Dec 24, 2025 9:30am PT The Best Overlooked Films of 2025 By Kate Aurthur, Peter Debruge, Clayton Davis, William Earl, Antonio Ferme, Owen Gleiberman, Angelique Jackson, Jordan Moreau, Jenelle Riley, Ellise Shafer, Chris Willman Courtesy of Everett Collection Every year, the awards gods decree that a certain group of films are the most noteworthy. Many of the same titles end up appearing on every list of critics association awards, guild nominations and Oscar projections. This means that dozens of other titles end up basically getting lost along the way, thanks to an all-too-brief stint in theaters and then swimming into the sea of streaming movies as one in a vast school of tasty catches.
