The 50 best films of 2025 in the UK

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50

Blue Moon

Ethan Hawke plays with campy brilliance and criminal combover the lyricist Lorenz Hart as he spirals into vinegary jilted despair after his split from Richard Rodgers in this latest collaboration with Richard Linklater. Read the full review .

49

Happyend

Teen romance and paranoid surveillance collide to dysfunctional effect in Neo Sora’s beguiling debut feature set in an oppressive near-future Japan. Read the full review .

48

I Swear

Kirk Jones’s moving film of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette, offers compassion and catharsis. Read the full review .

47

Lurker

A desperate wannabe attaches himself to a singer on the rise in a darkly compelling Hollywood melodrama. Read the full review .

46

Homebound

An emotionally rich study o