I collected over 20 lists of the Best Movies/Films of 2025 from the Internet, magazines and newspapers and combined them into one meta-list. Here are the results: all the movies on three or more of the original source lists, organized by rank (that is, with the movies on the most lists at the top). In parentheses is the country (or countries) where the film was produced, and the director’s name(s).
PLEASE NOTE: These are not my personal opinions. I have not seen all these movies. But if I have seen a film, I have included my 1-10 rating.
On 20 Lists
One Battle After Another (US, Paul Thomas Anderson)
On 18 Lists
Sinners (US, Ryan Coogler)
On 15 Lists
It Was Just an Accident (Iran/France, Jafar Panahi)
On 14 Lists
Marty Supreme (US, Josh Safdie)
Sentimental Value (Norway, Joachim Trier)
The Secret Agent (Brazil, Kleber Mendonça Filho)
On 12 Lists
Sorry, Baby (US, Eva Victor)
On 11 Lists
Weapons (US, Zach Cregger)
Hamnet (UK/US, Chloé Zhao)
On 10 Lists
Blue Moon (US, Richard Linklater)
No Other Choice (South Korea, Park Chan-wook)
On 9 Lists
The Mastermind (UK/US, Kelly Reichardt)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (US, Mary Bronstein)
On 8 Lists
Train Dreams (US, Clint Bentley)
On 7 Lists
Caught by the Tides (China, Jia Zhang-ke)
Black Bag (US, Steven Soderbergh)
28 Years Later (UK/US, Danny Boyle)
Peter Hujar’s Day (US, Ira Sachs)
Nouvelle Vague (France/US, Richard Linklater)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (US, Rian Johnson)
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Zambia/Ireland/UK, Rungano Nyoni)
On 6 Lists
Afternoons of Solitude (Spain/Portugal, Albert Serra)
April (Georgia, Déa Kulumbegashvili)
Cloud (Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
Sirāt (Spain/France, Óliver Laxe)
Eddington (US, Ari Aster)
Eephus (US/France, Carson Lund)
Misericordia (France, Alain Guiraudie)
On 5 Lists
The Testament of Ann Lee (UK/US, Mona Fastvold)
Bugonia (Ireland/South Korea/US, Yorgos Lanthimos)
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow (US, Julia Loktev)
The Phoenician Scheme (US/Germany, Wes Anderson)
The Shrouds (France/Canada, David Cronenberg)
Is This Thing On? (US, Bradley Cooper)
Highest 2 Lowest (US/Japan, Spike Lee)
On 4 Lists
Frankenstein (US, Guillermo del Toro)
Love (Norway, Dag Johan Haugerud)
F1 (US, Joseph Kosinski)
The Naked Gun (US, Akiva Schaffer)
My Father’s Shadow (Nigeria/UK, Akinola Davies Jr.)
The Perfect Neighbor (US, Geeta Gandbhir)
Cover-Up (Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus)
Souleymane’s Story (France, Boris Lojkine)
Resurrection (China/France, Bi Gan)
Sound of Falling (Germany, Mascha Schilinski)
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (France/Palestine/Iran, Sepideh Farsi)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia/France, Kaouther Ben Hania)
On 3 Lists
Predators (US, David Osit)
One of Them Days (US, Lawrence Lamont)
A House of Dynamite (US, Kathryn Bigelow)
Dreams (Sex Love) (Norway, Dag Johan Haugerud)
Pavements (US, Alex Ross Perry)
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (US, Kahlil Joseph)
The Empire (France, Bruno Dumont)
Presence (US, Steven Soderbergh)
Lurker (US, Alex Russell)
The Ballad of Wallis Island (UK, James Griffiths)
Warfare (UK/US, Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland)
Father Mother Sister Brother (US/Ireland/France, Jim Jarmusch)