Favorite Movies of 2025

Diciannove

dir. Giovanni Tortorici
109 min
Cast: Manfredi Marini, Vittoria Planeta, Dana Giuliano, Zackari Delmas, Luca Lazzareschi, Sergio Benvenuto, Maria Pia Ferlazzo, Samuel Wilberding, Defne Yilmaz
Cinematographer: Massimiliano Kuveiller
Writer: Giovanni Tortorici
Who By Fire

dir. Philippe Lesage
155 min
Cast: Noah Parker, Arieh Worthalter, Paul Ahmarani, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Antoine Marchand-Gagnon, Sophie Desmarais, Guillaume Laurin, Carlo Harrietha, Irène Jacob, Laurent Lucas
Cinematographer: Balthazar Lab
Writer: Philippe Lesage
The Phoenician Scheme

dir. Wes Anderson
102 min
Cast: Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, F. Murray Abraham
Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel
Writer: Wes Anderson
Dreams

dir. Michel Franco
95 min
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Isaac Hernández, Rupert Friend, Marshall Bell, Eligio Meléndez, Mercedes Hernández
Cinematographer: Yves Cape
Writer: Michel Franco
Việt and Nam

dir. Trương Minh Quý
124 min
Cast: Phąm Thanh Hài, Đào Duy Bảo Định, Nguyên Thį Nga, Lê Viêt Tųng, Ngân Khánh
Cinematographer: Son Doan
Writer: Trương Minh Quý
Resurrection

dir. Bi Gan
160 min
Cast: Jackson Yee, Shu Qi, Mark Chao, Li Gengxi, Huang Jue, Chen Yongzhong, Zhang Zhijian, Chloe Maayan, Nan Yan, Guo Mucheng
Cinematographer: Dong Jinsong
Writer: Bi Gan
One Battle After Another

dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
162 min
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor
Cinematographer: Michael Bauman
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Hard Truths

dir. Mike Leigh
97 min
Cast: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett, Ani Nelson, Sophia Brown, Jonathan Livingstone
Cinematographer: Dick Pope
Writer: Mike Leigh
The Room Next Door

dir. Pedro Almodóvar
106 min
Cast: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola
Cinematographer: Eduard Grau
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Peter Hujar's Day

dir. Ira Sachs
76 min
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall
Cinematographer: Alex Ashe
Writer: Ira Sachs
Woman and Child

dir. Saeed Roustaee
131 min
Cast: Parinaz Izadyar, Payman Maadi, Soha Niasti, Maziar Seyedi, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Hassan Pourshirazi, Sinan Mohebi
Cinematographer: Adib Sobhani
Writer: Saeed Roustaee
Happyend

dir. Neo Sora
113 min
Cast: Hayato Kurihara, Yukito Hidaka, Yuta Hayashi, Shina Peng, ARAZI, Kilala Inori, Ayumu Nakajima, Masaru Yahagi
Cinematographer: Bill Kirstein
Writer: Neo Sora
Highest 2 Lowest

dir. Spike Lee
133 min
Cast: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, Elijah Wright, Aubrey Joseph, A$AP Rocky
Cinematographer: Matthew Libatique
Writer: Alan Fox
Sirāt

dir. Oliver Laxe
114 min
Cast: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Richard Bellamy, Tonin Janvier, Jade Oukid
Cinematographer: Mauro Herce
Writers: Oliver Laxe, Santiago Fillol
This History of Sound

dir. Oliver Hermanus
127 min
Cast: Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor, Molly Price, Alison Bartlett, Michael Schantz, Chris Cooper, Raphael Sbarge, Hadley Robinson, Peter Mark Kendall, Emma Canning
Cinematographer: Alexander Dynan
Writer: Ben Shattuck
Dracula

dir. Radu Jude
170 min
Cast: Adonis Tanța, Gabriel Spahiu, Oana Maria Zaharia, Alexandru Dabija, Lukas Miko, Andrada Balea, Ilinca Manolache, Șerban Pavlu, Doru Talos
Cinematographer: Marius Panduru
Writer: Radu Jude
The Shrouds

dir. David Cronenberg
120 min
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt, Elizabeth Saunders, Jennifer Dale, Eric Weinthal, Jeff Yung
Cinematographer: Douglas Koch
Writer: David Cronenberg
The Astronaut Lovers

dir. Marco Berger
116 min
Cast: Javier Orán, Lautaro Bettoni, Mora Arenillas, Agustín Frías, Ailín Salas, Melina Furgiuela, Camila del Campo, Iván Masliah, Violeta Cárcova, Fernando Malfitano
Cinematographer: Mariano De Rosa
Writer: Marco Berger
Sound of Falling

dir. Mascha Schilinski
149 min
Cast: Luise Heyer, Lena Urzendowsky, Claudia Geisler-Bading, Lea Drinda, Hanna Heck,t Laeni Geiseler, Florian Geißelmann, Andreas Anke, Susanne Wuest, Gode Benedix, Bärbel Schwarz, Lucas Prisor, Konstantin Lindhorst, Luzia Oppermann, Martin Rother, Filip Schnack
Cinematographer: Fabian Gamper
Writers: Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski
The Mastermind

dir. Kelly Reichardt
110 min
Cast: Josh O'Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, John Magaro, Gaby Hoffmann, Bill Camp, Sterling Thompson, Jasper Thompson, Amanda Plummer, Eli Gelb, Cole Doman, Javion Allen, Matthew Maher
Cinematographer: Christopher Blauvelt
Writer: Kelly Reichardt
Bugonia

dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
118 min
Cast: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone
Cinematographer: Robbie Ryan
Writer: Will Tracy
After the Hunt

dir. Luca Guadagnino
139 min
Cast: Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny
Cinematographer: Malik Hassan Sayeed
Writer: Nora Garrett
Demons at Dawn

dir. Julián Hernández
136 min
Cast: Luis Vegas, Axel Shuarma, Angélica Baños Hernández, Tony Corrales, Luis Miguel Mata, Jere Caelum, Mauricio Rico
Cinematographer: Alejandro Cantú
Writers: Julián Hernández, Gustavo Hernández de Anda
No Dogs Allowed

dir. Steve Bache
106 min
Cast: Carlo Krammling Robin Sondermann Katharina M. Schubert Sean Douglas Bineta Hansen Sithembile Menck Finlay Deavin
Cinematographer: Manuel Meinhardt
Writer: Stephan Kämpf
Beating Hearts

dir. Gilles Lellouche
160 min
Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, François Civil, Mallory Wanecque, Malik Frikah, Alain Chabat, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Lacoste, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Élodie Bouchez, Karim Leklou, Raphaël Quenard
Cinematographer: Laurent Tangy
Writers: Gilles Lellouche, Audrey Diwan Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini
Enzo

dir. Robin Campillo
102 min
Cast: Eloy Pohu, Pierfrancesco Favino, Élodie Bouchez, Maksym Slivinskyi, Nathan Japy, Vladislav Holyk
Cinematographer: Jeanne Lapoirie
Writers: Laurent Cantet Robin Campillo
Nouvelle Vague

dir. Richard Linklater
106 min
Cast: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Adrien Rouyard, Antoine Besson, Jodie Ruth-Forest, Bruno Dreyfürst, Benjamin Cléry, Matthieu Penchinat
Cinematographer: David Chambille
Writers: Holly Gent, Laetitia Masson, Vincent Palmo Jr., Michèle Pétin
When Fall Is Coming

dir. François Ozon
104 min
Cast: Hélène Vincent, Josiane Balasko, Ludivine Sagnier, Pierre Lottin, Vincent Colombe, Sophie Guillemin, Garlan Erlos, Malik Zidi, Marie-Laurence Tartas, Paul Beaurepaire
Cinematographer: Jérôme Alméras
Writer: François Ozon
After This Death

dir. Lucio Castro
96 min
Cast: Mía Maestro, Lee Pace, Rupert Friend, Philip Ettinger, Gwendoline Christie, Vivi Tellas, Jack Haven
Cinematographer: Barton Cortright
Writer: Lucio Castro
Seven Veils

dir. Atom Egoyan
107 min
Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Mark O'Brien, Vinessa Antoine, Ambur Braid, Michael Kupfer-Radecky
Cinematographer: Paul Sarossy
Writer: Atom Egoyan
Presence

dir. Steven Soderbergh
84 min
Cast: Callina Liang Lucy Liu Chris Sullivan Eddy Maday West Mulholland Julia Fox
Cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: David Koepp
Soul Mates

dir. André Téchiné
100 min
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Benjamin Voisin, Audrey Dana, André Marcon, Mirindra Ramaroson
Cinematographer: Georges Lechaptois
Writers: Cédric Anger, André Téchiné
Grand Tour

dir. Miguel Gomes
129 min
Cast: Gonçalo Waddington, Crista Alfaiate, Cláudio da Silva, Lang Khê Tran, Jorge Andrade, João Pedro Vaz, João Pedro Bénard, Teresa Madruga, Joana Bárcia
Cinematographers: Rui Poças, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Gui Liang
Writers: Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Mariana Ricardo, Miguel Gomes
Blue Film

dir. Elliot Tuttle
82 min
Cast: Reed Birney, Kieron Moore
Cinematographer: Ryan Jackson-Healy
Writer: Elliot Tuttle
Sentimental Value

dir. Joachim Trier
135 min
Cast: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen, Pia Borgli, Jonas Jacobsen, Anders Danielsen Lie
Cinematographer: Kasper Tuxen
Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Matt and Mara

dir. Kazik Radwanski
80 min
Cast: Deragh Campbell Matt Johnson Mounir al Shami Emma Healey Avery Nayman Marlowe Granados
Cinematographer: Nikolay Michaylov
Writer: Kazik Radwanski
Lurker

dir. Alex Russell
100 min
Cast: Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Havana Rose Liu, Sunny Suljic, Daniel Zolghadri, Zack Fox, Cam Hicks
Cinematographer: Patrick Scola
Writer: Alex Russell
The Serpent's Skin

dir. Alice Maio Mackay
83 min
Cast: Alexandra McVicker, Scott Major, Charlotte Chimes, Jordan Dulieu, Avalon Fast
Cinematographer: Aaron Schuppan
Writer: Alice Maio Mackay, Ben Pahl Robinson
Black Bag

dir. Steven Soderbergh
94 min
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Tom Burke, Marisa Abela, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan
Cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: David Koepp
Blue Moon

dir. Richard Linklater
100 min
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott, Jonah Lees, Simon Delaney, Patrick Kennedy
Cinematographer: Shane F. Kelly
Writer: Robert Kaplow
Emmanuelle

dir. Audrey Diwan
105 min
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Will Sharpe, Naomi Watts, Jamie Campbell Bower, Chacha Huang, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Cinematographer: Laurent Tangy
Writers: Rebecca Zlotowski, Audrey Diwan
The Secret Agent

dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
161 min
Cast: Wagner Moura, Carlos Francisco, Tânia Maria, Robério Diógenes, Roney Villela, Gabriel Leone, Alice Carvalho, Hermila Guedes, Isabél Zuaa, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Thomás Aquino, Laura Lufési, Isadora Ruppert, Igor de Araújo, Ítalo Martins, Udo Kier, João Vitor Silva
Cinematographer: Evgenia Alexandrova
Writer: Kleber Mendonça Filho
It Was Just An Accident

dir. Jafar Panahi
104 min
Cast: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, George Hashem Zadeh, Delmaz Najafi, Afsaneh Najm Abadi
Cinematographer: Amin Jafari
Writer: Jafar Panahi
Bring Her Back

dir. Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou
104 min
Cast: Billy Barratt, Sora Wong, Sally Hawkins, Mischa Heywood, Jonah Wren Phillips, Stephen Phillips, Sally-Anne Upton
Cinematographer: Aaron McLisky
Writers: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman
28 Years Later

dir. Danny Boyle
115 min
Cast: Jodie Comer, Alfie Williams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Edvin Ryding, Jack O'Connell
Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle
Writer: Alex Garland