Year-End Lists

Devika Girish: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
2. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
3. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
4. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
   Mary Bronstein
5. Cover-Up
   Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
6. Dracula
   Radu Jude
7. Việt and Nam
   Trương Minh Quý
8. Pepe
   Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
9. Happyend
   Neo Sora
10. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
    Kahlil Joseph
11. Sinners
    Ryan Coogler
12. The Shrouds
    David Cronenberg
13. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
    Rungano Nyoni
14. Direct Action
    Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell
15. Caught by the Tides
    Jia Zhang-ke
16. Familiar Touch
    Sarah Friedland
17. Misericordia
    Alain Guiraudie
18. Who by Fire
    Philippe Lesage
19. Grand Tour
    Miguel Gomes
20. The Damned
    Thordur Palsson