Year-End Lists

Molly Haskell: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2020]

1. Blue Moon
   Richard Linklater
2. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
3. Sentimental Value
   Joachim Trier
4. Resurrection
   Bi Gan
5. The Love That Remains
   Hlynur Pálmason
6. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
7. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
8. Cover-Up
   Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
9. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
10. Train Dreams
    Clint Bentley
11. Henry Fonda for President
    Alexander Horwath
12. Peter Hujar's Day
    Ira Sachs
13. Nouvelle Vague
    Richard Linklater
14. Drop Dead City
    Michael Rohatyn and Peter Yost
15. A House of Dynamite
    Kathryn Bigelow
16. Highest 2 Lowest
    Spike Lee
17. Materialists
    Celine Song
18. Frankenstein
    Guillermo del Toro
19. Eddington
    Ari Aster
20. Is This Thing On?
    Bradley Cooper

This list contributes to:

• Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll