Year-End Lists

Dennis Lim: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. Misericordia
   Alain Guiraudie
2. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
3. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
4. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. The Shrouds
   David Cronenberg
6. Caught by the Tides
   Jia Zhang-ke
7. 7 Walks with Mark Brown
   Pierre Creton & Vincent Barré
8. Father Mother Sister Brother
   Jim Jarmusch
9. Magellan
   Lav Diaz
10. Sirāt
    Oliver Laxe
11. The Love That Remains
    Hlynur Pálmason
12. Peter Hujar's Day
    Ira Sachs
13. My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
    Julia Loktev
14. By the Stream
    Hong Sang-soo
15. The Mastermind
    Kelly Reichardt
16. Grand Tour
    Miguel Gomes
17. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
    Kahlil Joseph
18. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Mary Bronstein
19. Resurrection
    Bi Gan
20. Marty Supreme
    Josh Safdie