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2025 Movies

Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025

22 January 2026

Caught by the Tides - Jia Zhang-ke

Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025

[see also 2024 • 2023]

  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

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