This year has already delivered some incredible films — but no season does a blockbuster quite like summer.
From Tom Cruise’s latest — and potentially final — addition to the Mission: Impossible franchise to Celine’s Song’s highly anticipated romantic comedy The Materialists, all genres are ripe for the picking for theatergoers as temperatures continue to rise.
“People call romances chick flicks,” Song told Time in May of her quest to bring respect back to romance films after her Oscar-nominated debut, Past Lives. “Of course it’s tied to misogyny. But when people say it’s not important, I ask, ‘Not as important as what?’ When you watch a movie, we don’t all know what it’s like to save the world. But we know what it’s like to fall in love. It’s the biggest drama in our lives. It’s vital, and we need to talk about it more.”
If staying home is more your speed, streaming services are also doling out A-list content. Consider John Cena and Idris Elba’s Heads of State: The duo star, respectively, as the president of the United States and prime minister of the United Kingdom in this Prime Video buddy action comedy that follows the world leaders as are they are targeted by assassins.
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“Once the movie starts, it doesn’t stop, and it starts with Air Force One getting destroyed,” Cena teased exclusively to Us Weekly in May of what to expect in the high-stakes flick. “We get to run the presidential beast through the paces in what is an epic car chase. I’m hung out of a bank vault from a 30-story building. We jump off a train, and that’s just getting warmed up.”
Keep scrolling for Us’ top summer movie recommendations of 2025:
‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’
Release Date: May 23 (Theaters)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Hannah Waddingham, Angela Bassett, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and Hayley Atwell
Logline: Newton’s Third Law of Motion was wrong. For every action, there is not an equal and opposite reaction — not when it comes to seeing 62-year-old Tom Cruise’s stunt work for what could be the farewell entry in this popcorn mega-franchise. How the [bleep] does he do it? Hang off a biplane, deep-dive into a sunken submarine … as Ethan Hunt, he’s giving his considerable all to thwart the Entity, a rogue AI that’s threatening, you know, the world! The whole gang — Rhames, Pegg and Hayley Atwell — are back together for M: I-8, and we cannot wait!
‘Fountain of Youth’
Release Date: May 23 (Apple TV+)
Starring: John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Domhnall Gleeson, Eiza González
Logline: Two estranged siblings (Krasinski and Portman) join forces to seek the legendary Fountain of Youth, embarking on an epic adventure filled with historical clues and threats at every turn, where success could grant them immortality. Hold on — let Us grab our cups for a drink!
‘The Phoenician Scheme’
Release Date: May 30 (Theaters)
Starring: Benicio del Toro, Bill Murray, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera
Logline: “The story of a family and a family business,” reads the mysterious logline for the film, which stars del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, a “maverick in the fields of armaments and aviation” and “one of the richest men in Europe.”
‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina’
Release Date: June 6 (Theaters)
Starring: Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus
Logline: We get a little facetime with Reeves as our previous titular hero, but assassin Eve (de Armas) steps in as the lead ass-kicker, who is trained in the traditions of the Ruska Roma organization and sets out to seek revenge after her father’s death.
‘Deep Cover’
Release Date: June 12 (Theaters)
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Nick Mohammed
Logline: When an undercover cop (Bean) offers improv instructor Kat (Howard) the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students (Bloom and Mohammed) to infiltrate London’s gangland by impersonating dangerous criminals.
‘The Materialists’
Release Date: June 13 (Theaters)
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans
Logline: A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker (Johnson) finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex. A love triangle with Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans? Lucky gal.
‘The Unholy Trinity’
Release Date: June 13 (Theaters)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Brandon Lessard, Veronica Ferres
Logline: The buried secrets of an 1870s Montana town spark violence when a young man returns to reclaim his legacy and is caught between a sheriff determined to maintain order and a mysterious stranger hell-bent on destroying it.
‘Echo Valley’
Release Date: June 13 (Apple TV+)
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Julianne Moore, Domhnall Gleeson, Kyle MacLachlan
Logline: After her estranged daughter (Sweeney) shows up on her doorstep covered in blood, Kate (Moore) pieces together the shocking truth of what happened and learns just how far a mother will go to try to save her child in this gripping tale of love, sacrifice and survival.
‘28 Years Later’
Release Date: June 20 (Theaters)
Starring: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes
Logline: There doesn’t seem to be a cure for the rage virus — in fact, the freakily fast-moving infected from 2002’s 28 Days Later haven’t even slowed down! Oh, and mutants have joined the ranks. Yikes!
‘M3GAN 2.0’
Release Date: June 27 (Theaters)
Starring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Ivanna Sakhno
Logline: “Hold on to your vaginas,” warns the overprotective doll-bot (Donald, voiced by Jenna Davis) we met in the 2023 hit. Seems a new AI villain, Amelia (Sakhno), is on a rampage.
‘F1’
Release Date: June 27 (Theaters)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem
Logline: Racing legend Sonny Hayes (Pitt) is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team — and mentor a young hotshot driver — while chasing one more chance at glory.
‘Jurassic World Rebirth ‘
Release Date: July 2 (Theaters)
Starring: Scarlett Johnasson, Jonathan Bailey, Mahershala Ali
Logline: Five years post–Jurassic World Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough. Plus: Jonathan Bailey in glasses!
‘The Old Guard 2’
Release Date: July 2 (Netflix)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Uma Thurman, Henry Golding, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Logline: A follow up to the 2020 sci-fi adventure, Andy (Theron) leads immortal warriors against a powerful enemy threatening their group. They grapple with the resurfacing of a long-lost immortal, complicating their mission to safeguard humanity.
‘Heads of State’
Release Date: July 2 (Prime Video)
Starring: John Cena, Idris Elba, Jack Quaid, Priyanka Chopra
Logline: The U.K. prime minister (Elba) and U.S. president (Cena) have a not-so-friendly and very public rivalry that jeopardizes their countries’ “special relationship.” But when they become the targets of a powerful and ruthless foreign adversary — who proves more than a match for the two leaders’ security forces — they are begrudgingly forced to rely on the only two people they can trust: each other.
‘Superman’
Release Date: July 11 (Theaters)
Starring: David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced
Logline: It’s a bird, it’s a plane — no, it’s a new Superman! Corenswet’s iteration of the iconic superhero must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way, he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned.
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
Release Date: July 18 (Theaters)
Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Lola Tung, Tyriq Withers, Nicholas Alexander Chavez
Logline: Years after the Southport Massacre of 1997, the Fisherman is slashing teens again. (Isn’t his hook rusty?) Survivors Ray (Prinze Jr.) and Julie (Hewitt) return to assist new teenage miscreants.
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’
Release Date: July 25 (Theaters)
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Julia Garner, Ralph Ineson
Logline: Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, the Silver Surfer (Garner).
‘Happy Gilmore 2’
Release Date: July 25 (Netflix)
Starring: Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Ben Stiller, Margaret Qualley, Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce
Logline: It’s all in the hips! Sandler finally delivers a sequel to his 1996 golf comedy, with Kelce and Bad Bunny among the stars joining the silliness on the green.
‘The Naked Gun’
Release Date: August 1 (Theaters)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Busta Rhymes
Logline: The dim-bulb cop of the 1980s and ’90s films and TV series has a son — who looks a lot like Liam Neeson! For Anderson, Baywatch is no longer her silliest role in this film that follows the one man who has the particular set of skills to lead a police squad and save the world.
‘Together’
Release Date: August 1 (Theaters)
Starring: Dave Franco, Alison Brie
Logline: Years into their relationship, Tim (Franco) and Millie (Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh. Gross, but sign Us up!
‘Freakier Friday’
Release Date: August 8 (Theaters)
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
Logline: Make good (movie) choices! In this update of the 2003 comedy, Tess Coleman and daughter Anna are swept up into a bigger body swap — with Anna’s daughter and soon-to-be-stepdaughter (Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons). Nice for Us, Chad Michael Murray (even better with age!) and Anna’s garage band, Pink Slip, return.
‘Americana’
Release Date: August 22 (Theaters)
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Halsey, Paul Walter Hauser, Eric Dane
Logline: After an artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams (Sweeney) teams up with a lovelorn military veteran (Walter Hauser) to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer.
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‘Caught Stealing’
Release Date: August 29 (Theaters)
Starring: Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Bad Bunny, Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Matt Smith
Logline: A burned-out former baseball player (Butler) unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined. The film is Butler’s best throwback project since The Bikeriders — or The Carrie Diaries, depending on preference.
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