Year-End Lists

Darren Hughes: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
2. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
3. Eephus
   Carson Lund
4. Little, Big, and Far
   Jem Cohen
5. The Sparrow in the Chimney
   Ramon Zürcher
6. Souleymane's Story
   Boris Lojkine
7. Familiar Touch
   Sarah Friedland
8. Peter Hujar's Day
   Ira Sachs
9. Collective Monologue
   Jessica Sarah Rinland
10. Invention
    Courtney Stephens
11. No Sleep Till
    Alexandra Simpson
12. The Damned
    Thordur Palsson
13. An Evening Song (for Three Voices)
    Graham Swon
14. Sinners
    Ryan Coogler
15. Reflection in a Dead Diamond
    Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani
16. Black Bag
    Steven Soderbergh
17. Zodiac Killer Project
    Charlie Shackleton
18. The Phoenician Scheme
    Wes Anderson
19. Harvest
    Athina Rachel Tsangari
20. Caught by the Tides
    Jia Zhang-ke