A selection of the new films that premiered at Cannes in 2025Something that’s always guaranteed to make headlines at the Cannes Film Festival (besides the star-studded red carpets) is those seemingly never-ending standing ovations.In what has become tradition to measure audience reception to a buzzy new film premiering at Cannes, each year we hear of the rapturous applause from the stars and cinema-lovers in attendance, which can range anywhere from between a couple minutes all the way to 22 minutes (an impressive record held by 2006’s Pan’s Labyrinth).Since becoming a custom at the festival, pretty much every film gets a generous round of claps as a mark of respect, meaning it can be a little tricky to decipher exactly which ones actually going to live up to the hype.If you’re looking for the latest applause dispatch from the French Riviera, here’s the top rankings so far…Mission: Impossible – The Final