Year-End Lists

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2025

1. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
3. Sinners
   Ryan Coogler
4. Sorry, Baby
   Eva Victor
5. The Shrouds
   David Cronenberg
6. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
   Mary Bronstein
7. The Secret Agent
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
8. Eephus
   Carson Lund
9. Train Dreams
   Clint Bentley
10. Nouvelle Vague
    Richard Linklater

Runner-ups

• 28 Years Later
  Danny Boyle
• April
  Déa Kulumbegashvili
• Black Bag
  Steven Soderbergh
• Blue Moon
  Richard Linklater
• Frankenstein
  Guillermo del Toro
• Highest 2 Lowest
  Spike Lee
• Marty Supreme
  Josh Safdie
• My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
  Julia Loktev
• No Other Choice
  Park Chan-wook
• Sentimental Value
  Joachim Trier

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Top Ten Films of 2025 Ally Johnson · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Brandon Towns · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Brandon Wilson · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Brendan Hodges · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Brian Tallerico · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Carla Renata · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Carlos Aguilar · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Chase Hutchinson · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Chaz Ebert · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Christy Lemire · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Clint Worthington · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Collin Souter · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Cortlyn Kelly · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Craig Lindsey · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Godfrey Cheshire · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Isaac Feldberg · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Jana Monji · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Jason Bailey · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Jourdain Searles · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Kaiya Shunyata · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Katie Rife · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Kayleigh Donaldson · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Mack Bates · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Marya E. Gates · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Matt Zoller Seitz · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Max Covill · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Michael Viers · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Monica Castillo · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Nandini Balial · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Nell Minow · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Paul Risker · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Peter Sobczynski · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Peyton Robinson · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Rendy Jones · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Richard Roeper · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Robert Daniels · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Scout Tafoya · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Seongyong Cho · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Sheila O’Malley · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Sherin Nicole · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Simon Abrams · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Tim Grierson · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Tomris Laffly · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Wael Khairy · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Zachary Lee · RogerEbert.com