Going to the cinema should mean the whole package: snacks, a drink, and watching your chosen movie the way it was always intended to be seen. Whether or not you’ve experienced a movie Filmed for IMAX before, it’s a spectacle that needs to be seen again and again, with plenty of 2025 movie releases to go experience what Filmed for IMAX is all about. We've had Thunderbolts, we've had Final Destination: Bloodlines, but what else is coming up this year?
Offering a larger, more expansive and immersive viewing down to every last detail, we explain exactly what a Filmed for IMAX movie is, as well as all the titles available to watch now and coming up throughout the year.
What does it mean when a movie is Filmed for IMAX?
It’s not just about a fancy screen, watching a movie Filmed for IMAX means it’s been specially curated for the format from start-to-finish. Each of these upcoming IMAX movies has utilised either IMAX-certified digital or film cameras, with everything from set to audio to special effects carefully considered and optimised for the most visually immersive film viewing.
How? IMAX-certified cameras are the best in the business, offering the sharpest, brightest, highest-resolution picture. When shooting movies, these are shot in IMAX’s specific aspect ratios, including 1.90:1, branded Expanded Aspect Ratio (EAR). This sees the picture you’ll see in Cineworld 26% larger than a standard cinema screen, getting you up close to the details and offering a unique picture that draws you right in.
And it’s not just about the cameras – post-production utilises IMAX technologies Digital Media Remastering (DMR) to optimise movies, along with ensuring audio packs as much of a heart-pounding punch as the visuals.
So what can you watch upcoming Filmed for IMAX in 2025?
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (booking now)
Tom Cruise’s latest instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise is another that’s been given the Filmed for IMAX treatment. And with its most ambitious stunts to date, it’s no wonder. For thrill seekers and longtime Mission: Impossible fans alike, there really is no other option to enjoy the spectacle and risk of Cruise hanging from a biplane, 8,000 feet above the ground in 140 mph winds but in IMAX. This scene in particular is delivered with IMAX’s Expanded Aspect Ratio, allowing you to really take in the scope of the stunt, and every last hair on Ethan Hunt’s head as it blows in the wind.
No CGI required, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is one of IMAX’s marquee titles of the year. This means you’ll have the opportunity to attend one of Cineworld’s IMAX screenings of the film for at least three weeks following its release.
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How to Train Your Dragon (booking now)
Taking a leaf out of Disney’s book, Dreamworks is bringing to life one of its most beloved film franchise, How to Train Your Dragon. This summer you’ll be able to watch what is sure to be one of the best family movies in 2025 as Hiccup and Toothless take to the skies in the live action version of the movie, and – you know the drill – it's Filmed for IMAX, so you've just got to watch it in IMAX.
Director of the film Dean DeBois worked alongside Cinematographer Bill Pope and the special effects team to ensure every component of the film was optimised for IMAX. Alongside using IMAX-certified digital cameras – of which there were extensive camera tests and demos – tailor made sets were also created to bring the isle of Berk and its vikings and dragons into an awe-inspiring reality. 50 minutes of the movie also offer an immersive spectacle in IMAX’s EAR, offering that aforementioned larger-scale screen.
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F1 (booking now)
Ever wanted to know what it feels like to hurtle around a Formula One race track. With Brad Pitt’s F1 heading to the big screen, telling the story of a retired former championship driver and the young prodigy he must wrangle into submission, Joseph Kosinski’s F1 has been given that extra shot of adrenaline as another Filmed for IMAX title for 2025.
Placing you in the driver's seat, F1 is filmed entirely in IMAX’s 1.90:1 EAR, bringing into focus every breathtaking turn and heart-in-your-mouth car chase as Brad Pitt steps on the gas to reach speeds of 180mph. Of course, the movie’s ability to deliver the soundscape of F1’s roaring engines and screeching breaks needs the IMAX treatment, too custom mixed to fill IMAX cinemas, too, where you can expect the industry’s largest speakers with laser-aligned audio precision. Buckle up, things are about to get real fast.
F1 is out at Cineworld on June 25.
Superman (booking now)
James Gunn is no stranger to IMAX, and he's introducing the world to the revamped DC Universe with Superman coming out on July 11 – and it's Filmed For IMAX, as only a reintroduction to one of the most iconic superheroes should be. Much like F1, Superman was filmed entirely in IMAX's exclusive 1.90:1 Expanded Aspect Ratio, witnessing every last slicked back hair on David Corenswet's perfect head as he swoops in, time and time again, to save humanity.
Experience every epic moment with the visceral depth and detail Filmed for IMAX provides, with the movie also enchanced, frame by fame, with IMAX's DMR technology, as well as a custom sound mix tailored to those aforementioned acoustician-designed speakers. There truly isn't a bad seat in the house whn taking in this, ahem, marvel of a movie.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (booking now)
DC isn't the only one revamping, with Marvel finally putting their spin on its first family, The Fantastic Four. And you'll get to experience the expansive beauty of an alternative Earth in a retrofuturistic 1960s setting. This is one aesthetically appealing movie – although what Marvel movie isn't? Kickstarting Phase 6, as well as shooting in the 1.90:1 EAR, some sequences of the movie were also captured in IMAX's 1.43:1 – a ratio that offers a ginormous, towering picture. This is only avvailable at select IMAX with Laser locations, packing even more stunning detail onto the screen.
When it comes to Marvel movies, there really is only one format to see it in, and that format is IMAX. The visuals are truly breathtaking, the action intricate yet explosive, and Filmed for IMAX also provides the momentum to deliver sound that punches through the room. Speaking on IMAX, Head of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige says, "We have said for a long time that IMAX is the best format to watch a movie. We need the big screen experience that you can’t get anywhere else."
Out on July 25, book your tickets below now.
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Currently these are all the movies confirmed to be coming out this year that are Filmed for IMAX, but we'll endeavour to update this page as more are confirmed.
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