Must-Watch Movies This January 2025

(SPOT.ph) With the passage of time comes fresh films for the new year. We know you're still deep into the Metro Manila Film Festival, but for the cinephile who's on the lookout for the latest flicks, it pays to schedule your solo movie dates and film-viewing budget ahead of time. Here, we list down movies hitting cinemas in January 2025, along with a few gems you can find on streaming platforms. As always, bookmark this story for updates on upcoming releases.

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You can't miss these movies coming out in January 2025:

Sonic The Hedgehog 3

Release date: January 15

Sonic and the hedgehog gang are back on the big screen for their biggest adventure yet. Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Knuckles (Idris Elba), and Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) come together to defeat mysterious villain Shadow (Keanu Reeves) whose powers pose a new challenge for that gang. Fighting at a disadvantage, Team Sonic enlist the help of unlikely allies in an effort to stop Shadow and save the planet.

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Wolf Man

Release date: January 15

Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott stars as Blake, a husband and dad who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father mysteriously disappears and is presumed dead. To save his marriage with wife Charlotte (Julia Garner), he offers to take a break from busy San Francisco and visit the old property with their daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth). A creature attacks them upon a late-night arrival, trapping them inside a house, where Blake begins behaving strangely.

Tomorrow x Together: Hyperfocus

Release date: January 15

Filipino MOAs, this one's for you. Tomorrow x Together: Hyperfocus is an immersive 4D concert experience in a movie cinema. Enjoy the five-man group's show-stopping performances in ways you haven't seen before, complete with movement, motion, and special effects. The movie is screening exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas in Greenbelt, U.P. Town Center, and Bonifacio High Street from January 15 to 21 only, so plan accordingly with your MOA friends!

Multisaurs

Release date: Janaury 17

Another Ayala Malls Cinemas exclusive, Multisaurs is another fully-immersive, multi-sensory journey through the world of dinosaurs. If you're looking for a movie everyone in the family, including kids, can enjoy, consider this movie-viewing experience.

Anora

Release date: January 22

Young sex worker Anora (Mikey Madison) gets the chance to change her life when she meets an oligarch's son (Mark Eydelshteyn) in Brooklyn. They head to Las Vegas for a wedding and once the news reaches his family in Russia, Anora's fairytale faces threat of collapse as his parents travel to New York to get the marriage annulled. This movie is also an Ayala Malls Cinemas exclusive.

A Real Pain

Release date: January 29

Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain follows mismatched cousins David (played by Eisenberg himself) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their grandmother. The supposed tour takes a turn when the duo's issues from the past come to light and unravel their family's history. Like the other films on this list, A Real Pain is also an Ayala Malls Cinemas exclusive.

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