We’re heading into the final stretch of 2025 — festival season is winding down, the prestige titles are starting to roll out, and it’s already been a year with enough highlights to start compiling a top 10 list. There’s also plenty to argue about when it comes to the year’s best.
So, let’s hear it: what does your current 2025 Top 10 look like? Which films have blown you away, which ones disappointed, and what’s still on your must-see list before awards season kicks into gear?
As for mine, there are a few I need to rewatch, and as with many of us, I eagerly anticipate a few unseen films such as Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme.” I have yet to catch “Train Dreams,” “The Running Man,” “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” “Wicked: For Good,” “Is This Thing On,” and “Song Sung Blue.” Regardless, this post has made me go back and compile 20 titles, some of which might crack my own top ten. These are unranked.
Oliver Laxe’s Sirat, Zach Cregger’s Weapons, Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April, Albert Serra’s Afternoons of Solitude, Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, Boris Lojkine’s The Story of Souleymane, Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague, Kleber Mendonca Filho’s The Secret Agent, Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident, Geeta Gandbhir‘s The Perfect Neighbor, The Philippou’s Bring Her Back, Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman, Hasan Hadi’s The President’s Cake, Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship, Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, Steve Soderbergh’s Black Bag, Joseph Kosinski’s F1, Michael Covino, Splitsville, Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man, Alex Garland’s Warfare, Steven Soderbergh’s Presence
Drop your lists in the comments section below — it’s always great to see how everyone’s rankings evolve as the year wraps up.