Year-End Lists

Amy Taubin: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

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1. My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
   Julia Loktev
2. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
   Kahlil Joseph
3. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
4. Marty Supreme
   Josh Safdie
5. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
6. Nouvelle Vague
   Richard Linklater
7. The Tale of Silyan
   Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov
8. Cloud
   Kiyoshi Kurosawa
9. Sorry, Baby
   Eva Victor
10. Father Mother Sister Brother
    Jim Jarmusch
11. Caught by the Tides
    Jia Zhang-ke
12. Blue Moon
    Richard Linklater
13. The Shrouds
    David Cronenberg
14. I Was Born This Way
    Sam Pollard
15. Orwell: 2+2=5
    Raoul Peck
16. Cover-Up
    Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
17. Little Trouble Girls
    Urška Djukić
18. Familiar Touch
    Sarah Friedland
19. The Alabama Solution
    Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
20. One Battle After Another
    Paul Thomas Anderson

This list contributes to:

• The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll