Here Are the Top 15 Most-Popular Movies on IMDb This Week, Including ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’

Blockbusters, sequels, live-action reimaginings, and literary adaptations all share the spotlight this week, with star-packed ensembles and franchise favorites leading the conversation. Big names pop up across every genre—haunted-house horror, crime thrillers, superhero team-ups, and high-octane motorsport drama—so there’s something for every mood and watchlist.

Below you’ll find clear, need-to-know details for each title: what the story covers, who’s involved on screen, and how the projects were put together. From ensemble comedies and animated adventures to gritty thrillers and franchise tentpoles, this list gives you the essentials to choose your next watch.

15. ‘The Roses’ (2025)

Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman, Andy Samberg, Zoë Chao, Sunita Mani, Jamie Demetriou, and Ncuti Gatwa star in ‘The Roses’, a sharp comedy about a couple’s spectacularly messy split and the friends, family, and lawyers swept up in the fallout. The plot escalates from petty squabbles to big-ticket schemes as possessions—and pride—turn into battlegrounds.

Framed as a character-driven ensemble piece, the production leans on timing, legal brinkmanship, and set-piece showdowns to track the dissolution from mediation rooms to ever more elaborate plans. Rated R with a 1h 45m runtime, it maps every minor score and major countermove with a focus on ensemble chemistry.

14. ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ (2025)

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ follows a chart-topping idol group who juggle rehearsals and tours with a secret after-hours mission: slaying demons threatening their city. Voices from Ji-young Yoo, EJAE, Arden Cho, and May Hong bring the team’s stage chemistry and off-stage stakes to life as performance schedules collide with supernatural duties.

An animated action-comedy with a performance-driven soundtrack, the film pairs musical set-pieces with tightly choreographed fantasy battles. Rated PG and running 1h 35m, it uses ensemble dynamics, training montages, and team tactics to keep both halves of the double life in play.

13. ‘F1’ (2025)

Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, and Damson Idris headline ‘F1: The Movie’, a racing drama about a veteran driver mentoring a rising talent inside a fictional team. The story tracks race-week pressure, garage politics, and the millisecond choices that shape careers across practice, qualifying, and grand prix day.

The production spotlights pit-wall strategy, telemetry-driven calls, and cockpit choreography to capture the atmosphere around the paddock. Rated PG-13 with a 2h 35m runtime, it blends on-track action with behind-the-scenes team operations to ground the high speed.

12. ‘Superman’ (2025)

‘Superman’ stars David Corenswet as Clark Kent in Metropolis, following a reporter whose responsibilities as a hero complicate his relationships and work. The story focuses on hope, identity, and the balance between personal life and public duty as threats test the city’s resilience.

Designed as a fresh on-ramp, the film frames large-scale action around The Daily Planet, civic stakes, and investigative beats that intersect with heroics. Rated PG-13 with a 2h 9m runtime, it places newsroom dynamics alongside rescue sequences and city-wide peril.

11. ‘Thunderbolts*’ (2025)

Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Sebastian Stan, Hannah John-Kamen, Lewis Pullman, and Florence Pugh assemble in ‘Thunderbolts*’, bringing together uneasy allies for a mission others won’t touch. The plot turns on conflicting methods and trust issues as the lineup learns to function in the field.

Positioned within a larger superhero continuity, the production balances covert ops, debriefs, and cross-character history. Rated PG-13 and running 2h 7m, it stages infiltration and extraction sequences around shifting loyalties and team protocols.

10. ‘Lilo & Stitch’ (2025)

‘Lilo & Stitch’ reimagines the story of a lonely Hawaiian girl who adopts a chaotic alien experiment and finds a new kind of family. The cast includes Jason Scott Lee, Zach Galifianakis, Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, Billy Magnussen, and Hannah Waddingham, alongside a large local ensemble.

Built around island location work and creature effects, the production blends practical environments with digital character animation. Rated PG with a 1h 48m runtime, it foregrounds found-family themes, hānai bonds, and the misadventures that follow an unpredictable blue sidekick.

9. ‘Nobody 2’ (2025)

Bob Odenkirk returns in ‘Nobody 2’ as Hutch Mansell, whose attempt at a quieter life is interrupted by unfinished business that drags in family and a few familiar allies. The plot threads personal codes, reprisals, and the logistics of planning for chaos when trouble finds him again.

From fight design to car work, the production centers on stunt-driven sequences staged with close-quarters choreography and prop-heavy brawls. Rated R at 1h 29m, it keeps the focus on practical action and everyday settings flipping into battlegrounds.

8. ‘Caught Stealing’ (2025)

‘Caught Stealing’ assembles Vincent D’Onofrio, Liev Schreiber, Regina King, Matt Smith, Zoë Kravitz, Austin Butler, Bad Bunny, Yuri Kolokolnikov, and more for a crime thriller about a bartender pulled into a brutal criminal feud. What begins as a wrong-place-wrong-time clash spirals into a city-wide fight for survival.

Emphasizing street-level set-pieces and shifting alliances, the production follows intersecting agendas and the consequences of one desperate choice. Rated R with a 1h 47m runtime, it tracks getaway logistics, double-crosses, and the pressure of staying one step ahead.

7. ‘The Naked Gun’ (2025)

‘The Naked Gun’ revives the cop-spoof formula with Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson tackling a spectacularly bungled case that snowballs into national-scale chaos. The plot unfolds through deadpan interrogations, runaway set-pieces, and sight gags that escalate each blunder.

Engineered around rapid-fire jokes and stunt-driven pratfalls, the production leans on straight-faced delivery to sell the mayhem. Rated PG-13 and running 1h 25m, it updates gag construction with contemporary targets while keeping the franchise’s hallmark rhythm.

6. ‘Unknown Number: The High School Catfish’ (2025)

‘Unknown Number: The High School Catfish’ follows a teenager whose online relationship pulls classmates and staff into a dangerous deception. As digital clues surface, the fallout spreads through group chats, classrooms, and administrative offices.

Told as a school-set thriller, the production uses phones, messaging threads, and metadata as key storytelling tools. Rated TV-MA with a 1h 34m runtime, it focuses on the mechanics of fake profiles, aliases, and manipulated receipts alongside social consequences on campus.

5. ‘Wuthering Heights’ (2026)

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi will lead ‘Wuthering Heights’, a new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel that charts an obsessive connection colliding with class, inheritance, and long-simmering resentments on the moors. The plot spans intertwined families across generations as youthful choices echo into adulthood.

Mounted as a period drama, the production will emphasize atmospheric locations, costume design, and the stark contrasts between estates and wild landscapes. It will foreground character psychology and the social constraints that drive pivotal turns in the story.

4. ‘Weapons’ (2025)

Written and directed by Zach Cregger, ‘Weapons’ is a multi-thread horror-thriller led by Josh Brolin and Julia Garner, unfolding across interlocking stories that circle a single violent incident. Each segment tracks different people connected by that event, with Brolin and Garner anchoring separate threads whose clues and consequences gradually align as timelines and perspectives overlap.

Produced as an ensemble piece with a chaptered structure, the film emphasizes on-location work, forensic details, and careful point-of-view shifts to knit the strands together. It’s rated R with a 2h 8m runtime, and foregrounds Cregger’s control of pacing while positioning Brolin and Garner as the through-lines that carry the investigation and fallout from scene to scene.

3. ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ (2025)

‘Highest 2 Lowest’ stars Denzel Washington in a crime drama tracking the freefall of a power structure after a single decision upends a dangerous network. The story follows shifting allegiances, tactical retreats, and calculated plays as rivals move to fill the vacuum.

Centered on tense dialogue and operational detail, the film maps how orders are given, enforced, and contested at every rung. Rated R with a 2h 13m runtime, it emphasizes chain-of-command dynamics, betrayals, and the mechanics of survival.

2. ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ (2025)

Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie headline ‘The Thursday Murder Club’, about retirees who meet weekly to dig into cold cases—until a fresh crime lands close to home. Their sleuthing leans on keen observation, village gossip, and old-school note-taking as they piece together motives.

A cozy-crime ensemble, the production balances humor and deduction while giving each member a distinct role in the investigation’s turns. Rated PG-13 and running 1h 58m, it spotlights interviews, surveillance crumbs, and community ties to propel the mystery.

1. ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ (2025)

Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return as Lorraine and Ed Warren in ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’, investigating a demonic case that pushes their partnership and faith to the brink. The narrative draws on franchise hallmarks—possessions, cursed objects, and visions—while closing a long-running arc for the pair.

Part of the wider ‘The Conjuring’ universe, the film marries period detail and practical scares with the Warrens’ methodical documentation of phenomena. Rated R with a 2h 15m runtime, it anchors set-piece hauntings in interviews, archives, and case-file procedures.

Tell us which titles you’re lining up—and why—in the comments!