Year-End Lists

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• #1 Best Films of 2025: Carly Mattox: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2025: Ally Johnson: RogerEbert.com
• #1 Top Ten Films of 2025: Paul Risker: RogerEbert.com
• #2 10 Best Movies of 2025: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Wendy Ide: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Zachary Lee: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Peyton Robinson: RogerEbert.com
• #3 The Best Films of 2025: Wendy Ide: Observer
• #3 The 15 Best Films of 2025: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent
• #3 Top 10 Films of 2025: Michael Phillips: Filmspotting
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Celia Mattison: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Alana Pockros: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Charles Whitehouse: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 The Ten Best Films of 2025: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Films of 2025: The Skinny
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2025: Katie Rife: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Rógan Graham: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Anna Smith: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Laura Venning: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 25 Best Films of 2025: A.V. Club
• #5 Favorite Films of 2025: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
• #5 17 Best Movies of 2025: Decider
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Lillian Crawford: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Clint Worthington: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Favorite Films of 2025: Austin Noto-Moniz
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Carlos Aguilar: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Omar Ahmed: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2025: Mack Bates: RogerEbert.com
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room
• #7 Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #7 The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Peter Travers: The Travers Take
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Amy Taubin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Chaz Ebert: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2025: Dave Gonzalez: Fighting in the War Room
• #8 The 20 Best Movies of 2025: David Fear: Rolling Stone
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Amanda Chen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: AJ Morris: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Simran Hans: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Dario Llinares: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Sophie Monks Kaufman: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Hope Rangaswami: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2025: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2025: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com
• #9 Top 10 Films of 2025: Josh Larsen: Filmspotting
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Amy Taubin: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Top Ten Films of 2025: Chase Hutchinson: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2025: Robert Daniels: RogerEbert.com
• #10 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: Consequence
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Jamsheed Akrami: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Lisa Wong Macabasco: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Rory Doherty: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Laura Staab: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2025: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• #11 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire
• #12 Best Films of 2025: Isabel Stevens: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies
• #14 Best Films of 2025: Matene Toure: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 Our Top Films of 2025: Les Inrocks
• #17 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker
• #18 The 25 Best Films of 2025: The Playlist
• #18 Best Films of 2025: Sona Karapoghosyan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #26 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
• #29 The 50 Best Movies of 2025: Guardian
• #31 Best Films of 2025: In Review Online

• The Best Films of 2025: Erin Trahan: WBUR
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Christy Lemire: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Nandini Balial: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Rendy Jones: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Cortlyn Kelly: RogerEbert.com
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Carlos Aguilar: RogerEbert.com
• The Best Movies of 2025: W
• Best Films of 2025: Spectrum Culture
• The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win
• Best Films of 2025: Passerby More of our favorite films include
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
• Best Films of 2025: Lovia Gyarkye: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Savina Petkova: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Robert Daniels: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Best Movies Of 2025: Uproxx
• The 25 Best Films of 2025: BBC: BBC Culture
• The Best Films of 2025: Sean Burns: WBUR Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Clémence Polès Farhang Notable mentions
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Entertainment Weekly Honorable mention
• The Ten Best Films of 2025: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Runner-up
• The Best Movies of 2025: Peter Debruge: Variety 10 more for good measure
• Best Movies of 2025: Jake Coyle: AP Also
• Best Movies of 2025: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2025: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr Runners-up, in alphabetical order
• Best Movies of 2025: Lindsey Bahr: AP Also
• The Best Films of 2025: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention