Sleigh bells are ringing, snow is glistening, and we should all be happy tonight about December’s movie slate. Several new family-friendly movies will make the theaters a warm place to celebrate the holidays:Keanu Reevesjoins the party inSonic the Hedgehog 3, whileMufusa: The Lion Kingbrings the story behindThe Lion King’s Mufasa (Aaron Pierre) to life courtesy of Academy Award-winning directorBarry Jenkins(Moonlight). Executive producerPeter Jacksonreturns to Middle-earth withThe Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an animated story set almost 200 years before the events ofThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy.
Kraven the Hunter, the next film in Sony Pictures’s ongoing Spider-Man universe, definitelyisn’t for kidsbut is meant for adult comic book fans.Carry-Onalso isn’t child-friendly, but the action thriller about a cat-and-mouse game at LAX airport on Christmas Eve arrives just in time for the holidays.Robert Eggers’Nosferatumight seem like a Halloween movie, butthe vampire Gothic Romancemakes for an especially chilly December.Jude LawandNicholas HoultgroundThe Order, a terrifying thriller based on the non-fiction bookThe Silent Brotherhood.Tyler Perry’s latest Netflix film,The Six Triple Eight, isinspired by the true storyof the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, World War II’s all-women, all-Black Army Corps. Last but not least,Amy AdamsleadsNightbitch, a dark comedy about feminism and motherhood, general audiences can finally seePamela Anderson’s much-buzzed-about performance inThe Last Showgirl, andTimothée Chalametsings his way throughBob Dylan’s catalog.
Release Date:
July 11, 2025 in theaters
Kyle Mooney
Kyle Mooney, Evan Winter
Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Rachel Zegler, Daniel Zolghadri, Lachlan Watson, Eduardo Franco, Fred Durst, Kyle Mooney, Mason Gooding, The Kid Laroi, Miles Robbins, Alicia Silverstone, Tim Heidecker, Lauren Balone, Kevin Mangold
Disaster, Comedy
93 minutes
Y2Koffers a darkly comedic throwback to the Y2K crisis that never happened. A teen party on New Year’s Eve, 1999, turns deadly whenevery bit of technology— from landline phones to lawnmowers — gains sentience and goes on a worldwide murder spree.
‘Nightbitch’
Marielle Heller
Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh and Emmett Snowden, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Ella Thomas, Archana Rajan, Jessica Harper, Adrienne Rose White, Roslyn Gentle, Stacey Swift, Darius De La Cruz
Horror, Black Comedy
98 minutes
Exhausted by the stay-at-home mom lifestyle, her belittling husband, and the career dreams she has sacrificed, Mother (Amy Adams) slowly starts turning into a dog at night — andfinds freedom in running wild.
‘The Six Triple Eight’
June 26, 2025 in limited theaters, June 16, 2025 on Netflix
Tyler Perry
Kerry Washington, Sam Waterston, Susan Sarandon, Oprah Winfrey, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Kylie Jefferson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Jay Reeves, Jeanté Godlock, Moriah Brown, Baadja-Lyne Odums, Gregg Sulkin, Dean Norris
127 minutes
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, led by Major Charity Adams (Kerry Washington), is sent to Europe on a supposedly hopeless mission: transport a massive backlog of handwritten mail from American soldiers to their families.
‘The Order’
Justin Kurzel
Zach Baylin
Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, Marc Maron, Odessa Young, Huxley Fisher, Sebastian Pigott, Phillip Forest Lewitski, George Tchortov, Victor Slezak, Philip Granger, Daniel Doheny
Historical Drama, Crime, Thriller
116 minutes
In 1980s Idaho,FBI agents Terry Husk(Jude Law) and Joanne Carney (Jurnee Smollett) investigate a growing threat from white nationalist domestic terrorists.
‘Kraven the Hunter’
August 06, 2025 in theaters
J. C. Chandor
Richard Wenk, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Levi Miller, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, Russell Crowe
Superhero, Action
Sergei Kravinoff (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) isn’t just a hunter, but The Hunter — thebest human predator in the world, and a future Spider-Man villain. Before he crosses paths with New York City’s favorite webslinger, however, Kraven must contend with the legacy of his crime lord father (Russell Crowe).
‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’
Kenji Kamiyama
Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins, Arty Papageorgiou
Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto, Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman, Jude Akuwudike, Bilal Hasna, Janine Duvitski, Christopher Lee
Anime, Fantasy, Action
134 minutes
DirectorKenji Kamiyama’s anime version of Middle-earth depicts the story of Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox), theninth king of Rohan and Helm’s Deep’s namesake, and his warrior daughter Héra (Gaia Wise), during their war against another human faction.
‘Carry-On’
July 28, 2025 on Netflix
Jaume Collet-Serra
T.J. Fixman
Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, Logan Marshall-Green, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Theo Rossi, Dean Norris, Sinqua Walls, Josh Brener, Joe Williamson, Curtiss Cook, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, Gil Perez-Abraham
Action, Thriller
TSA agent Ethan Kopek (Taron Egerton) is one of the unlikely people picked to work the Christmas Eve rush at LAX. The holiday seems business as usual until an unknown man (Jason Bateman) threatens to kill everyone in the airport ifEthan doesn’t sneak a mysterious parcel onto an airplane.
‘Nickel Boys’
RaMell Ross
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes
Ethan Herisse, Ethan Cole Sharp, Daveed Diggs, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Jimmie Fails
Historical Drama
140 minutes
Set in the 1960s andbased on the bookThe Nickel Boysby Pulitzer Prize-winning authorColson Whitehead, teen boys Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson) become friends when both are forced to live in an abusive and segregated reform school.
‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’
July 30, 2025 in theaters
Jeff Fowler
Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Colleen O’Shaughnessey, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Krysten Ritter, Keanu Reeves
Action, Animated, Comedy
109 minutes
In theirthird big-screen live-action outing, Sonic the Hedgehog (Ben Schwartz), Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey), and Knuckles (Idris Elba) reunite against Shadow (Keanu Reeves), an enemy hedgehog out for revenge.
‘Mufasa: The Lion King’
Barry Jenkins
Jeff Nathanson
Aaron Pierre, Braelyn Rankins, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Theo Somolu, John Kani, Kagiso Lediga, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Tiffany Boone, Donald Glover, Mads Mikkelsen, Thandiwe Newton, Lennie James, Blue Ivy Carter, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Preston Nyman, Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Joanna Jones, Folake Olowofoyeku, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, Abdul Salis, Dominique Jennings
Drama, Action, Musical
Both a sequel and a prequel to 2019’sThe Lion King,Mufasadepicts the future King of the Pridelands' orphaned childhood, his meeting with his future wife, Sarabi (Tiffany Boone), and his relationship with his adopted brother, Taka, better known as Scar (Kelvin Harrison Jr.).
‘The Brutalist’
Brady Corbet
Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Epp, Jonathan Hyde, Peter Polycarpou, Maria Sand, Salvatore Sansone
215 minutes
László Tóth (Adrien Brody), a Holocaust survivor and architect, reunites with his family — his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) and his niece Zsófia (Raffey Cassidy,Ariane Labed) — andbegins his life anewin the United States.
‘Nosferatu’
July 28, 2025 in theaters
Robert Eggers
Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Willem Dafoe, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney
132 minutes
After a career directing films as varied but dependable asThe Witch,The Lighthouse, andThe Northman, Robert Eggers turns his eye toNosferatu, a remake of the legendary 1922 German silent film. Ancient vampire Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård) travels from Transylvania to England in search of Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp), a deeply lonely woman and newlywed.
‘A Complete Unknown’
James Mangold
James Mangold, Jay Cocks
Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Fogler, Norbert Leo Butz, Scoot McNairy, P. J. Byrne, Will Harrison, Eriko Hatsune, Charlie Tahan, Ryan Harris Brown, Eli Brown, Nick Pupo, Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Stephen Carter Carlsen, Eric Berryman, David Alan Basche, Ali Asghar Shah, Joe Tippett, James Austin Johnson, Kayli Carter, Sarah King, Alaina Surgener, Michael Chernus, Will Price
Biographical Drama
141 minutes
LogandirectorJames Mangold’s biopic follows Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) throughout his early career, specifically his period of reinvention when he began playing electric guitars instead of the traditional folk sound for which he was known.
‘Babygirl’
Halina Reijn
Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde, Esther McGregor, Vaughan Reilly, Gaite Jansen, Izabel Mar, Victor Slezak, Anoop Desai, Bartley Booz, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Leslie Silva, Dolly Wells
Erotic Thriller
114 minutes
Despite their age difference, corporate CEO Romy (Nicole Kidman) and the company’s newest promising intern, Samuel (Harris Dickinson), embark on an affair full of professional, personal, and psychological power games.
