Watch-List 04/2025

This is a list of all the great and interesting films and shows I’ve seen in July and August of 2025.

★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Worthy
★★ – Disappointing

Warfare
★★★½
dir. Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
War
[UK / USA, 2025]
Budget: $20 million

Sirāt
★★★
dir. Oliver Laxe
Drama
[Spain / France, 2025]

Sonne
★★½
dir. Kurdwin Ayub
Coming-of-Age Drama
[Austria, 2022]

Mond
★★½
dir. Kurdwin Ayub
Drama Thriller
[Austria, 2024]

Diamant Brut
★★★
dir. Agathe Riedinger
Coming-of-Age Drama
[France, 2024]

Napoleon: The Director’s Cut
★★★½
dir. Ridley Scott
Epic Historical War
[UK / USA, 2023]
Budget: $130–200 million

აპრილი (April)
★★★★½
dir. Dea Kulumbegashvili
Drama
[Georgia / Italy / France, 2024]

Grand Theft Hamlet
★★★
dir. Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls
Documentary
[UK, 2024]

I’m Still Here
★★★
dir. Casey Affleck
Mockumentary Musical-Comedy
[USA, 2010]

Parthenope
★★½
dir. Paolo Sorrentino
Coming-of-Age Drama
[Italy / France, 2024]

Vermiglio
★★★
dir. Maura Delpero
Drama
[Italy / France / Belgium, 2024]

Superman
★★★
dir. James Gunn
Superhero
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $225 million

Mississippi Burning
★★★½
dir. Alan Parker
Crime Thriller
[USA, 1988]
Budget: $15 million

ニンジャバットマン
(Batman Ninja)
★★★
dir. Junpei Mizusaki
Anime Superhero
[USA / Japan, 2018]

Jurassic World Rebirth
★★½
dir. Gareth Edwards
Science Fiction Action Thriller
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $180 million

Ein Leben lang
★★
dir. Gustav Ucicky
Melodrama
[Nazi Germany, 1940]

The Last Emperor
★★★★½
dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Epic Biographical Drama
[UK / Italy / France / China, 1987]
Budget: $23.8 million