Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is the highest-rated film of 2025, and critics have given the movie a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. They call Sinners a vampire horror masterpiece from the Black Panther director.
Every element in the movie—visuals, horror, characters, and plot—has been highly praised. Sinners is the only movie this year shot on IMAX film cameras.
Sinners is a cool, exciting movie that’s fun to watch and easy to follow. It shows that Ryan Coogler is one of the best directors working today, whether he has limits or full freedom.
According to user @NextBestPicture: “Sinners is a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience from the mind of Ryan Coogler. What begins as a deep Southern gangster period piece soon transforms into a harrowing fight for survival and spiritual freedom against a ruthless clan of vampires. And it’s absolutely awesome! The bluesy, electrifying score is as integral to the story as the shadowy IMAX visuals.”
The film is tracking to earn over $40 million domestically on its opening weekend. It has a budget of $90 million.
Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, the film’s synopsis reads: “Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.”
The film stars Jordan as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, Hailee Steinfeld as Mary, Miles Caton as Sammy, Jack O’Connell as Remmick, Wunmi Mosaku as Annie, Jayme Lawson as Pearline, Omar Benson Miller as Cornbread, Li Jun Li as Grace Chow, Delroy Lindo as Delta Slim, Yao as Bo Chow, Lola Kirke as Joan, and Peter Dreimanis as Bert.
The film is produced by Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, and Ryan Coogler, with executive producers Göransson, Will Greenfield, and Rebecca Cho.
Sinners hits theaters on April 18, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
