The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is back for its milestone 50th year this September, and movie lovers are gearing up for one of the highly anticipated events of the season.
Running from September 4 to 14, 2025, TIFF will once again transform Toronto into the epicenter of film, featuring red carpets, celebrity appearances, and screening everything from major Hollywood premieres and groundbreaking documentaries to indie films featuring rising Canadian talent.
With hundreds of films to choose from, we’ve narrowed down some of this year’s most highly anticipated screenings so you can snag tickets well in advance:
Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro’s take on based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, featuring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, and Mia Goth will be screening at TIFF 2025 ahead of its Netflix debut.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The highly anticipated third instalment in Rian Johnson’s hit Knives Out franchise, starring Daniel Craig, Josh Brolin, Kerry Washington, and Glenn Close, as detective Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.
Hamnet
Chloé Zhao’s Shakespearean drama Hamnet, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, explores a fictional account of William Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, who died at age eleven.
Eleanor the Great
Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut Eleanor the Great, featuring June Squibb, tells the tale of 90-year-old Eleanor leaving behind her lifelong best friend to start over in New York City.
Roofman
Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman stars Kirsten Dunst and Channing Tatum in a gripping true-crime story based on Jeffrey Manchester.
Rental Family
Brendan Fraser stars in this whimsical dramedy about an American actor in Tokyo grappling with impostor syndrome.
Hedda
Nia DaCosta reimagines Ibsen’s classic starring Tessa Thompson as Hedda Gabler, a restless newlywed who manipulates her husband, friends, and rivals in a dangerous game of power and desire.
The Lowdown
Ethan Hawke stars in Sterlin Harjo’s modern noir set in Tulsa, following Lee Raybon, a rare bookstore owner and truth-seeker whose investigation into a powerful local family draws him into corruption, tragedy, and danger.
Portobello
Marco Bellocchio’s gripping limited series tells the true story of Italian TV host Enzo Tortora, wrongly accused of mafia ties.
Bad Apples
Jonatan Etzler’s Bad Apples stars Saoirse Ronan as Maria, a private school teacher pushed to extremes by a violent, foul-mouthed student. When the child suddenly disappears, Maria is stunned by how willingly parents ignore the situation to maintain their comfort.
The Man in My Basement
Willem Dafoe and Corey Hawkins star in Nadia Latif’s chilling adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel. The film follows Charles Blakey, a struggling man about to lose his family home, who reluctantly rents his basement to the unsettling Anniston Bennet.
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol return with a cult comedy Canadian time travel mockumentary.
The Furious
Kenji Tanigaki delivers high-octane action with a desperate father’s fight to save his daughter.
Dust to Dreams
Idris Elba directs a moving Lagos-set family drama, telling the story of a fractured family finding healing through music after a long-lost soldier father returns unexpectedly
Good Boy
In this supernatural thriller, a devoted dog follows his owner Todd to a rural home, where dark forces emerge. When sinister entities threaten Todd, the courageous pup must confront the danger to protect his beloved human.
Tickets went on sale to the general public as of August 25, 2025 at 10 a.m. Visit their website here to grab yours, and happy festival season, Toronto!