'Weapons' and 7 Other Best Horror Movies Released in 2025, Ranked by IMDb

2025 has been a true feast for horror fans. The genre has demonstrated amazing diversity this year, ranging from chilling psychological thrillers that make you question reality to large-scale supernatural projects with impressive visuals.

And we've chosen only the best of them.

8. 'The Monkey', 2025

IMDb Score: 5.9/10

The story begins with a seemingly innocent family scene: twin brothers Hal and Bill find a sinister toy monkey with a drum among their father's belongings.

If you turn it on, someone will surely die. Years later, Hal and his son return to their hometown when the forgotten curse resurfaces.

Terrifying and grotesque deaths follow one after another, and every beat of the drum becomes an ominous harbinger of a new tragedy.

7. '28 Years Later', 2025

IMDb Score: 6.6/10

Nearly 30 years after the disaster, a terrifying virus continues to loom over Britain. The plot revolves around the family of Jamie, his ailing wife Isla, and their 12-year-old son Spike. They live on an island in a strict community with other healthy people.

When Spike's turn comes to venture to the mainland with his father for the first time, the situation spirals out of control. This forces the boy to question the cause of his mother's strange illness.

6. 'Together', 2025

IMDb Score: 6.7/10

Millie and Tim are going through a difficult period in their lives, so they move to a country house, leaving old friends behind, and dream of finding peace.

Soon, however, something strange begins to happen: they can't seem to tear themselves away from each other, as if an invisible force is trying to bind them together. Any attempt to separate them causes pain, and their daily lives turn into a series of humiliating trials.

The couple soon begins to suspect that the problem may lie not only in their relationship but also in their new home.

5. 'Final Destination: Bloodlines', 2025

IMDb Score: 6.7/10

College student Stefani has recurring nightmares in which she is in a luxurious rooftop restaurant in 1969. The scene culminates in a catastrophe in which dozens of people die.

As it turns out, this isn't just a dream, but a hereditary premonition that was passed down from her grandmother, Iris. Iris was one of the few who survived the catastrophe, but death refuses to let her go so easily.

After her ancestress dies, death begins to haunt all members of her family. Because had her grandmother died in the past, she simply would not have had children and grandchildren.

4. 'The Ugly Stepsister', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.0/10

After her husband's death left the family penniless, Rebekka forced her teenage daughter, Elvira, to undergo painful procedures to make her pretty enough to marry a prince.

A doctor breaks her nose with a hammer and sews false eyelashes directly onto her eyelids without anesthesia, and a teacher at the boarding school suggests that she swallow a tapeworm to lose weight. But will all these efforts lead to results?

3. 'Bring Her Back', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.1/10

After their father's death, Andy and his visually impaired sister, Piper, finally find an adoptive mother, Laura. At first, it seems like a chance to return to a normal life.

However, Laura is also grieving the recent death of her only daughter. Gradually, Laura's care turns into an obsessive attachment.

An atmosphere of unease permeates the house. The silent boy Ollie, whom Laura also adopted, is acting extremely strangely. The children realize that they are part of some kind of ritualistic game.

2. 'Weapons', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.5/10

A remote town awakens to a nightmare. At 2:17 a.m., seventeen students – an entire class, except for a quiet boy named Alex – run out of their homes and disappear.

Suspicion immediately falls on their teacher, Miss Gandy, and at school meetings, the parents of the missing children demand justice.

Archer proves to be the most relentless. Initially, he stirs up the crowd, but then, having discovered the first tangible clue, he proposes that Miss Gandy help with the search.

1. 'Sinners', 2025

IMDb Score: 7.6/10

Mississippi, 1930s. Twin brothers Smoke and Stack return to their hometown from Chicago, dreaming of opening their own juke joint.

Their nephew, Sammie, plays the blues, and his music becomes a powerful force capable of influencing the world. It brings out the best in people and attracts the attention of dark forces. As a result, the music draws the vampire Remmick and his followers to the town.

What was intended as a celebratory opening night turns into a bloodbath where the local community is forced to confront the living undead.