Year-End Lists

Appears on 91 lists

• #1 Best Films of 2025: Natalia Keogan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Alana Pockros: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Inney Prakash: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Hope Rangaswami: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Jourdain Searles: RogerEbert.com
• #2 Best Movies of 2025: Lindsey Bahr: AP
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Marya E. Gates: RogerEbert.com
• #2 25 Best Films of 2025: A.V. Club
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Stephen Dalton: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Henry K. Miller: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Ally Johnson: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Monica Castillo: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Monica Castillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Top Ten Films of 2025: Chase Hutchinson: RogerEbert.com
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
• #5 The Best Films of 2025: A.A. Dowd
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Peyton Robinson: RogerEbert.com
• #5 Top Ten Films of 2025: Mike D’Angelo
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Chloe Lizotte: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Jessica Dunn Rovinelli: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Sam Clements: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2025: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com
• #6 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: IndieWire
• #6 The Ten Best Films of 2025: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Best Movies of 2025: Screen Slate
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Beatrice Loayza: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com
• #7 15 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Joseph Fahim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Sophie Brown: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: David Sims: Atlantic
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2025: Katie Rife: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Isabel Sandoval: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Mar Diestro-Dópido: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Max Cea: Esquire
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2025: Jason Bailey: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Top Ten Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: RogerEbert.com
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Joseph Fahim: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #11 The Best Films of 2025: Scott Tobias: The Reveal
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Lucia Ahrensdorf: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #11 Best Films of 2025: Matene Toure: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2025: AJ Morris: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #12 Best Films of 2025: David Schwartz: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 The 20 Best Films of 2025: Dazed
• #14 Best Films of 2025: Vadim Rizov: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2025: Nick Davis: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker
• #15 The 25 Best Movies of 2025: Consequence
• #15 Best Films of 2025: Vikram Murthi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 Best Films of 2025: Juan Camilo Velasquez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
• #18 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• #18 Best Films of 2025: Madeline Ostdick: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #18 Best Films of 2025: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #20 The Best Films of 2025: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #20 Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
• #20 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #24 The 25 Best Films of 2025: The Playlist
• #26 The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #40 The 50 Best Movies of 2025: Guardian

• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
• Best Films of 2025: Willow Catelyn Maclay: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Adam Piron: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Jadie Stillwell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Spectrum Culture
• Best Films of 2025: Caden Mark Gardner: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Craig Lindsey: RogerEbert.com
• The Best Films Of 2025: HuffPost
• Best Films of 2025: Lovia Gyarkye: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Savina Petkova: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Cortlyn Kelly: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• The Best Movies Of 2025: Uproxx
• The Best Films of 2025: Sean Burns: WBUR Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Clémence Polès Farhang Notable mentions
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Amy Nicholson: Los Angeles Times Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2025: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com Honorable mention
• Best Movies of 2025: Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times Also recommended
• Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen Not to discount these
• The Best Movies of 2025: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention
• The Best Films of 2025: Keith Phipps: The Reveal Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr Movies I liked but not quite enough to make this list; your mileage may vary
• The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win Most Honorable Mentions