As February 2025 keeps up the momentum of a thrilling start to this year’s movie slate, the month’s most anticipated movies include major franchise installments, original horror films and adaptations, action movies, and thrilling dramas. In partnership with predictive media data analytics company Diesel Labs, Screen Rant has exclusive data analyzing the new movies that have recorded the most online attention before their debuts. Each of these films is ᴀssigned a hype score, measured by their engagement across various online platforms.

February 2025’s most-hyped new movies are ranked by Attention Signals, calculated using measures such as likes, shares, comments, and views on social and video channels like Facebook and YouTube. These metrics of online engagement help provide useful insight into which films are making the biggest virtual impact before they’re released to audiences – regardless of their critical or commercial performances.

Though Valentine’s Day typically makes way for more rom-coms in February, this year is dominated by other genres around the holiday. From a new Paddington movie to an adaptation of a 1980 Stephen King horror story, February 2025’s biggest releases appeal to a variety of target audiences in theaters and on streaming. Here’s Screen Rant’s list of the top 10 new movies in February 2025 with the most online hype, as revealed by Diesel Labs’ data.

Top 10 Most Anticipated New Movies – February 2025

The тιтles Range From Captain America: Brave New World To The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep

Far and away, Diesel Labs’ data indicates that the most anticipated movie of February 2024 is Captain America: Brave New World, the MCU’s new installment in which Sam Wilson takes up the shield and finds himself going up against the U.S. President/Red Hulk. The second most-discussed February 2025 movie is Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey adaptation, based on Stephen King’s same-named 1980 short horror story. Following up these films with the most online hype are Love Hurts, Ke Huy Quan’s Valentine’s Day-set action comedy, the long-awaited Paddington in Peru, and Olivia Holt’s rom-com slasher Heart Eyes.

Also among the month’s most-hyped movies are Woody Harrelson’s survival thriller Last Breath, Amazon Prime Video’s romantic drama remake My Fault: London, and the Apple TV+ action thriller The Gorge, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller. Closing out February 2025’s new movies with the most online engagement are A24’s adventure movie The Legend of Ochi and Netflix’s animated The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep film, which is set between episodes 5 and 6 of The Witcher season 1. From action to horror to dramas, February 2025 is filled with some exciting entertainment at home and in theaters.