Best Of 2025: a Summary of World Cinema

2025 Film Festivals

Awarded Film	Event
It Was Just an Accident	Cannes Film Festival	France
Father Mother Sister Brother	Venice Film Festival	Italy
Dreams (Love Sex)	Berlin International Film Festival	Germany
Sundays	San Sebastian Film Festival	Spain
Hamnet	Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)	Canada
Atropia	Sundance Film Festival	USA
Calle Málaga	Mar del Plata International Film Festival	Argentina
The Ugly Stepsister	Film Festival of Catalonia	Spain
The Mastermind Magellan	Seminci - International Film Festival	Spain

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2025 Awards

Awarded Film	Award
One Battle After Another	Oscars - Academy Awards	USA
Hamnet (Drama) One Battle After Another (Comedy)	Golden Globes Awards	USA
Sentimental Value	European Film Awards (EFA)	Europe
One Battle After Another	BAFTA - British Academy Film Awards	G.B.
The Ties That Bind Us	Cesar Awards (France)	France
Coming soon	David di Donatello Awards (Italy)	Italy
Sundays	Goya Awards (Spanish Academy Awards)	Spain
Coming soon	German Film Awards (Deutsche Filmpreis)	Germany
Eagles of the Republic	Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Film Institute)	Sweden

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Critics' Association Awards 2025

Awarded Film	Awards
One Battle After Another	National Board of Review (NBR)	USA
One Battle After Another	New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)	USA
One Battle After Another	Los Angeles Film Critics Awards (LAFCA)	USA
One Battle After Another	Chicago Film Critics Association	USA
Sinners	Boston Society of Film Critics	USA
One Battle After Another	Critics' Choice Awards	USA

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David Fear, Senior Editor of Rolling Stone - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		One Battle After Another
2		Hamnet
3		Black Bag
4		Train Dreams
5		Nouvelle Vague
6		It Was Just an Accident
7		No Other Choice
8		Sorry, Baby
9		Marty Supreme
10		Sentimental Value

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Manohla Dargis, Chief Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Sinners
2		One Battle After Another
3		Marty Supreme
4		It Was Just an Accident
5		BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
6		My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow
7		Sorry, Baby
8		The Secret Agent
9		Caught by the Tides
10		The Mastermind

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Alissa Wilkinson, Critic of The New York Times - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		One Battle After Another
2		It Was Just an Accident
3		My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow
4		Marty Supreme
5		The Testament of Ann Lee
6		Predators
7		Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
8		Sinners
9		Eephus
10		The Voice of Hind Rajab

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Ann Hornaday, Critic of The Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Life of Chuck
2		One Battle After Another
3		Sentimental Value
4		Orwell: 2+2=5
5		Peter Hujar's Day
6		Holding Liat
7		In Waves and War
8		Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
9		Sinners
10		Hamnet

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David Ehrlich, Chief Critic of IndieWire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		One Battle After Another
2		Marty Supreme
3		Sentimental Value
4		Sirât
5		It Was Just an Accident
6		If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
7		Resurrection
8		Eddington
9		The Testament of Ann Lee
10		The Secret Agent

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Stephanie Zacharek, Chief Critic of Time - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Nouvelle Vague
2		An Officer and a Spy
3		Blue Moon
4		Sentimental Value
5		Peter Hujar's Day
6		Roofman
7		Sinners
8		The Mastermind
9		Kill the Jockey
10		One of Them Days

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Luis Martínez, Chief Critic of Diario El Mundo - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		One Battle After Another
2		April
3		Souleymane's Story
4		The Voice of Hind Rajab
5		An Unfinished Film
6		It Was Just an Accident
7		Sinners
8		Sentimental Value
9		Bugonia
10		Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

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James Poniewozik, Mike Hale & Margaret Lyons, TV Critic of The New York Times - Source

Country:	Film
	Andor
	Pluribus
	Common Side Effects
	The Lowdown
	Dying for Sex
	Long Story Short
	Pee-wee as Himself
	The Rehearsal
	The Pitt
	Severance

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Lili Loofbourow, TV Critic of The Washington Post - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Rehearsal
2		Andor
3		Dying for Sex
4		The Pitt
5		Adolescence
6		The Studio
7		Murderbot
8		The Lowdown
9		Slow Horses
10		Chief of War

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Ben Travers, TV Critic of IndieWire - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Long Story Short
2		The Lowdown
3		Pluribus
4		Common Side Effects
5		Dying for Sex
6		The Chair Company
7		Death by Lightning
8		Adolescence
9		Forever
10		Task

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Judy Berman, TV Critic of Time - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Dying for Sex
2		Pluribus
3		The Lowdown
4		Mussolini: Son of the Century
5		Severance
6		Mo
7		The Studio
8		Forever
9		Such Brave Girls
10		The Pitt

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Roxana Hadadi, TV Critic of Vulture - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Andor
2		Common Side Effects
3		Mr. Scorsese
4		The Pitt
5		Mussolini: Son of the Century
6		Black Rabbit
7		The Hunting Wives
8		The Righteous Gemstones
9		Death by Lightning
10		The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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Jackson McHenry, TV Critic of Vulture - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Rehearsal
2		Andor
3		The Pitt
4		Pluribus
5		Death by Lightning
6		Adults
7		Elsbeth
8		The Gilded Age
9		The Morning Show
10		Étoile

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Nicholas Quah, TV Critic of Vulture - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		Andor
2		King of the Hill
3		Shoresy
4		The Rehearsal
5		Pluribus
6		The Gilded Age
7		The Lowdown
8		The Chair Company
9		The Eastern Gate
10		I Love LA

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Kathryn VanArendonk, TV Critic of Vulture - Source Sorted by order of preference:

#	Country:	Film
1		The Pitt
2		Andor
3		The Lowdown
4		Pluribus
5		The Rehearsal
6		Dying for Sex
7		The Gilded Age
8		Death by Lightning
9		Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
10		The Hunting Wives

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2025 Worldwide

#	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1	Ne Zha 2	Animation	Coco Cartoon / Horgos Coloroom	$1.902.323.000
2	Lilo & Stitch	Sci-Fi	Walt Disney / Rideback	$1.037.971.000
3	A Minecraft Movie	Fantasy	Warner Bros. / Mojang / Vertigo / Legendary	$957.949.000
4	Zootopia 2	Animation	Walt Disney	$915.774.000
5	Jurassic World Rebirth	Sci-Fi	Amblin / Universal / The Kennedy/Marshall / Latina	$868.908.000
6	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle	Animation	Aniplex / Crunchyroll / Shueisha / Sony	$768.944.000
7	How to Train Your Dragon	Adventure	Universal / DreamWorks SKG / Marc Platt	$636.251.000
8	F1	Action	Apple / Monolith / Jerry Bruckheimer / Plan B	$631.527.000
9	Superman	Sci-Fi	DC / Warner Bros. / The Safran Company / Troll Court	$616.684.000
10	Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning	Action	Bad Robot / Paramount / Skydance / TC	$598.767.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2025 in the US

#	Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
1	A Minecraft Movie	Fantasy	Warner Bros. / Mojang / Vertigo / Legendary	$423.949.000
2	Lilo & Stitch	Sci-Fi	Walt Disney / Rideback	$423.779.000
3	Superman	Sci-Fi	DC / Warner Bros. / The Safran Company / Troll Court	$354.184.000
4	Jurassic World Rebirth	Sci-Fi	Amblin / Universal / The Kennedy/Marshall / Latina	$339.640.000
5	Wicked: For Good	Musical	Marc Platt / Universal	$296.951.000
6	Sinners	Horror	Proximity / Warner Bros.	$279.654.000
7	The Fantastic Four: First Steps	Fantasy	Marvel Studios / 20th Century / Walt Disney	$274.287.000
8	How to Train Your Dragon	Adventure	Universal / DreamWorks SKG / Marc Platt	$262.958.000
9	Zootopia 2	Animation	Walt Disney	$220.474.000
10	Captain America: Brave New World	Action	Marvel Studios / Walt Disney	$200.500.000

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The Highest Grossing Films of 2025 in their Country of Origin

Film	Genre	Producer	Box Office:
Manitou’s Canoe	Comedy	Constantin / Sur-Film / herbX	49.396.000€
Padre no hay más que uno 5: Nido repleto	Comedy	Bowfinger International / Atresmedia / Esto También Pasará / Irusoin	12.769.000€
God Save the Tuche	Comedy	Pathé / TF1 / Les Films du Monsieur / Pictanovo / Beside	20.010.000€
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle	Animation	Aniplex / Crunchyroll / Shueisha / Sony / Ufotable / TOHO	$245.428.000
Mesa de regalos	Comedy	The MediaPro Studio	$6.501.000
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy	Romance	Working Title / Universal / Studiocanal / Miramax	$62.961.000

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The Best Films of 2025 according to Filmaffinity Users
Ranking order obeys to several criteria: films with a high number of votes, films released in various countries, etc.

Rating	Country:	Film
7.8		Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
7.8		Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle
7.7		Sundays
7.5		The Voice of Hind Rajab
7.5		Sentimental Value
7.4		Maspalomas
7.3		How to Train Your Dragon
7.2		Deaf
7.2		One Battle After Another
7.1		Nouvelle Vague
7.1		It Was Just an Accident
7.0		Bugonia
7.0		Nuremberg

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The Best TV Series of 2025 according to Filmaffinity Users

Rating	Country:	TV Series
7.9		The Pitt
7.8		When Life Gives You Tangerines
7.8		MobLand
7.8		Common Side Effects
7.7		Dexter: Resurrection
7.6		The Studio
7.6		Adolescence
7.4		Win or Lose
7.4		Stranger Things 5
7.4		Task
7.4		American Primeval
7.4		Pluribus

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Best Of 2025: a Summary of World Cinema

Most Awarded Films:

Best Films of 2025 According to World Famous Film Critics:

Best TV Series of 2025 by World Famous Critics

The Highest Grossing Films of 2025:

The Best Films of 2025 According to Filmaffinity Users