From Sparta to Miami and Gotham to Singapore – the lineup for the 2025 M-Net Movies Fan Favourites Festival is in and set to take viewers on a tour of real-world and fantasy locations. Featuring superheroes, beloved characters and some of film’s ultimate villains, the 25 films with the most votes from a shortlist of 123 have been decided and will roll out every day from 1-31 October 2025, between 11:00 and midnight, on M-Net Movies 2 (DStv channel 106). All of the films will also be available to view at viewers’ leisure on a special ‘Fan Favourites’ row on DStv Stream.
The results offer a fascinating mix of action, drama, comedy – new and old – which reflects the diversity of the channels audience. The biggest names in global cinema are all there, including Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Christian Bale, Drew Barrymore, Russell Crowe, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams – and even ET and King Kong.
The 25 films which received the most votes from fans, in alphabetical order, are:
- 300: Rise of an Empire
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die
- Batman Begins
- Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Bean
- Blacklight
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Dennis the Menace (1993)
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- Gladiator
- Gladiator II
- Godzilla
- Kandahar
- King Kong (2005)
- Last Seen Alive
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Matrix
- Mean Girls
- My Girl (1991)
- Problem Child
- Retribution
- Shrek Forever After
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Ted
- Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
DStv Premium customers have access to M-Net Movies 2 and customers across DStv Compact Plus, Compact, Family and Access customers can add M-Net Movies 1, M-Net Movies 2 and M-Net Movies 3 to their existing package with DStv ADD Movies for just R49 per month. To ADD Movies, visit the DStv website or use the MyDStv app to sign up.
Enjoy the best of M-Net Movies 2 – and all the other DStv movie channels – on your DStv Explora at the appointed time or catch it on your own terms with DStv Catch Up or DStv Stream. Join the conversation on X, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook using the hashtag #FanFavouritesFestival.