Year-End Lists

Zachary Lee: Top Ten Films of 2025, as published by RogerEbert.com

1. Lurker
   Alex Russell
2. Sorry, Baby
   Eva Victor
3. One Battle After Another
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. 28 Years Later
   Danny Boyle
5. Sinners
   Ryan Coogler
6. Sirāt
   Oliver Laxe
7. Wake Up Dead Man
   Rian Johnson
8. Rebuilding
   Max Walker-Silverman
9. Predator: Badlands
   Dan Trachtenberg
10. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
    Tatsuya Yoshihara

Runners-ups

• KPop Demon Hunters
  Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
• Sunlight
  Nina Conti
• Train Dreams
  Clint Bentley
• Black Bag
  Steven Soderbergh
• Urchin
  Harris Dickinson
• Bugonia
  Yorgos Lanthimos
• Twinless
  James Sweeney
• The Mastermind
  Kelly Reichardt
• Sentimental Value
  Joachim Trier
• Jay Kelly
  Noah Baumbach
• A Useful Ghost
  Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
• All That's Left of You
  Cherien Dabis
• It Was Just an Accident
  Jafar Panahi
• The Ballad of Wallis Island
  James Griffiths
• Sketch
  Seth Worley