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Sight And Sound

Sight & Sound: Films of the Year 2025

Magazine meets movie in this appreciation of everything film. Published by the BFI, Sight and Sound contains insightful reviews n all the latest in the world of the silver screen as well as exploring film history.

Inside: Lucile Hadžihalilović interviewed by Peter Strickland, Park Chan-wook on No Other Choice, Chloé Zhao on Hamnet, Richard Linklaters tour of the Nouvelle Vague and Edgar Wight in conversation with Stephen King. 

The 50 best films of 2025

At the end of every year, we ask our team of critics to name the best new films they ’ve seen in the last 12 months. Reflecting the challenges of a difficult 2025, the list they ’ve come up with bristles with thrills, intelligence, humour and feeling – from Korea to Gaza to California, and from Tudor England to 60s Paris to a burningly topical present.

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