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The 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival will cover a wide range of programming topics, including our central theme, Grand Illusions: Fantastic Worlds on Film. Working directly with the Hollywood studios, the world’s notable film archives, and private collectors, our programs feature some of the most revered movies of all time—many with new restorations—and long-lost gems.
In keeping with TCM tradition, all Festival screenings include special introductions to provide context about each film. Specific details about this unique fan experience will be announced in the weeks and months ahead, including guest appearances by actors, actresses, directors, producers and other key figures.
Announced Films for 2025
BRIGADOON (1954)
Director Vincente Minnelli’s romantic musical follows two American travelers, Gene Kelly and Van Johnson, who stumble upon a magical Scottish village that appears only once every hundred years. When one of them falls for a beautiful woman who lives there, played by Cyd Charisse, they face a choice between love and outside world.
EDGE OF THE CITY (1957)
Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes star in director Martin Ritt’s gritty story of two blue collar workers whose new friendship is tested by racial tensions and the threat of a violent gang.
THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE (1945)
Robert Young stars as a disfigured solider who bonds with an unassuming housekeeper (Dorothy McGuire) at a honeymoon cottage. 80th anniversary presentation.
GUNMAN’S WALK (1958)
Van Heflin stars as a conflicted rancher and father struggling to rein in his rebellious son (Tab Hunter) amidst the backdrop of the lawless American west. US premiere restoration.
JAWS (1975)
Adapted from the best-selling book by Peter Benchley, director Steven Spielberg’s thrilling blockbuster about a small beach resort town terrorized by a great white shark stars Roy Scheider as the local police chief, Richard Dreyfuss as a layman oceanographer, and Robert Shaw as the shark hunter, Quint. 50th anniversary presentation.
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961)
Warren Beatty, in his big screen debut, and Natalie Wood star as hopelessly in love high school sweethearts navigating the pressures of societal expectations and sexual repression in 1920s Kansas in this Elia Kazan directed drama.
SUPERMAN (1978)
Actor Christopher Reeve made his film debut as the Man of Steel in director Richard Donner’s big screen adaption of the comic book icon. The first of the big superhero blockbusters, it also stars Gene Hackman as supervillain Lex Luthor and Margot Kidder as reporter Lois Lane.
SUSPICION (1941)
Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine star in this Alfred Hitchcock psychological thriller about a wealthy young woman who becomes increasingly suspicious that her charming but mysterious husband may be plotting to kill her for her inheritance.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942)
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman star in this George Stevens comedy about a renowned law professor who rents a room from a spirited schoolteacher. Things go comically awry when a fugitive begins hiding out in house too. US premiere restoration.
THE WIZ (1978)
Diana Ross stars as Dorothy in director Sidney Lumet’s big screen musical adaption of the classic story about a lost girl who finds herself trapped in a magical land. Reimagined in a contemporary metropolitan setting and featuring a dynamic soul and R&B soundtrack, the film also stars Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as…
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