Year-End Lists

Eric Hynes: Best Movies of 2025, as published by Screen Slate along with first viewings and discoveries

[see also Best Films of 2024 • Best Films of 2023 • The Best Films of 2022 • Best Films of 2021 • Best Films of 2020 • Top Ten Films of 2019 • The Best Films of 2019 • Best Films of 2017 • Best Films of 2016 • 10 Best Feature Films of 2015]

1. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Blue Moon
   Richard Linklater
3. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
4. Mistress Dispeller
   Elizabeth Lo
5. Predators
   David Osit
6. Misericordia
   Alain Guiraudie
7. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
8. April
   Déa Kulumbegashvili
9. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
10. My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
    Julia Loktev