Year-End Lists

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Best Movies of 2025: New York Times: Manohla Dargis
Best Films of 2025: Mark Kermode
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New Statesman: Films of the Year 2025

02 January 2026

The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Mohammad Rasoulof

New Statesman: Films of the Year 2025

[see also 2024]

The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt
A Real Pain

Jesse Eisenberg
The Brutalist

Brady Corbet
Hard Truths

Mike Leigh
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mohammad Rasoulof
April

Déa Kulumbegashvili
One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion

Harry Lighton
It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi
Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier

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2025 International Award The Booker Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
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Trending Works

No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
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The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
A Disposition To Be Rich Geoffrey C. Ward
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