When it comes to movies, why wait for the end-of-year best-of lists? A number of movies have already garnered 3.5 stars or more from The Washington Post’s critics and contributors (Ann Hornaday, Ty Burr, Sonia Rao, Michael Andor Brodeur, Philip Kennicott, Janice Page, Jada Yuan, Jen Yamato, Michael O’Sullivan, Monica Hesse, Naveen Kumar, Thomas Floyd, Travis M. Andrews and Chris Klimek — identified by their initials below).
The best movies of 2025 so far, according to critics
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