Neon has made a reputation for itself by distributing high-profile, award-winning movies. These movies have a sure panache. Neon has distributed the previous 5 Palme d’Or winners, together with the soon-to-be-released It Was Simply An Accident.
However these aren’t the one movies that Neon distributes, because the manufacturing firm has highlighted status flicks and quirky unbiased fare to rival A24 and different studios. Final yr’s Greatest Image winner, Anora, helped Neon land 5 Academy Awards. Because it was based in 2017, Neon has launched numerous quirky movies in addition to worldwide hits. Its first movie, Colossal, stars Anne Hathaway as an alcoholic American lady whose physique controls a monster that is terrorizing South Korea.
Up to now, Neon has launched 8 movies in 2025. Right here is how they scored on Rotten Tomatoes.
‘Hell of a Summer season’ – 50%
Hell of a Summer season went undistributed after its 2023 premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant. Neon acquired its distribution rights and launched it this April. The movie was directed by and stars Stranger Issues actor Finn Wolfhard in addition to Billy Bryk. It additionally options Fred Hechinger, Adam Pally, Abby Quinn, and D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai. It follows a bunch of summer time camp counselors who should combat in opposition to a masked killer who has attacked the camp.
The film has wild kills which can be excessive, and there’s a first rate quantity of humor. The third act is a satirical take a look at social media tradition. The film was met with very middling evaluations from critics, who cited that the younger director had promise, however the movie has an odd tone concern, attempting to resolve if it’s a horror or a comedy.
‘The Monkey’ – 77%
After the large success of final yr’s Longlegs by Osgood Perkins, Neon went again into his deep horror-filled effectively with The Monkey. The movie is customized from a Stephen King brief story, and it stars Theo James as twin brothers who’re cursed by a toy monkey. This toy monkey is not monkeying round, because it causes a few of the most ugly deaths in current reminiscence. Anybody who has seen the movie can agree that Tatiana Maslany is a scream queen within the movie, appearing right here as James’ mom.
This has some insane gore, and other people both appreciated its extra or have been repulsed by it. Critics have been principally constructive on the movie and famous that the profitable follow-up to his breakout proves Perkins is right here to remain as a horror visionary. Audiences have been extra break up on the movie, because it earned a C+ CinemaScore.
‘The Actor’ – 78%
It took Duke Johnson a decade to comply with up his debut movie, Anomalisa, which he co-directed with Charlie Kaufman. The Actor just isn’t a stop-motion movie like Anomalisa is. As an alternative, it is a mysterious movie starring André Holland as an actor from New York who has amnesia in Ohio within the Fifties. He cannot keep in mind a lot and has hassle attempting to get house. He will get stranded in a small city alongside Gemma Chan’s character, Edna.
The movie additionally stars Could Calamawy, Asim Chaudhry, Joe Cole, Edward Hogg, Toby Jones, Tracey Ullman, and extra. It went over effectively with critics, as they loved the eeriness of Holland’s efficiency, and the sensation that no person could be trusted. Audiences appreciated it rather more, and it sits with an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes viewers rating.
‘The Lifetime of Chuck’ – 81%
One other movie primarily based on a brief story by Stephen King is Mike Flanagan’s The Lifetime of Chuck. It stars Tom Hiddleston because the grownup model of Chuck, a person who’s an inspiration to these round him. The movie is informed in three acts, every one following Chuck at a unique age. It is informed in reverse chronology, so the movie opens with Chuck’s demise. Jacob Tremblay stars as 17-year-old Chuck. Benjaman Pajak performs him on the age of 11 and Cody Flanagan is him at 7.
The film highlights a person who liked to bop and make individuals round him really feel good. It is a melodramatic story that additionally stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Mark Hamill, Mia Sara, and Carl Lumbly. King and Flanagan are identified for his or her heavier subject material and primarily horror movies, however it is a lighter aspect to them and one which’s deeply emotional, as famous by critics who appeared favorably upon it.
‘Splitsville’ – 85%
Splitsville is a comedy from Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin that’s about a clumsy encounter between two units of associates and the way it adjustments their friendships. Covino stars as Carey, whose spouse, Ashley (Adria Arjona) says she needs a divorce. Distraught, he runs to the house of his associates Paul (Marvin) and Julie (Dakota Johnson). Julie reveals that she and Paul have an open relationship. As she and Carey spend extra time collectively, they ultimately sleep collectively. It throws everybody for a loop.
This film could be summed up by individuals having open relationships and the 2 guys preventing quite a bit. There’s a whole lot of stress placed on the writers of the movie to deliver the characters to life whereas appearing, they usually each excel. Arjona and Johnson are wonderful as effectively. The film earned an 85% from critics and an 84% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
‘Presence’ – 88%
Written by prolific screenwriter David Koepp and directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, Presence is a supernatural ghost thriller that was filmed in simply 11 days after receiving an interim SAG-AFTRA settlement in the course of the 2023 strike. It is shot totally within the first individual, so audiences are introduced contained in the view of a number of characters, together with the “presence.” Lucy Liu stars as Rebekah, a girl whose household purchases a home with a “presence” that follows the household round the home.
Because the story unfolds, the viewers learns extra about what’s taking place round the home, and the presence tries to intervene to assist the household. The movie costars Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Myday, West Mulholland, and Julia Fox. It is a sluggish burn, and critics raved about Soderbergh’s mastery as a director with this movie. Some individuals felt it was stuffed with cliches although, decreasing its rating.
‘Males of Warfare’ – 90%
Males of Warfare is a documentary by Jen Gatien and Billy Corben. It follows the safety agency Silvercorp USA and mercenary Jordan Goudreau as they infiltrate Venezuela for Operation Gideon. The operation was led by Venezuelan dissidents and mercenaries to overthrow Nicolás Maduro and take away him from energy. The movie is a gritty, 103-minute take a look at how individuals can get the decision to attempt to assist out a overseas authorities.
Deftly directed by Gatien and Corben, who’re identified for his or her documentaries that discover critical issues akin to drug smuggling and soccer, Males of Warfare was launched on Could 30 after premiering at TIFF in 2024. It hit streaming and video on demand in early September 2025. It has a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, and critics referred to as it fascinating.
‘Collectively’ – 90%
Probably the most uncomfortable date evening film in current reminiscence, Collectively stars real-life married couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie as a pair who’re being held collectively by some sort of pressure that neither of them can clarify. There are some unusual supernatural horror parts and a few spine-tingling scenes that may make anybody a bit squeamish. The couple should do every thing they will to cease the pressure from pushing them to be one.
The ultimate act of the movie is completely insane, and Brie and Franco give their all of their performances. The physique horror movie has a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, because the movie goes inside a relationship that’s struggling and sees how a pair may probably attempt to get out of their funk by attempting one thing new.