Year-End Lists

Clarisse Loughrey: The 15 Best Films of 2025, as published by The Independent

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021]

1. Frankenstein
   Guillermo del Toro
2. Nickel Boys
   RaMell Ross
3. Sorry, Baby
   Eva Victor
4. The Brutalist
   Brady Corbet
5. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
6. Die My Love
   Lynne Ramsay
7. The Shrouds
   David Cronenberg
8. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Nosferatu
   Robert Eggers
10. Bugonia
    Yorgos Lanthimos
11. From Ground Zero
12. Black Bag
    Steven Soderbergh
13. Hedda
    Nia DaCosta
14. Pillion
    Harry Lighton
15. Mickey 17
    Bong Joon-ho