I started doing this on the first of May, matching other critics who maintain lists of what they are watching. When I published my list in May, I had 92 releases from 2025, I now count 140 (counting streaming titles, and advance screeners for films releasing in June). Still, some critically acclaimed films haven’t crossed my path, including Sinners, so if it isn’t here, I might just have not seen it yet.
the Top ten Films Of 2025 So Far:
Deaf President Now
Tornado
the Parenting
Lavender Men
The Ruse
The Assessment
Thunderbolts
Bonus Track
The Luckiest Man In America
Bridget Jones: Mad About The boy
Top 10 Films Of the Year With Audio Description:
Deaf president now
Tornado
The Parenting
The Assessment
thunderbolts
The Luckiest Man in America
Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy
Companion
Neighborhood Watch
One Of Them Days
Top Five LGBTQ Films Of The Year:
Lavender Men
The Parenting
Bonus Track
God Save The Queens
Companion
Top 5 Directors Of The Year:
John McClain (Tornado)
Lovell Holder (Lavender Men)
Duke Johnson (The Actor)Anna Bowden and Ryan Fleck (Freaky tales)
Joel D’Sousa (Rust)
Top 10 Performances By A Lead Actor:
Paul Walterhauser (the luckiest Man In America)
Roger Q Mason (Lavender Men)
Geoffrey Rush (the Rule Of Jennypen)
Toby Kebbell (Salvable)
Steven Yuen (Love Me)
Andre Holland (The Actor)
Robert Pattinson (Mickey 17)
Hamish Patel (The Assessment)
Tom Hardy (Havoc)
Michael Fassbender (Black Bag)
Top 10 Performances By A Lead Actress
Renee Zellweger (Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy)
Sophie Thatcher (Companion)
Phoebe Denyver (Inheritance)
Elizabeth Olsen (The Assessment)
Koki (Tornado)
Kristen Stewart (Love Me)
Naomi Watts (The Friend)
Keke Palmer (One Of Them Days)
Cate Blanchett (Black Bag)
Top 10 Supporting Actor Performances:
Brian Cox (The Parenting)
John Malkovich (Opus)
David Strathairn (The Luckiest Man In America)
John Lithgow (The Rule Of Jennypen)
Diego Calva (On Swift Horses)
Tim Roth (Tornado)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Neighborhood Watch)
Rhys Ifans (Inheritance)
Hugh Grant (Bridget Jones: mad About The Boy)
Top 10 Supporting Actress Performances:
Alicia Vikander (The Assessment)
Chloe Feynman (Summer Of 69)
Jennifer Coolidge (riff Raff)
Alex Newell (Another Simple Favor)
Veronica Cartwright (The ruse)
SZA (One Of Them Days)
Frances Fisher (Rust)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Thunderbolts)
Lucy Liu (Presence)
Lisa Kudrow (The Parenting)
Top 5 Ensembles:
The Parenting
Eephus
Bridget Jones: Mad About The boy
Freaky Tales
G20
Top 5 Original Screenplays
Tornado
Inheritance
Black Bag
One Of Them Days
Freaky Tales
top 5 adapted Screenplays:
Lavender Men
Bonus Track
The Parenting
The Luckiest Man In America
Thunderbolts
Best Animated Feature:
Lost In Starlight
Top 10 Documentary Features:
Deaf President Now
trinity
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
Knockout Blonde
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Not Just A Goof
River Of Grass
Diane Warren: Relentless
Best International Film:
lost In Starlight (South Korea)
Top 5 Horror Films
The Parenting
Companion
Opus
Heart Eyes
Fear Street: Prom Queen
Top 5 Comedies:
One Of Them Days
Bridget Jones Mad About The Boy
Summer Of 69
You’re Cordially invited
Back In Action
Best Cinematography:
Rust
Best Editing:
Freaky Tales
Best Production Design:
Mickey 17
Best Costume Design:
Thunderbolts
Best Hair and Makeup:
Wolfman
Top 5 Scores Of The Year:
Tornado
Rust
Holland
On Swift horses
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
Best Original Song:
Dear me from Diane Warren: Relentless
Top 5 In Sound:
havoc
Mickey 17
tornado
Captain America: Brave New World
Thunderbolts
Visual Effects:
Mickey 17
Best Disability Representation:
Deaf President Now
top 5 Audio Description For A drama:
Presence (IDC, written by Liz Gutman, Narrated By Frankie Corso)
Holland
Love Me
My Fult: London
Salvable (Narrated By Tansy Alexander)
Top 5 Audio Description For A comedy:
Back In Action
Nonas
One Of Them Days (Media Access Group, Narrted By Ingir Tutor )
La Dolce Villa
Another Simple Favor
Top 5 Horror Audio Description:
Fear Street: Prom Queen (IDC, Written and Narrated by Liz Gutman)
Bloat (DVW, Narrated by Diane Newman)
The Parenting
Hell Of A Summer (Audio Eyes, written by Sean Boggs, Narrated By Nicole Cyrille)
Wolfman
Top 5 Audio Description for Action:
Havoc
G20
Tornado (Audio Eyes: Narrated By Nicole Cyrille)
Novocaine
Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera
Top 5 Audio Description for Sci Fi or Fantasy
the Electric State
Mickey 17 (Deluxe: Laura Post)
The Gorge
Fountain Of youth
captain America: Brave New World (deluxe: Narrated By Jedidiah Barton)
Best Audio Description for A Documentary:
Pangolin: culu’s Journey (Post House, Narrated by Jonathan Bradley)
Best Audio Description for Animation:
The Witcher: Sirens Of The Deep
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