Here Are the Top 15 Most-Popular Movies on IMDb This Week, as ‘Weapons’ Continues to Lead for Third Consecutive Week
Here’s your at-a-glance guide to what everyone’s clicking on right now. Below you’ll find the latest wave of big theatrical releases and buzzy streamers, from superhero reboots and franchise finales to festival darlings and sleeper hits, all gathered in one place so you can decide what to watch next without digging around.
We’re counting down the exact titles you provided from 15th to 1st. For each one, you’ll see plain-English details on what it’s about, who’s in it, and who made it, with cast and crew credits plus the core setup of the story so you can jump in confident about what you’re getting.
15. ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ (2025)
Marvel brings its First Family into the MCU with director Matt Shakman steering a 1960s-set adventure that introduces Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm. Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach play the team, with Ralph Ineson as Galactus and Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal in a story positioned as the group’s on-screen origin inside Marvel Studios’ continuity.
The screenplay is credited to Eric Pearson, Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan, and Ian Springer, adapting the characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures handles distribution for the Marvel Studios production, which plants visual and story cues in an alternate New York that reflects the period setting.
14. ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ (2025)
Adam Sandler returns as Happy in a sequel directed by Kyle Newacheck and co-written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy. The plot follows Happy getting back on the tour to cover his daughter’s ballet schooling, crossing paths with a splashy upstart league headed by energy-drink mogul Frank Manatee, played by Benny Safdie. Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald reprise their roles alongside cameos and pro-golf nods.
The film is a Happy Madison production released by Netflix, with Rupert Gregson-Williams composing and a rollout that included a New York premiere before its global streaming debut. Netflix’s own preview confirms returning creatives from the original and Newacheck in the director’s chair.
13. ‘Nobody 2’ (2025)
Bob Odenkirk’s Hutch Mansell takes his family on a long-promised break to the tourist town of Plummerville, only to collide with a crooked local operator and a crime boss that pull him back into violence. Timo Tjahjanto directs from a script by Derek Kolstad and Aaron Rabin, with Connie Nielsen, RZA, Christopher Lloyd, John Ortiz, Colin Hanks, and Sharon Stone in key roles.
Universal Pictures released the 89-minute sequel with Dominic Lewis returning for the score and Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir editing. Official materials list 87North and Odenkirk Provissiero among the producers and confirm the theatrical rollout in mid-August.
12. ‘The Map That Leads to You’ (2025)
Prime Video adapts J. P. Monninger’s novel into a European travel romance led by Madelyn Cline and KJ Apa. The story follows two young travelers who meet abroad and embark on a route guided by a handwritten map, with the itinerary pushing them through cities and choices that test whether their connection can last beyond a summer.
The film’s listing confirms its Prime Video release and positions the movie as a page-to-screen translation that leans on the book’s central “found map” device. Trade coverage of the streamer’s August lineup highlighted the title’s placement in the service’s late-summer slate.
11. ‘The Naked Gun’ (2025)
Akiva Schaffer directs a revival of the police-spoof series with Liam Neeson taking on the Frank Drebin mantle and Pamela Anderson starring opposite him. The film is produced by Paramount Pictures and brings back the irreverent tone of the original trilogy in a new plotline built around a modern investigation.
Casting includes Paul Walter Hauser, Kevin Durand, and others in supporting roles, with production notes pointing to an action-comedy mix and a contemporary Los Angeles setting for the series’ return.
10. ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ (2025)
Gareth Edwards directs a fresh chapter in the ‘Jurassic World’ franchise from a screenplay by original ‘Jurassic Park’ writer David Koepp. Scarlett Johansson headlines with Jonathan Bailey and additional new-to-the-series casting, as the film resets the ensemble for a story that moves beyond the prior trilogy’s cast while keeping the core humans-and-dinosaurs conflict.
Studio materials confirm Universal Pictures as distributor and indicate a new storyline rather than a direct continuation of ‘Dominion,’ with the production framed as a jump-in point for newcomers. Early listings tracked the film’s run time and promotional campaign ahead of release.
9. ‘Honey Don’t!’ (2025)
Ethan Coen directs and co-writes with Tricia Cooke, centering on private investigator Honey O’Donahue in Bakersfield. Margaret Qualley plays the lead, whose casework intersects with a charismatic evangelical reverend and local criminal power broker played by Chris Evans, with Aubrey Plaza and Charlie Day rounding out the principal cast.
The Focus Features release premiered in the Midnight Screenings at the Cannes Film Festival before its North American rollout. Behind the camera, Ari Wegner serves as cinematographer and Carter Burwell composes, with Working Title producing.
8. ‘Fall for Me’ (2025)
This German-language erotic thriller set in Mallorca follows Lilli as she visits her sister, meets a nightclub manager named Tom, and stumbles into a romantic entanglement that conceals a real-estate con. Svenja Jung and Theo Trebs lead the cast, with Tijan Marei and Thomas Kretschmann in supporting roles.
Sherry Hormann directs from a screenplay by Stefanie Sycholt. Netflix distributes worldwide, and official pages and preview features confirm the island shoot, the con-artist angle, and the film’s late-August global streaming debut.
7. ‘Night Always Comes’ (2025)
Vanessa Kirby stars and produces in a Portland-set thriller about Lynette, a woman who has one night to secure the money needed to keep her family’s home. Director Benjamin Caron reunites with Kirby after ‘The Crown,’ with a supporting cast that includes Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephan James, Julia Fox, Randall Park, Eli Roth, and Michael Kelly.
The screenplay is by Sarah Conradt and adapts Willy Vlautin’s 2021 novel ‘The Night Always Comes.’ Netflix confirms the August release, the Oregon shoot, and the single-night structure that drives the story.
6. ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ (2025)
Sony Pictures Animation’s Netflix release follows HUNTR/X, a K-pop girl group whose members secretly fight demons, as they face a rival boy band whose performers are demons in disguise. The voice cast features Arden Cho, Ji-young Yoo, May Hong, Ahn Hyo-seop, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Jeong, and Lee Byung-hun.
Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans direct from a script by Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Kang, and Appelhans, with Marcelo Zarvos composing. Netflix highlights the soundtrack’s original songs and confirms the film’s June premiere and later sing-along event screenings.
5. ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ (2025)
Christopher McQuarrie returns to write and direct, with Tom Cruise leading the IMF team as they move to neutralize the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence that has escalated its reach. Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, and Angela Bassett appear in the ensemble.
Fraser Taggart is credited as cinematographer and Eddie Hamilton as editor, with the production continuing the series’ globe-spanning set pieces and spycraft. Paramount released the film theatrically with McQuarrie producing alongside Cruise.
4. ‘Eenie Meanie’ (2025)
Writer-director Shawn Simmons makes his feature debut with a heist-tinged comedy thriller about Edie, a former teenage getaway driver who is pulled back to the wheel to save her unreliable ex. Samara Weaving leads the cast with Karl Glusman, Jermaine Fowler, Marshawn Lynch, Steve Zahn, and Andy Garcia.
20th Century Studios produced with release on Hulu. Production notes document a Cleveland-area shoot with Tim Ives as cinematographer, and official summaries outline the casino-heist setup and Edie’s past catching up with her.
3. ‘F1’ (2025)
Joseph Kosinski directs a racing drama about Sonny Hayes, a veteran driver who returns after decades away to help underdog outfit APXGP. Brad Pitt stars with Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem, and Tobias Menzies, and the production filmed at real Grands Prix with coordination from Formula 1 and teams.
Ehren Kruger wrote the screenplay, Jerry Bruckheimer produced with Apple Studios and others, and Hans Zimmer composed. Warner Bros. handled the U.S. theatrical release after a Radio City world premiere, with the film’s racing sequences captured amid live-event weekends.
2. ‘Superman’ (2025)
James Gunn writes and directs an all-new take focused on Clark balancing his Kryptonian heritage with his life as a Metropolis reporter. David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent with Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, and the ensemble includes Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen and appearances by heroes such as Guy Gardner and Hawkgirl.
Warner Bros. releases the DC Studios production, which positions this story as the cinematic foundation for the character’s next era. The studio’s synopsis confirms the Daily Planet setting and the mix of superhero duty and grounded personal life.
1. ‘Weapons’ (2025)
Writer-director Zach Cregger follows ‘Barbarian’ with a multi-strand horror thriller from New Line Cinema that intercuts the aftermath of a shocking event across several interconnected characters in a small American community. The ensemble includes the young performers highlighted in current stills, along with adult cast members featured across the film’s segmented structure.
Studio and trade summaries describe an ambitious, interlinked narrative designed to unfold across separate vignettes that tie together by the conclusion. Warner Bros. distributes the film for New Line, with the project developed through Cregger’s genre banner partners.
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