Year-End Lists

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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W: The Best Movies of 2025

22 December 2025

The Phoenician Scheme - Wes Anderson

W Magazine: The Best Movies of 2025, listed in no particular order

[see also 2024]

Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier
Bugonia

Yorgos Lanthimos
Weapons

Zach Cregger
Sinners

Ryan Coogler
Marty Supreme

Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson
The Shrouds

David Cronenberg
The Phoenician Scheme

Wes Anderson
Mickey 17

Bong Joon-ho
Sirāt

Oliver Laxe
Sorry, Baby

Eva Victor

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Hit Man Richard Linklater
Pig Michael Sarnoski
Flesh David Szalay
The Harbingers
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Her Spike Jonze
Promises Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney
Modern Kosmology Jane Weaver
The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
Fargo
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Not Tight Domi and JD Beck

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