Year-End Lists

Ryan Swen: Best Films of 2025, as submitted to the Film Comment Poll

1. Caught by the Tides
   Jia Zhang-ke
2. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
3. Grand Tour
   Miguel Gomes
4. Misericordia
   Alain Guiraudie
5. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
6. Resurrection
   Bi Gan
7. Henry Fonda for President
   Alexander Horwath
8. The Shrouds
   David Cronenberg
9. Afternoons of Solitude
   Albert Serra
10. Blue Moon
    Richard Linklater
11. By the Stream
    Hong Sang-soo
12. Who by Fire
    Philippe Lesage
13. It Was Just an Accident
    Jafar Panahi
14. Marty Supreme
    Josh Safdie
15. 7 Walks with Mark Brown
    Pierre Creton & Vincent Barré
16. My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
    Julia Loktev
17. The Secret Agent
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
18. Father Mother Sister Brother
    Jim Jarmusch
19. The Mastermind
    Kelly Reichardt
20. The Phoenician Scheme
    Wes Anderson