Year-End Lists

Little White Lies: The 30 Best Films of 2025

1. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
3. Frankenstein
   Guillermo del Toro
4. Caught by the Tides
   Jia Zhang-ke
5. No Other Choice
   Park Chan-wook
6. Die My Love
   Lynne Ramsay
7. Hamnet
   Chloé Zhao
8. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
9. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
10. The Shrouds
    David Cronenberg
11. Sinners
    Ryan Coogler
12. Peter Hujar's Day
    Ira Sachs
13. Sorry, Baby
    Eva Victor
14. Marty Supreme
    Josh Safdie
15. Bugonia
    Yorgos Lanthimos
16. Happyend
    Neo Sora
17. Flow
    Gints Zilbalodis
18. Mickey 17
    Bong Joon-ho
19. Alpha
    Julia Ducournau
20. Sentimental Value
    Joachim Trier
21. Predators
    David Osit
22. The Phoenician Scheme
    Wes Anderson
23. Cover-Up
    Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
24. The Naked Gun
    Akiva Schaffer
25. The Smashing Machine
    Benny Safdie
26. Cloud
    Kiyoshi Kurosawa
27. I Only Rest in the Storm
    Pedro Pinho
28. Zodiac Killer Project
    Charlie Shackleton
29. Pavements
    Alex Ross Perry
30. Eddington
    Ari Aster