Year-End Lists

Alex Ramon: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

1. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
2. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
3. Wicked
   Jon M. Chu
4. The Devil Smokes (and Saves the Burnt Matches in the Same Box)
   Ernesto Martínez Bucio
5. Sinners
   Ryan Coogler
6. Sound of Falling
   Mascha Schilinski
7. The History of Sound
   Oliver Hermanus
8. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
9. The Girl with the Needle
   Magnus von Horn
10. The Surfer
    Lorcan Finnegan

Honourable Mentions

• Franz
  Agnieszka Holland
• Departures
  Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely
• Materialists
  Celine Song
• Little Loves
  Celia Rico Clavellino
• September 5
  Tim Fehlbaum
• Exit 8
  Genki Kawamura
• Father Mother Sister Brother
  Jim Jarmusch
• Dreams
  Michel Franco
• Wake Up Dead Man
  Rian Johnson
• Motel Destino
  Karim Aïnouz