2025 was a hectic year for many people.
Our work or personal life can sometimes prevent us from watching movies that we would otherwise queue up to see.
Streamers com netflix, Paramount+ and Mubi allow it we to see high-profile movies that we may have missed the first time around at the multiplex.
Watch with us has compiled a short list of three big movies of 2025 that you may have overlooked last year: the action comedy Caught stealingthe airplane thriller fight or flight and the delicate Josh O’Connor drama The history of sound.
I’m on a big ’90s nostalgia thing lately, so I eagerly accepted all that Caught stealing, Darren Aronofsky‘s highly engaging new film set in Giuliani-era New York City, had to offer. Austin Butler plays Hank, a former baseball player turned bartender who sits next door to his punk neighbor, Russ (Matt Smith), while traveling to London. When two Russian mobsters come looking for a mysterious key he knows nothing about, Hank must find it quickly or lose an organ or two, and maybe his life. Even if he finds him, these mobsters will let him or his girlfriend, Yvonne (Zoe Kravitz), walk away unscathed?
Caught stealing was ignored by audiences when it was released last August, even though everyone is clamoring for more original films. Oh well, at least you can discover all its subtle charms on streaming. Butler shows why elvis i The Bikeriders made him a star, and Aronofsky regains some of his cinematic mojo after his 2022 drama, The Whale. Caught stealing it’s one of those effortlessly entertaining movies that actually takes a lot of effort to make and watch. Do yourself a favor: watch it and realize what we’re missing out on in multiples.
trap did well at the box office in 2024, but wasn’t a big enough hit to jump Josh Hartnett back to the major leagues. It’s a shame, because Oppenheimer The actor has plenty of untapped charisma in the tank for a wide variety of roles in big pictures. Even in a B movie like fight or flightHartnett is fascinating as Lucas Reyes, a former Secret Service agent who is called back into action by his former lover, Katherine (Katee Sackhoff).
She needs him to board a plane from Bangkok to San Francisco to track down Ghost, a mysterious hacker who everyone wants dead. Some of Lucas’ fellow passengers are assassins in disguise, and he must find out who they are and stop them before they kill their target.
fight or flight sounds a lot bullet train with brad pittbut this action film is much less excruciating in its pop culture influences and more gory and violent. The story is absurd, but Hartnett’s performance holds it all together. With his dyed blonde hair, five o’clock shadow, and soulful eyes, he’s the kind of guy you’d want by your side if a plane full of assassins wanted to take you out.
After World War I, David (Josh O’Connor) invites his friend Lionel (Paul Mescal) to accompany him on a tour of America to record folk songs in isolated communities. During their journey, the two friends catch up, bond and slowly realize that they have fallen in love with each other. But their romance is impossible to continue for a variety of reasons, and they break up.
Sure, 2025 had a lot of amazing movies, but what about a best movies list full of movies that actually kept us talking, not just the ones that made the most noise from awards season? Don’t get us wrong: Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another and the rest of the Oscar crowd absolutely deserve their moment, but sometimes (…)
This is only part of the story of The history of sounda well made film that is like a cross between them Brokeback Mountain i call me by your name. It’s a love story that’s more sweet than bitter, with two sensitive lead performances from Mescal and O’Connor. Although some may find it a bit too slow, I liked its leisurely pace – it lets you enjoy the rich atmosphere