Year-End Lists

Alissa Wilkinson: Best Movies of 2025, as published by The New York Times

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
3. My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
   Julia Loktev
4. Marty Supreme
   Josh Safdie
5. The Testament of Ann Lee
   Mona Fastvold
6. Predators
   David Osit
7. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
   Sepideh Farsi
8. Sinners
   Ryan Coogler
9. Eephus
   Carson Lund
10. The Voice of Hind Rajab
    Kaouther Ben Hania

Also recommended

• Blue Moon
  Richard Linklater
• Blue Sun Palace
  Constance Tsang
• Die My Love
  Lynne Ramsay
• Eddington
  Ari Aster
• Frankenstein
  Guillermo del Toro
• Hamnet
  Chloé Zhao
• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  Mary Bronstein
• I'm Still Here
  Walter Salles
• Is This Thing On?
  Bradley Cooper
• Life After
  Reid Davenport
• Lurker
  Alex Russell
• Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
  Shoshannah Stern
• The Mastermind
  Kelly Reichardt
• Peter Hujar's Day
  Ira Sachs
• The Plague
  Charlie Polinger
• Superman
  James Gunn
• Train Dreams
  Clint Bentley