TSL Top 5: The Biggest Movies Still Left To Hit Theatres In 2025, Including Avatar: Fire And Ash

Have you ever had a year where the movies you’ve already watched felt massive, but the films that haven’t come out yet look even more chaotic? 2025 is doing exactly that. We’ve already had big titles shake up theatres, but the remaining lineup? Oh, it’s messy. It’s dramatic. It’s emotional. It’s unhinged.

And here’s the real question before we start: Are you mentally, emotionally, spiritually ready for what’s coming, or is 2025 about to humble all of us again?

Let’s dive into five films that still have the power to turn the rest of the year upside down.

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1. Wake Up Dead Man

Rian Johnson returns with the third Knives Out mystery, and he’s clearly decided that Benoit Blanc has been having it too easy. This time, the southern detective played by Daniel Craig, with even more charm and eyebrow raises, walks into a case so dark and tangled that even he seems confused in the first-look images.

Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, Glenn Close, and Andrew Scott join the chaos, making this lineup feel like a group of people you shouldn’t trust even if they bake you cookies.

Johnson is pushing the story into a more dangerous, high-stakes tone, where every character has a secret, every clue feels like a trap, and every guess you make will probably be wrong.

Are you even going to attempt solving it, or just let the movie clown you?

2. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Just when you think cinema has gotten too serious, SpongeBob waddles in saying, “Follow me to the underworld!” Yes, this movie actually sends SpongeBob deep into the ocean’s afterlife to help him recover. It’s weird. It’s funny. It’s heartfelt. It’s exactly the brand of nonsense the world secretly needs.

Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, and the rest of the beloved voice gang return, and director Derek Drymon leans straight into nostalgia-meets-chaos. The animation is brighter, the jokes land harder, and the emotional beats are surprisingly real because somehow, SpongeBob movies always hit you in the chest when you least expect it.

After the intensity of Avatar: Fire and Ash, this film feels like the cinematic equivalent of taking a deep breath and laughing until your stomach hurts.

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3. Anaconda

The jungle has always been scary, but Hollywood just went, “What if we made it worse?” Enter the Anaconda reboot, a modern, scarier, more grounded take on the 1997 cult classic. This one isn’t campy like the original; it wants to terrify you properly.

Sony is keeping the cast under wraps, but the script is penned by Evan Daugherty (yes, the guy behind Snow White and the Huntsman), and early buzz says the tone is darker, more intense, and far more realistic. The snake isn’t just a creature; it’s a force of nature. The jungle feels alive. Everything feels hungry.

If Avatar: Fire and Ash made you fall in love with beautiful wildlife, Anaconda is here to ruin that relationship immediately.

Will you still take jungle holidays after this movie?

4. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

Remember how the first FNaF movie made everyone sleep with the lights on? Well, the sequel is coming to finish what the first one started.

Matthew Lillard returns (because how could he not?), and Josh Hutcherson is expected back, too. The story continues right where the last film left off, digging deeper into the twisted backstory of the animatronics and the haunted pizzeria. More lore. More hallucinations. More disturbing moments where absolutely nothing happens, and somehow that’s scarier than when something does.

Director Emma Tammi is fully leaning into the game-inspired horror this time, darker, sharper, creepier. Do you dare watch this in a theatre where you CAN’T pause it when your heart stops?

5. Tu Meri Main Tera, Main Tera Tu Meri

Kartik Aaryan shows up this Christmas with a romance that basically asks, “So ready to feel something or what?” Directed by Sameer Vidwans, the film follows Ray (Kartik Aaryan) and Rumi (Ananya Panday), two people who swear they’re not meant for each other, yet somehow keep running into moments that feel a little too magical to ignore.

With Neena Gupta, Jackie Shroff, and Tiku Talsania adding warmth and mischief, and Vishal–Shekhar delivering the music, the film leans into festive charm, messy emotions, and that soft “I didn’t expect this” kind of love.

It’s produced by Dharma Productions and Namah Pictures, so expect glossy vibes, cute banter, and a Christmas setting that might just melt you a little.

Are you really prepared to resist Kartik Aaryan in a holiday romance?

Avatar: Fire and Ash and the movies that will define the rest of 2025

And there you have it. Five movies. Five moods. Five reasons your emotions are about to be tossed around like a salad.

A mystery that wants to embarrass your detective skills.

A sponge is going to the ocean’s afterlife.

A snake big enough to ruin your peace.

Animatronics are plotting your downfall.

And Kartik Aaryan is preparing to break your heart softly.

So tell me which one are YOU most scared to watch, and which one are you secretly counting the days for?

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