Films Seen in Cinema in 2025

An ongoing list of the films I’ve seen in cinema in 2025.

★★★★★ – Favourite / Classic / Masterpiece
★★★★½ – Excellent
★★★★ – Great
★★★½ – Good (Minor Flawed Elements)
★★★ – Interesting (Flawed Elements)
★★½ – Major Flaws but Worthy
★★ – Disappointing

Hell’s Angels
★★★½
dir. Howard Hughes and James Whale
Pre-Code Independent Epic War
[USA, 1930]
Budget: $2.8 million

Captain America: Brave New World
★★★½
dir. Julius Onah
Superhero
[USA, 2025]
Budget: $180 million

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
★★★★★
dir. Robert Wiene
Silent Horror
[Germany, 1920]
Budget: $12,371

Je n’avais que le néant – “Shoah” par Lanzmann
(All I Had Was Nothingness)
★★★★
dir. Guillaume Ribot
Documentary
[France, 2025]

Shoah
★★★★★
dir. Claude Lanzmann
Documentary
[France, 1985]

Hundreds of Beavers
★★★½
dir. Mike Cheslik
Independent Slapstick Comedy
[USA, 2022]
Budget: $150,000

铁西区 (Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks)
★★★★★
dir. Wang Bing
Documentary
[China, 2002]

Babygirl
★★★
dir. Halina Reijn
Erotic Thriller
[USA, 2024]
Budget: $20 million

The Brutalist
★★★★½
dir. Brady Corbet
Epic Period Drama
[USA / UK, 2024]
Budget: $9.6 million

攻殻機動隊 (Ghost in the Shell)
★★★★½
dir. Mamoru Oshii
Adult Japanese Animated Tech Noir Cyberpunk Action Thriller
[Japan, 1995]

Schwarze Milch (Black Milk)
★★★
dir. Uisenma Borchu
Drama
[Germany / Mongolia, 2020]