Year-End Lists

Jamsheed Akrami: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
2. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Hamnet
   Chloé Zhao
4. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
5. Frankenstein
   Guillermo del Toro
6. Bugonia
   Yorgos Lanthimos
7. Sentimental Value
   Joachim Trier
8. Palestine 36
   Annemarie Jacir
9. Train Dreams
   Clint Bentley
10. Sorry, Baby
    Eva Victor
11. Left-Handed Girl
    Shih-Ching Tsou
12. The Secret Agent
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
13. The President's Cake
    Hasan Hadi
14. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
    Sepideh Farsi
15. Orwell: 2+2=5
    Raoul Peck
16. 2000 Meters to Andriivka
    Mstyslav Chernov
17. Magellan
    Lav Diaz
18. Cutting Through Rocks
    Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
19. Calle Málaga
    Maryam Touzani
20. The Perfect Neighbor
    Geeta Gandbhir