Year-End Lists

Richard Brody: The Best Films of 2025, as published by The New Yorker. Apologies to Mr. Brody for our inability to show one of his entries halfway between two others.

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Sinners
   Ryan Coogler
2. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
3. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
4. The Phoenician Scheme
   Wes Anderson
5. Hedda
   Nia DaCosta
6. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
7. Highest 2 Lowest
   Spike Lee
7. This Life of Mine
   Sophie Fillières
8. Misericordia
   Alain Guiraudie
9. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
10. Marty Supreme
    Josh Safdie
11. Nouvelle Vague
    Richard Linklater
11. Blue Moon
    Richard Linklater
12. Eephus
    Carson Lund
13. Peter Hujar's Day
    Ira Sachs
14. Invention
    Courtney Stephens
15. The Fishing Place
    Rob Tregenza
16. This Woman
    Alan Zhang
17. The Empire
    Bruno Dumont
18. Fire of Wind
    Marta Mateus
19. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
    Rungano Nyoni
20. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Mary Bronstein

Documentaries listed on their own

• Suburban Fury
  Robinson Devor
• Life After
  Reid Davenport
• Pavements
  Alex Ross Perry
• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
  Sepideh Farsi
• Zodiac Killer Project
  Charlie Shackleton
• Carol & Joy
  Nathan Silver