June 2025 Movie Releases: From Action to Animation Must-See Films
This month, you can expect remakes, sequels, and hopefully a few surprises
So far, 2025 hasn’t exactly been kind to film lovers. The box office is a graveyard of forgotten titles, big names are losing their pull, and even OTT seems stuck in a loop of “cop dramas” and “female-led revenge thrillers” that all blur into one. However, this summer (although it’s not ‘Barbenheimer’ and we’ll never get that time back in our lives), things seem to be looking up at the movies.
If May was about reboots and resurrection (looking at you, Final Destination), June is coming in surprisingly hot with a mix of action, animated nostalgia (Pixar is back!), and rom-com chaos (only Celine Song can save us now).
Celine Song returns after Past Lives with a glossy A24 love triangle (Materialists), Wes Anderson does espionage with The Phoenician Scheme, and Brad Pitt is back in the driver’s seat—literally—in F1: The Movie.
And so, we’re back again—it’s time to scan that June calendar, hoping something shows up that actually slaps. A surprise indie, a massy entertainer, a comfort watch that doesn’t come with cringe. Is it too much to ask?
Movies Releasing in June 2025
Ballerina
Ana de Armas stars as Eve in this tragic haiku version of John Wick, and she’s a vengeance-fueled ballerina-assassin who enters the Ruska Roma training grounds to avenge her father’s death. Think pirouettes with pistols. Slotted neatly between Parabellum and Chapter 4, the film pulls from the Wick universe without trying to out-Wick it. Bonus: Keanu Reeves returns, Lance Reddick makes a final appearance, and the fight choreography will probably be better than your average Marvel fare.
Release date: June 13, 2025
Materialists
Celine Song follows up her Oscar-nominated Past Lives with something glossier, funnier, and much messier—and honestly, we can hardly wait. Materialists stars Dakota Johnson as a high-end matchmaker juggling her “perfect” billionaire boyfriend (Pedro Pascal, duh) and her chaotic actor-waiter ex (Chris Evans, also naturally). Set in a hyper-stylised version of NYC, the film feels like a rom-com with Succession-level materialism and Frances Ha levels of emotional spiraling. It’s peak A24: pretty, moody, emotionally resonant—and just cynical enough to be cool. Oh, and Dakota Johnson’s doing Dakota things. We’re in.
Release date: June 13, 2025
The Twits
It’s about time someone gave Roald Dahl’s grumpiest duo a fresh animated reboot. This Netflix-backed adaptation stars Emilia Clarke and Natalie Portman as the Twits (we’ll let you sit with that casting), and promises all the grotesque, chaotic energy of the original book—now with a dash of 2025 sarcasm. Co-directed by Phil Johnston (Wreck-It Ralph) and written with help from Monty Python’s John Cleese, this one’s got “unhinged fun for adults pretending to watch with their kids” written all over it.
Release date: June 13, 2025
28 Years Later
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reunite to drag us back into the Rage-virus wasteland—this time nearly three decades after the original outbreak. Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson lead the cast in 28 Years Later, the long-awaited third entry in the Days/Weeks trilogy. The setup: a fortified island, a desperate father-son mission to the mainland, and the terrifying realisation that the infected aren’t your only problem. Gritty, gorgeous, and guaranteed to spark another thinkpiece on pandemic trauma. Go figure.
Release date: June 20, 2025
F1: The Movie
Brad Pitt is a retired Formula One driver roped back into the cockpit to mentor a rookie phenom (Damson Idris). Directed by Top Gun: Maverick’s Joseph Kosinski, F1 is shot using actual race footage, features real teams, and is basically Rush meets Moneyball with a sprinkle of Brad Pitt charisma. It drops just before the Austrian Grand Prix, and honestly, if this doesn’t single-handedly convert Americans to F1 fandom, nothing will.
Release date: June 27, 2025
The Phoenician Scheme
Wes Anderson doing spy satire? Of course. With a cast that reads like a GQ dinner party guest list (Benicio del Toro, Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson, Cumberbatch, Bryan Cranston, etc.), The Phoenician Scheme follows a dying tycoon, his nun daughter, and a web of greedy foreign powers. It’s peak Anderson: pastel colour palettes, deadpan humour, and possibly the only time “espionage” and “whimsical” can be used in the same sentence.
Release date: June 6, 2025
Elio
Pixar’s back with another outer-space adventure, but this time it’s not just about cute aliens—it’s about an anxious eleven-year-old kid mistakenly identified as Earth’s intergalactic ambassador. Elio blends coming-of-age feels with wild sci-fi misadventures, and from what we’ve seen, it’s equal parts Inside Out and Lilo & Stitch. Expect heart, hilarity, and some very expensive therapy for your inner child.
Release date: June 20, 2025
Sitaare Zameen Par
Aamir Khan returns with a Taare Zameen Par spiritual successor—but make it sporty. This one’s a remake of Spain’s Champions and follows a basketball coach guiding a team of neurodivergent kids. Co-starring Genelia Deshmukh, it’s aiming for the heartstrings with a Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy soundtrack in tow. It’s probably the only movie this month that’ll make you cry.
Release date: June 20, 2025
Housefull 5
Honestly, I can’t believe we’re back with another Housefull. This movie takes the franchise’s usual mix of slapstick, screaming, and accidental cross-dressing, then tosses it onto a luxury cruise ship where someone dies and nobody—not even the writers—cares why. With the same recycled cast, and Sanjay Dutt and Jackie Shroff as bumbling cops, this is probably this year’s most expensive whodunit fest. Every theatre gets a different killer. Which sounds fun until you realise the only real mystery is how this franchise is still afloat.
Release Date: June 6, 2025
How To Train Your Dragon (Live Action Remake)
Another day, another live-action remake—but How to Train Your Dragon might just be the one that doesn’t go down in flames. Dean DeBlois, who helmed the original animated trilogy, returns to rewrite and direct this first-ever live-action project. It’s an ambitious leap: swapping stylised animation for windswept cliffs, real teen actors, and a photorealistic Toothless that’ll either be incredible or nightmare fuel. Gerard Butler reprises his role as Stoick the Vast, while Mason Thames and Nico Parker step in as Hiccup and Astrid. The plot stays close to the original: on the Viking isle of Berk, young misfit Hiccup shocks the tribe by befriending a Night Fury dragon instead of slaying it, forcing a reckoning between man and myth. Nostalgia-heavy? For sure. But if they nail the tone—and the dragons—this could be the rare remake that actually soars.
Release Date: June 13, 2025