A look back on the best cinema of the year
2025 did not belong to one genre, one studio, or one safe idea. It was a year when filmmakers leaned into risk — psychological horror that crawled under the skin ("The Monkey"), war films that refused easy heroics ("Warfare"), and big-swing auteurs returning with something jagged and personal ("One Battle After Another").
From nerve-shredding suspense to confrontational spectacle, this year’s best films challenged audiences to sit with discomfort, rethink familiar stories, and feel something raw again. The movies that rose to the top were not always the loudest or most commercial, but they were the ones that lingered — the kind you keep replaying long after the credits roll.
Below are the Top 10 films Hollywood brought us this year. Enjoy!
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