Rotten Tomatoes has released an updated ranking of the top Certified Fresh movies from 2025 so far. The guide highlights new releases earning high critical acclaim, with films like Song Sung Blue, The Housemaid, and Marty Supreme featured prominently. It adds the latest entries weekly to reflect ongoing cinematic output.
Rotten Tomatoes maintains a dynamic list of the best new movies of 2025, ranked by Tomatometer scores and limited to Certified Fresh titles. This guide serves as a resource for viewers seeking quality films amid the year's releases, separate from its 2024 counterpart. As of the latest update, it includes a diverse array of genres, from dramas and thrillers to documentaries and animations.
Among the standout entries is On Becoming a Guineau Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni, which critics praise as a vibrant exploration of family and social mores. Starring Susan Chardy and Roy Chisha, it follows Shula discovering her uncle's body on a remote road, leading to tense funeral proceedings. Another highlight, The Plague by Charlie Polinger, captures adolescent anxieties at a 2003 water polo camp, starring Joel Edgerton and featuring a disquieting mood.
Documentaries also feature strongly, such as Cover-Up, which traces journalist Seymour Hersh's career, directed by Mark Obenhaus and Laura Poitras. It emphasizes his commitment to investigative reporting. Similarly, Deaf President Now! recounts 1988 protests at Gallaudet University for a deaf president, directed by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim.
International films add variety, including Souleymane's Story from Boris Lojkine, depicting an immigrant's asylum struggles in Paris, and The Secret Agent, a 1977 Brazil-set thriller by Kleber Mendonça Filho starring Wagner Moura. The list continues to evolve, incorporating recent Certified Fresh additions like No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook, a corporate satire with Lee Byung-hun.
This compilation underscores 2025's rich cinematic landscape, blending personal stories, social commentary, and genre innovation. Viewers are encouraged to check back weekly for updates.