The Top 10 Films of 2025

Nextgen Oscarwatcher: The Best Films of 2025

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Print Bluesky WhatsApp Threads Email As we enter the final days of 2025 (or if you are reading this after New Year’s Eve, Happy New Year’s), it’s time to reminisce about the offerings cinema had in store for individuals over the past year. Of course, many have already posted top-ten lists. There are a few blind spots that I need to cross off, including films from the likes of Bradley Cooper, James Cameron, Oliver…

The Top 10 Films of 2025

PHOTO COURTESY BBP TRAIN DREAMS LLC / NETFLIX In an everchanging landscape for movies, the best films of 2025 represent the full breadth of ways we engage with motion pictures. There are movies on this list that became traditional blockbusters — widely seen in movie theaters from coast to coast. There are movies that cineastes had to seek out at film festivals and in small arthouses. There are movies that only (or almost only) appeared on stream…