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2025 Movies

Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025

15 December 2025

Slant Magazine: The 25 Best Films of 2025

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  1. One Battle After Another
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. The Shrouds
    David Cronenberg
  3. Misericordia
    Alain Guiraudie
  4. It Was Just an Accident
    Jafar Panahi
  5. Marty Supreme
    Josh Safdie
  6. Sinners
    Ryan Coogler
  7. The Mastermind
    Kelly Reichardt
  8. The Secret Agent
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
  9. Sound of Falling
    Mascha Schilinski
  10. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Mary Bronstein
  11. Blue Moon
    Richard Linklater
  12. Magellan
    Lav Diaz
  13. Afternoons of Solitude
    Albert Serra
  14. By the Stream
    Hong Sang-soo
  15. Eephus
    Carson Lund
  16. Grand Tour
    Miguel Gomes
  17. Sentimental Value
    Joachim Trier
  18. Caught by the Tides
    Jia Zhang-ke
  19. No Other Choice
    Park Chan-wook
  20. Henry Fonda for President
    Alexander Horwath
  21. Die My Love
    Lynne Ramsay
  22. Việt and Nam
    Truong Minh Quy
  23. Eddington
    Ari Aster
  24. Cloud
    Kiyoshi Kurosawa
  25. Splitsville
    Michael Angelo Covino

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