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53 Directors Pick Their Favorite Films of 2025

"IndieWire reached out to our favorite filmmakers to celebrate the year in motion pictures. We gave them freedom to reflect on the year in cinema however they chose, and what follows ranges from traditional top 10 lists to personal reflections, with participants singling out their favorite performances, plays, and arthouse p*rn from the past."
To see a detailed list of the directors and films see the article. I have listed here the films that were mentioned. Some directors mentioned old films that they saw and loved this year, I have included those films too.
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Frankenstein (2025)
Frankenstein (2025)
1
It Was Just an Accident (2025)
It Was Just an Accident (2025)
2
Nouvelle Vague (2025)
Nouvelle Vague (2025)
3
The Secret Agent (2025)
The Secret Agent (2025)
4
Pillion (2025)
Pillion (2025)
5
Sentimental Value (2025)
Sentimental Value (2025)
6
Sirat (2025)
Sirat (2025)
7
Deaf (2025)
Deaf (2025)
8
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)
9
Train Dreams (2025)
Train Dreams (2025)
10
Is This Thing On? (2025)
Is This Thing On? (2025)
11
Together (2025)
Together (2025)
12
Hamnet (2025)
Hamnet (2025)
13
Bugonia (2025)
Bugonia (2025)
14
Blue Moon (2025)
Blue Moon (2025)
15
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025)
16
One Battle After Another (2025)
One Battle After Another (2025)
17
The Chronology of Water
The Chronology of Water
18
Souleymane's Story (2024)
Souleymane's Story (2024)
19
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Caught by the Tides (2024)
Caught by the Tides (2024)
20
La Grazia (2025)
La Grazia (2025)
21
A House of Dynamite (2025)
A House of Dynamite (2025)
22
Marty Supreme (2025)
Marty Supreme (2025)
23
Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market (1974)
Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market (1974)
24
The Mastermind (2025)
The Mastermind (2025)
25
Reveries: The Mind Prison (2025)
Reveries: The Mind Prison (2025)
26
Removal of the Eye (2024)
Removal of the Eye (2024)
27
Cloud (2024)
Cloud (2024)
28
Invention (2025)
Invention (2025)
29
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The Girl With the Needle (2024)
The Girl With the Needle (2024)
30
Dance Freak (2025)
Dance Freak (2025)
31
$POSITIONS (2025)
$POSITIONS (2025)
32
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint (2023)
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint (2023)
33
97%
AJ Goes to the Dog Park (2024)
AJ Goes to the Dog Park (2024)
34
Jesus 2 (2025)
Jesus 2 (2025)
35
Sundays (2025)
Sundays (2025)
36
Sinners (2025)
Sinners (2025)
37
28 Years Later (2025)
28 Years Later (2025)
38
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow (2025)
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow (2025)
39
100%
The Life of Chuck (2025)
The Life of Chuck (2025)
40
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