Movie fans have plenty to look forward this year as several large productions are expected to hit the big screens in Romania. Probably the most expected movies of the year are the new James Bond (Spectre) and the Star Wars Episode VII.

Both will be released closer to the end of the year. Spectre will come to Romania in the beginning of November, while Star Wars will be released just before Christmas, the perfect gift for the fans of the Sci-Fi saga.

Several other block-buster sequels and remakes are expected until then. Furious 7, Paul Walker’s last movie, will hit the screens in April, followed by The Avengers in May. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns with a new Terminator movie, in July. Mad Max is one of the most anticipated remakes to be released this year.

The two masters of crime thrillers, Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie, will also launch new productions this year. Tarantino’s new western, The Hateful Eight, is expected for November, while Ritchie comes in August with a spy thriller, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.  Oscar winners Sean Penn and Colin Firth will also appear in spy movies, The Gunman and Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Mortdecai and Ted2 appear to be the most promising comedies in 2015, accompanied by animations such as Minions and Inside Out. The remake of The Jungle Book and a new and original The Good Dinosaur also seem like interesting animations.

See below a selected list of 30 movies which we think are worth watching in 2015 (ordered chronologically according to their release date in Romania):

Jupiter Ascending, February 6 (with Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum) – a movie by Andy and Lana Wachowski

Fifty Shades of Grey, February 13 (with Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan)

Kingsman: The Secret Service, February 13 (with Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson)

Mortdecai, February 20 (with Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor, Gwyneth Paltrow)

Birdman, February 20 (with Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton)

Chappie, March 6 (with Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver)

The Gunman, March 6 (with Idris Elba, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem)

Cinderella, March 14 (with Lily James, Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett)

Furious 7, April 3 (with Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham)

The Avengers: Age of Ultron, May 1 (with Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth)

Mad Max: Fury Road, May 15 (with Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron)

Tomorrowland, May 22 (with George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie)

Jurassic World, June 12 (with Chris Pratt, Judy Greer)

Insider Out, June 19 (with Diane Lane, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader)

Ted 2, June 25 (with Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Morgan Freeman)

Terminator: Genisys, July 3 (with Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Minions, July 10 (with Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock, Michael Keaton)

Ant-Man, July 31 (with Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Hayley Atwell)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E., August 21 (with Henry Cavill, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant) – a Guy Ritchie movie

Everest, September 18 (with Keira Knightley, Jake Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright, Josh Brolin)

The Jungle Book, October 9 (with[AC1] [AC2] [AC3]  Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray)

Crimson Peak, October 16 (with Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska) – a movie by Guillermo del Toro

Hotel Transylvania 2, October 23 (with Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi)

Spectre (James Bond), November 6 (with Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes) – directed by Sam Mendes

The Hateful Eight, November (with Channing Tatum, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russel) – by Quentin Tarantino

The Martian, November (with Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Matt Damon) – by Ridley Scott

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, November 20 (with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth)

The Good Dinosaur, November 27 (with Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Greer, Frances McDormand)

Star Wars VII – The Force Awakens, December 18 (with Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher) – directed by J.J. Abrams

editor@romania-insider.com