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2025 Movies

James Mottram: Sight & Sound: Best Films of 2025

19 December 2025

The Stranger - François Ozon

James Mottram: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

Contributes to: The 50 Best Films of 2025 (Sight & Sound Poll)
Movie lists in other years: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020 · 2017 · 2012
  1. The Stranger
    François Ozon
  2. Hamnet
    Chloé Zhao
  3. Caught Stealing
    Darren Aronofsky
  4. One Battle After Another
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  5. Islands
    Jan-Ole Gerster
  6. Young Mothers
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  7. Dead Man’s Wire
    Gus Van Sant
  8. The Voice of Hind Rajab
    Kaouther Ben Hania
  9. Friendship
    Andrew DeYoung
  10. Left-Handed Girl
    Shih-Ching Tsou

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