2025 in film

2025 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Shochiku and Gaumont celebrated their 130th anniversaries; 20th Century Studios and Republic Pictures celebrated their 90th anniversaries; Studio Ghibli celebrated its 40th anniversary and Laika celebrated its 20th anniversary. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first musical film The Broadway Melody (1929), known for being the first sound film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, entered the public domain this year. For the second time in film history, 2025 was the year in which a non-English-language film became the highest-grossing film of the year worldwide, as the Chinese animated sequel Ne Zha 2 earned approximately $2.2 billion globally.