by Andrew Buckner

*Please note that the inclusion of the feature films on this list are done so based on the criteria of an original release date in the United States of 2025.

75. Reflections in a Dead Diamond

Directors: Helene Cattet, Bruno Forzani

74. Friendship 

Director: Andrew DeYoung

73. When We Went MAD!

Director: Alan Bernstein

72. Chainsaws Were Singing

Director: Sander Maran

71. Match

Director: Danishka Esterhazy

70. Train Dreams

Director: Clint Bentley

69. The Phoenician Scheme

Director: Wes Anderson 

68. One Battle After Another

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

67. George A. Romero’s Resident Evil

Director: Brandon Salisbury

66. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

Director: Rob Reiner

65. The Damned

Director: Porour Palsson

64. Becoming Led Zeppelin

Director: Bernard MacMahon

63. The Rule of Jenny Pen

Director: James Ashcroft

62. Jay Kelly

Director: Noah Baumbach

61. Bone Lake

Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan

60. The Severed Sun

Director: Dean Puckett

59. Final Destination: Bloodlines

Directors: Adam B. Stein, Zach Lipovsky

58. Death of a Unicorn 

Director: Alex Scharfman

57. Clown in a Cornfield

Director: Eli Craig

56. Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie

Director: David Bushell

55. Dead Mail

Directors: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy

54. Frewaka

Director: Aislinn Clarke

53. From the World of John Wick: Ballerina 

Director: Len Wiseman

52. Predator: Killer of Killers

Directors: Dan Trachtenberg, Joshua Wassung

51. The Room Next Door

Director: Pedro Almodovar

50. Sketch

Director: Seth Worley

49. Caught Stealing

Director: Darren Aronofsky 

48. Black Bag

Director: Steven Soderberg

47. Jurassic World: Rebirth

Director: Gareth Edwards

46. One of Them Days

Director: Lawrence Lamont 

45. The Luckiest Man in America

Director: Samir Oliveros

44. Stans

Director: Steven Leckart

43. Honey Don’t!

Director: Ethan Coen

42. Companion

Director: Drew Hancock

41. The Monkey

Director: Osgood Perkins

40. The Long Walk

Director: Francis Lawrence

39. Die My Love

Director: Lynne Ramsay

38. Predator: Badlands

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

37. Strange Harvest

Director: Stuart Ortiz

36. Dangerous Animals

Director: Sean Byrne 

35. VHS Halloween 

Directors: Bryan M. Ferguson, Casper Kelly, R.H. Norman, Alex Ross Perry, Micheline Pitt, Paco Plaza, Anna Zlokovic

34. Black Phone 2

Director: Scott Derrickson 

33. Cannibal Mukbang

Director: Aimee Kuge

32. The Conjuring: Last Rites

Director: Michael Chaves

31. Highest 2 Lowest

Director: Spike Lee

30. Queen of the Ring 

Director: Ash Avildsen

29. Best Wishes to All

Director: Yuta Shimotsu

28. The Smashing Machine

Director: Benny Safdie

27. Dead of Winter

Director: Brian Kirk

26. Good Boy 

Director: Ben Leonberg

25. The Toxic Avenger

Director: Macon Blair

24. Drop

Director: Christopher Landon

23. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere 

Director: Scott Cooper

22. 28 Years Later

Director: Danny Boyle

21. The Legend of Ochi

Director: Isaiah Saxon 

20. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Director: Mary Bronstein

19. Together

Director: Michael Shanks

18. Bring Her Back

Directors: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou

17. The Ugly Stepsister

Director: Emilie Blichfeldt

16. Presence

Director: Steven Soderbergh

15. Warfare

Directors: Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza 

14. Nuremberg

Director: James Vanderbilt

13. The Shrouds 

Director: David Cronenberg

12. Chain Reactions 

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe

11. Frankenstein

Director: Guillermo del Toro

10. Eddington 

Director: Ari Aster

9. Bugonia

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

8. Weapons

Director: Zach Cregger

7. September 5

Director: Tim Fehlbaum

6. I’m Still Here

Director: Walter Salles

5. Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)

Director: Questlove

4. The Girl with the Needle

Director: Magnus von Horn

3. The Life of Chuck

Director: Mike Flanagan 

2. Nouvelle Vague

Director: Richard Linklater

1. The Seed of the Sacred Fig             

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

Runners-up:

The Alto Knights

Director: Barry Levinson

Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc

Director: Tatsuya Yoshiharai

Good Fortune 

Director: Aziz Ansari

Flesh of the Unforgiven

Director: Joe Hollow 

Influencers

Director: Kurtis David Harder

Karate Kid: Legends 

Director: Jonathan Entwistle

Kiss of the Spider Woman 

Director: Bill Condon

Marshmallow

Director: Daniel DelPurgatorio

Megan 2.0

Director: Gerard Johnstone

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

The Naked Gun

Director: Akiva Schaffer

Primitive War

Director: Luke Sparke

Sinners

Director: Ryan Coogler