"New York is my Personal Property and I'm gonna split it with you." I review mostly movies and New York theater shows. I am also an awards prognosticator. And a playwright.
Two Years in Films: Best of 2024 (definitive) & 2025 (preliminary)
2025 was full of ups and downs in the political arena that eclipsed my enjoyment of a pretty good year of films. Looking at last year’s list to make my final 2024 ranking, I realized the films were good but not great. I would say my list of 20 films on my 2025 list are more diverse and of a better quality that 2024.
Like last year, I will only list my favorite twenty films of 2025, in alphabetical order and not actually list them in order of my top ten favorites until the end of 2026, after a year of reflection and catching up on films I may have missed. In fact, at the time of this article, I have not seen Avatar Fire and Ash or The Testament of Ann Lee yet.
Which means, after a year of reflection, my final Top Ten of films of 2024 is below. I am also pointing out some 2025 performances that haven’t gotten the recognition they deserve from award groups so far. So, enjoy my wrap up of 2025 and, as always, I hope you have a safe and cinematically rich 2026.
