‘The Hollywood Reporter’ chooses the 10 best films of 2025: there is a Spanish one | Cinema and TV

The end of the year 2025 is approaching and with it the lists of the best of the last 12 months. This has been an especially difficult year for cinema and theaters, although there have been several films that have exceeded expectations, making it among the best of the year. The critics of the prestigious magazine The Hollywood Reporter They have chosen the 10 best films of the year, among which a Spanish one stands out and the presence of several international films.

The magazine has chosen the Brazilian The secret agent as the best movie of the year. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film starring Wagner Moura has been one of the revelations of the year, winning the awards for best director and actor at the Cannes Festival and 3 nominations for the Golden Globes. A thriller set in the 70s, in the midst of the Brazilian military dictatorship.

In second place is Paul Thomas Anderson’s big bet with Leonardo DiCaprio, One battle after another. A frenetic film with a terrible villain (a magnificent Sean Penn) and an anti-Trump message that couldn’t be better for a time as dark as the current one. 9 Golden Globe nominations support her, and she is the great favorite for the 2026 Oscars.

In third place is the Spanish film Sirat, selected by the Film Academy to represent Spain at the next Oscars. Oliver Laxe’s subversive film is nominated for two Golden Globes, including best international film. “A road movie like no other,” says the magazine about the film.

The top 5 is closed A day with Peter Hujar, directed by Ira Sachs and starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, and Marty Supremethe long-awaited film by Timothée Chalamet in the role of an arrogant ping-pong player who always seeks to be at the center of the world. The actor’s campaign has served to give the film a boost, although it will not arrive in Spain until January 30.

The top is continued by two acclaimed films such as Valor sentimentalthe Joachim Trier o The sinnersby Ryan Coogler. Both were widely nominated at the Golden Globes and the first even won the Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes.

They close the list of the Netflix movie Train dreamsdirected by Clint Bentley and starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, The Mastermindby Kelly Reichardt and starring Josh 0’Connor and Frankenstein, by Guillermo del Toro, with Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth.