Is it just me or is 2025 flying by? Where have the last six months gone? How it is already the end of June?
I don’t know. But I do know that I have already seen a bunch of really good movies so far in 2025, along with at least one or two stone-cold modern classics. Below, I’ve done something literally no film critic in history has ever thought to do: I made a list of my ten favorites, ranked in ascending order so my absolutely top movie appears at the bottom.
(Why no one ever tried this before me, I have no idea. What can I say? I’m an innovator.)
Bear in mind that with two young children and soul-breaking deadlines bearing down on me at all times, I did miss a handful of titles from the first half of the year. (#1 on that list would be Materialists, directed by Celine Song, whose Past Lives was one of my favorite titles of 2023.) I give you my word that I will catch up with that any and all top-rated titles from January to June before making my final list in December.
Still, even with the titles I missed, I had more good movies too chose from than could fit into a top ten, including the lovely little indie drama Bonjour Tristesse and the decidedly-not little or indie F1. The world may be a mess, but there are still more good movies than I have time to watch. But I’m doing my best.
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