9 New Movies Releasing in May 2025
May the month of May be a good one for the movies!
With a million other entertainment options readily available, going to the movie theatres isn’t much of a priority for the average Joe anymore. They can watch a show on their preferred OTT platform or tune in for the IPL instead. Or just watch/read content on their mobile phones.
Which is why, movie makers and the people acting in them are having a harder than usual time – films are tanking every week, and the film industry is going through a truly disastrous patch. Those randomly-planned re-releases of successful movies aren’t helping much either.
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But it’s not just that audiences are spoilt for choice when it comes to entertainment options. The new movies are just not good enough!
When was the last time you saw a truly great new movie? We’re entering the 5th month of the year and I doubt if you’ll be able to list even five such movies from the lot that have released in 2025. Such are the tragic times we’re in – movies are turning out to be more bad than good, and even our trusted of stars are failing to entertain us.
New Movies Releasing in May 2025
Yet, here we are, hoping for another new set of movies to bring a smile on our faces. We’re essentially a movie loving nation, so we can’t help but be excited about new movie releases. If only the outcome of those films was even remotely as exciting!
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Raid 2
The newest addition to the another-movie-is-now-a-franchise series, Ajay Devgn’s Raid 2 has him reprising his character from the original, as he takes on Ritiesh Deshmukh, playing the antagonist.
Vaani Kapoor has stepped in to play the female lead, and before you wonder what happened to Ileana D’Cruz from the first movie, that’s not a question the film is aiming to answer!
Release date: May 1, 2025
The Bhootnii
Horror comedies seem to be the flavour of the season and here’s another one hoping to make the most amount of moolah. Starring Sanjay Dutt, Sunny Singh, Mouni Roy and Palak Tiwari, the film is hoping to make you laugh out loud while also giving you the scares.
Here’s hoping you aren’t laughing at the movie instead!
Release date: May 1, 2025
Thunderbolts*
The Marvel universe continues to expand, and a whole new bunch of characters are now entering it. Starring Sebastian Stan and Florence Pugh (among others), Thunderbolts* is the final film of Phase 5 of the aforementioned MCU. But is anyone even counting anymore?
Release date: May 1, 2025
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Retro
There are 4 different films, all releasing on the same day, and you’re spoilt for choice!
Suriya is back on the big screen, after the dismal performance of his last release, Kanguva, and he’d definitely be hoping to course-correct with this one.
Pooja Hegde stars as the female lead.
Release date: May 1, 2025
Bhool Chuk Maaf
Rajkummar Rao is certainly out to prove his credentials as a mainstream lead actor, though his success rate with such films is average at best. In Bhool Chuk Maaf, his character is stuck in some kind of time-loop, unable to reach the day of his marriage. We’re expecting comedy, lots of it!
Release date: May 9, 2025
Final Destination Bloodlines
14 years after the last Final Destination movie, it’s time for fans to be scared (in a good way!) yet again. As per the plotline, Final Destination Bloodlines is centred around a college student who has come back home to prevent the demise of her family, something she has seen in her nightmares already. We’ll be seated and so should you!
Release date: May 16, 2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
It’s finally time to see Tom Cruise undertake another impossible-sounding mission, in the direct sequel to the previous movie, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023).
It’s also rumoured to be the last of the MI series, so you might not want to miss out on Cruise’s turn as Ethan Hunt on the big screen.
Release date: May 17, 2025
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Ace
A romantic crime movie starring Vijay Sethupathi, along with Rukmini Vasanth, sounds extremely exciting on paper, for sure. Will Ace turn out to be everything it is promising to be? That’s something we’ll find out only when it releases. Until then, one can really hope, that’s all.
Release date: May 23, 2025
Kingdom
Vijay Deverakonda is back to claim his Kingdom – sorry, it was too hard to resist the pun! The charismatic hasn’t had a good run at the movies for quite a while now, and this might be his big shot at reclaiming the stardom he had earned with Arjun Reddy.
The first look of the film garnered quite a reaction from everyone so naturally, hopes from this pan- India release are high enough to get his fans thronging to the theatres. Hopefully, might I add?
Release date: May 30, 2025