Year-End Lists

Appears on 157 lists

• #1 Best Films of 2025: Alex Ramon: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Mike Williams: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Devika Girish: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Clinton Krute: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #1 Best Films of 2025: Molly Haskell: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 The Best Movies of 2025: Alison Willmore: New York: Vulture
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Molly Haskell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Movies of 2025: Screen Slate
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Justine Smith: Cult MTL
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Jamie Dunn: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 The Best Films of 2025: Richard Brody: New Yorker
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 The 30 Best Films of 2025: Little White Lies
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Abirami Logendran: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Dan Sullivan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Lillian Crawford: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Pamela Hutchinson: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Best Films of 2025: Laura Staab: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #2 Top Ten Films of 2025: Chase Hutchinson: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Best Movies of 2025: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Maxwell Paparella: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Roger Luckhurst: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Katie McCabe: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Caitlin Quinlan: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Mike D’Angelo
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Michael Blair: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Jean-Michel Frodon: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Raup: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Jonathan Romney: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Genevieve Yue: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #3 Best Films of 2025: Isabel Stevens: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Kayleigh Donaldson: RogerEbert.com
• #3 Top Ten Films of 2025: Tim Grierson: RogerEbert.com
• #4 The Best Films of 2025: Wendy Ide: Observer
• #4 Best Films of 2025: J. Hoberman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Guy Lodge: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Katherine McLaughlin: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Cronk: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 The 10 Best Films of 2025: Christina Newland: The i Paper
• #4 15 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
• #4 Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Miriam Balanescu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Juan Camilo Velasquez: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Wendy Ide: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #4 Best Films of 2025: Leila Latif: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 The Best Films of 2025: Scott Tobias: The Reveal
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Daniel Kasman: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Cici Peng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Georgina Guthrie: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: James Lattimer: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Ian Mantgani: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Lucia Ahrensdorf: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Chris Cassingham: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Victor Guimarães: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Lisa Wong Macabasco: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Inney Prakash: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Antoine Thirion: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Carlos Valladares: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #5 Best Films of 2025: Sophia Satchell-Baeza: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2025: Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Patrick Gamble: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Hope Rangaswami: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 The Best Movies of 2025: Adam Nayman: The Ringer
• #6 Films of 2025: The Skinny
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Guy Lodge: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Julien Allen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Maggie Hennefeld: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Nathan Lee: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Isabel Stevens: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Filipe Furtado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Nick Hasted: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Thrift: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2025: Jourdain Searles: RogerEbert.com
• #6 Top Ten Films of 2025: Peter Sobczynski: RogerEbert.com
• #7 The 25 Best Films of 2025: Slant
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Vikram Murthi: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Top 50 Films of 2025: Film Stage
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Chloe Lizotte: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Eng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Leo Goldsmith: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #7 Best Films of 2025: Thomas Flew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #7 Top Ten Films of 2025: Isaac Feldberg: RogerEbert.com
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2025: Victor Morton
• #8 Top 10 Films of 2025: Josh Larsen: Filmspotting
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Geoff Andrew: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Maria Delgado: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Rory Doherty: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Sam Wigley: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Top Ten Films of 2025: Katey Rich: Fighting in the War Room
• #8 The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
• #8 The 50 Best Movies of 2025: Guardian
• #8 25 Best Films of 2025: A.V. Club
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Alana Pockros: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Manu Yáñez-Murillo: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Kate Stables: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #8 Best Films of 2025: Matthew Taylor: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #9 The Best Films of 2025: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
• #9 Best Movies of 2025: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Cronk: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Sona Karapoghosyan: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #9 Best Films of 2025: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Movies of 2025: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
• #10 Top 10 Films of 2025: Michael Phillips: Filmspotting
• #10 Ten Best Films of 2025: Michael J. Anderson
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Celia Mattison: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Julian Ross: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Daniel Zheng: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Lou Thomas: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #10 Best Films of 2025: Laura Venning: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
• #12 The Best Films of 2025: A.A. Dowd
• #12 Best Films of 2025: Joseph Fahim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #13 17 Best Movies of 2025: Decider
• #14 Best Films of 2025: Madeline Ostdick: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #14 Best Films of 2025: David Schwartz: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 The 25 Best Films of 2025: The Playlist
• #15 Best Films of 2025: Matilda Hague: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 Best Films of 2025: Dennis Lim: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #15 Best Films of 2025: Steven Mears: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 The Best Films of 2025: Justin Chang: New Yorker
• #16 Best Films of 2025: Bedatri Datta Choudhury: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #16 Best Films of 2025: Maddie Whittle: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 Best Films of 2025: Beatrice Loayza: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #17 The 20 Best Films of 2025: Dazed
• #19 Best Films of 2025: Ryan Swen: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• #25 The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich

• Films of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• Top 10 Movies of 2025: Steve Erickson: GCN
• Best Films of 2025: Fatoumata Bah: 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: Nicholas Russell: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Movies of 2025: Scott Renshaw: Salt Lake City Weekly Places 6-10, alphabetical
• Best Films of 2025: Caroline Golum: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Florence Almozini: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Lovia Gyarkye: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Savina Petkova: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• The Very Best Films of 2025: AnOther Magazine
• Best Films of 2025: Öykü Sofuoğlu: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll
• Best Films of 2025: Ryan Swen: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll Near-Misses
• Favorite Films of 2025: Max Weiss: Baltimore Magazine Honorable mention
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Max Cea: Esquire Honorable mention
• The Ten Best Films of 2025: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid Runner-up
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Dana Stevens: Slate Honorable mention
• Top Ten Films of 2025: Zachary Lee: RogerEbert.com Runner-up
• Best Movies of 2025: Lindsey Bahr: AP Also
• Best Movies of 2025: Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times Also recommended
• Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen Not to discount these
• The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Peter Travers: The Travers Take The Best of the Rest
• The Best Movies of 2025: Matt Singer: ScreenCrush Honorable mention
• The Best Movies of 2025: Ty Burr Movies I liked but not quite enough to make this list; your mileage may vary