Society of the Snow
Yellowjackets fans, this one is for you. Society of the Snow is the true story of a Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the Andes after a plane crash. With no help in sight, the men resort to unsavory survival tactics. Sound familiar?
Happy Gilmore 2
Almost 30 years after the original Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler put the Bruins jersey back on for Happy Gilmore 2. This time, widowed Happy Gilmore returns to pro golf to pay for ballet school tuition for his daughter (played by Sandler’s actual daughter, Sunny Sandler).
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Hit Man
Glen Powell and Adria Arjona ooze chemistry in Richard Linklater’s deliriously funny romantic comedy Hit Man. Powell stars as a dweeby professor who moonlights as an undercover contractor for the New Orleans PD. When Powell poses as a contract killer for a woman in distress (Arjona), let’s just say that sparks and bullets start to fly.
Rebel Ridge
Jeremy Saulnier does it again. The director of Blue Ruin, Green Room, and Hold the Dark delivers another suspenseful thriller in Rebel Ridge. Aaron Pierre, in a breakout performance, leads as a Marine veteran who is robbed and harassed by a local police force. Little do the cops know the one-man army they’ve just picked a fight with. Rebel Ridge was one of the greatest action movies of 2024, and you know what? It still holds up.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Sequels are always challenging to pull off, but Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is so well done that it rivals the original. Tech billionaire Miles Bron invites his friends to a weekend getaway on his private island. It doesn’t take long for someone to wind up dead, of course. You know what happens next—detective Benoit Blanc is on the case.
Rustin
Have you heard of Bayard Rustin? He was one of Martin Luther King’s trusted advisors, but he was ousted from the civil rights movement for being openly gay and his story was mostly forgotten. Now this fantastic biopic, starring Colman Domingo in the title role, shines a light on Rustin’s legacy and gives him the platform he deserves.
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Fair Play
Director Chloe Domont’s debut film, Fair Play, is a thrilling story of sexism in the workplace. When Emily receives a coveted promotion, it threatens to ruin her relationship with her fiancé, Luke, who works for the same company. Their true colors are revealed when business inevitably mixes with pleasure.
Bill Russell: Legend
As the title makes clear, this is the story of NBA legend Bill Russell. The basketball player turned coach and civil rights advocate lived a life full of prolific twists and turns, which are chronicled in this uplifting documentary.
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Homecoming
Don’t worry if you didn’t get to see Beyoncé perform at Coachella in 2018, because the singer had it all filmed and turned it into a jaw-dropping documentary. Homecoming details the months leading up to her historic performance, then gives viewers a front-row seat at the show.
Parasite
A cultural sensation that took home four Oscar trophies in pre-pandemic 2020, Bong Joon-ho’s acclaimed social satire Parasite is not one to leave unwatched. Set in modern day Seoul, a low-income family strategically implement themselves into the lives of an affluent family. But just when it seems like things are on the up and up, a secret threatens to crash everything down.
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Saturday Night
The comedy revolution was televised on October 11, 1975. On that night inside 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the cast and crew of NBC’s Saturday Night—later titled Saturday Night Live—raced against the clock to get their shit together. Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night dramatizes the 90 minutes leading up to the moment TV changed forever.
Becoming Led Zeppelin
There are rock bands, and there’s Led Zeppelin. In 2025, the legendary group got the definitive tell-all documentary that chronicles their formation and early years before becoming one of the biggest acts in rock by 1970. Composed of new interviews and never-before-seen archival footage of their American and European tours, Becoming Led Zeppelin is the closest thing to stepping into a time machine.
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A Star Is Born
It’s almost as if every generation gets their version of A Star Is Born. In 2018, Bradley Cooper made his directorial debut with his Oscar-winning remake of the thrice-remade 1937 classic. Cooper leads as an alcoholic musician who discovers a stunning new talent (Lady Gaga) and falls in love. Featuring a whole new original soundtrack, A Star Is Born is anything but shallow.
I Am Vanessa Guillen
This documentary covers the tragic death of Vanessa Guillen, an American soldier murdered on the military base at Fort Hood, as well as her family’s fight for justice after they uncover what really happened to her.
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
In Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell play two Icelandic singers with dreams of making it big. One of their songs is called “Ja Ja Ding Dong.” What else do you need to know?
Tick, Tick… Boom!
Tick, Tick… Boom!, which stars Andrew Garfield as the late playwright Jonathan Larson (Rent), just might be the most joyous and heartbreaking film you’ll see all year. Don’t miss it.
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The Guilty
Want to see Jake Gyllenhaal sweat? Want to see Jake Gyllenhaal shout various things into a headset? Want to see Jake Gyllenhaal vomit like the Exorcist kid? We knew it. The Guilty is one of our favorite rides of the year.
Schumacher
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things
If you’re part of the rather large group of Netflixers who slept on Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things, let’s fix that now. The book-to-film adaptation is just as weird, true to life, and deeply unsettling as its source material.
Concrete Cowboy
You know the feeling: when you pull up a title on Netflix, see the first three actors on the bill, and immediately press play. How about Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin, and Jharrel Jerome? Easy choice.
