2025: The List

Normally the 2nd of a new month would bring my Failures post, but those always take some time to write, and I’ve got a whole host of year-end posts to be putting together right now. So, while you wait to learn about all the many, many, many films I should’ve seen in December but didn’t, here’s the first of those annual reviews.

Once upon a time, this list of all my first-time watches from the year past was just a recap of what I’d already shared. Nowadays, my monthly reviews only keep you up-to-date on my progress with the 100 Films in a Year Challenge, which means this post is more productive than ever. Well, as “productive” as it is to publish a list of every film I watched for the first time in 2025. Also, at the end of that, there’s the one film I watched that’s earmarked to receive a ‘Guide To’ post (remember those? Probably not) and a short list of all the short films I saw for the first time.

But first, something else about the Challenge…

Here is a graphical representation of my viewing for the 100 Films in a Year Challenge, month by month, courtesy of the monthly review header images. Each one links to the relevant monthly review, which contain a chronological list of my Challenge viewing, as well as other fun stuff, like my monthly Arbie awards — just in case you missed any of those throughout 2025.

Right then, the headline event: an alphabetical list of all my first-time watches from 2025. As mentioned, that’s followed by rewatches that will (one day; hopefully) have ‘Guide To’ posts, and a list of short films I watched for the first time.

28 Weeks Later (2007)
9 (2009)
An Aleutian Adventure (1920s)
Anna Karenina (2012)
Backfire! (1962)
Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger (2025)
Before I Go to Sleep (2014)
The Black Watch (1929), aka King of the Khyber Rifles
The Boss (1973), aka Il boss
Candidate for Murder (1962)
Cat People (1942)
The City of Lost Children (1995), aka La Cité des Enfants Perdus
Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage (1989), aka Kuraimuhantā: Ikari no jūdan
The Critic (2023)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Death Goes to School (1953)
Drive-Away Dolls (2025)
Empire of Light (2022)
Eraserhead (1977)
Finding Your Feet (2017)
Fist of Fury (1972), aka Jing wu men
Flat Two (1962)
Frankenstein (2025)
Freaks (1932)
Funeral in Berlin (1966)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
The Graduate (1967)
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
Gwen and the Book of Sand (1985), aka Gwen (le livre de sable)
Hardware (1990)
Havoc (2025)
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
Häxan (1922)
Heads of State (2025)
Hedda (2025)
Hooray for Hollywood (1982)
Hotel Transylvania 2 [3D] (2015)
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
Ice Age: Collision Course [3D] (2016)
Illustrious Corpses (1976), aka Cadaveri eccellenti
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
The Invisible Swordsman (1970), aka Tomei kenshi
The Italian Connection (1972), aka La mala ordina
Jay Kelly (2025)
Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Juggernaut (1974)
Juror #2 (2024)
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), aka Majo no takkyûbin
The King of Kings (1927)
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu (2016)
Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu (2017)
Knight Chills (2001)
KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Lifeforce (1985)
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976), aka Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
Long Story Short (2021)
Macbeth (2025)
Marty (1955)
The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
Midsommar (2019)
Milano Calibro 9 (1972), aka Caliber 9
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
Mobile Suit Gundam (1981), aka Kidô senshi Gandamu
Mr Bean’s Holiday (2007)
Mr. Burton (2025)
Never Back Losers (1961)
Number Six (1962)
The Notebook (2004)
Once Upon a Time in Uganda (2021)
Out of Sight (1998)
Paddington in Peru (2024)
The Power of the Dog (2021)
Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
Project A (1983), aka ‘A’ gai wak
A Real Pain (2024)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Red Sonja (2025)
Revolver (1973)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
Róise & Frank (2022)
Run Lola Run (1998), aka Lola rennt
Saboteur (1942)
Saltburn (2023)
Le Samouraï (1967), aka The Samurai
Save the Last Dance (2001)
La Scorta (1993), aka The Escort
The Share Out (1962)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), aka Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes
Shoot First, Die Later (1974), aka Il poliziotto è marcio
Silver Blaze (1937), aka Murder at the Baskervilles
The Sinister Man (1961)
Sisu (2022)
The Six Triple Eight (2024)
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), aka Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Spartacus (1960)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Street Law (1974), aka Il cittadino si ribella
Superman (2025)
Ten Little Indians (1989)
Tenebrae (1982), aka Tenebre
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
Time to Remember (1962)
The Tough Ones (1976), aka Roma a mano armata
Trancers (1984)
The Untouchables (1987)
Vendetta for the Saint (1969)
Wake Up Dead Man (2025)
The White Trap (1959)
The Wild Robot (2024)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Wolfpack (2015)
Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood (1973)
The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)