Year-End Lists

In Review Online: Best Films of 2025

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012]

1. The Shrouds
   David Cronenberg
2. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Caught by the Tides
   Jia Zhang-ke
4. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
5. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
6. Magellan
   Lav Diaz
7. Sinners
   Ryan Coogler
8. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
9. Blue Moon
   Richard Linklater
10. Misericordia
    Alain Guiraudie
11. By the Stream
    Hong Sang-soo
12. Eephus
    Carson Lund
13. Resurrection
    Bi Gan
14. Avatar: Fire and Ash
    James Cameron
15. Sirāt
    Oliver Laxe
16. Cloud
    Kiyoshi Kurosawa
17. 28 Years Later
    Danny Boyle
18. Marty Supreme
    Josh Safdie
19. It Was Just an Accident
    Jafar Panahi
20. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Mary Bronstein
21. Henry Fonda for President
    Alexander Horwath
22. Peter Hujar's Day
    Ira Sachs
23. Invention
    Courtney Stephens
24. Reflection in a Dead Diamond
    Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
25. Direct Action
    Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell
26. The Phoenician Scheme
    Wes Anderson
27. The Testament of Ann Lee
    Mona Fastvold
28. No Other Choice
    Park Chan-wook
29. The Fishing Place
    Rob Tregenza
30. Familiar Touch
    Sarah Friedland
31. Sorry, Baby
    Eva Victor
32. Sound of Falling
    Mascha Schilinski
33. Weapons
    Zach Cregger
34. Grand Tour
    Miguel Gomes
35. Broken Rage
    Takeshi Kitano
36. Wake Up Dead Man
    Rian Johnson
37. The Empire
    Bruno Dumont
38. The Sparrow in the Chimney
    Ramon Zürcher
39. Universal Language
    Matthew Rankin
40. Happyend
    Neo Sora
41. April
    Déa Kulumbegashvili
42. Black Bag
    Steven Soderbergh
43. Shifty
    Adam Curtis
44. Vulcanizadora
    Joel Potrykus
45. The Naked Gun
    Akiva Schaffer
46. Natchez
    Suzannah Herbert
47. Highest 2 Lowest
    Spike Lee
48. 7 Walks with Mark Brown
    Pierre Creton & Vincent Barré
49. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
    Tatsuya Yoshihara
50. An Evening Song (for Three Voices)
    Graham Swon