15 best new movies worth seeing in 2025 – films coming soon

Discover the best new movies still to come in 2025, from The Smashing Machine to Avatar: Fire and Ash.

29 Aug 2025 12:06

Stephen A Russell

Film

The Smashing Machine. Image: A24. New movies.

New movies: quick links

With less than half the movie-going year left, we take a look at the biggest films still waiting in the wings for your popcorn-fed delight.

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Stephen A Russell is a Melbourne-based arts writer. His writing regularly appears in Fairfax publications, SBS online, Flicks, Time Out, The Saturday Paper, The Big Issue and Metro magazine. You can hear him on Joy FM.

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