Year-End Lists

The Guardian: The 50 Best Movies of 2025

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2021 • 2017 • 2015]

1. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
   Mstyslav Chernov
3. The Ice Tower
   Lucile Hadzihalilovic
4. Marty Supreme
   Josh Safdie
5. Riefenstahl
   Andres Veiel
6. Twinless
   James Sweeney
7. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
8. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
9. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
10. No Other Choice
    Park Chan-wook
11. Hamnet
    Chloé Zhao
12. The Voice of Hind Rajab
    Kaouther Ben Hania
13. Left-Handed Girl
    Shih-Ching Tsou
14. Predators
    David Osit
15. Little Trouble Girls
    Urška Djukić
16. Pillion
    Harry Lighton
17. To a Land Unknown
    Mahdi Fleifel
18. Sinners
    Ryan Coogler
19. Julie Keeps Quiet
    Leonardo Van Dijl
20. Sudan, Remember Us
    Hind Meddeb
21. The Rule of Jenny Pen
    James Ashcroft
22. Gazer
    Ryan J. Sloan
23. From Ground Zero
    various directors
24. Toxic
    Saulė Bliuvaitė
25. Souleymane's Story
    Boris Lojkine
26. Wake Up Dead Man
    Rian Johnson
27. The Testament of Ann Lee
    Mona Fastvold
28. Misericordia
    Alain Guiraudie
29. Sorry, Baby
    Eva Victor
30. Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
    Shoshannah Stern
31. Bugonia
    Yorgos Lanthimos
32. The Kingdom
    Julien Colonna
33. The Librarians
    Kim A. Snyder
34. Homebound
    Neeraj Ghaywan
35. Lurker
    Alex Russell
36. Happyend
    Neo Sora
37. Blue Moon
    Richard Linklater
38. Dead of Winter
    Brian Kirk
39. The Perfect Neighbor
    Geeta Gandbhir
40. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Mary Bronstein
41. One to One: John & Yoko
    Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards
42. Ghost Trail
    Jonathan Millet
43. Cover-Up
    Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
44. Sentimental Value
    Joachim Trier
45. Sound of Falling
    Mascha Schilinski
46. Father Mother Sister Brother
    Jim Jarmusch
47. Peter Hujar's Day
    Ira Sachs
48. Train Dreams
    Clint Bentley
49. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
    Rungano Nyoni
50. Black Bag
    Steven Soderbergh