Horror movie fans were spoiled for choice when it came to excellent scares and sinister twists. With Mashable's best horror films of 2025, we celebrated the 25 best, ranging from eerie indies like Shelby Oaks and Good Boy to studio stunners like Bring Her Back, Weapons, and 28 Years Later.

It's been a mixed bag for Marvel and DC movies and TV shows in 2025, and with 2026 now fast approaching, we're ranking all of the live-action projects from both studios.

I’m about to blow your mind: the staff at CinemaBlend really loves movies. I know, the idea that a bunch of people who work for an entertainment news website (one with “cinema” in the name) have an affinity for film seems crazy,

Written by Maya Salam and Stephanie Goodman. Staff voters: Salam, Goodman, Sarah Bahr, Brooks Barnes, Kyle Buchanan, Barbara Chai, Joe Coscarelli, Tanner Curtis, Leah Greenblatt, Sia Michel, Kellina Moore, Mekado Murphy, Nicole Sperling, Rumsey Taylor, Reggie Ugwu and Amanda Webster.

Just missing the cut were Bad Man, The Accountant 2, Nobody 2, Primitive War, Jurassic World Rebirth, Jurassic World Rebirth, and M3GAN 2.0 (which really isn’t all that bad). Which is the top action film of 2025? Let’s find out.

Impossible and the Marvel Cinematic Universe might have fizzled out in 2025, but there was still plenty for action fans to enjoy. To qualify for this list, a film's primary genre needed to be action.