by Andrew Buckner 

*Please note that the feature films included in this list are done so based on an original wide theatrical or streaming/ physical media premiere release date of 2025 in The United States.

51. The Ruse

Director: Stevan Mena

50. Sinners

Director: Ryan Coogler

49. Until Dawn

Director: David F. Sandberg 

48. The Woman in the Yard

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

47. The Gorge

Director: Scott Derrickson

46. A Working Man

Director: David Ayer

45. The Last Showgirl

Director: Gia Coppola

44. Audrey’s Children 

Director: Ami Canaan Man

43. Rule Breakers

Director: Bill Guttentag

42. Juliet & Romeo

Director: Timothy Scott Bogart

41. Mickey 17

Director: Bong Joon Ho

40. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Director: Pete Browngart

39. Novocaine

Directors: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen

38. Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

37. Wolf Man

Director: Leigh Whannell

36. Marshmallow 

Director: Daniel Delpurgatorio

35. Heart Eyes 

Director: Josh Ruben 

34. The Severed Sun

Director: Dean Puckett

 33. The Damned

Director: Thordur Palsson 

32. Dead Mail

Directors: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy

31. Rosario

Director: Felipe Vargas

30. Clown in a Cornfield 

Director: Eli Craig

29. Frewaka

Director: Aislinn Clarke

28. The Alto Knights

Director: Barry Levinson

27. Locked 

Director: David Yarovesky 

26. Final Destination: Bloodlines 

Directors: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein

25. The Rule of Jenny Pen

Director: James Ashcroft

24. Death of a Unicorn 

Director: Alex Scharfman

23. One of Them Days

Director: Lawrence Lamont

22. George A. Romero’s Resident Evil

Director: Brandon Salisbury

21. Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie

Director: David Bushell

20. The Room Next Door

Director: Pedro Almodovar

19. The Luckiest Man in America 

Director: Samir Oliveros

18. Black Bag

Director: Steven Soderbergh

17. Drop

Director: Christopher Landon

16. Companion

Director: Drew Hancock

15. The Monkey

Director: Osgood Perkins

14. Dinner with Leatherface

Director: Michael Kallio

13. Cannibal Mukbang

Director: Aimee Kuge

12. The Colors Within

Director: Naoko Yamada

11. Queen of the Ring 

Director: Ash Avildsen

10. The Legend of Ochi

Director: Isaiah Saxon 

9. The Ugly Stepsister

Director: Emilie Blichfeldt

8. Presence

Director: Steven Soderbergh

7. Warfare 

Directors: Alex Garland, Ray Mendoza 

6. Becoming Led Zeppelin 

Director: Bernard MacMahon

5. September 5th

Director: Tim Fehlbaum

4. I’m Still Here

Director: Walter Salles

3. Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

Director: Questlove

2. The Girl with the Needle

Director: Magnus von Horn

1. The Seed of the Sacred Fig             

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof

Runners-up:

Ash

Director: Flying Lotus

It Feeds

Director: Chad Archibald

Last Breath

Director: Alex Parkinson