Year-End Lists

Julien Allen: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. Misericordia
   Alain Guiraudie
2. Cover-Up
   Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
3. Bonjour Tristesse
   Durga Chew-Bose
4. Bring Her Back
   Danny and Michael Philippou
5. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
6. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
7. Eephus
   Carson Lund
8. Eddington
   Ari Aster
9. Friendship
   Andrew DeYoung
10. The Things You Kill
    Alireza Khatami
11. Left-Handed Girl
    Shih-Ching Tsou
12. The Ballad of Wallis Island
    James Griffiths
13. One Battle After Another
    Paul Thomas Anderson
14. The Secret Agent
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
15. Sound of Falling
    Mascha Schilinski
16. Who by Fire
    Philippe Lesage
17. Nouvelle Vague
    Richard Linklater
18. The Empire
    Bruno Dumont