Year-End Lists

Keith Phipps: The Best Films of 2025, as posted at The Reveal where it appears alongside fun selections like "Reason for Hope," "Reason for Despair," and "Most Anticipated Film" of next year

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Train Dreams
   Clint Bentley
2. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Hamnet
   Chloé Zhao
4. Sinners
   Ryan Coogler
5. Sentimental Value
   Joachim Trier
6. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
7. Marty Supreme
   Josh Safdie
8. Blue Moon
   Richard Linklater
9. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
10. Father Mother Sister Brother
    Jim Jarmusch
11. Wake Up Dead Man
    Rian Johnson
12. The Secret Agent
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
13. Eephus
    Carson Lund
14. Predators
    David Osit
15. The Testament of Ann Lee
    Mona Fastvold

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)

• Superman
  James Gunn
• Pavements
  Alex Ross Perry
• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
  Mary Bronstein
• No Other Choice
  Park Chan-wook
• Peter Hujar's Day
  Ira Sachs
• The Perfect Neighbor
  Geeta Gandbhir
• The Phoenician Scheme
  Wes Anderson
• Nouvelle Vague
  Richard Linklater
• Weapons
  Zach Cregger
• A House of Dynamite
  Kathryn Bigelow
• The Baltimorons
  Jay Duplass
• Souleymane's Story
  Boris Lojkine
• Teenage Wasteland
  Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss
• Frankenstein
  Guillermo del Toro
• The Shrouds
  David Cronenberg
• The Naked Gun
  Akiva Schaffer
• Sound of Falling
  Mascha Schilinski
• Mickey 17
  Bong Joon-ho
• Warfare
  Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
• The Long Walk
  Francis Lawrence
• Sorry, Baby
  Eva Victor

This list contributes to:

• Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show