Overview
- Across British GQ, ComicBook.com and The Film Stage, year-end lists converge on 2025 as an unusually strong year for cinema.
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is widely cited as the year’s best film and an Oscars Best Picture front-runner.
- Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme is drawing a late surge of acclaim ahead of its Boxing Day release, with many praising Timothée Chalamet’s career-best turn.
- Range defined the slate and results: original horror like Sinners broke out, Warner Bros. led domestic box office with A Minecraft Movie, and Superman launched a new cinematic universe.
- The celebration lands against industry pressures, with writers noting AI concerns, softer ticket trends, and reporting that Netflix is pursuing Warner Bros. in a complicated, unconfirmed deal.