Year-End Lists

David Schwartz: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
   Julia Loktev
2. Caught by the Tides
   Jia Zhang-ke
3. Below the Clouds
   Gianfranco Rosi
4. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
5. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
   Kahlil Joseph
6. Sound of Falling
   Mascha Schilinski
7. April
   Déa Kulumbegashvili
8. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
9. By the Stream
   Hong Sang-soo
10. The Love That Remains
    Hlynur Pálmason
11. Grand Tour
    Miguel Gomes
12. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Mary Bronstein
13. The Secret Agent
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
14. The Mastermind
    Kelly Reichardt
15. Blue Moon
    Richard Linklater
16. Die My Love
    Lynne Ramsay
17. A Poet
    Simón Mesa Soto
18. Invention
    Courtney Stephens
19. The President's Cake
    Hasan Hadi
20. My Father's Shadow
    Akinola Davies Jr.