{"id":335260,"date":"2025-12-08T16:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335260\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:31:07","slug":"the-50-best-movies-of-2025-in-the-us-50-to-41-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335260\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50 best movies of 2025 in the US: 50 to 41 | Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>50-41<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">50<\/p>\n<p>Black Bag<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Steven Soderbergh\u2019s spy thriller sends two married agents \u2013 Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender \u2013 after a mole, who might turn out to be one of them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/mar\/07\/black-bag-review-michael-fassbender-and-cate-blanchett-intrigue-in-marital-espionage\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">49<\/p>\n<p>On Becoming a Guinea FowlUnconventional \u2026 On Becoming A Guinea Fowl.  Photograph: Courtesy: Cannes film festival<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Zambian-Welsh film-maker Rungano Nyoni\u2019s unconventional, and blackly comic, family drama is an inventive and playful surprise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/article\/2024\/may\/16\/on-becoming-a-guinea-fowl-review-rungano-nyoni-cannes-film-festival-2024\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">48<\/p>\n<p>Train Dreams<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Joel Edgerton is superb in Clint Bentley\u2019s Malickian story of trees, grief and railroads. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/nov\/06\/train-dreams-reviewjoel-edgerton-denis-johnson\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">47<\/p>\n<p>Peter Hujar\u2019s Day<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in this verbatim retelling of Hujar\u2019s day in hip 1970s New York, recounting encounters with Ginsberg, Burroughs and Leibowitz. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/feb\/14\/peter-hujars-day-review-ben-whishaw-berlin-film-festival\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">46<\/p>\n<p>Father Mother Sister BrotherAwkward and close \u2026 Vicky Krieps, Cate Blanchett and Charlotte Rampling in Father Mother Sister Brother. Photograph: Yorick Le Saux\/Vague Notion 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Jim Jarmusch explores the awkwardness and closeness of parents with their grownup children in three slyly comic panels of drama set in the US, Dublin and Paris. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/aug\/31\/father-mother-sister-brother-review-jim-jarmusch-cate-blanchett-charlotte-rampling-tom-waits\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">45<\/p>\n<p>Sound of Falling<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The same location in seen over four different timeframes in this unsettling and unusual German drama. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/may\/14\/sound-of-falling-review-cannes-film-festival\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">44<\/p>\n<p>Sentimental Value<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd is an egomaniac director in act of ancestor worship in Joachim Trier\u2019s entertaining drama. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/may\/21\/sentimental-value-review-cannes\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">43<\/p>\n<p>Cover-UpOde to journalism \u2013 Seymour Hersh in 1975, as seen in Cover-Up.  Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix\/Redux<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Laura Poitras\u2019s Seymour Hersh documentary is a thrilling and impeccably structured ode to journalism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/oct\/08\/cover-up-review-laura-poitras-seymour-hersh\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">42<\/p>\n<p>Ghost Trail<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Jonathan Millet makes his fiction feature debut with an ambitious slow-burn thriller that opens up a complex world of pain as a Syrian refugee attempts to track down his torturer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2025\/sep\/18\/ghost-trail-review-syrian-refugee-torturer-jonathan-millet\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">41<\/p>\n<p>One to One: John &amp; Yoko<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Kevin Macdonald\u2019s surprising documentary catches a radioactively charismatic Lennon enjoying his rambunctious post-Beatles heyday in New York. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/article\/2024\/aug\/30\/one-to-one-john-yoko-review-lennon-kevin-macdonald\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>40-31 coming soon<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"> The 50 best movies of 2025 were voted for by <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/peterbradshaw\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Bradshaw<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/catherinebray\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Bray<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/xanbrooks\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Xan Brooks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/luke-buckmaster\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Buckmaster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/sian-cain\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sian Cain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/cathclarke\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cath Clarke<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/lesliefelperin\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leslie Felperin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/ryangilbey\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Gilbey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/jesse-hassenger\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Hassenger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/philhoad\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Hoad<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/adrian-horton\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Horton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/richard-lawson\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Lawson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/ann-lee\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ann Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/benjamin-lee\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/rebecca-liu\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Liu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/mike-mccahill\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike McCahill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/gwilym-mumford\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gwilym Mumford<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/philip-oltermann\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philip Oltermann<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/andrewpulver\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Pulver<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/steverose\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Rose<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/theguardian.com\/profile\/catherineshoard\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catherine Shoard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"50-41 50 Black Bag Steven Soderbergh\u2019s spy thriller sends two married agents \u2013 Cate Blanchett and Michael 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