Joey Magidson
Folks, as we continue to transition from 2025 fully into 2026 (minus awards season coverage, of course), a perfect end point of sorts to share with everyone is what some of the other folks on staff thought of the movies. Yes, it’s time for the Awards Radar staff to chime in with their top ten lists. You fine folks already know my ten favorite films of the year (found right here), but what about the others? Well, now you can see the lists, in all of their glory. They’re quite diverse, too, highlighting all that cinema had to offer in 2025. So, give them a gander, let us know who had the list you love most, and be sure to share your Top Tens as well!
Here now are the ten best films for 2025 from participating members of the Awards Radar staff:
Joey Magidson
10. Superman
9. Are We Good?
8. Train Dreams
7. Bugonia
6. A House of Dynamite
5. One Battle After Another
4. Jay Kelly
3. Sinners
2. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
1. The Life of Chuck
Steve Prusakowski
10. The Testament of Ann Lee
9. The Secret Agent
8. Pee-Wee As Himself
7. Marty Supreme
6. Train Dreams
5. Orwell 2+2=5
4. Sentimental Value
3. No Other Choice
2. One Battle After Another
1. The Ballad of Wallis Island
Myles Hughes
10. Frankenstein
9. The Monkey
8. 28 Years Later
7. The Phoenician Scheme
6. The Long Walk
5. Marty Supreme
4. The Plague
3. Weapons
2. Sinners
1. Train Dreams
Niki Cruz
10. It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
9. Eternity
8. Materialists
7. Frankenstein
6. The Long Walk
5. Marty Supreme
4. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
3. Bugonia
2. One Battle After Another
1. Sinners
Robert Hamer
10. Weapons
9. Twinless
8. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
7. Marty Supreme
6. Dreams (Sex Love)
5. Sentimental Value
4. Roofman
3. The Alabama Solution
2. The Secret Agent
1. One Battle After Another
Danny Jarabek
10. Highest 2 Lowest
9. Die My Love
8. Bugonia
7. Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
6. Mickey 17
5. Sinners
4. One Battle After Another
3. Resurrection
2. The President’s Cake
1. Sound of Falling
Gabe Lapalombella
10. Eddington
9. The Secret Agent
8. Sentimental Value
7. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
6. Black Bag
5. Pavements
4. Sinners
3. Train Dreams
2. Marty Supreme
1. One Battle After Another
Adam Patla
10. Twinless
9. Resurrection
8. My Father’s Shadow
7. Sentimental Value
6. Hedda
5. The Testament of Ann Lee
4. The Secret Agent
3. Sinners
2. Hamnet
1. Sorry, Baby
Jonathan Sim
10. Companion
9. Rosemead
8. TRON: Ares
7. A Nice Indian Boy
6. Ballerina
5. Marty Supreme
4. Rental Family
3. Avatar: Fire and Ash
2. The Shadow’s Edge
1. The Long Walk
Shane Slater
10. Sentimental Value
9. It Was Just an Accident
8. Weapons
7. The Tale of Silyan
6. My Father’s Shadow
5. The Perfect Neighbor
4. The Secret Agent
3. Sinners
2. One Battle After Another
1. Hamnet
Sophia Soto
10. Regretting You
9. Twinless
8. Materialists
7. The Life List
6. The Housemaid
5. The Life of Chuck
4. After the Hunt
3. Thunderbolts*
2. Wicked: For Good
1. I Know What You Did Last Summer
Cory Stillman
10. The Woman in the Yard
9. Predators
8. The Threesome
7. Die My Love
6. The Testament of Ann Lee
5. The Phoenician Scheme
4. Eddington
3. The Secret Agent
2. Sinners
1. One Battle After Another
Maxance Vincent
10. It Was Just an Accident
9. The Voice of Hind Rajab
8. The Secret Agent
7. No Other Choice
6. Reflection in a Dead Diamond
5. Sentimental Value
4. F1
3. Resurrection
2. Avatar: Fire and Ash
1. Marty Supreme
What was your favorite film of 2025? Share your top ten lists!
I’m actually surprised, and a little relieved, at the diversity of #1 picks here. With just how thoroughly it has dominated the precursors, a part of me assumed One Battle After Another would have just cleaned up with the staff. But only three of us placed it on top.
For sure. Very heartening to see the variety!
Oh, and big shout-out to Searchlight Pictures for damn-near hiding The Testament of Ann Lee until just before the Oscar nominations are announced. I would have gladly included it among my own
top tentop five of the year had you geniuses not seemingly decided to sabotage its theatrical rollout and make it impossible for anyone to see it for themselves outside of a few small pockets of Los Angeles and New York City for nearly a full month.Good job, guys.
There’s always at least one, every single year…
By awarding 10 points for each film’s #1 placement, 9 points for a #2 placement, etc., the collective Awards Radar Staff Top 10 of 2025 would be:
For now, the only 2025 film that I’m at all certain will make my Top 10 by the time the Oscars come around is Left-Handed Girl. I have much more to see. Bonus points to Danny and Cory for having the only lists to include Die My Love. I’m pleasantly surprised to see it recognized here.
Thanks as always for doing this!