Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was one of this year’s biggest success stories in the horror genre and in Hollywood at large, and that’s being reflected here in the final days of the year.

Fresh off the vampire epic being nominated for multiple Golden Globes including Best Picture, and making the Academy Awards shortlist in seven categories, Sinners has just been selected by Barack Obama as being one of the very best movies released this year.

The former President Obama reflects on his favorite movies, books, and music at the end of every single year, and it’s pretty incredible to finally see a horror movie make the cut.

Obama tweets, “As 2025 comes to a close, I’m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music. I hope you find something new to enjoy—and please send any recommendations for me to check out!”

Other movies on Barack Obama’s list of his favorite movies of 2025 include One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Hamnet, Sentimental Value, No Other Choice, The Secret Agent, Train Dreams, Jay Kelly, Good Fortune, and Orwell: 2+2=5.

If you somehow haven’t seen it yet or you just want to revisit it before the year comes to an end, Sinners is now available on all major Digital outlets and it’s streaming on HBO Max. Max is streaming the Black American Sign Language (BASL) version alongside the original version.

Written and directed by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed), the critically acclaimed vampire horror film stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as twin brothers Smoke and Stack.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, Smoke and Stack return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

As 2025 comes to a close, I’m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music. I hope you find something new to enjoy—and please send any recommendations for me to check out! pic.twitter.com/T9LFt5fnKG

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 18, 2025

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A mysterious meditation app unleashes a terrifying new reality in the hallucinatory trailer for Infinite Summer.

The coming-of-age sci-fi body-horror thriller will be released on DVD and Digital on January 20 via IndiePix Films.

A co-production between Estonia, Spain, and the US, the genre-bending film is written and directed by Miguel Llansó (Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway).

Set during a long, aimless summer in Tallinn, the film follows teenager Mia, who drifts between the sea, the promenade, and the party circuit with her older friends Grete and Sarah — until they encounter a strange man known as Dr. Mindfulness, peddling a bizarre meditation app that promises transcendence.

Though clearly a grifter, his “mindfulness tech” begins to deliver uncanny, mind-altering results. Grete and Sarah dive in. Mia hesitates. But the summer’s pull is strong, and the days stretch endlessly.

As hallucinations blur into reality, a pair of Interpol agents arrive with news: Dr. Mindfulness is connected to Eleusis Biotechnolgies, a company linked to the Tallinn Zoo, where animals and humans alike are beginning to… change. The app’s users seem to dissolve — literally — into something between pollen and cosmic dust.

As the agents race to solve the case, Mia is on the run, torn between trying to save her friends and surrendering to the same strange bliss that’s claimed them. Is this the start of a new species — or the end of being human?

Teele Kaljuvee-O’Brock, Johanna-Aurelia Rosin, Ciaron Davies, and Hannah Gross (“Mindhunter”) star.

Infinite Summer was nominated for Best Film at both the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Sitges Film Festival last year.

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Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil franchise) fight for survival against otherworldly creatures in the trailer for Worldbreaker.

Directed by Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist), the sci-fi action thriller opens in theaters on January 30, 2026 via Aura Entertainment.

The film introduces Breakers — monstrous creatures that infect and mutate humans into killers — that were unleashed when The Stitch tore open the earth. Men are most vulnerable, leaving women to lead the war for humanity’s survival.

Willa’s mother fights on the front lines; her father, a battle-scarred veteran, fled the burning cities with her to a remote island. There, he trains her every day — sword, survival, discipline — preparing her for the moment the Breakers find them.

That moment comes when Willa discovers a lone girl washed ashore from a burning boat. Hiding her from her father, Willa dreams of friendship in a lonely world. But the girl’s infection exposes them, and soon the island is under siege.

With Breakers closing in, Willa and her father make a desperate push for escape. His last stand forces Willa to draw on everything he’s taught her — only to come face to face with the mother she’s only known through legend.

Billie Boullet (“The Worst Witch”) and Mila Harris (No Exit) also star. Joshua Rollins (Infinite Storm) penned the script.

Martin Brennan, Jib Polhemus, Bradley Gallo, Michael Helfant, and Tracy Mercer produce, with Rollins and Katy Jackson as co-producers.

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Sol Rodriguez (“Peacemaker”), Lou Lou Safran (Annabelle: Creation), and Booboo Stewart (Twilight franchise) will star in the giallo-inspired vampire film Illomen, Deadline has learned.

It follows a young widow whose life begins to fracture after a sudden tragedy, drawing her into a confrontation with a mysterious, century-old vampire.

The indie film recently wrapped production in Los Angeles, with Nathalia Pizarro making her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with Alex Baumgardner and Talar Baker.

Joshua Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age), Cameron Cowperthwaite (“American Horror Story”), Bonnie Aarons (The Nun), Dax Campbell, Tayler Buck (Annabelle: Creation), Fivel Stewart (“Atypical”), and Jesse Hughes (of Eagles Of Death Metal) round out the cast.

“This film was designed to be felt as much as seen,” says Pizarro. “By embracing a saturated, giallo-influenced palette and a visceral, hands-on visual language, Illomen pushes classical genre into a raw, maximalist space between beauty and annihilation.”

Producers include Pizarro and Alix Brown of New American Picture Show; Brent Mata and Dax Campbell of HasBeen Productions; Megan Freels Johnston, Aimee Schoof, and Isen Robbins of Intrinsic Value; and Max Neace.

Illomen is targeting a festival run in 2026.

Booboo Stewart in ‘Those Who Walk Away’

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Neon is hitting the road with It Ends, acquiring the genre-bending horror movie for a theatrical release in 2026.

What’s particularly interesting about this news is that you can watch It Ends right now via Letterboxd Video Store, the digital film rental platform that launched last week.

Priced at $19.99, the 48-hour rental is available until January 9.

Writer-director Alex Ullom makes his feature debut on the indie film, leading a crew made up entirely of Gen Z-ers.

It follows a group of recent grads who head out on a late night drive for grub, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidentally turn onto a never-ending, two-lane hellscape surrounded by untold horrors and cosmic forces beyond their understanding.

Cramped together inside a Jeep Cherokee and with the miles stretching infinitely ahead, they face a choice: embrace their new existence or fight to escape it.

Mitchell Cole, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth, and Phinehas Yoon star.

It Ends premiered at SXSW earlier this year and went on to win Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “It Ends captures a universal fear, that anxiety-inducing transition into full-blown adulthood where we’re all expected to become responsible contributors to society. It’s a lot of pressure with no clear guide. As such, it runs through every emotion that comes with that journey.”

Ullom will next helm 4 X 4: The Event, which is described as Battle Royale meets Saw meets Climax.

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