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Comedy · Light tone · Happy ending

Oh. What. Fun. (2025)

Claire Clauster (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the glue that holds her chaotic, lovable family together each holiday season. From perfectly frosted cookies to meticulously wrapped gifts, no one decks the halls like her. This year, as her grown children and distracted husband become tangled in their own seasonal dramas, their choices threaten to upend Claire’s carefully crafted celebrations.

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Action · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

Troll 2 (2025)

When a deadly troll awakens and begins ravaging Norway, the beloved adventurers Nora, Andreas and Captain Kris are sent on their most dangerous mission yet. To halt the beast’s rampage they must recruit new allies and dig into the nation’s ancient history for clues. With time running out and the destruction spreading, they confront impossible odds to save their homeland from darkness.

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Documentary · Bittersweet tone · Happy ending

The Tale of Silyan (2025)

Directed by Tamara Kotevska, the film follows the unlikely friendship between a solitary Macedonian farmer named Nikola and a wounded white stork, Silyan. After being cast out by his family, Nikola rescues the injured bird from a landfill, and their growing bond provides each with comfort, hope and a shared sense of purpose amid their loneliness.

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Drama · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

We Shall Not Be Moved (2025)

Haunted by the unsolved murder of her brother during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, Socorro becomes consumed by the search for his killer. When a cryptic clue finally surfaces, she throws caution to the wind, endangering her own safety and fracturing family bonds, all in a relentless drive to locate the former soldier responsible and exact vengeance.

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Comedy · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)

Young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist the charismatic Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, and tensions quickly surface in the parish. When a baffling, seemingly impossible murder shocks the town and no clear suspect emerges, police chief Geraldine Scott teams up with famed detective Benoit Blanc to untangle a mystery that defies logic.

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Animation · Light tone · Happy ending

Zootopia 2 (2025)

Detectives Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, they go undercover in unexpected new districts, testing their partnership and forcing them to confront hidden biases while racing to stop the reptile’s disruptive plan.

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Crime · Dark tone · Sad ending

The Secret Agent (2025)

Set in Brazil in 1977, technology expert Marcelo, in his early forties, is on the run and arrives in Recife during the chaotic celebrations of carnival week. He hopes to reunite with his son, but quickly discovers the city is far from the peaceful refuge he imagined, as danger and violence hide beneath the festivities.

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Biography · Melancholic tone · Bittersweet ending

Hamnet (2025)

Academy Award-winning writer‑director Chloé Zhao brings Hamnet to life, exploring the intimate tale of love, grief, and family that inspired William Shakespeare to write his enduring tragedy Hamlet. The film portrays the emotional landscape of that loss, showing how personal tragedy fueled his art.

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Comedy · Bittersweet tone · Bittersweet ending

Eternity (2025)

In a bureaucratic afterlife where each soul has exactly one week to decide its permanent destination, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) must make an impossible decision. She is torn between the man she built her life with (Miles Teller) and the first love she lost early, a young man (Callum Turner) who has waited for decades, hoping she will choose to spend eternity with him.

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Comedy · Light tone · Happy ending

Jingle Bell Heist (2025)

Sophia (Olivia Holt), a sharp‑witted retail worker, and Nick (Connor Swindells), a down‑on‑his‑luck repairman, are small‑time thieves targeting the same Christmas‑Eve prize: the robbery of London’s most infamous department store. Forced into an uneasy alliance, hidden motives emerge and a mutual attraction grows, prompting them to set aside their rivalry and attempt the daring heist together.

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Action · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

Blood Star (2025)

While traveling across the New Mexico desert, a petty thief finds herself hunted by a small‑town sheriff who treats his badge as a license to terrorize vulnerable women. After he strips her of her phone, car and even her voice, she must depend on raw instinct and street‑smarts to outwit him in a brutal cat‑and‑mouse chase and reclaim her power in the unforgiving desert landscape.

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Family · Bittersweet tone · Bittersweet ending

Wicked: For Good (2025)

The film continues the saga of Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West, delving deeper into her complex friendship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, as their ambitions and choices pull them apart. It is the second installment of a two‑part cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical.

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Action · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)

Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, the “man who refuses to die” (Jorma Tommila) dismantles the ruined home, loads its remnants onto a truck, and vows to rebuild it in a safe place as a tribute. When the Red Army commander responsible for the massacre (Stephen Lang) returns, determined to finish the job, a relentless showdown ensues.

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Comedy · Bittersweet tone · Bittersweet ending

Rental Family (2025)

In contemporary Tokyo, a disillusioned American actor (Brendan Fraser) takes a job with a Japanese “rental family” agency, where he is hired to pose as family members for strangers. While inhabiting these temporary roles, he slowly forms real connections with his clients, causing the boundaries between his performance and his own life to dissolve. He must confront the emotional fallout and question what truly defines family.

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Action · Tense tone · Happy ending

The Family Plan 2 (2025)

Mark Wahlberg plays Dan Morgan, a devoted husband, loving father and successful car salesman who also has a deadly past as an assassin. When old enemies surface, he must whisk his wife (Michelle Monaghan) and their kids (Zoe Colletti and Van Crosby) onto a chaotic road trip that pushes family loyalties and survival instincts to the limit.

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Crime · Tense tone · Mixed ending

Jujji (2025)

Two detectives—one driven by idealism, the other hardened by cynicism—track a ruthless serial killer known as Jujji. As the hunt intensifies, their personal struggles surface, forcing each to confront inner demons and reevaluate their own concepts of justice and morality.

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Drama · Melancholic tone · Bittersweet ending

Daughter's Daughter (2025)

Jin Aixia (Sylvia Chang) raises two daughters who grow up apart—Emma (Karena Lam) in New York and Fan Zuer (Eugenie Liu) in Taipei—and they remain strangers well into adulthood. When Zuer and her partner pursue in‑vitro fertilization, they travel to the United States for treatment, a journey that finally brings the sisters together and forces the family to confront long‑kept secrets, culminating in a heartbreaking revelation.

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Comedy · Hopeful tone · Happy ending

Champagne Problems (2025)

Sydney, a driven executive, flies to France with a tight deadline to close the purchase of a prestigious champagne house before Christmas. As negotiations intensify, she is swept into an unexpected romance with a charming Parisian, only to discover he is the founder’s son, forcing her to choose between corporate ambition and matters of the heart.

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Action · Dark tone · Happy ending

The Running Man (2025)

In a near‑future society, The Running Man dominates TV as a game where “Runners” must survive 30 days while being hunted by assassins, each move streamed to an audience with cash prizes. Desperate to cure his ailing daughter, the protagonist volunteers, confronting staged violence, manipulation and the brutal host while fighting for his life.

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Crime · Tense tone · Happy ending

Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)

The Four Horsemen return along with a new generation of illusionists performing mind-melding twists, turns, surprises, and magic unlike anything ever captured on film.

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Animation · Hopeful tone · Bittersweet ending

Arco (2025)

A magical, beautifully animated journey through time follows a 10‑year‑old boy from a tranquil, distant future who inadvertently leaps back to 2075, a world teetering on the brink of disaster. There he meets Iris, a spirited young girl, and their touching friendship quickly becomes a partnership. Together, they rally allies and confront the looming crisis, blending wonder, courage, and hope in a dazzling adventure.

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Drama · Melancholic tone · Bittersweet ending

Kokuho (2025)

Nagasaki, 1964. After his yakuza‑boss father dies, 14‑year‑old Kikuo is taken under the wing of a celebrated Kabuki actor. Together with the actor’s only son, Shunsuke, he commits to mastering the traditional theatre. Over the ensuing decades they train, perform and confront the clash between their criminal roots and the disciplined world of Kabuki, shaping each other’s lives from acting school to the stage.

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Drama · Bittersweet tone · Bittersweet ending

Left-Handed Girl (2025)

After years living in the countryside, a single mother brings her two daughters back to Taipei to run a stall at a bustling night market. When their traditional grandfather insists the youngest, who is left‑handed, must not use her “devil hand,” long‑buried family secrets surface and the truth of generations begins to unravel.

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Animation · Whimsical tone · Bittersweet ending

In Your Dreams (2025)

Stevie and her brother Elliot are thrust into a wildly surreal realm crafted from their own dreams. Along the way they must outwit a sarcastic stuffed giraffe, survive a breakfast of zombified food, and confront the terrifying queen of nightmares. If they endure these trials, the Sandman promises to fulfill their deepest wish: the perfect family.

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Drama · Dark tone · Ambiguous ending

The Things You Kill (2025)

Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, university professor Ali forces his mysterious gardener to carry out a cold‑blooded act of vengeance. As long‑buried family secrets surface, the police tighten their investigation, and mounting doubt gnaws at his conscience. Cornered, Ali is forced to confront the darkness within his own soul.

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Action · Bleak tone · Ambiguous ending

Sirât (2025)

A father (Sergi López) and his son travel to a mountain rave in southern Morocco, hoping to find Mar—the daughter and sister who disappeared months earlier during one of those endless, sleepless parties. Amid electronic music and an unfamiliar, raw sense of freedom, they repeatedly hand out her photo, clinging to the dwindling hope of finding her.

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Action · Tense tone · Mixed ending

Trap House (2025)

An undercover DEA agent and his partner enter a high‑stakes cat‑and‑mouse battle with an unexpected band of thieves—their own rebellious teenage children. The teens have started robbing a dangerous cartel, employing the covert tactics and highly classified intel they inherited from their parents.

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Horror · Dark tone · Bleak ending

Keeper (2025)

Liz and Malcolm set out for a romantic anniversary retreat in a remote cabin. When Malcolm abruptly returns to the city, Liz remains alone, and the isolation soon reveals a malevolent presence lurking within. As eerie events unfold, she is forced to confront the cabin’s chilling, hidden past.

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Comedy · Melancholic tone · Bittersweet ending

Jay Kelly (2025)

Renowned actor Jay Kelly (George Clooney) and his loyal manager Ron (Adam Sandler) set off on a fast‑paced, surprisingly introspective tour of Europe. As they travel, each must confront the consequences of past decisions, examine the bonds with family and friends, and consider the lasting impact they will leave behind.

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Comedy · Light tone · Happy ending

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)

Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas embark on a frantic cross‑Atlantic journey, racing from London to New York as a cascade of comedic setbacks piles up. Determined to reunite with their families for Christmas, they scramble through travel mishaps, mistaken identities and last‑minute hurdles, keeping the holiday spirit alive despite the chaos.

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Action · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

Playdate (2025)

When recently unemployed accountant Brian (Kevin James) agrees to a playdate with dad Jeff (Alan Ritchson) and their sons, he expects an easy afternoon of small talk and football. Instead, he’s thrust into a scramble to stay alive as mercenaries hunt them. Brian must protect children and outwit attackers, turning outing into a fight for survival.

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Bittersweet tone · Happy ending

A Merry Little Ex-Mas (2025)

Recently divorced Kate (Alicia Silverstone) is determined to stage one final, flawless family holiday before she sells the home she cherishes. Her plans go off the rails when ex‑husband Everett (Oliver Hudson) arrives with his eager, picture‑perfect younger girlfriend, turning the festive gathering into a chaotic battle of egos and emotions.

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Action · Tense tone · Bittersweet ending

Predator: Badlands (2025)

Set on a distant, hostile planet in the far future, a young Predator (Dimitrius Schuster‑Koloamatangi) who has been cast out of his clan forms an unlikely partnership with the human Thia (Elle Fanning). Together they navigate a treacherous landscape as the Predator pursues the legendary ultimate adversary that could reclaim his standing.

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Biography · Hopeful tone · Happy ending

Sarah's Oil (2025)

Sarah’s Oil tells the remarkable true story of Sarah Rector, an African‑American girl born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, who is convinced oil lies beneath the barren land she has been allotted—a belief that is eventually proven correct. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah relies on her family, friends, and a few Texas wildcatters to protect her claim and keep the wealth from slipping away.

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Drama · Dark tone · Bleak ending

Die My Love (2025)

Grace, a writer and young mother, begins to lose touch with reality while isolated in an old house on the remote Montana frontier. As her behavior grows increasingly agitated and erratic, her partner Jackson becomes more anxious and powerless, watching her mind unravel against the creaking walls and stark landscape.

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Drama · Melancholic tone · Bittersweet ending

Train Dreams (2025)

A moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker whose quiet, ordinary life unfolds with unexpected depth and beauty amid a rapidly changing early‑20th‑century America. The film follows his personal hardships, loves and ambitions, reflecting the broader social shifts of the era. It is adapted from Denis Johnson’s novella.

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Biography · Dark tone · Mixed ending

Nuremberg (2025)

Chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon) leads the Allied team in the historic 1945 Nuremberg trials, determined to hold the Nazi regime accountable for the Holocaust’s atrocities. Simultaneously, a young U.S. Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) confronts former Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe) in a tense psychological showdown that tests both justice and conscience.

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Drama · Melancholic tone · Bittersweet ending

Sentimental Value (2025)

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with estranged father Gustav, a once‑renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in his hoped‑for comeback film. When Nora refuses, she learns he gave the role to an eager Hollywood star. Suddenly, the sisters must navigate strained family ties, professional rivalry, and their father's artistic ambitions.

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Drama · Bittersweet tone · Bittersweet ending

All That We Love (2025)

After the family dog dies, Emma (Margaret Cho) confronts grief that sparks a midlife awakening. Her best friend Stan (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and her spirited daughter Maggie (Alice Lee) feel the ripple effects as she seeks release and new purpose, navigating shifting relationships and emotional turbulence.

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Horror · Dark tone · Bittersweet ending

Baramulla (2025)

A police officer investigating missing children cases discovers disturbing truths while supernatural occurrences threaten his family and Baramulla's tranquility.

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