Year-End Lists

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

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 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Brian Tallerico · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Christy Lemire · 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 Katie Rife · 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 Monica Castillo · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Nell Minow · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Robert Daniels · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Sheila O’Malley · RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025 Tomris Laffly · RogerEbert.com