Best and Worst Movies of 2025

Today’s episode of Sounds of Cinema looked back at movies of 2025 and counted down my picks of the best and worst movies of the past year. You can find full coverage here including rationales for each title and lists of honorable mentions, great performances, and trends of 2025.

10 Best Films of 2025

1 . Parthenope

2. Train Dreams

3. Good Boy

4. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

5. Hedda

6. Eephus

7. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

8. One Battle After Another

9. Predators

10. Eddington

10 Worst Films of 2025

1. Happy Gilmore 2
2. War of the Worlds
3. Oh. What. Fun.
4. The Electric State
5. I Know What You Did Last Summer
6. Anniversary
7. Regretting You
8. Juliet & Romeo
9. Fear Street: Prom Queen / A Hell of a Summer
10. Love Hurts

You can find the year end wrap ups from previous years here.