The 11 Best Movies in Theaters Right Now

March 2025 is bringing movies from different genres to theaters, and these, along with some of the biggest hits from early February, are now playing in theaters. 2024 was an interesting and successful year for the film industry, with big hits in different genres – and 2025 has been off to a great start. The first months of the year brought movies like the one-of-a-kind biographical musical Better Man, the horror movie Wolf Man, a new Paddington movie, and more.

March started strong with Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi black comedy Mickey 17, Steven Soderbergh’s spy movie Black Bag, a new Looney Tunes adventure, and the action comedy Novocaine. Joining them and more this week are the latest live-action Disney remake, a crime movie with a double dose of Robert De Niro, a sci-fi horror thriller, an action thriller starring Bill Skarsgård, and a sci-fi thriller set in the near future.

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Snow White

Snow White Was Released On March 21, 2025

The latest live-action version of a Disney animated movie has arrived. Based on the 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs comes Snow White, directed by Marc Webb. Snow White tells the story of the title princess, who lives with her vain and cruel stepmother, the Evil Queen. When the Evil Queen tries to get Snow White killed, she flees into the woods and finds refuge with seven kindhearted dwarfs, but the Evil Queen won’t stop until she finds her and gets rid of her.

You can read Screen Rant’s Snow White review here.

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The Alto Knights

The Alto Knights Was Released On March 21, 2025

The Alto Knights is a biographical crime drama directed by Barry Levinson. The Alto Knights takes the audience to the 1950s to tell the story of Vito Genovese, the leader of the Genovese crime family, and Frank Costello, the crime boss of the Luciano crime family. When Genovese orders a hit on Costello, the latter is wounded but survives, making him decide to retire from the Mafia, but that’s a lot easier said than done. The Alto Knights was written by Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino, which were adapted into Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas and Casino, respectively.

You can read Screen Rant’s The Alto Knights review here.

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Ash

Ash Was Released On March 21, 2025

Ash is a sci-fi horror thriller movie directed by Flying Lotus. Set on a distant planet, Ash follows Riya, an astronaut who wakes up to find that her entire crew has been killed. Riya doesn’t remember herself or the situation she’s in but has nightmarish flashes of her deceased teammates and their mission. Riya grows paranoid and has to decide if she can trust the man sent to rescue her, who she supposedly already knows.

You can read Screen Rant’s Ash review here.

8

Locked

Locked Was Released On March 21, 2025

Locked is an action thriller directed by David Yarovesky and a remake of the Argentinian action movie 4×4. Locked is the story of Eddie, a young carjacker who picks the wrong target. The car he has stolen turns out to be a heavily modified car by a mysterious sociopath named William, who communicates with Eddie through the car. Thanks to the car’s modifications, William can lock Eddie in and torture him in different ways, all this to teach him the consequences of his actions.

You can read Screen Rant’s Locked review here.

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The Assessment

The Assessment Was Released On March 21, 2025

The Assessment is a sci-fi thriller directed by Fleur Fortuné. The Assessment is set in a not-so-distant future in which prospective parents must pass a test to prove if they’re suitable for parenthood, followed by a seven-day live-in visit from a facilitator known as the assessor. However, the assessor puts them through imaginable and unimaginable situations that will determine if they pass or not. Mia and Aaryan are about to go through the assessor’s visit, but as the tests begin, their relationship begins to crumble.

You can read Screen Rant’s The Assessment review here.

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Black Bag

Black Bag Was Released On March 14, 2025

Black Bag is a spy thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh. Black Bag follows intelligence agent Kathryn St. Jean, who is suspected of committing treason. Because of this, her husband, legendary intelligence agent George Woodhouse, is assigned to investigate her. However, George must now face the ultimate test: be loyal to his wife or his country. Black Bag is Steven Soderbergh’s second movie of 2025, right after Presence.

You can read Screen Rant’s Black Bag review here.

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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie Was Released On March 14, 2025

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is an animated sci-fi comedy movie directed by Pete Browngardt and the first fully animated and theatrically released movie in the Looney Tunes franchise based on original material. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie centers on Daffy Duck and Porky Pig as they discover a secret alien plot to dominate Earth through mind control. Daffy and Porky team up to stop the aliens and save the world, while also doing their best to not drive each other insane.

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Novocaine

Novocaine Was Released On March 14, 2025

Novocaine is an action comedy movie directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. Novocaine follows Nathan Caine, a young, introverted man with congenital insensitivity to pain, a rare disorder that makes him not feel pain at all. When Nate’s girlfriend, Shari, is taken hostage after a robbery at the bank they work at, he sets out to find her and rescue her, with his condition serving as his biggest strength.

You can read Screen Rant’s Novocaine review here.

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Opus

Opus Was Released On March 14, 2025

Opus is a thriller written and directed by Mark Anthony Green in his feature directorial debut. Opus is the story of Ariel Ecton, a journalist who travels with a group of colleagues to the compound of the eccentric and mysterious pop icon Alfred Moretti, who disappeared years ago. Ariel and the rest of the journalists are taken there under the excuse of an “exclusive listening experience” of Moretti’s new material, but they soon learn they are in the middle of a disturbing cult.

You can read Screen Rant’s Opus review here.

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Mickey 17

Mickey 17 Was Released On March 7, 2025

Mickey 17 is a sci-fi black comedy directed by Bong Joon-ho. Based on the 2022 novel Mickey7, by Edward Ashton, Mickey 17 follows Mickey Barnes, who signs up to be an “expendable” in the human colony Nilfheim. This turns Mickey into a disposable clone worker, and he’s sent on high-risk assignments his superiors know he won’t survive, as a new body is generated every time he dies. One day, however, the Mickey 17 clone is believed to be dead and is replaced, but when the two Mickeys meet, they panic as only one iteration of an expandable may exist at one time.

You can read Screen Rant’s Mickey 17 review here.

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Last Breath

Last Breath Was Released On February 28, 2025

Last Breath is a survival thriller movie directed by Alex Parkinson. Last Breath tells the true story of a group of seasoned deep-sea divers, who must battle the raging elements to rescue one of their crewmates trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface. Last Breath is the feature film remake of the 2019 documentary of the same name co-directed by Parkinson and Richard da Costa.

You can read Screen Rant’s Last Breath review here.