster-heavy summer season might be over, there is still a lot to be excited about as we look towards fall and winter. To commemorate the turning of the calendar, we decided to go through and select 20 movies we’re most excited to see in the next few months. They range from big blockbusters to offbeat indies, animated films, and so much more.
It’s always important to remember, though, that we’re io9. So while we’re clearly pumped for dramas like One Battle After Another, The Smashing Machine, Marty Supreme, and others as film fans, those don’t fall under the site’s coverage umbrella. These are just the sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and sometimes just plain weird movies we’re looking forward to.
20. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
To be honest, I wasn’t a huge fan of the first film, but I’m very interested in learning more about the mythology of this series, so fingers crossed this delivers that.
19. Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
Beyond just having the best title ever, we adore this star-studded, magical Robin Hood franchise, and we can’t wait to see what new tricks are in store.
18. Keeper
How we’re getting a third Osgood Perkins movie in less than a year and a half is hard to imagine, but it’s happening. And the last two, The Monkey and Longlegs, were both incredibly awesome, so we expect nothing less here.
17. Anaconda
The one film on this list we have yet to see anything of is this Jack Black-Paul Rudd parody of the cult classic Jennifer Lopez snake movie. Which just sounds like the perfect recipe for big action, big laughs, and really big snakes.
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