Top 10 Movies of 2025, by Kezia M., Bailey M., and Evan M.

Films are ranked by the number of views they received internationally.

Number 10: Avatar Fire & Ash

The conflict on Pandora escalates as Jake and Neytiri's family encounter a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe. This movie was especially good because it was nominated for 2  academy awards for best visuals and costumes. 

Box office:

$1.233 billion worldwide

Release date:

December 19, 2025 (USA)

Views: 250 million 

Director: James Cameron

Running time: 3h 17m

Sequel: Avatar

 66% Rotten Tomatoes 

Number 9: How To Train Your Dragon (Live Action)

The live-action How to Train Your Dragon (2025) retells the story of Hiccup, an inventive but overlooked Viking teen on the island of Berk, who befriends a rare Night Fury dragon named Toothless, defying centuries of tradition to show his people that dragons aren't monsters. This movie was nominated for best Animated feature and Best Original Score. 

Box Office: $636 million worldwide

Release date: June 13, 2025 (USA)

Views: 262 million 

Running time: 2hrs 5m

Director: Dean DeBlois

77% Rotten Tomatoes

Sequel: How to Train Your Dragon 2

Number 8: The Fantastic 4: First Steps 

The Fantastic Four are a team of four astronauts/scientists who gain unique superpowers after being exposed to cosmic radiation during an experimental space mission. 

This movie is amazing and was nominated for 12 Awards.

Box office: $520 million

Release date: July 25, 2025

Views: 274 million 

Director: Matt Shakman

Running time: 1 hr 55m 

86% Rotten Tomatoes

Sequel: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Number 7: Sinners

Two brothers, Smoke and Stack return to their hometown with money from Chicago to open a blues club, but their plans are interrupted by a bloodthirsty supernatural force. This movie was nominated for 16 Academy Awards. 

Box office: $368 million

Release date: April 18, 2025

Views: 279 million 

Director: Ryan Coolger

Running time: 2h 17m

97% Rotten Tomatoes

Number 6: Wicked for Good

This movie is a sequel about two young witches: Alphba, whose skin is green, and Glinda, who is blonde and beautiful. They dislike each other at first but soon form an unlikely bond. The musical follows them from their girlhood friendship and explains how Elphaba became the Wicked Witch and Glinda became the Good Witch.

This movie was great; however, it was not nominated for any academy awards. 

Box office: $520 million 

Release date: Nov 17, 2025

Views: 335 million

Running time: 2h 17m

Director: Jon M. Chu

66% Rotten Tomatoes

Number 5: Zootopia 2

Zootopia 2  follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, now established police partners, as they investigate a conspiracy involving a new character which challenges the city's history and prejudices. The plot focuses on the duo tackling systemic discrimination and uncovering a plot by the affluent Lynxley family, exploring themes of gentrification, displacement, and hidden prejudices. This movie was nominated for one Academy Award.

Box office: $1.7 billion

Release date: November 26, 2025

Views: 337 million

Running time: 1 hour and 47 minutes

Director: Jared Bush and Byron Howard

91% Rotten Tomatoes

Number 4: Jurassic World: Rebirth

Zora Bennett leads a team of skilled operatives to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide life-saving benefits to mankind. As the top-secret expedition becomes more and more risky, they soon make a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades. It was nominated for an Academy Award.

Box office: $869 million

Release date: July 2, 2025

Views: 339 million 

Running time: 2:14

Director: Gareth Edwards

50% Rotten Tomatoes

Number 3: Superman

When Superman gets drawn into conflicts at home and abroad, his actions are questioned, giving tech billionaire Lex Luthor the opportunity to get the Man of Steel out of the way for good. Will intrepid reporter Lois Lane and Superman's four-legged companion, Krypto, be able to help him before it's too late? This was not nominated for any academy awards. 

Box office: $520 million 

Release date: Nov 17, 2025

Running time: 2h 17m

Views: 354 million 

Director: Jon M. Chu

83% Rotten Tomatoes

Number 2: Lilo & Stitch: Live Action

Stitch, an extraterrestrial entity, comes to Earth after escaping prison, where he tries to impersonate a dog. Things take a turn when a lonely Hawaiian girl, Lilo, adopts him from an animal shelter and he helps mend her broken family.

Box office: $1.038 billion

Release date: May 23, 2025

Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes

Views: 423 million 

Director: Dean Fleischer Camp

72% Rotten Tomatoes

Number 1: A Minecraft Movie 

The movie follows a group of people from the real world who enter the game, forcing them to use creativity to survive and navigate the environment.

Box office: $955 million

Release date: April 4, 2025

Views: 424 million 

Running Time: 1hr 41 minutes

Director: Jared Hess 

47% Rotten Tomatoes