The horror genre has been thriving for years now, to the delight of fans like me. 2025 was a particularly great year for scary movies, including some of the best horror movies in recent memory. And while both Sinners and Weapons (which are streaming with a HBO Max subscription) are rightfully getting their flowers, I think that fans are sleeping on another A+ title that came out this year: The Long Walk.
Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence brought another dystopian book to screen adaptation to life with The Long Walk. Whether or not it becomes one of the best Stephen King movies remains to be seen, but I found it to be a chilling, moving, and overall outstanding watch and one of my favorite movies of the year. Allow me to explain why.
