List · 20 films
Unbiased 2025 Top 20 — Fully Editorialized
The best of films that I watched in 2025 and that didn’t premiere in 2025 — recency bias be damned. Methodology: star rating disregarded and fully editorialized.
Films in this list
Ranked #1: Hundreds of Beavers
2022
Ranked #2: Nickel Boys
2024
Ranked #3: The Brutalist
2024
Ranked #4: I'm Still Here
2024
Ranked #5: No Other Land
2024
Ranked #6: Purple Rain
1984
Ranked #7: Grand Theft Hamlet
2024
Ranked #8: Jaws
1975
Ranked #9: Incident
2023
Ranked #10: The Life of Chuck
2024
Ranked #11: The Assessment
2024
Ranked #12: Julie Keeps Quiet
2024
Ranked #13: Presence
2024
Ranked #14: Better Man
2024
Ranked #15: Anima
2019
Ranked #16: Flow
2024
Ranked #17: Strange Harvest
2024
Ranked #18: Friendship
2024
Ranked #19: Architecton
2024
Ranked #20: Misericordia
2024