Year-End Lists

Scott Tobias: The Best Films of 2025, as posted at The Reveal where it appears alongside fun selections like "Reason for Hope," "Reason for Despair," and "Most Anticipated Film" of next year

1. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
3. Marty Supreme
   Josh Safdie
4. It Was Just an Accident
   Jafar Panahi
5. The Mastermind
   Kelly Reichardt
6. Predators
   David Osit
7. Sentimental Value
   Joachim Trier
8. Sinners
   Ryan Coogler
9. Weapons
   Zach Cregger
10. The Secret Agent
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
11. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
    Mary Bronstein
12. Eephus
    Carson Lund
13. Misericordia
    Alain Guiraudie
14. Bugonia
    Yorgos Lanthimos
15. The Plague
    Charlie Polinger

Honorable Mention (no particular order)

• On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
  Rungano Nyoni
• Pavements
  Alex Ross Perry
• The Testament of Ann Lee
  Mona Fastvold
• Die My Love
  Lynne Ramsay
• Train Dreams
  Clint Bentley
• Zodiac Killer Project
  Charlie Shackleton
• Black Bag
  Steven Soderbergh
• Nouvelle Vague
  Richard Linklater
• Blue Moon
  Richard Linklater
• My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
  Julia Loktev
• Wake Up Dead Man
  Rian Johnson
• Lurker
  Alex Russell
• Eddington
  Ari Aster
• Familiar Touch
  Sarah Friedland
• The Naked Gun
  Akiva Schaffer
• Warfare
  Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
• Mickey 17
  Bong Joon-ho