2025: The Lists

(Some) Hidden/Underseen Films from 2025

  1. The Ballad of Wallis Island
  2. The Baltimorons
  3. Black Bag
  4. Blue Moon
  5. Drop
  6. Dust Bunny
  7. Eephus
  8. Eternity
  9. Fackham Hall
  10. Fight or Flight
  11. Good Boy
  12. The Luckiest Man in America
  13. The Mastermind
  14. Novocaine
  15. Nouvelle Vague
  16. The Plague
  17. Relay
  18. Rental Family
  19. Roofman
  20. The Roses
  21. Sirât
  22. Splitsville
  23. The Surfer
  24. The Testament of Ann Lee
  25. The Threesome

My Favorite Lead Performances of 2025

  1. Everett Blunck, The Plague
  2. Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
  3. Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  4. Miles Caton, Sinners
  5. Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme
  6. Daniel Day-Lewis, Anemone
  7. Benicio del Toro, The Phoenician Scheme
  8. Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
  9. Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
  10. Colin Farrell, Ballad of a Small Player
  11. Michael Fassbender, Black Bag
  12. Brendan Fraser, Rental Family
  13. Paul Walter Hauser, The Luckiest Man in America
  14. Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
  15. Cooper Hoffman, The Long Walk
  16. Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
  17. Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein
  18. David Jonsson, The Long Walk
  19. Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine
  20. Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
  21. Tim Key, The Ballad of Wallis Island
  22. Liz Larson, The Baltimorons
  23. Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
  24. Lee Byung-hun, No Other Choice
  25. Vahid Mobasseri, It Was Just an Accident
  26. Liam Neeson, The Naked Gun
  27. Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind (and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery)
  28. Robert Pattinson, Mickey 17
  29. Brad Pitt, F1
  30. Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
  31. Glenn Powell, The Running Man
  32. Jack Quaid, Novocaine
  33. Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
  34. Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
  35. Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value
  36. Emma Stone, Bugonia
  37. Michael Strassner, The Baltimorons
  38. Denzel Washington, Highest 2 Lowest
  39. Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
  40. Alfie Williams, 28 Years Later

 

My Favorite Supporting Performances of 2025

  1. Pamela Anderson, The Naked Gun
  2. Odessa A’Zion, Marty Supreme
  3. Jon Bernthal, The Accountant 2
  4. Emily Blunt, The Smashing Machine
  5. Josh Brolin, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  6. Michael Cera, The Phoenician Scheme (and The Running Man)
  7. Oona Chaplin, Avatar: Fire and Ash
  8. Glenn Close, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  9. Billy Crudup, Jay Kelly
  10. Aidan Delbis, Bugonia
  11. Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
  12. Zoey Deutch, Nouvelle Vague
  13. Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value (and Predator: Badlands)
  14. Ralph Fiennes, 28 Years Later
  15. Regina Hall, One Battle After Another
  16. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
  17. Jacobi Jupe, Hamnet
  18. Stephen Lang, Avatar: Fire and Ash
  19. Delroy Lindo, Sinners
  20. William H. Macy, Train Dreams
  21. Amy Madigan, Weapons
  22. Jack O’Connell, Sinners
  23. Kevin O’Leary, Marty Supreme
  24. Paul Mescal, Hamnet
  25. Gwyneth Paltrow, Marty Supreme
  26. Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
  27. Lewis Pullman, The Testament of Ann Lee
  28. Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
  29. Tramell Tillman, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  30. Jeffrey Wright, Highest 2 Lowest

 

My Favorite Directorial Efforts of 2025

  1. Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
  2. Wes Anderson, The Phoenician Scheme
  3. Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
  4. Danny Boyle, 28 Years Later
  5. Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
  6. James Cameron, Avatar: Fire and Ash
  7. Ryan Coogler, Sinners
  8. Zach Cregger, Weapons
  9. Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
  10. Jay Duplass, The Baltimorons
  11. Mona Fastvold, The Testament of Ann Lee
  12. Ben Leonberg, Good Boy
  13. Richard Linklater, Blue Moon
  14. Richard Linklater, Nouvelle Vague
  15. Chris McQuarrie, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  16. Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
  17. Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice
  18. Charlie Polinger, The Plague
  19. Lynne Ramsay, Die My Love
  20. Kelly Reichardt, The Mastermind
  21. Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
  22. Steven Soderbergh, Black Bag
  23. Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value
  24. Edgar Wright, The Running Man
  25. Chloe Zhao, Hamnet

 

My Favorite Movie Posters of 2025

Honorable Mention: The Gorge

50. The Damned

49. Love Hurts

48. The Naked Gun

47. Eenie Meanie

46. Final Destination: Bloodlines

45. Ballad of a Small Player

44. The Wolf Man

43. Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

42. Jay Kelly

41. The Surfer

40. Death of a Unicorn

39. Presence

38. The Mastermind

37. The Plague

36. The Testament of Ann Lee

35. Warfare

34. Rental Family

33. Zootopia

32. Eddington

31. Superman

30. Predator: Killer of Killers

29. Wake Up Dead Man

28. Together

27. Thunderbolts*

26. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

25. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera

24. Die My Love

23. Marty Supreme

22. Weapons

21. Mickey 17

20. One Battle After Another

19. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

18. Good Boy

17. Predator: Badlands

16. Honey, Don’t!

15. Anemone

14. Tron: Ares

13. Another Simple Favor

12. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

11. The Running Man

10. The Long Walk

9. Ballerina

8. The History of Sound

7. Novocaine

6. Fantastic Four

5. Sinners

4 . Wick Is Pain

3. Frankenstein

2. Bugonia

1. 28 Years Later

 

My Favorite Film Scores of 2025

(*I listened to 206 scores to prepare for this list*)

A Magnificent Life, Stefano Bollani

30. Snow White, Jeff Morrow

29. Avatar: Fire and Ash, Simon Franglen

28. Wish You Were Here, Vanessa Carlton & John McCauley

27. F1, Hans Zimmer

26. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Jeremiah Frates

25. The Smashing Machine, Nala Sinephro

24. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Ariel Marx

23. The Long Walk, Jeremiah Frates

22. The Amateur, Volker Bertelmann

21. A House of Dynamite, Volker Bertelmann

20. The Bad Guys 2, Daniel Pemberton

19. Jay Kelly, Nicholas Britell

18. Nuremberg, Brian Tyler

17. Mickey 17, Jung Jaeil

16. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Nathan Johnson

15. Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix

14. Audrey’s Children, Genevieve Vincent

13. Splitsville, David Wingo & Dabney Morris

12. Eleanor the Great, Dustin O’Halloran

11. The Luckiest Man in America, John Carroll Kirby

10. The Baltimorons, Jordan Siegel

9. Highest 2 Lowest, Howard Drossin

8. The Phoenician Scheme, Alexandre Desplat

7. The Testament of Ann Lee, Daniel Blumberg

6. Marty Supreme, Daniel Lopatin

5. Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat

4. Sinners, Ludwig Göransson

3. Tron: Ares, Nine Inch Nails

2. Train Dreams, Bryce Dessner

1. One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood

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