Year-End Lists

Nell Minow: Top Ten Films of 2025, as published by RogerEbert.com

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2019 • 2016]

• Blue Moon
  Richard Linklater
• Highest 2 Lowest
  Spike Lee
• Jay Kelly
  Noah Baumbach
• KPop Demon Hunters
  Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
• Nuremberg
  James Vanderbilt
• One Battle After Another
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• One of Them Days
  Lawrence Lamont
• Rental Family
  Hikari
• Sentimental Value
  Joachim Trier
• Sinners
  Ryan Coogler

Honorable mention

• Dog Man
  Peter Hastings
• Ella McCay
  James L. Brooks
• The Life of Chuck
  Mike Flanagan
• My Dead Friend Zoe
  Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
• Sorry, Baby
  Eva Victor
• Zootopia 2
  Jared Bush and Byron Howard

This list contributes to:

• The Ten Best Films of 2025 RogerEbert.com