Year-End Lists

Film Comment: Best Films of 2025, a poll of the magazine's contributors

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1. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
3. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
4. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
5. Caught by the Tides
   Jia Zhang-ke
6. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
7. Misericordia
   Alain Guiraudie
8. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
9. The Shrouds
   David Cronenberg
10. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Mary Bronstein
11. Sinners
    Ryan Coogler
12. Grand Tour
    Miguel Gomes
13. Peter Hujar's Day
    Ira Sachs
14. Familiar Touch
    Sarah Friedland
15. By the Stream
    Hong Sang-soo
16. Henry Fonda for President
    Alexander Horwath
17. Blue Moon
    Richard Linklater
18. Direct Action
    Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell
19. Sound of Falling
    Mascha Schilinski
20. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
    Rungano Nyoni

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Best Films of 2025 Amy Taubin · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Beatrice Loayza · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Caden Mark Gardner · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Chloe Lizotte · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Daniel Kasman · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Florence Almozini · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Guy Lodge · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 J Hoberman · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Kevin B. Lee · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Lovia Gyarkye · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Molly Haskell · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025 Vadim Rizov · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll