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It's that time… Of course, I missed a few and look forward to catching up with them later, but these were my 20 favorite films of 2025!

1. SIRĀT (dir. Oliver Laxe) 2. SORRY, BABY (dir. Eva Victor) 3. SENTIMENTAL VALUE (dir. Joachim Trier) 4. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson) 5. LOVE ME TENDER (dir. Anna Cazenave Cambet) 6. NOUVELLE VAGUE (dir. Richard Linklater) 7. TRAIN DREAMS (dir. Clint Bentley) 8. AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES (dir. Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang) 9. ALL SHALL BE WELL (dir. Ray Yeung) 10. L'ATTACHEMENT (dir. Carine Tardieu) 11. L'ÉPREUVE DU FEU (dir. Aurélien Peyre) 12. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (dir. Jafar Panahi) 13. A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (dir. James Mangold) 14. THE LAST SHOWGIRL (dir. Gia Coppola) 15. QUEER (dir. Luca Guadagnino) 16. THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND (dir. James Griffiths) 17. THE SECRET AGENT (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho) 18. MATERIALISTS (dir. Celine Song) 19. DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE (dir. Simon Curtis) 20. LE RENDEZ-VOUS DE L'ÉTÉ (dir. Valentine Cadic)

In this annual ranking, there are some really great films made by women. Unfortunately, for the second year in a row, I have miserably failed the 52 Films by Women Challenge 😩 That needs to change! Fortunately, 2026 looks quite promising, with new films from Chloé Zhao, Georgia Oakley, and Mona Fastvold, among others. Goodbye 2025, long live 2026!

Sirât Oliver Laxe. 2025

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