Fortunately for all audiences, 2025 looks like a thunderous year in cinemas. Suites, remakes and new, long -awaited new arrivals, here are 12 successful films that appeal to the crowd that passengers can look forward to entertainment in flight this year.
These securities were selected by the airline content provider (CSP) and the IFE Touch solutions and specialist partner Parrot analysis using a combination of data from several sources, including popularity rankings, Watchlist backups and their high probability of release and success on flight entertainment platforms in 2025.
In this editorial, Vitor Brito, who manages the content and licenses at Touch and Brandon Katz, who is a senior strategist for the entertainment industry at Parrot Analytics, share their reflections on each title and why they should resonate with the passengers of the companies air.
A big daring
Katz: This promises to be one of the most intriguing offers of the year because the details of the plot for the romantic fantastic film were held closely under the Wraps (there is therefore no official trailer yet ). What we know is that the filmmaker Kogonada is a deeply original and naturalistic storyteller and you cannot be mistaken with Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell as your tracks. We are ready to have a broken heart in it.
Brito: Recognition of actors and the power of stars play an important role in the selection of entertainment in flight, because familiar faces often attract a large audience and improve the appeal of any film. Combined with the vision of Kogonada’s unique director, this romantic fantasy has all the ingredients to captivate passengers and leave a lasting impression.
28 years later
Katz: A suite inherited from Hollywood that fans really want. Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland reinvented and revitalized the zombie genre with 2002 28 days later (While presenting the world to Cillian Murphy). More than two decades later – and following an overabundance of imitators and worthy successors through large and small screens – the pair of storytellers reunite to crown one of the most improbable trilogies in cinema.
Brito: 28 years later, promises to be a single draw for flight entertainment. This long-awaited suite will offer passengers a captivating story that goes beyond traditional gender borders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvlkldpm08
Love hurts
Katz: The return of the story book of the Oscars Ke Huy Quan continues with this action comedy in which a reformed hitman is pushed back into a world of violence when his brother discovers that he is still alive. Quant, which was the flying scene All everywhere at the same time And Loki 2 seasonwill be able to show more of his impressive skills in martial arts in this punch in Haute Octane.
Brito: The combination of judicious martial arts sequences and net humor will make it an ideal choice for passengers in search of excitation and lightness during their flight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fryvyudiwie
How to train your dragon
Katz: DreamWorks has spent the last 25 years fighting with Disney for animation supremacy and beloved How to train your dragon The trilogy testifies to the progress of the studio. Now, the first fate another page of the latter’s game book with a live adaptation of the original franchise director. Will the magic of Hiccup lively travel translate? Based on bewitching trailers, it seems likely!
Brito: How to train your dragon has the potential to maintain emotional depth and breathtaking visuals that have made the trilogy a favorite. For viewers in flight, the mixture of epic adventure and sincere narration offers the perfect mixture of escape and connection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lzoxhsn0c0c0
Elio
Katz: Although the pandemic has disrupted the outings of recent original Pixar (that is to say, non-franchise dishes), generally hot receptions for Soul,, Luca,, Becoming red And Elementary Good child for Elio. The film follows an 11 -year -old protagonist, who finds himself confused with the earth ambassador and pushed into an organization of eccentric foreigners on the other side of the universe. If only we could exchange places with Elio and go on this adventure ourselves.
Brito: While the public is looking for new stories outside the established franchises, the Pixar originals often offer a mixture of emotional depth and visual spectacle that resonates well in the sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w_k3cb8pue
A minecraft film
Katz: Minecraft is the best -selling video game of all time with more than 300 million copies sold. As such, the world’s construction game deserves a great quality screen treatment. Directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and with a casting against Jason Momoa and Jack Black, he looks like the direct / live films live will offer exactly that. Take your pickax, people.
Brito: Films based on video games have proven to be a success with the public in flight, mixing familiarity with new cinematographic experiences. Last year Super Mario Bros. The film was a success outside competition on board, and A minecraft film is defined to follow the plunge. With its mixture of live action and animation, combined with universally loved source equipment, it is a perfect choice for passengers who are looking for pleasure, nostalgia and creativity during their trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjo_vidzn-ii
snow White
Katz: The talented building Rachel Zegler (West Side StoryTHey Hunger Games: The ballad of singing birds and snakes) plays as one of Disney’s most famous princesses in front of Gal Gadot as the bad queen. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was initially published in 1937. Almost a century later, the public is still in love with the musical fantasy that helped Disney establish a model for all of its studio.
Brito: snow White Supporting in a wealth of nostalgia, reinventing emblematic history for new generations while delighting those who grew up with the original, and we expect great results on board airlines around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbipcmcz0Ek
Lilo & Stitch
Katz: Despite the tripling of its box office budget in 2002 and becoming a favorite of immediate fans, Disney Lilo & Stitch Curiously, has never received theatrical acknowledgment (although he created a home trip follow-up and a TV spin-off). However, 23 years later, the franchise continues with live adaptation which aims to initiate the beloved foreigner an entirely new generation of audiences. Talk about a lasting call.
Brito: Family movies like Lilo & Stitch are a pillar of entertainment in flight, offering something for passengers of all ages to enjoy together. The live adaptations of Disney, with their nostalgic charm and their new narration, have always resonated with the public on board.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5fmyiimwey
Jurassic World Rebirth
Katz: These sacred dinos are there again! Through six films, the Jurassic The franchise has brought in more than $ 6 billion at the world box office, because fans cannot have enough prehistoric chaos. Rebirth is positioned to be among the most profitable films in the United States this year with a starry star casting that includes Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Bridgerton / Breakout Jonathan Bailey. If only we could get the rapid and furious crossing that the world was waiting for …
Brito: The Jurassic franchise has proven itself of survey in flight with its mixture of action, adventure and nostalgia. The dinosaurs of wreaking havoc never get rid of, which makes it a perfect choice for passengers in search of excitement during their trip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft0piiyqpoo
Fantastic Four: First steps
Katz: The two previous theatrical adaptations of Fantastic FourReleased under 20th Century Fox, received mixed answers with fans. But under the Marvel cinematographic world of Disney, Marvel’s first family is a redesign that has the potential to put the franchise back.
Brito: Super-hero’s films have become a must for entertainment in flight, capturing passengers with their mixture of characters larger than life and relatable struggles. Marvel magic guarantees that it is a pleasure of the crowd, perfect for spending time in the air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ6PHJZFBRG
Mission: Impossible – The final calculation
Katz: Tom Cruise’s Death Death Espionage franchise has been strong since 1996! But alas, all good things should end. The final calculationThe eighth film in the series will be the great conclusion of one of the determining action tales of cinema.
Brito: Action films as a mission: impossible have always been a success in the sky, offering passengers a rush to adrenaline when it was seated thousands of meters above the ground. The mixture of breathtaking waterfalls of the franchise and the drama with high stakes makes it a favorite of entertainment in flight, and The final calculation is about to continue this inheritance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nohdyumt9z0
Superman
Katz: Superman It is not only a comic strip character, it is a beloved icon of American mythology. After one of the most famous trailers in blockbuster history, the restart of James Gunn has the potential to take up the magic of the first two outings of Christopher Reeve as the steel man. Beyond that, July Superman Promises to launch the nascent DC universe to new spectacular heights.
Brito: For the public in flight, the lasting attraction of the history of Superman – combining hope, heroism and humanity – makes it a highly anticipated and universally resonant choice. It also offers the ideal opportunity to connect in a transparent way with the wider superman universe of WB, including the successful series Superman & LawsFor a fully superhero flight experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuht6vasmy
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About authors:
Vitor Brito
Vitor is Director of Partnerships and Acquisitions at Touch flight solutionsOne of the main providers of flight entertainment solutions for airlines. In his current role, he is responsible for managing the Acquisition and Content Bachelor Process for Touch, ensuring that the content portfolio meets the needs and preferences of customers and passengers.
Brandon Katz
Brandon is Stategist from the senior entertainment industry to Analytics of the parrot. He is an analyst and communicator of the motivated and creative entertainment industry who is passionate about the study and articulation of the present and the future of the media and entertainment.
He has proven himself in the generation of strategically convincing multimedia pop culture conversations and the analysis of micro and macro-tendances stimulating Hollywood activities.
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