From blockbusters to bold indies, these are the standout movies lighting up screens this year.
From blues-loving vampires to battle-scarred soldiers and secret agents with marriage problems, 2025 has already delivered a rich mix of films that make us laugh, cry, and grip our armrests. Here are six standouts lighting up screens this year — all available on KrisWorld.
Sinners
American history gets a supernatural twist as Black Panther director Ryan Coogler sinks his fangs into the horror genre, reuniting with Michael B. Jordan for a bold, blues-soaked vampire tale.
Set in 1932 Mississippi, the film stars Jordan in the dual roles of twin brothers Smoke and Stack. The siblings return home after years in the Chicago Mafia to open a juke joint, only to find their opening night gate-crashed by sharp-toothed, blood-guzzling undead creatures led by Jack O’Connell.
Critics raved: Rolling Stone hailed Coogler for “swinging wide beyond franchise fare”, while Variety called it “the first Oscar movie of 2025”. With its hypnotic style, electric performances, and Ludwig Göransson’s sultry blues score, Sinners bites hard and lingers.
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Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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Black Bag
Marriage counselling meets espionage in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, which fuses relationship drama and spy thriller elements. Michael Fassbender plays George Woodhouse, a British agent hunting a digital weapon — until his wife Kathryn (Cate Blanchett) becomes the prime suspect.
Pierce Brosnan commands as the duo’s formidable boss Arthur Stieglitz, while Soderbergh keeps the tension simmering through dinner parties, therapy sessions, and lie-detector tests. Slick, stylish, and laced with dark humour, Black Bag proves the most dangerous secrets are the personal ones.
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When intelligence agent Kathryn is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband, also a legendary agent, faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage or his country.
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A Complete Unknown
“How does it feel … to be without a home, like a complete unknown?” That is the question posed in the 1965 song “Like A Rolling Stone” by legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.
Now, audiences everywhere have an idea of how it feels, with director James Mangold’s (Ford v Ferrari) vibrant biopic about the icon’s electric transformation in ’60s New York.
The rather well-known Timothée Chalamet stars as the musical legend in A Complete Unknown, which charts Dylan’s rise from folk hero to rock rebel. The film builds to his infamous 1965 Newport Folk Festival set, when he shocked purists by switching from his traditional acoustic folk style to playing an electric guitar. With Elle Fanning as muse Sylvie Russo, Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, and Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, this rhythm-and-rhyme odyssey earned eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor.
The album features Bob Dylan songs and performed by Timothée Chalamet, who portrays Dylan in the film.
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Warfare
Co-directed by Civil War’s Alex Garland and Navy SEAL veteran Ray Mendoza, Warfare drops viewers into an inspired-by-true-events, boots-on-the-ground siege in Ramadi. Its real-time unfolding lends the film a heightened sense of immersion.
Based on Mendoza’s experiences during the Iraq War, this gritty re-enactment follows Alpha One platoon as they take over and defend a house in Ramadi from enemy combatants. Rising stars Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, and Will Poulter play members of the platoon.
Critics have hailed Warfare as one of A24’s grittiest triumphs: The Guardian called it “visceral filmmaking that makes you smell the dust and fear”. Relentless, suspenseful, and impossible to look away from.
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Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, overwatching the movement of US forces through insurgent territory.
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The Ballad of Wallis Island
Based on director James Griffiths’ short film The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, this bittersweet British comedy-drama finds estranged folk duo Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) and Nell Mortimer (Carey Mulligan) reuniting for one last private gig — for their only fan, a lonely lottery winner (Tim Key). Alas, their reunion is anything but harmonious.
What follows is an intimate, funny look at lost love, regret, and the music that binds us. With rave reviews and a 96% on the Tomatometer, The Ballad of Wallis Island hits all the right notes — tender, affecting, and quietly profound.
The Ballad Of Wallis Island follows Charles, an eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island and dreams of getting his favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer, back together.
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Part Her, part Terminator, Drew Hancock’s stylish sci-fi thriller starts as a cabin-in-the-woods drama and spirals into a thriller about identity crisis.
Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and her boyfriend, Josh (Jack Quaid), are off for a weekend getaway with friends. When the house owner, Sergey (Rupert Friend), attempts to assault Iris, she kills him in self-defence, unleashing a secret that turns reality inside-out for her.
Critics praised the movie’s dark humour and neon-bright flair — The Wall Street Journal called it “one of the most skilfully constructed horror films of the decade”.
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