Have You Seen The Most Underrated Movies Of This Summer, 2025?
Anyone who has paid even the slightest attention to their local movie theaters can likely attest to just how downright 2025’s summer season has been for cinematic releases.
With an unending array of excellent movies arriving to theaters on an almost weekly basis, virtually every member of the audience has had something to look forward this past summer, whether you gravitates towards a soaring superhero epic like Superman or The Fantastic Four, a laugh-out-loud comedy like The Naked Gun, or a terrifying horror movie like Weapons.
With how stacked this past season’s list of releases have been, it’s only fair to assume certain summer movies have flown under viewers’ radar, especially when compared to more prominent blockbuster films like Superman. That being said, here are some of the best, most criminally overlooked films of summer 2025 that we heartily recommend checking out.
Bring Her Back (2025)
The pitch-perfect follow-up to 2023’s Talk to Me, Bring Her Back serves as yet another clever spin on the age-old horror genre. Returning to the same themes as its narrative precursor, Bring Her Back poses the important questions about how far you’d be willing to go to save the person you cared about most in life (and in death), as adeptly personified by Sally Hawkins’ unhinged mother, Laura.
The Life of Chuck (2025)
Most people rightfully tend to associate Stephen King with his numerous horror stories, from The Stand, The Shining, and It to The Dark Tower, ‘Salem’s Lot, and Carrie. While he’ll always be known as the undisputed King of Horror, the prolific author has also penned his fair share of more light-hearted stories as well, as seen through 2025’s adaptation, The Life of Chuck. Led by a sensational Tom Hiddleston, The Life of Chuck is King at his best and most creative, paving the way to a meaningful study of one man’s life from its inevitable end up to its eventful start (in that order, we might add).
Sorry, Baby (2025)
Like all the best indie movies, Sorry, Baby’s limited release shouldn’t take anything away from its absolutely stunning story and central performances. Tackling plenty of heavy subject matter over the course of its hour, 40-minute runtime, Sorry, Baby nevertheless treats its main thematic subjects with sensitivity and nuance, resulting in a bittersweet comedic drama that’ll make you laugh as often as it makes you cry.
Dangerous Animals (2025)
Most viewers likely know by now the whole killer animal vehicle has been done to death, with most natural horror movies simply copying and pasting the underlying plot of 1977’s classic Jaws. But with Dangerous Animals, the film’s producers manage to show there’s still plenty of intrigue and inherent potential around the deep blue sea. Starring a magnetically deranged Jai Courtney, Dangerous Animals is the summer blockbuster every thriller fan should make an effort to see, providing an excellent companion piece to Jaws, Shark Week, or any other vacation involving a beach and the enigmatic waters of the Atlantic or Pacific.
Eddington (2025)
As with director Ari Aster’s previous film Beau Is Afraid, Eddington might not exactly appeal to a universal audience of viewers, disorienting most audience members with its off-the-wall story and hot-button political undertones. Yet at the end of the day, Aster once again elicits a distinct emotional response from even the harshest critics in the audience, deftly exploring one of the most eventful decades of modern history yet.
Highest 2 Lowest (2025)
If BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods didn’t already prove it, Highest 2 Lowest once again shows that director Spike Lee is back at the height of his creative powers. A modernized take on Akira Kurosawa’s iconic High & Low, Highest 2 Lowest has been pointedly described as Lee’s love letter to both Kurosawa and New York City as a whole. Partnering with his dependably great collaborator Denzel Washington, Highest 2 Lowest is an essential entry in the filmmaker’s growing filmography, joining other unforgettable Spike Lee joints like Malcolm X, She’s Gotta Have It, and Do the Right Thing.
