Year-End Lists

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New Statesman: Films of the Year 2025

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Mohammad Rasoulof

New Statesman: Films of the Year 2025

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The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt
A Real Pain

Jesse Eisenberg
The Brutalist

Brady Corbet
Hard Truths

Mike Leigh
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mohammad Rasoulof
April

Déa Kulumbegashvili
One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion

Harry Lighton
It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi
Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier

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To Paradise Hanya Yanagihara
The Rider Chloé Zhao
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana Bad Bunny
May God Bless Your Hustle Mike
Ego Death The Internet
A Country of Strangers D. Nurkse
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Pom Pom Ariel Pink
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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