Year
Our top picks from 2025. The films, TV shows, and books that defined the year.
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Richard Gadd's searing autobiographical limited series tells the true story of a comedian stalked by a woman he showed kindness to, unraveling into a devastating exploration of trauma, complicity, and the stories we tell about ourselves.
A young woman brought back to life by a mad scientist embarks on a journey of self-discovery across Europe.
Sean Baker's Palme d'Or winner follows Ani, a Brooklyn sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, only to have the fairytale violently dismantled when his family sends enforcers to annul the union.
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb, told through a fractured timeline.
A Chinese-American laundromat owner discovers she must explore alternate universes to save the multiverse.
A young man grows up in Miami navigating identity, family, and desire across three defining chapters of his life.
A poor family schemes to infiltrate the household of a wealthy family, with increasingly shocking consequences.
Brady Corbet's staggering 215-minute epic follows a Hungarian-Jewish architect who emigrates to America after World War II, only to find that the promise of reinvention comes at a devastating cost.
An American spy infiltrates a radical environmentalist commune in rural France.
A Mexican cartel leader undergoes gender transition with the help of a kidnapped lawyer.
A woman embarks on a solo road trip that becomes a journey of sexual and creative reinvention.
Barbie and Ken leave Barbieland for the real world, triggering an existential crisis about identity and womanhood.
Two boys at a reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida discover horrors the adults try to keep hidden.
A blind French girl and a German boy's paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive World War II.
A curmudgeonly prep school teacher is forced to stay on campus over Christmas break with a troubled student.
The rise and fall of a 1970s rock band, told through oral history-style interviews.
The commandant of Auschwitz and his family live an idyllic life next to the concentration camp.
A woman moves to Paris to stay with her half-brother, only to find his apartment empty and neighbours full of secrets.
A woman is suspected of her husband's death, forcing her son to question everything he knows about his parents.
Edward Berger's propulsive Vatican thriller follows Cardinal Lawrence as he oversees the most secretive election in the world, only to discover that every candidate harbors a secret capable of shaking the Church to its foundations.
A hotel maid with a unique personality discovers a dead body in one of the rooms and finds herself the prime suspect.
Members of the Osage Nation are murdered after oil is discovered on their land in 1920s Oklahoma.
The true story of Belle da Costa Greene, who became J.P. Morgan's personal librarian while hiding her Black identity.
A frustrated Black novelist writes an outrageous parody of racial stereotypes, only to see it become a bestseller.
In a near-future America, a twelve-year-old boy searches for his mother, a Chinese-American poet who has vanished.
After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a modern-day nomad.
The third season of FX's culinary pressure cooker follows Carmy and his team as they chase a Michelin star, pushing the boundaries of ambition and self-destruction in equal measure.
A failed bank robber takes hostages during an apartment viewing, and the situation goes hilariously sideways.
Two people meet on the night of their university graduation and reconnect each year on the same date.
A renowned conductor faces allegations that threaten to unravel her carefully constructed world of power and prestige.
The rise and fall of a fictional 1970s rock band, told through a documentary framing device.
On a remote Irish island, a man is devastated when his lifelong friend abruptly ends their friendship.
An intimate history of the gene, from Mendel's garden to CRISPR and the future of human engineering.
A former military investigator drifts into a small town and uncovers a conspiracy requiring his particular set of skills.
The only hearing member of a deaf family must choose between her love of music and her family's fishing business.
A prosecutor becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation, threatening to unravel his life and career.
Coralie Fargeat's savage body horror follows an aging actress who discovers a black-market drug that generates a younger, better version of herself, with rules that prove impossible to follow.
A scientist's journey through the natural world, from her childhood in a small Minnesota town to her research lab.
A British aristocrat inherits his family's estate — along with the marijuana empire hidden beneath it.
A career diplomat lands a high-profile ambassadorship in London as an international crisis looms.
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