Year-End Lists

Daniel Kasman: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

1. The Perfect Neighbor
   Geeta Gandbhir
2. Cloud
   Kiyoshi Kurosawa
3. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
4. The Shrouds
   David Cronenberg
5. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
6. Henry Fonda for President
   Alexander Horwath
7. Reflection in a Dead Diamond
   Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
8. The Ice Tower
   Lucile Hadzihalilovic
9. Nouvelle Vague
   Richard Linklater
10. In the Lost Lands
    Paul W.S. Anderson
11. Weapons
    Zach Cregger
12. Misericordia
    Alain Guiraudie
13. Final Destination Bloodlines
    Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein
14. Black Bag
    Steven Soderbergh
15. Caught by the Tides
    Jia Zhang-ke
16. Sound of Falling
    Mascha Schilinski
17. A House of Dynamite
    Kathryn Bigelow
18. Việt and Nam
    Truong Minh Quy

This list contributes to:

• Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll