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Top 25 Movies of 2025
The Filmologist lists their 25 best movies of 2025, and everyone who reads it agrees that it is 100 percent correct.
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The Filmologist's list of the top 25 movies of 2025 is here! Check it out and let me know what I got wrong (or that you have no notes due to its perfection).
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#filmsky #moviesky #bestof2025
#TheMoment is mostly amusing but the interesting moments centered around the cost of celebrity get lost amidst a bunch of easy gags about the state of our corporatized music industry.
#filmsky #moviesky #charlixcx
#filmsky #moviesky #charlixcx
The Moment
Charli XCX is effortlessly compelling in a somewhat surface-deep exploration of the human cost of being at the center of a cultural moment.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
#TheMoment is mostly amusing but the interesting moments centered around the cost of celebrity get lost amidst a bunch of easy gags about the state of our corporatized music industry.
#filmsky #moviesky #charlixcx
#filmsky #moviesky #charlixcx
Casting Rachel McAdams in Sam Raimi's latest gorefest thriller is a brilliant move, effectively weaponizing the actress' natural cheerfulness to wonderful effect.
#sendhelp #rachelmcadams #filmsky #moviesky
#sendhelp #rachelmcadams #filmsky #moviesky
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Sam Raimi turns Rachel McAdams loose in one of his classic blood-soaked horror-comedy thrillers.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Casting Rachel McAdams in Sam Raimi's latest gorefest thriller is a brilliant move, effectively weaponizing the actress' natural cheerfulness to wonderful effect.
#sendhelp #rachelmcadams #filmsky #moviesky
#sendhelp #rachelmcadams #filmsky #moviesky
Lav Diaz's Magellan is a fascinating anti-epic, a historical biopic that is more interested in the moments after or to the side of the moments that history remembers.
#magellan #slowcinema #filmsky #moviesky
#magellan #slowcinema #filmsky #moviesky
Magellan
Lav Diaz turns the story of Magellan into a fascinating anti-epic about the horrors of colonialization.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Lav Diaz's Magellan is a fascinating anti-epic, a historical biopic that is more interested in the moments after or to the side of the moments that history remembers.
#magellan #slowcinema #filmsky #moviesky
#magellan #slowcinema #filmsky #moviesky
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Mercy (2026): 2-3 stars as a decent enough surveillance-state thriller.
Negative a billion stars as commentary on the emerging use of AI.
Curious what made Rebecca Ferguson want to be in this.
#filmsky #mercymovie
Negative a billion stars as commentary on the emerging use of AI.
Curious what made Rebecca Ferguson want to be in this.
#filmsky #mercymovie
January 22, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Mercy (2026): 2-3 stars as a decent enough surveillance-state thriller.
Negative a billion stars as commentary on the emerging use of AI.
Curious what made Rebecca Ferguson want to be in this.
#filmsky #mercymovie
Negative a billion stars as commentary on the emerging use of AI.
Curious what made Rebecca Ferguson want to be in this.
#filmsky #mercymovie
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is certainly gnarly but it also lacks the style and emotional resonance of its predecessor. Felt very much like an intermission to the two Boyle movies - a little surprised at the overwhelmingly positive reaction.
#filmsky #moviesky #28yearslater #bonetemple
#filmsky #moviesky #28yearslater #bonetemple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Nia DaCosta puts her own gnarly stamp on the zombie franchise, even if it doesn’t quite match the depth and emotional resonance of its predecessor.
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January 20, 2026 at 8:14 PM
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is certainly gnarly but it also lacks the style and emotional resonance of its predecessor. Felt very much like an intermission to the two Boyle movies - a little surprised at the overwhelmingly positive reaction.
#filmsky #moviesky #28yearslater #bonetemple
#filmsky #moviesky #28yearslater #bonetemple
If you had an awkward and uncomfortable childhood and for some reason wanted to relive the worst bits, you should watch The Plague!
#filmsky #moviesky #theplague
#filmsky #moviesky #theplague
The Plague
Charlie Polinger reimagines adolescence as a horror movie, effectively recapturing how terrifying it is to be on the cusp of adulthood.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
If you had an awkward and uncomfortable childhood and for some reason wanted to relive the worst bits, you should watch The Plague!
#filmsky #moviesky #theplague
#filmsky #moviesky #theplague
The Filmologist's list of the top 25 movies of 2025 is here! Check it out and let me know what I got wrong (or that you have no notes due to its perfection).
#filmsky #moviesky #bestof2025
#filmsky #moviesky #bestof2025
Top 25 Movies of 2025
The Filmologist lists their 25 best movies of 2025, and everyone who reads it agrees that it is 100 percent correct.
thefilmologist.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The Filmologist's list of the top 25 movies of 2025 is here! Check it out and let me know what I got wrong (or that you have no notes due to its perfection).
#filmsky #moviesky #bestof2025
#filmsky #moviesky #bestof2025
Marty Supreme is yet another movie about an asshole guy who steps over everyone in his way to achieve greatness, but WHAT a movie about an asshole guy who steps over everyone in his way to achieve greatness!!
#martysupreme #TimothéeChalamet #A24 #filmsky #moviesky
#martysupreme #TimothéeChalamet #A24 #filmsky #moviesky
Marty Supreme
Timothée Chalamet couldn’t be more in his element as a young man who will stop at nothing to be remembered as the very best.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Marty Supreme is yet another movie about an asshole guy who steps over everyone in his way to achieve greatness, but WHAT a movie about an asshole guy who steps over everyone in his way to achieve greatness!!
#martysupreme #TimothéeChalamet #A24 #filmsky #moviesky
#martysupreme #TimothéeChalamet #A24 #filmsky #moviesky
Excited to see what Nolan does with The Odyssey but not excited to have to listen to the "historical accuracy" crowd for the next 12-18 months.
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Excited to see what Nolan does with The Odyssey but not excited to have to listen to the "historical accuracy" crowd for the next 12-18 months.
Avatar: Fire and Ash is FAR too similar to The Way of Water, with a final third that may as well have been copy/pasted from its predecessor.
#avatar #fireandash #jamescameron #filmsky #moviesky
#avatar #fireandash #jamescameron #filmsky #moviesky
Avatar: Fire and Ash
James Cameron’s Avatar franchise starts to repeat itself in a disappointing and all too familiar third installment.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Avatar: Fire and Ash is FAR too similar to The Way of Water, with a final third that may as well have been copy/pasted from its predecessor.
#avatar #fireandash #jamescameron #filmsky #moviesky
#avatar #fireandash #jamescameron #filmsky #moviesky
Zootopia 2 was an entertaining enough remix of the structure of the original, but I think I laughed the most at the throwaway background animal puns. And ok, The Shining reference got me.
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Zootopia 2 was an entertaining enough remix of the structure of the original, but I think I laughed the most at the throwaway background animal puns. And ok, The Shining reference got me.
Not sure the world wants more content about A) rich people and B) Netflix, but Noah Baumbach's latest is unfortunately a bit of both.
#filmsky #moviesky #georgeclooney #netflix
#filmsky #moviesky #georgeclooney #netflix
Jay Kelly
A toothless exploration of the perils of fame, written with too much reverence towards its aging star, George Clooney.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Not sure the world wants more content about A) rich people and B) Netflix, but Noah Baumbach's latest is unfortunately a bit of both.
#filmsky #moviesky #georgeclooney #netflix
#filmsky #moviesky #georgeclooney #netflix
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There is no good result when one potential monopoly is battling another potential monopoly to become a very big monopoly
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
There is no good result when one potential monopoly is battling another potential monopoly to become a very big monopoly
#avatarfireandash first thoughts: it's....the same exact movie as the last one. And it's set up to make another one (or two) just like it. I was actually a bit bored, which I was not expecting. Kind of a bummer.
December 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#avatarfireandash first thoughts: it's....the same exact movie as the last one. And it's set up to make another one (or two) just like it. I was actually a bit bored, which I was not expecting. Kind of a bummer.
Kinda knocked out by Oliver Laxe's Sirât, a movie that probably comes as close as it gets to literalizing a spiritual journey.
#filmsky #moviesky #sirat #raves
#filmsky #moviesky #sirat #raves
Sirāt
Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât” is a nail-biting and thought-provoking journey through a spiritual and literal desert.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As of now, Clint Bentley's Train Dreams is my #1 movie of the year. I was on the verge of crying or actually crying for about 75% of the movie, even if I couldn't exactly say why at any given point. Truly astounding stuff.
#filmsky #moviesky #traindreams #oscars #netflix
#filmsky #moviesky #traindreams #oscars #netflix
Train Dreams
Joel Edgerton shines in a captivating and tragic character study of a man who struggles to do no more than live a simple life.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
As of now, Clint Bentley's Train Dreams is my #1 movie of the year. I was on the verge of crying or actually crying for about 75% of the movie, even if I couldn't exactly say why at any given point. Truly astounding stuff.
#filmsky #moviesky #traindreams #oscars #netflix
#filmsky #moviesky #traindreams #oscars #netflix
Reedland, the Dutch entry in the Best International Feature Film category for the upcoming Oscars, is a thoughtful piece of slow cinema from a promising debut director. Look away if you can't handle ten-minute scenes of a guy just farming. Lots to ponder here tho, if you're willing.
#filmsky #oscars
#filmsky #oscars
Reedland
Sven Bresser’s ponderous debut is a quiet anti-thriller about the intersection of evil, mankind, and nature.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
#Hamnet screening tip: warn the people next to you that you're probably going to sob before the movie even starts, which helps to feel less self-conscious about it when it inevitably happens.
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
#Hamnet screening tip: warn the people next to you that you're probably going to sob before the movie even starts, which helps to feel less self-conscious about it when it inevitably happens.
Eternity draws you in with a compelling first half that explores a fairly silly afterlife but sadly devolves into a standard rom-com love triangle.
#afterlife #A24 #elizabetholsen #milesteller #moviesky #filmsky
#afterlife #A24 #elizabetholsen #milesteller #moviesky #filmsky
Eternity
David Freyne’s “Eternity” is a pleasant but unambitious rom-com love triangle set in the afterlife.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Eternity draws you in with a compelling first half that explores a fairly silly afterlife but sadly devolves into a standard rom-com love triangle.
#afterlife #A24 #elizabetholsen #milesteller #moviesky #filmsky
#afterlife #A24 #elizabetholsen #milesteller #moviesky #filmsky
Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is one of the best movies of 2025, with one of the best endings in recent memory. Long live the Trier/Reinsve combo.
#filmsky #moviesky #sentimentalvalue #neon
#filmsky #moviesky #sentimentalvalue #neon
Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier delivers his best work yet in a story about one family’s attempt to heal a wound that’s been open for generations.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is one of the best movies of 2025, with one of the best endings in recent memory. Long live the Trier/Reinsve combo.
#filmsky #moviesky #sentimentalvalue #neon
#filmsky #moviesky #sentimentalvalue #neon
Dare I say that Bugonia might be Yorgos Lanthimos's best?
#bugonia #filmsky #moviesky #emmastone #jesseplemons
#bugonia #filmsky #moviesky #emmastone #jesseplemons
Bugonia
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons produce career-best work in another darkly bizarre creation from Yorgos Lanthimos.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Dare I say that Bugonia might be Yorgos Lanthimos's best?
#bugonia #filmsky #moviesky #emmastone #jesseplemons
#bugonia #filmsky #moviesky #emmastone #jesseplemons
Nia DaCosta's Hedda is a lot like being at a party where there's a lot of drama going on that you aren't a part of -- you can just sit back and enjoy the flames. Tessa Thompson shows impressive range and Nina Hoss is a delight.
#filmsky #moviesky #hedda #tessathompson
#filmsky #moviesky #hedda #tessathompson
Hedda
Nia DaCosta’s bold and modern reimagining of a classic stage play provides a fruitful playground for Tessa Thompson to show off her chops.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Nia DaCosta's Hedda is a lot like being at a party where there's a lot of drama going on that you aren't a part of -- you can just sit back and enjoy the flames. Tessa Thompson shows impressive range and Nina Hoss is a delight.
#filmsky #moviesky #hedda #tessathompson
#filmsky #moviesky #hedda #tessathompson
It Was Just an Accident is Jafar Panahi's best and most accessible film to date, a meticulously constructed moral quagmire that poses urgent moral questions with no easy answers. One of the year's best, if not THE best.
#filmsky #moviesky #itwasjustanaccident
#filmsky #moviesky #itwasjustanaccident
It Was Just an Accident
Jafar Panahi’s latest is a gripping morality tale about the thin line between justice and revenge.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It Was Just an Accident is Jafar Panahi's best and most accessible film to date, a meticulously constructed moral quagmire that poses urgent moral questions with no easy answers. One of the year's best, if not THE best.
#filmsky #moviesky #itwasjustanaccident
#filmsky #moviesky #itwasjustanaccident
The Black Phone 2 was pretty fun and had some pretty clever visuals (and The Grabber ice skating). I wouldn't mind a new one of these every few years.
#filmsky #moviesky #blackphone #blackphone2 #ethanhawke
#filmsky #moviesky #blackphone #blackphone2 #ethanhawke
Black Phone 2
The Grabber makes a play to be the next classic franchise horror villain in a fun but slightly convoluted sequel.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Black Phone 2 was pretty fun and had some pretty clever visuals (and The Grabber ice skating). I wouldn't mind a new one of these every few years.
#filmsky #moviesky #blackphone #blackphone2 #ethanhawke
#filmsky #moviesky #blackphone #blackphone2 #ethanhawke