Favorite Movies of 2025

1. Queer

dir. Luca Guadagnino
137 min
Cast: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, Henrique Zaga, Drew Droege, Omar Apollo, Lisandro Alonso, Ariel Schulman, David Lowery
Cinematographer: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Writer: Justin Kuritzkes
2. She is Conann

dir. Bertrand Mandico
104 min

Cast: Elina Löwensohn, Julia Riedler, Claire Duburcq, Christa Théret, Sandra Parfait, Agata Buzek, Nathalie Richard, Françoise Brion
Cinematographer: Nicolas Eveilleau
Writer: Bertrand Mandico
3. La Chimera

dir. Alice Rohrwacher
131 min

Cast: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabella Rossellini, Vincenzo Nemolato, Lou Roy-Lecollinet
Cinematographer: Hélène Louvart
Writer: Alice Rohrwacher
4. All We Imagine as Light

dir. Payal Kapadia
118 min
Cast: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Azees Nedumangad
Cinematographer: Ranabir Das
Writer: Payal Kapadia
5. Janet Planet

dir. Annie Baker
113 min

Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Will Patton, Sophie Okonedo, Elias Koteas
Cinematographer: Maria von Hausswolff
Writer: Annie Baker
6. Eureka

dir. Lisandro Alonso
147 min

Cast: Sadie Lapontie, Alaina Clifford, Adanilo, Viggo Mortensen, Chiara Mastroianni
Cinematographers: Timo Salminen, Mauro Herce
Writers: Lisandro Alonso, Fabián Casas, Martin Camano
7. The Beast

dir. Bertrand Bonello
146 min

Cast: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn
Cinematographer: Josée Deshaies
Writers: Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud, Benjamin Charbit; Adapted from “The Beast in the Jungle” by Henry James
8. Les Amandiers (Forever Young)

dir. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
126 min

Cast: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Sofiane Bennacer, Louis Garrel, Micha Lescot, Clara Bretheau, Noham Edje, Vassili Schneider
Cinematographer: Julien Poupard
Writers: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Noémie Lvovsky, Agnès de Sacy, Caroline Deruas Peano
9. Evil Does Not Exist

dir. Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
106 min
Cast: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, Hazuki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Miura, Yoshinori Miyata, Yûto Torii
Cinematographer: Yoshio Kitagawa
Writer: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
10. The Brutalist

dir. Brady Corbet
215 min
Cast: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola
Cinematographer: Lol Crawley
Writers: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
11. The End

dir. Joshua Oppenheimer
148 min
Cast: George MacKay, Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, Moses Ingram, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, Lennie James, Danielle Ryan
Cinematographer: Mikhail Krichman
Writers: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
12. The Zone of Interest

dir. Jonathan Glazer
105 min
Cast: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte, Nele Ahrensmeier, Lilli Falk, Anastazja Drobniak
Cinematographer: Łukasz Żal
Writers: Jonathan Glazer, Lukas Feigelfeld
13. National Anthem

dir. Luke Gilford
99 min

Cast: Charlie Plummer, Eve Lindley, Rene Rosado, Mason Alexander Park, Robyn Lively, Joey DeLeon
Cinematographer: Katelin Arizmendi
Writers: Kevin Best, Luke Gilford, David Largman Murray
14. Sebastian

dir. Mikko Mäkelä
110 min

Cast: Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Jonathan Hyde, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Dylan Brady, Pedro Minas
Cinematographer: Iikka Salminen
Writer: Mikko Mäkelä
15. Between the Temples

dir. Nathan Silver
111 min

Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly de Leon, Caroline Aaron, Robert Smigel, Madeline Weinstein
Cinematographer: Sean Price Williams
Writers: C. Mason Wells, Nathan Silver
16. Alien: Romulus

dir. Fede Álvarez
119 min
Cast: Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, Aileen Wu, Robert Bobroczkyi
Cinematographer: Galo Olivares
Writers: Fede Álvarez, Rodo Sayagues
17. Anora

dir. Sean Baker
139 min
Cast: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Luna Sofía Miranda
Cinematographer: Drew Daniels
Writer: Sean Baker
18. Universal Language

dir. Matthew Rankin
89 min

Cast: Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Pirouz Nemati, Mani Soleymanlou, Matthew Rankin, Ila Firouzabadi
Cinematographer: Isabelle Stachtchenko
Writers: Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati, Ila Firouzabadi
19. The Seed of the Sacred Fig

dir. Mohammad Rasoulof
167 min

Cast: Misagh Zare, Soheila Golestani, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki, Niusha Akhshi
Cinematographer: Pooyan Aghababaei
Writer: Mohammad Rasoulof
20. The Taste of Things

dir. Trần Anh Hùng
135 min
Cast: Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche, Patrick d'Assumçao, Emmanuel Salinger, Jan Hammenecker
Cinematographer: Jonathan Ricquebourg
Writer: Trần Anh Hùng
21. Close Your Eyes

dir. Víctor Erice
169 min
Cast: Manolo Solo, Jose Coronado, Ana Torrent, Petra Martínez, María León, Mario Pardo, Helena Miquel, Antonio Dechent
Cinematographer: Valentín Álvarez
Writers: Michel Gaztambide, Víctor Erice
22. Trap

dir. M. Night Shyamalan
105 min

Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill, Hayley Mills, Kid Cudi
Cinematographer: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
23. Kinds of Kindness

dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
164 min
Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Mamoudou Athie, Joe Alwyn, Hunter Schafer, Yorgos Stefanakos
Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan
Writers: Efthymis Filippou Yorgos Lanthimos
24. Dune : Part Two

dir. Denis Villeneuve
167 min
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling
Cinematography: Greig Fraser
Writers: Denis Villeneuve Jon Spaihts
25. Nosferatu

dir. Robert Eggers
133 min
Cast: Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon McBurney
Cinematographer: Jarin Blaschke
Writer: Robert Eggers
26. Dìdi (弟弟)

dir. Sean Wang
94 min
Cast: Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua, Mahaela Park, Raul Dial, Aaron Chang
Cinematographer: Sam Davis
Writer: Sean Wang
27. A Complete Unknown

dir. James Mangold
140 min
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Joe Tippett, Eriko Hatsune, Peter Gray Lewis, Peter Gerety, Lenny Grossman, David Wenzel, Scoot McNairy
Cinematographer: Phedon Papamichael
Writers: Jay Cocks, James Mangold
28. Bird

dir. Andrea Arnold
119 min
Cast: Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda, Jasmine Jobson, Frankie Box, James Nelson-Joyce
Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan
Writer: Andrea Arnold
29. Oh, Canada

dir. Paul Schrader
95 min
Cast: Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Michael Imperioli, Jacob Elordi, Caroline Dhavernas, Kristine Froseth, Penelope Mitchell
Cinematographer: Andrew Wonder
Writer: Paul Schrader
30. Samsara

dir. Lois Patiño
117 min
Cast: Amid Keomany, Toumor Xiong, Simone Milavanh, Mariam Vuaa Mtego, Juwairiya Idrisa Uwesu
Cinematographers: Mauro Herce, Jessica Sarah Rinland
Writers: Lois Patiño, Garbiñe Ortega
31. His Three Daughters

dir. Azazel Jacobs
104 min
Cast: Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Jay O. Sanders, Jovan Adepo, Rudy Galvan, Jose Febus
Cinematographer: Sam Levy
Writer: Azazel Jacobs
32. A Different Man

dir. Aaron Schimberg
112 min
Cast: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson
Cinematographer: Wyatt Garfield
Writer: Aaron Schimberg
33. Rumours

dir. Guy Maddin Evan Johnson Galen Johnson
104 min
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Zlatko Burić, Alicia Vikander
Cinematographer: Stefan Ciupek
Writer: Evan Johnson
34. Eat the Night

dir. Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel
102 min
Cast: Théo Cholbi, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Lila Gueneau, Mathieu Perotto, Eddy Suiveng, Kevin Bago, Xavier Maly
Cinematographer: Raphaël Vandenbussche
Writers: Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, Guillaume Bréaud
35. Maria

dir. Pablo Larraín
123 min
Cast: Angelina Jolie Pierfrancesco Favino Alba Rohrwacher Haluk Bilginer Kodi Smit-McPhee Stephen Ashfield
Cinematographer: Edward Lachman
Writer: Steven Knight
36. Problemista

dir. Julio Torres
104 min
Cast: Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Isabella Rossellini, Catalina Saavedra, James Scully, Laith Nakli, Spike Einbinder, Logan J. Alarcon-Poucel, Greta Lee
Cinematographer: Fredrik Wenzel
Writer: Julio Torres
37. Drifter

dir. Hannes Hirsch
79 min
Cast: Lorenz Hochhuth, Cino Djavid, Gustav Schmidt, Oscar Hoppe, Aviran Edri, Cat Jugravu
Cinematographer: Eli Börnicke
Writers: Hannes Hirsch, River Matzke
38. Asphalt City

dir. Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
120 min
Cast: Tye Sheridan, Sean Penn, Michael Pitt, Mike Tyson, Katherine Waterston, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Raquel Nave, Kali Reis
Cinematographer: David Ungaro
Writers: Ben Mac Brown Ryan King
39. Motel Destino

dir. Karim Aïnouz
112 min

Cast: Iago Xavier, Nataly Rocha, Fábio Assunção
Cinematographer: Hélène Louvart
Writers: Mauricio Zacharias, Wislan Esmeraldo
40. Aggro Dr1ft

dir. Harmony Korine
81 min
Cast: Jordi Mollà, Travis Scott, Joshua Tilley, Stet Blancett, Chanya Middleton, Xavier Rawson, Madison Anderson
Cinematographer: Arnaud Potier
Writer: Harmony Korine
41. Juror #2

dir. Clint Eastwood
114 min
Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Chris Messina, Zoey Deutch, J.K. Simmons, Cedric Yarbrough, Kiefer Sutherland, Gabriel Basso, Amy Aquino, Leslie Bibb, Francesca Eastwood
Cinematographer: Yves Bélanger
Writer: Jonathan A. Abrams
42. Megalopolis

dir. Francis Ford Coppola
138 min
Cast: Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, Kathryn Hunter
Cinematographer: Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola
43. Challengers

dir. Luca Guadagnino
132 min
Cast: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O'Connor
Cinematographer: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Writer: Justin Kuritzkes
44. Gasoline Rainbow

dir. Turner Ross, Bill Ross IV
108 min
Cast: Micah Bunch, Nathaly Garcia, Nichole Dukes, Tony Aburto, Makai Garza
Cinematographers: Turner Ross, Bill Ross IV
Writers: Turner Ross, Bill Ross IV
45. Vulcanizadora

dir. Joel Potrykas
85 min
Cast: Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Bill Vincent, Solo Potrykus
Cinematographer: Adam J. Minnick
Writer: Joel Potrykas
46. Stress Positions

dir. Theda Hammel
95 min
Cast: John Early, Qaher Harhash, Theda Hammel, Amy Zimmer, Faheem Ali, John Roberts, Elizabeth Dement
Cinematographer: Arlene Muller
Writers: Faheem Ali, Theda Hammel
47. The Order

dir. Justin Kurzel
116 min
Cast: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Marc Maron, George Tchortov, Daniel Yip, Daniel Doheny, Sebastian Pigott, John Warkentin
Cinematographer: Adam Arkapaw
Writer: Zach Baylin
48. The Apprentice

dir. Ali Abbasi
122 min
Cast: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan, Catherine McNally, Charlie Carrick, Patch Darragh, Stuart Hughes, Eoin Duffy, Chloe Madison
Cinematographer: Kasper Tuxen
Writer: Gabriel Sherman
49. Nickel Boys

dir. RaMell Ross
140 min
Cast: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Gralen Bryant Banks, Fred Hechinger, Jimmie Fails, Daveed Diggs
Cinematographer: Jomo Fray
Writers: Joslyn Barnes RaMell Ross
50. Here

dir. Robert Zemeckis
105 min
Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Ellis Grunsell, Teddy Russell, Finn Guegan, Callum Macreadie, Lauren McQueen, Grace Lyra, Jemima Macintyre
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
Writer: Robert Zemeckis, Eric Roth