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The best films of 2025 – all the votes
We asked 121 contributors – British and international – to pick the top ten movies they'd seen in 2025. You can browse all 433 choices they nominated here.
The best films of 2025 – all the votes
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Interviews
Shoot to thrill: Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite and her dynamic career
By Henry K Miller
Features
“A masterclass of emotion”: Molly Haskell on Sentimental Value
By Molly Haskell
Polls
The best video essays of 2025
The best video essays of 2025Reviews
Marty Supreme: Timothée Chalamet is perfect as a bratty ping pong hustler
By Nicolas Rapold
From the Sight and Sound archive
“Rob Reiner directs with sympathy for both main characters”: When Harry Met Sally reviewed in 1989
By Pam Cook
Black Film Bulletin
Take a chance: what Tanzania taught me about storytelling, legacy and opportunity
By Simone Pennant
Black Film Bulletin
Black Debutantes: Black women directors in a season of rediscovery and celebration
By Rógan Graham
Black Film Bulletin
Shoot the People: Misan Harriman and Andy Mundy-Castle in conversation with Afua Hirsch
By Afua Hirsch
Reviews
Ella McCay: a sleepy political comedy
By Adam Nayman
Interviews
Cemetery of splendour: David Cronenberg on The Shrouds
By Erika Balsom
Interviews
“Nothing is a slam dunk anymore”: Steven Soderbergh on Black Bag
By Philip Concannon
Interviews
“It’s important to try and find the humanity in the people we abhor”: Ari Aster on Eddington
By Thomas Flew
Interviews
Enemy of the state: Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident
By Jonathan Romney
Reviews
Animalia: original Moroccan sci-fi debut gets spiritual about alien invasion
By Katie McCabe
Reviews
Songs of Forgotten Trees: a delicate tribute to female friendship and big-city resilience
By Gayle Sequeira
Interviews
“Pinch me!”: Harry Lighton on his dom-com debut Pillion
By Jane Giles
Reviews
Avatar: Fire and Ash: a big, goofy spectacle that wears its heart on its sleeve
By Adam Nayman
Interviews
The art of the steal: Kelly Reichardt on The Mastermind
By Beatrice Loayza
Interviews
Into the lion’s den: Wes Anderson on The Phoenician Scheme
By Arjun Sajip
Reviews
Cover-Up: powerful doc on reporter Seymour Hersh chronicles decades of American corruption
By Catherine Wheatley
News
Sight and Sound: the Winter 2025-26 issue
Sight and Sound: the Winter 2025-26 issueFeatures
And the winner is… One Battle After Another
By Michael Koresky
Polls
The 50 best films of 2025
The 50 best films of 2025From the Sight and Sound archive
An extraordinary film about ordinary people: L’Atalante reviewed in 1951
By Roger Manvell
Reviews
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: religion is the latest puzzle in Rian Johnson’s extraordinarily pleasurable whodunit
By Kim Newman
Reviews
Eternity: a plodding rom-com trip to the afterlife
By Miriam Balanescu
Reviews
Zodiac Killer Project: experimental documentary expertly dissects the clichés of true crime
By Ben Nicholson
From the Sight and Sound archive
Calling the shots: Secretary reviewed in 2003
By Philip Kemp
Reviews
Christy: Lacklustre boxing drama does a disservice to its subject
By Alexander Mooney