Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling epic One Battle After Another has topped Sight and Sound Magazine’s 2025 poll of the year’s best films.

“F**k yeah! It takes my breath away a bit, honestly,” Anderson said in a written statement of the honor. “I remember reading Sight and Sound, as we all do, from when I was so young, and now to have a film that they called the best film of the year… It’s amazing. I can’t wait to see what it looks like in print. My first response was “F**k yeah!”, and I stand by that!”

Sight and Sound’s Best Films of the Year poll is voted for by the magazine’s pool of more than 100 international critics, who each choose their top ten films of the year. The full list features 50 films.

Ryan Coogler’s box office hit Sinners landed at number two on the list. Both Si

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