Here Are the Top 15 Most-Popular Movies on IMDb This Week, Including ‘Weapons’

This week’s buzz is a cocktail of sequels, throwbacks, and glossy originals, all jostling for your watchlist. Big IP roars, comfort comedies rally, and a couple of daring swings sneak into the conversation—proof that viewers are toggling between pure escapism and stories with a sharper edge.

Below, we keep the countdown spirit alive and work through the titles from the list you shared. Expect a nimble mix of genres, star power, and franchise gravity, with each pick grabbing attention for different reasons. Ready to queue up something new (or newly nostalgic)?

15. ‘F1’ (2025)

‘F1: The Movie’ thrives on sensation: the shudder of engines, the chessboard of strategy, the way fractions of a second become destiny. It’s equal parts pit-lane melodrama and high-speed ballet, inviting even non-fans into the precision and peril that define the sport.

What gives it staying power is how it frames competition as character. Beyond the telemetry and tire calls, it’s a story of risk tolerance and resilience, reminding us that victory is a thousand micro-decisions stitched into one perfect lap.

14. ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ (2025)

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ gleefully fuses idol sparkle with supernatural throwdowns, dialing everything to maximalist fun. The fight beats pop like hooks, the visuals pop like confetti, and the concept—stars by day, slayers by night—lands with joyous confidence.

Beneath the glitter, it champions accountability and teamwork. Ambition, image, and friendship collide in a way that makes its heroes feel human, even while they’re spin-kicking ghouls between dance rehearsals.

13. ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ (2025)

‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ returns to creeping dread and moral stakes, letting quiet rooms do loud work. The franchise’s familiar grammar is intact—shadowplay, relics, slow-building unease—crafted to prime your nerves before the hammer drops.

What keeps fans hooked is the series’ empathy. It treats hauntings as tests of love and belief, turning each set piece into a reckoning as much as a scare, and making the domestic space feel both sanctuary and threat.

12. ‘Weapons’ (2025)

‘Weapons’ is a mood—sardonic, unnerving, and meticulously wound. It toys with form to keep you off-balance, then detonates tension in sharp, unsettling beats that linger after the credits.

Its sting is intellectual as much as visceral. The film pokes at our appetite for spectacle, implicating viewers in the cycles it depicts, and leaving a residue of questions about complicity and consumption.

11. ‘Sinners’ (2025)

‘Sinners’ barrels forward like a confession you can’t un-hear. Choices stack into consequences with cruel efficiency, and the urban grit feels lived-in rather than stylized, adding heft to every betrayal and bargain.

At its core is a lead turn that crackles with contradiction. Charisma and culpability wrestle in real time, steering the story toward a finale where salvation and damnation feel only a heartbeat apart.

10. ‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ (2025)

‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ sticks the franchise brief: clever foreshadowing, merciless payoffs, and that wicked “how will it happen?” guessing game. The gags are intricate, the suspense is playful, and the audience becomes a co-conspirator in doom-spotting.

Under the funhouse mechanics, it toys with fatalism and anxiety. It’s communal horror—half shriek, half laughter—as viewers clock omens, brace for impact, and compare notes on the ride home.

9. ‘Together’ (2025)

‘Together’ turns intimacy into spectacle, turning glances and pauses into drama that lands harder than any explosion. The film trusts conversation to carry voltage, letting its characters’ honesty (and evasions) do the heavy lifting.

Its compassion is the hook. It doesn’t punish imperfection; it studies it, tracing how pride and tenderness negotiate space inside a fragile bond, and finding truth in the awkward, hopeful in-betweens.

8. ‘Happy Gilmore’ (1996)

‘Happy Gilmore’ remains a comfort-food classic, its go-for-broke silliness as quotable as ever. The blend of underdog sports antics and loud, lovable slapstick keeps pulling people back for another round.

Its resurgence feels like cultural muscle memory. Paired with fresh franchise chatter, fans are revisiting the original to relive signature bits, re-meet goofy icons, and remember why a hockey slap shot on a golf tee still kills.

7. ’28 Years Later’ (2025)

’28 Years Later’ finds urgency in quiet dread and sudden sprint, restoring the series’ breathless rhythm. The filmmaking is feral and focused, mapping survival onto landscapes that feel both emptied out and overcrowded with danger.

It also preserves the saga’s bruised humanity. The scares hit, but so do the questions about trust, community, and what remains worth saving when the map shrinks to a day’s walk.

6. ‘War of the Worlds’ (2025)

‘War of the Worlds’ reimagines invasion with boots-on-the-ground grit. Instead of sleek conquest, it opts for messy disruption—sirens, shattered routines, and neighbors improvising heroism on sidewalks and cul-de-sacs.

Part of the draw is the lineage. Every new take converses with prior versions, reflecting contemporary anxieties back at us; the fun is in charting what changes, what endures, and which images refuse to loosen their grip.

5. ‘Superman’ (2025)

‘Superman’ reaches for sincerity and largely catches it, embracing the idea that hope only matters if it’s tested. The spectacle soars, but the film remembers to ground its hero in newsroom bustle and street-level decency.

The emotional lift arrives in the quieter beats: loyalty among colleagues, a city learning to believe, and a hero who treats kindness like a superpower instead of an afterthought.

4. ‘My Oxford Year’ (2025)

‘My Oxford Year’ plays romance like a thoughtful duet, steeped in libraries, lectures, and big choices with real costs. It’s polished but not precious, more observant than operatic.

What distinguishes it is respect for ambition. The film refuses the false choice between heart and career, finding resonance in the messy calculus of trying to nurture both without losing yourself.

3. ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ (2025)

‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ foregrounds curiosity—science as adventure, family as superpower. The tone is bright and inquisitive, inviting viewers to enjoy discovery as much as the inevitable dust-ups.

Chemistry is the ace. When the quartet bickers, brainstorms, and bonds, the movie hums with personality, giving this corner of superhero lore a warm, witty pulse all its own.

2. ‘The Naked Gun’ (2025)

‘The Naked Gun’ slings gags at a dizzying clip: deadpan lines, visual pranks, and pratfalls that arrive just when you think the bit is over. It’s proudly unserious and meticulously timed.

Reviving this style is tricky, but the film threads the needle—honoring the original’s spirit while smuggling in fresh setups. The result is breezy, ridiculous, and exactly the palate cleanser many viewers want.

1. ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ (2025)

‘Happy Gilmore 2’ tees off on nostalgia without leaning on it, riffing on sports clichés and clubhouse oddballs with inviting looseness. The energy is rowdy, the jokes land in bunches, and the vibe feels like an old friend crashing the course.

The sweetness sneaks up on you. Beneath the antics is a story about do-overs, loyalty, and the oddball communities we build around games, making the victory laps feel earned rather than automatic.

Tell us how you’d reshuffle this countdown in the comments—and which titles you think should climb or drop next week.