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53 Directors Pick Their Favorite Films of 2025 - Page 3

"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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The President's Cake (2025)
The President's Cake (2025)
81
100%
I'm Glad You're Dead Now (2025)
I'm Glad You're Dead Now (2025)
82
My Father's Shadow (2025)
My Father's Shadow (2025)
83
Left-Handed Girl (2025)
Left-Handed Girl (2025)
84
95%
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025)
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025)
85
Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (2025)
86
Yes (2025)
Yes (2025)
87
Kontinental '25 (2025)
Kontinental '25 (2025)
88
7.2
What Does That Nature Say to You (2025)
What Does That Nature Say to You (2025)
89
Silent Friend
Silent Friend
90
Angela's Diaries - Chapter Three (2025)
Angela's Diaries - Chapter Three (2025)
91
Back Home (2025)
Back Home (2025)
92
Boorman and the Devil (2025)
Boorman and the Devil (2025)
93
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
94
Peter Hujar's Day (2025)
Peter Hujar's Day (2025)
95
Resurrection (2025)
Resurrection (2025)
96
Horizonte (2024)
Horizonte (2024)
97
Kokuho (2025)
Kokuho (2025)
98
Fiume O Morte! (2025)
Fiume O Morte! (2025)
99
Hijra (2025)
Hijra (2025)
100
To a Land Unknown (2024)
To a Land Unknown (2024)
101
The Blue Trail (2025)
The Blue Trail (2025)
102
Magellan (2025)
Magellan (2025)
103
Romería (2025)
Romería (2025)
104
Universal Language (2024)
Universal Language (2024)
105
Videoheaven (2025)
Videoheaven (2025)
106
85%7.0
Sorry, Baby (2025)
Sorry, Baby (2025)
107
One of Them Days (2025)
One of Them Days (2025)
108
95%
Strange River (2025)
Strange River (2025)
109
Dead Man's Wire (2025)
Dead Man's Wire (2025)
110
Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025)
Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025)
111
Goodbye June (2025)
Goodbye June (2025)
112
The Follies (2025)
The Follies (2025)
113
Mr. Scorsese (2025)
Mr. Scorsese (2025)
114
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024)
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024)
115
Presence (2025)
Presence (2025)
116
88%6.7
The Love That Remains (2025)
The Love That Remains (2025)
117
Sound of Falling (2025)
Sound of Falling (2025)
118
Two Prosecutors (2025)
Two Prosecutors (2025)
119
Young Mothers (2025)
Young Mothers (2025)
120
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