Year-End Lists

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2014
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New Statesman: Films of the Year 2025

02 January 2026

Pillion - Harry Lighton

New Statesman: Films of the Year 2025

Movie lists in other years: 2025 · 2024

Also from New Statesman in 2025: TV Shows · Music

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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It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
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Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding? And Other Crimes
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