Summer movie preview 2025: the 15 movies we can't wait to see

As director Francois Truffaut once said, “It’s a beautiful day — let’s see a movie!” Keep track of the sunny season’s new batch of movies, and when they’ll arrive in theaters and on

streaming platforms, with our critics’ guide. And we’ll see you at the movies! [embedded content] _NONNAS_ (ON NETFLIX MAY 9) Stricken by grief after the loss of his mother, Joe (Vince

Vaughan, 54) opens an Italian restaurant with local grandmas (nonnas) as the chefs (Susan Sarandon, 78, Lorraine Bracco, 70, Talia Shire, 78, and Brenda Vaccaro, 85.) [embedded content]

_KARATE KID: LEGENDS_ (IN THEATERS MAY 30) How could Ralph Macchio, 63, star of the 1984 hit _The Karate Kid_ and Netflix’s No. 1 sequel series _Cobra Kai_, make even more martial-arts

magic? By fighting the legendary star of the 2010 _Karate Kid _remake (Jackie Chan, 71). _Cobra Kai_ star Jacob Bertrand said Macchio was scared to face Hong Kong’s top star, because “Jackie

Chan still moves like he's a 20-year-old.” [embedded content] _THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME_ (IN LIMITED THEATERS MAY 30, WIDE RELEASE JUNE 6) In the new film by quirky Wes Anderson, 55,

Benicio del Toro, 58, stars as a European plutocrat whose family business is beset by terrorists. Tom Hanks, 68, Bryan Cranston, 69, Jeffrey Wright, 59, Hope Davis, 60, Scarlett Johansson

and Benedict Cumberbatch round out the stellar cast.   [embedded content] _MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING_ (IN THEATERS MAY 23) In what may be the last action epic about the IMF

team, Tom Cruise, 62, battles the menacing AI program of a bad guy (Esai Morales, 62). Costars include Ving Rhames, 65, Nick Offerman, 54, and Angela Bassett, 66.  [embedded content] _THE

LIFE OF CHUCK_ (IN THEATERS JUNE 6) Mark Hamill, 73, plays the lovable grandpa of brain tumor patient Chuck (Tom Hiddleston) in a story by horror titan Stephen King, 77. “I’m expecting the

script to be, you know, the horror epic of all time,” Hamill told the _Politickin’ _podcast. “It is the sweetest, most poignant—it is not horror at all.”