Film 2025

My end-of-year summary of the films I watched in 2025.

Ratings

  (more info)
5★ Masterpiece
4½★ Amazing
4★ Great
3★ Good/Decent
2★ Okay/Meh
1★ Bad

Top Tier

  (not seen before)

Recommended

  (not seen before)

Underwhelming

  (not seen before)

Trash

  (not seen before)

The Full List

highlighted = 4½★ or 5★ — the best
red = 4★ recommendations
N = new release (in 2025 or late-2024)
R = seen before (rewatch)
  1. Casablanca (1942) ★★★★★
  2. Nosferatu (2024) ★★ N
  3. Monkey Man (2024) ★★★★
  4. Smokescreen (1964) ★★
  5. The Holdovers (2023) ★★★★
  6. Get Away (2024) ★ N
  7. A Real Pain (2024) ★★★★½ N
  8. Wolf Man (2025) ★★★ N
  9. Sexy Beast (2000) ★★★★½ R
  10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) ★★★★ R
  11. Sin City (2005) ★★★★½ R
  12. Companion (2025) ★★★ N
  13. September 5 (2025) ★★★ N
  14. The Substance (2024) ★★★★
  15. Heat (1995) ★★★★★ R
  16. The Monkey (2025) ★★★ N
  17. Zombieland (2009) ★★★★ R
  18. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019) ★★★
  19. The Big Lebowski (1998) ★★★★★ R
  20. Plane (2023) ★★
  21. Mickey 17 (2025) ★★ N
  22. Black Bag (2025) ★★★★ N
  23. Last Breath (2025) ★★★ N
  24. Bad Boys (1995) ★★★ R
  25. The Da Vinci Code (2006) ★★★
  26. Angels and Demons (2009) ★★
  27. Interstellar (2014) (IMAX) ★★★★★ R
  28. The Shining (1980) ★★★★★ R
  29. Snatch (2000) ★★★★ R
  30. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) ★★★★★ R
  31. Warfare (2025) ★★★★½ N
  32. Apocalypse Now (Final Cut) (1979) ★★★★★
  33. Sinners (2025) ★★★★½ N
  34. Office Space (1999) ★★★
  35. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) ★★
  36. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) ★★★★ R
  37. Django Unchained (2012) ★★★★½ R
  38. Stardust (2007) ★★
  39. Hot Fuzz (2007) ★★★★½ R
  40. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019) ★★★★½ R
  41. Hotel Mumbai (2018) ★★★★ R
  42. Collateral (2004) ★★★★ R
  43. Mountainhead (2025) ★★★ N
  44. The Thing (1982) ★★★
  45. Sicario (2015) ★★★★½ R
  46. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) ★★★★½ R
  47. The Wind in the Willows (1983) ★★★★ R
  48. 28 Days Later (2002) ★★★★ R
  49. F1: The Movie (2025) (IMAX) ★★★★
  50. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) ★★★
  51. 28 Years Later (2025) ★★★ N
  52. Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning (2025) ★★ N
  53. Sicario 2: Soldado (2018) ★★★
  54. Shallow Grave (1994) ★★★★ R
  55. Hill (2025) (doc) ★★★ N
  56. Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) ★★★
  57. Star Trek: Beyond (2016) ★★
  58. The Amateur (2025) ★★★ N
  59. Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024) (doc) ★★★★ N
  60. Red Riding: 1974 (2009) ★★★
  61. Bring Her Back (2025) ★★★ N
  62. Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) ★★★★ N
  63. Red Riding: 1980 (2009) ★★★
  64. Red Riding: 1983 (2009) ★★★
  65. The Covenant (2023) ★★★★½ R
  66. The Commitments (1991) ★★★★ R
  67. Nobody (2021) ★★★★ R
  68. Weapons (2025) (IMAX) ★★★★ N
  69. Nobody 2 (2025) ★★★ N
  70. Army of Darkness (1992) ★★★★ R
  71. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984) ★★★★ R
  72. Jaws (1975) (IMAX) ★★★★ R
  73. TRON: Legacy (2010) ★★★ R
  74. Baby Driver (2017) ★★★★ R
  75. The Thursday Murder Club (2025) ★ N
  76. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) ★★★★ R
  77. The Fifth Element (1997) ★★★★ R
  78. Apollo 13 (1995) ★★★★½ R
  79. GoldenEye (1995) ★★★ R
  80. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) ★★★ R
  81. Apollo 11 (2019) ★★★★½
  82. The 'Burbs (1989) ★★★
  83. Hamilton (2020) ★★★★★
  84. Interstellar (2015) ★★★★★ R
  85. Batman Begins (2005) ★★★★ R
  86. Nosferatu (1922) ★★★
  87. The Dark Knight (2008) ★★★★½ R
  88. The Lost Bus (2025) ★★★ N
  89. Fargo (1996) ★★★★
  90. Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) ★★★★ R
  91. Skyfall (2012) ★★★★ R
  92. Scrooge (1951) ★★★★½ R
  93. Die Hard 2 (1990) ★★★★ R
  94. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) ★★★★½ R
  95. Die Hard (1988) ★★★★★ R
  96. Gremlins (1984) ★★★★ R
  97. Home Alone (1990) ★★★★ R
  98. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) ★★★ R
  99. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) ★★★★★ R
  100. Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) ★★★★★


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