Best Movies of 2025 by Rank
1150
1
Paul Thomas Anderson
Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Adventure
USA
English
1433
2
Jafar Panahi
Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
Iran / France / Luxembourg
Persian
1455
3
Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning
Comedy / Drama
Norway / Germany / Denmark / France / Sweden
Norwegian
1649
4
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Robson Andrade, Rubens Santos, Licínio Januário
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir
Brazil / France / Netherlands / Germany
Portuguese
1658
5
Guillermo del Toro
Christoph Waltz, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Oscar Isaac, Ralph Ineson
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Mexico / USA
English
1809
6
Oliver Laxe
Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Stefania Gadda
Drama
France / Spain
Spanish
1825
7
Josh Safdie
Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Larry 'Ratso' Sloman, Mariann Tepedino
Drama / Sports / Comedy
Finland / USA
English
2045
8
Ryan Coogler
Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku
Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Adventure / Fantasy
USA / Australia / Canada
English
2093
9
Clint Bentley
Joel Edgerton, Clifton Collins Jr., Felicity Jones, Alfred Hsing, David Paul Olsen
Drama
USA
English
2110
10
Park Chan-wook
Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
South Korea
Korean
2121
11
Chloé Zhao
Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Zac Wishart, James Lintern, Joe Alwyn
Biography / Drama / History / Romance
UK
English
2255
12
Noah Baumbach
Adam Sandler, George Clooney, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Riley Keough
Comedy / Drama
USA / UK / Italy
English
2266
13
Zach Cregger
Scarlett Sher, Julia Garner, Cary Christopher, Jason Turner, Josh Brolin
Horror / Mystery
USA
English
2292
14
Shih-Ching Tsou
Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye, Teng-Hui Huang, Akio Chen, Xin-Yan Chao
Drama
Taiwan / France / USA / UK
Mandarin
2296
15
Kaouther Ben Hania
Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, Amer Hlehel
Drama
Tunisia / France / USA
Arabic
2297
16
Kathryn Bigelow
Rebecca Ferguson, Idris Elba, Willa Fitzgerald, Jared Harris, Anthony Ramos
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2344
17
Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett
Action / Drama / War / Adventure
USA / UK
English
2347
18
Yorgos Lanthimos
Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Alicia Silverstone, Stavros Halkias, Aidan Delbis
Comedy / Crime / Sci-Fi
Ireland / South Korea / Canada / USA
English
2347
18
Richard Linklater
Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Adrien Rouyard, Antoine Besson
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History
France / USA
French
2448
19
Rian Johnson
Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
2481
20
Jon M. Chu
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey
Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance / Action / Adventure
USA / Canada / Australia
English
2504
21
Mascha Schilinski
Hanna Heckt, Lena Urzendowsky, Susanne Wuest, Luise Heyer, Laeni Geiseler
Drama
Germany
German
2524
22
Harry Lighton
Alexander Skarsgård, Harry Melling, Douglas Hodge, Lesley Sharp, Jake Shears
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK / Ireland
English
2566
23
Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott, Giles Surridge
Biography / Comedy / Drama / History / Music / Romance
USA / Ireland
English
2649
24
James Cameron
Kate Winslet, Stephen Lang, Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Epic
USA
English
2649
24
Joseph Kosinski
Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia
Action / Drama / Sports / Adventure
USA
English
2649
24
Hlynur Pálmason
Panda, Saga Garðarsdóttir, Sverrir Gudnason
Comedy / Drama / Family
Iceland / Denmark / Sweden / France
Icelandic
2649
24
Hikari
Brendan Fraser, Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, Shinji Ozeki, Takao Kin, Risa Kameda
Comedy / Drama
Japan / USA
English
2668
25
Steven Soderbergh
Michael Fassbender, Gustaf Skarsgård, Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke, Marisa Abela
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
2686
26
Jim Jarmusch
Mayim Bialik, Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Sarah Greene, Vicky Krieps
Comedy / Drama
USA / Italy / France / Ireland
English
2698
28
Gabriel Mascaro
Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarras, Adanilo, Rosa Malagueta
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Brazil / Mexico / Netherlands / Chile
Portuguese
2704
29
Valérie Donzelli
Claude Perron, Bastien Bouillon, Mike Bujoli, Naëlle Dariya, Virginie Ledoyen
Biography / Drama
France
French
2704
29
Mona Fastvold
Lewis Pullman, Amanda Seyfried, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott
Biography / Drama / History / Musical
USA / UK
English
2704
29
László Nemes
Grégory Gadebois, Marcin Czarnik, Bojtorján Barabas
Biography / Drama / History
Hungary / UK / USA / Cyprus / France / Germany
Hungarian
2704
29
Pietro Marcello
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fanni Wrochna, Noémie Merlant, Fausto Russo Alesi
Biography / Drama / History
Italy / France
Italian
2704
29
Leonardo Di Costanzo
Valeria Golino, Barbara Ronchi, Roschdy Zem, Diego Ribon, Jasmin Mattei
Drama / Crime
Italy / Switzerland
Italian
2704
29
Shu Qi
Roy Chiu, Esther Liu, Bamboo Chu-Sheng Chen, Xiao-Ying Bai, Yu-Fei Lai
Drama
Taiwan / China
Mandarin
2704
29
Paolo Sorrentino
Toni Servillo, Anna Ferzetti, Orlando Cinque, Massimo Venturiello
Drama
Italy
Italian
2704
29
François Ozon
Benjamin Voisin, Denis Lavant, Pierre Lottin, Swann Arlaud, Rebecca Marder
Crime / Drama
France
French
2704
29
Ildikó Enyedi
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Léa Seydoux, Sylvester Groth
Biography / History
Germany / Hungary / France / China
German
2704
29
Benny Safdie
Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk
Action / Biography / Drama / History / Sports / Adventure
USA / Japan / Canada
English
2704
29
Franco Maresco
Umberto Cantone, Franco Maresco, Francesco Conticelli, Marco Alessi, Bernardo Greco
Documentary
Italy
Italian
2704
29
Olivier Assayas
Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, Jude Law, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, Will Keen
Drama / History / Thriller
USA / UK / France
English
2705
30
Neeraj Ghaywan
Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, Yogendra Vikram Singh
Drama
India
Hindi
2708
31
Iván Fund
Mara Bestelli, Anika Bootz, Betania Cappato, Marcelo Subiotto
Fantasy / Drama
Argentina / Spain / Uruguay
Spanish
2708
31
Valentyn Vasyanovych
Misha Lubarsky, Hryhoriy Naumov, Marianna Novikova, Vladlen Odudenko
Documentary / Comedy / Drama / War
Ukraine / Lithuania
Ukrainian
2711
32
Philip Barantini
Owen Cooper, Stephen Graham, Ashley Walters, Faye Marsay, Christine Tremarco
Crime / Drama / Thriller
UK
English
2711
32
Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin
Billy Joel, Jon Small, Liberty DeVitto, Judy Molinari, Christie Brinkley
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2711
32
Drew Hancock
Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Horror / Comedy
USA
English
2711
32
Eva Victor
Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack, Lucas Hedges
Comedy / Drama
USA / Spain / France
English
2727
33
Julius Onah
Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
2727
33
Francis Lawrence
Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / Canada
English
2727
33
James Vanderbilt
Michael Shannon, Colin Hanks, Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Lydia Peckham
Biography / Drama / History / Thriller / War
USA / Hungary
English
2727
33
Jonathan Dayton, MJ Delaney, David Dobkin, Valerie Faris, John Hamburg, Jaffar Mahmood
Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Lilli Kay, Mariana Treviño, Marc Maron
Comedy / Sports
USA
English
2727
33
Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, Kathryn Hahn
Comedy, Drama
USA
English
2732
34
Zacharias Kunuk
Haiden Angutimarik, Theresia Kappianaq, Leah Panimera, Emma Quassa
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Sci-Fi
Canada
Inuktitut
2738
35
Ugo Bienvenu
Margot Ringard Oldra, Oscar Tresanini, Nathanaël Perrot, Alma Jodorowsky
Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action
France / USA / UK
French
2738
35
Dolores Fonzi
Dolores Fonzi, Camila Plaate, Laura Paredes, Julieta Cardinali, Sergio Prina
Crime / Drama
Argentina
Spanish
2738
35
Darren Aronofsky
Austin Butler, Griffin Dunne, Dominique Silver, Shaun O'Hagan, Action Bronson
Comedy / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
2738
35
Mike Makowsky
Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham, Bradley Whitford
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2738
35
Scott Frank, Elisa Amoruso
Matthew Goode, Kelly Macdonald, Chloe Pirrie, Alexej Manvelov, Leah Byrne
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
UK
English
2738
35
Simon Curtis
Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth McGovern
Drama / History / Romance
UK / USA
English
2738
35
Christopher Landon
Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond
Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA / Ireland
English
2738
35
Josh Ruben
Alex Walker, Lauren O'Hara, Latham Gaines, Alex McColl, Karlton Laing
Comedy / Horror / Mystery / Romance
USA / New Zealand
English
2738
35
Sterlin Harjo, Macon Blair, Danis Goulet
Ethan Hawke, Keith David, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Rachel Crowl, Dale Dickey,
Biography / Drama / History
USA
English
2738
35
Alex Russell
Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Sunny Suljic, Cam Hicks, Chaize Macklin
Crime / Drama / Music / Thriller
USA / Italy
English
2738
35
Kelly Reichardt
Josh O'Connor, Sterling Thompson, Alana Haim, Jasper Thompson, Bill Camp
Crime / Drama / Caper
USA
English
2738
35
Joon Ho Bong
Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Michael Monroe, Patsy Ferran, Cameron Britton
Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Action / Drama
USA / South Korea
English
2738
35
Osgood Perkins
Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Elijah Wood
Horror / Comedy
USA / UK
English
2738
35
Jesse Armstrong
Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith, Ramy Youssef, Daniel Oreskes
Drama / Comedy
USA
English
2738
35
Mariska Hargitay
Jayne Mansfield, Mariska Hargitay, Zoltan Hargitay, Mickey Hargitay Jr.
Documentary
USA
English
2738
35
Geeta Gandbhir
Susan Lorincz, Ajike Owens, Franklin Baez-Colon, Michael Balken, Troy Campbell
Documentary / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2738
35
Bing Liu
Sebiye Behtiyar, Fred Hechinger, Alicher Adill, Dralla Aierken, Erden Uyghur
Drama
USA
English
2738
35
Max Walker-Silverman
Josh O'Connor, Eli Malouff, Meghann Fahy, Amy Madigan, Lily LaTorre, Kali Reis
Drama
USA
English
2738
35
Ben Stiller
Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Ben Stiller, Amy Stiller, Christine Taylor, Dawn Eaton
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2738
35
Jeremiah Zagar, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel, Thuso Mbedu
Crime / Drama
USA
English
2738
35
Michael Shanks
Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Damon Herriman, Mia Morrissey, Karl Richmond, Jack Kenny
Horror / Romance
Australia / USA
English
2738
35
James Sweeney
Dylan O'Brien, Lauren Graham, Arkira Chantaratananond, Kody Harvard, James Sweeney
Comedy / Drama
USA
English
2738
35
Peter Kosminsky
Claire Foy, Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Charlie Rowe, Elizabeth Conboy
Drama / History
USA
English
2764
36
Hailey Gates
Alia Shawkat, Chloe East, Channing Tatum, Chloë Sevigny, Jane Levy
Drama / War
USA
English
2764
36
Mohammad Reza Eyni, Sara Khaki
Sara Shahverdi
Documentary / Biography
Qatar / Chile / Iran / Canada / Netherlands / Germany / USA
Persian
2764
36
Rohan Kanawade
Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap, Harish Baraskar, Ram Daund
Drama / Romance
India
Marathi
2777
37
David Freyne
Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, John Early
Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
USA
English
