The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers
The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among the highest earning of the year in North America, alongside all those “safe” sequels, reboots and known brands? Most, however, are more likely destined for cult classic status. Hollywood as we it...
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- The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers
- Sinners, Wicked: For Good,' KPop Demon Hunters' advance in Oscars shortlists
- Christine Baranski narrates `A Christmas Carol' before returning for new `The Gilded Age' season
- Fans celebrate Jane Austen's 250th birthday in Britain and beyond
- Killings of Rob Reiner and his wife stun Hollywood as son skips court appearance for medical reasons
- Maximalism is back in cocktails with bold colors and flavors
- Joe Ely, a Texas songwriter whose legacy touched rock and punk, dies age 78
- The Queen of Disco: Donna Summer is posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
- Howard Stern's new SiriusXM deal: How he plans to 'have it all'
- Rome opens long-awaited Colosseum subway station, with displays of unearthed artifacts
- Brigitte Macron defends 'clumsy' sexist slur against feminist protesters
Mon, 15 Dec 2025
- Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president's Jan. 6 speech
- Michele Singer Reiner, photographer who inspired 1980s rom-com's happy end, dies
- The killings of Rob and Michele Reiner shatter family's gentle legacy
- 'General Hospital' star Anthony Geary of Luke and Laura fame dies at 78
- Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested after the director and his wife were found dead at their home
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- Rob Reiner mourned by Barack Obama, Jerry O'Connell, James Woods and many others
- Rob Reiner once made a film with his son Nick, now suspected of killing parents
- Louvre workers vote to strike in another blow to the Paris museum
- With new memoir, Tom Freston hopes to show young people there are multiple paths to success
- This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride and more: Rob Reiners best films and where to watch them
- Son Nick arrested after Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home, AP source says
- 35 countries will compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest after 5 countries announce boycott
- All I want for Christmas is the Olympics. Mariah Carey to perform at Milan Cortina opening ceremony
- Punk protest group Pussy Riot declared 'extremist organization' by a Russian court
- Baltimore cyclist finds joy in collecting lost hubcaps and stringing them into art
- Rob Reiner, son of a comedy giant who became one in turn, dies at 78
- Singer Cliff Richard says he has been treated for prostate cancer
Sun, 14 Dec 2025
- 'Zootopia 2' reclaims No. 1 spot at box office, grosses $1B worldwide
- Hallmark holiday movie fans are flocking to Connecticut's quaint filming locations
- Haruki Murakami honored with awards and a jazzy tribute in New York
- Egypt reveals restored colossal statues of pharaoh in Luxor
Sat, 13 Dec 2025
- Why a misunderstood wolf from a French supermarket ad is moving viewers worldwide
- Amy Schumer says she and her husband have decided to end their marriage
- Affable comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old
- Peter Greene, a character actor known for role as the villain Zed in 'Pulp Fiction,' has died
Fri, 12 Dec 2025
- Hailee Steinfeld and NFL husband Josh Allen are expecting their first child
- Christine Choy, indie filmmaker who led seminal documentary on the killing of Vincent Chin, dies
- Oscar winner Morricones lost opera debuts in Naples after 30 years
- What we learned in the first two episodes of Taylor Swift's Disney+ Eras Tour docuseries
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- How Joyce DiDonato's childhood inspired her role in 'Amahl and the Night Visitors'
- Oscar-nominated documentary 'Black Box Diaries' has delayed premiere in Japan after legal issues
- Bestselling British writer Joanna Trollope dies at 82
- King Charles III to speak about his cancer treatment, recovery on TV show promoting early screening
Thu, 11 Dec 2025
- Director convicted of scamming $11M from Netflix and going on lavish spending spree
- Eurovision champion Nemo returns the winner's trophy to protest Israel's inclusion
- Disney invests $1B in OpenAI in deal to bring characters like Mickey Mouse to Sora AI video tool
- UNESCO gives a shout-out to Switzerland's yodeling by adding it to list of cultural heritage
- UK police hunt suspects after 600 items relating to the British Empire are stolen from a museum
- 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' rarities are in Lawrence Kasdan's university archive
- Here are 10 TV shows from 2025 to catch up on before it's 2026
- How the Mariachi Rams band turned the NFL game day into a personal Los Angeles soundtrack
- One of the world's most-visited museums plans an extension in an industrial Dutch city
- Rare Dom Prignon champagne from Charles and Diana's wedding to be auctioned in Denmark
- The Associated Press names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2025
- AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Tramell Tillman, the 'Severance' star who is very much connecting
- AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Chase Sui Wonders Harvard astrophysics detour led her to Hollywood
- AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Danny Ramirez's entrance into Hollywood began on the soccer field
- Time magazine names 'Architects of AI' as its person of the year for 2025
Wed, 10 Dec 2025
- The painting that introduced 'Star Wars' to the world fetches $3.9M at auction
- USA Today editor in chief out after a year in job
- Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling Shopaholic novels, dies at 55
- Sundance Film Festival unveils 90 feature films for its last Utah edition
- Oscars recognize casting for the first time, offering a spotlight on a key job in the movie industry
- New York Times, after Trump post, says it won't be deterred from writing about his health
- CBS appoints Tony Dokoupil as anchor of its flagship 'CBS Evening News' broadcast
- Jake Heggie's new opera 'The Judgment of Paris' will mix mythology and an infamous wine competition
- Former 'Real Housewives' star moved from prison to community program for remainder of her sentence
- James Patterson gives $500 checks to 600 booksellers
- Iceland says it will boycott Eurovision over Israel's participation
- Beyonc, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman and Anna Wintour will co-chair next Met Gala
- UN recognizes compas, a Haitian music and dance genre that has marked generations and brought joy
- 5 notable books by author Sophie Kinsella, who died at age 55
- WTF? Embracing profanity is one thing both political parties seem to agree on
- Our AP Breakthrough Entertainers of 2025 take a survey
- AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Arden Cho seizes her golden moment after Hollywood heartbreak
- AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Owen Cooper goes from 'Adolescence' to new 'Heights'
- US playwright Jeremy O. Harris released 3 weeks after arrest in Japan for alleged drug smuggling
- Nnena Kalu is first artist with a learning disability to win the prestigious Turner Prize
- Paramount says China's Tencent withdrew from its Warner Bros bid to avert national security issues
Tue, 09 Dec 2025
- Son arrested after Grammy-nominated singer Jubilant Sykes is stabbed to death at California home
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