Year-End Lists

Nick Schager: The 10 Best Movies of 2025, as published by The Daily Beast

1. Train Dreams
   Clint Bentley
2. Blue Moon
   Richard Linklater
3. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
4. Sentimental Value
   Joachim Trier
5. The Phoenician Scheme
   Wes Anderson
6. Resurrection
   Bi Gan
7. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
8. Marty Supreme
   Josh Safdie
9. Zodiac Killer Project
   Charlie Shackleton
10. The History of Sound
    Oliver Hermanus

Honorable Mention

• It Was Just an Accident
  Jafar Panahi
• 2000 Meters to Andriivka
  Mstyslav Chernov
• Friendship
  Andrew DeYoung
• Caught by the Tides
  Jia Zhang-ke
• Splitsville
  Michael Angelo Covino
• Hedda
  Nia DaCosta
• Vulcanizadora
  Joel Potrykus
• Kontinental '25
  Radu Jude
• Die My Love
  Lynne Ramsay
• On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
  Rungano Nyoni