Dallas Fisher

The time has come again where I’m supposed to give my top ten movies of the year. Every year I keep all the movies I see in a ranked list, it’s updated every time I see a new film, or every time I think about it. It’s constantly the hardest and easiest thing I ever have to do, because I see movies I know for a fact will be in my top ten and I see others that I hope will make it but ultimately don’t.

These are my ten favorites and not necessarily the best. I would need to watch each movie a dozen more times if I wanted to come up with something that objective.

That’s the thing I love about doing it though, it’s my list. I don’t need to listen to other critics or the internet on what should or shouldn’t be on it. I love some movies that people were middle of the road on and I dislike some that people thought were the best of all time. Movie tastes are subjective and that’s what makes it fun!

Without further ado, here are my top ten movies of 2025.

Well, first I’ll give a few honorable mentions and then countdown in ascending order because it’s more dramatic.

Honorable Mentions:

No Other Choice
The Assessment
Rental Family
Jay Kelly
It Was Just an Accident
Sorry, Baby

10. Twinless

In a year full of actors playing twins, Dylan O’Brien was the best of them all.

9. Marty Supreme

Timothee Chalamet is the chosen one in this confident story of the quest for perfection turning into self-inflicted bad luck. Some of the most chaotic fun I had all year.

8. The Life of Chuck

A defiant movie that melts your mind with grace where my entire body felt a warmth from tears and fears. Oh yeah, and that dance scene is spectacular.

7. Sinners

Satisfying to no end. Ryan Coogler made a creative and genre expanding triumph. I was in awe of everything brought to the screen here, from the story to the direction of a song that blew my mind.


6. Freaky Tales

Just a fun movie that I really dug. Pedro Pascal was in four movies this year and this was the best time I had with him. The music is a blast and it’s segmented options really kept me on my toes.

5. Caught Stealing

Austin Butler proves he is a leading man in a pretty straight forward story that I couldn’t help but latch onto. Just a cool movie.

4. One Battle After Another

What can really be said anymore? I saw it three times in a theater and it was a monumental experience for every single second. PTA and company solidified his own genre with this output.

3. Warfare

The sound, the realism, the feeling you get while watching this is not comparable. A real life story told by a master filmmaker is such an achievement that I’ll never forget. The brotherhood is felt in a way I had never seen before.

2. Train Dreams

A cinematic achievement that brought me to a point in my life where I am now hopeful for my ancestors. Thank you Clint Bentley and Joel Edgerton. Simply put, watch this movie.

1. Black Bag

Slick. Stylish. Sexy. Soderberg. “S” is the letter of the year and Black Bag is my favorite movie of the year. This is the most “right up my alley” movie I have seen since The Killer. We finally have a consistent Fassbender and that makes me so happy. The editing is top notch, the script is tight, and I want that interrogation scene played on my headstone.

See ya next year!