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2025 Movies

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2025

09 December 2025

RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2025

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2010s • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

  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

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