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75 Favorite New-To-Me Films of 2025

74 movies   1 TV show  

At one point, this list was hovering around 120 movies long - about half of all the movies I watched this year! Try as I might to cut this down to a reasonable number, I just don't have it in me to cut any more.

And I may have cut too many; this was a great year for me watching movies.

(I'd like to give a special shout-out to all of <I>The Trips</I>, though. While I'd watched them all in movie-form over the years, the <b>Criterion Channel</b> had them all in their full, six-episode series-form over the summer; that was my first time watching them that way and so those were also kinda first-time watches in a sense. So to speak. More or less.)

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The Shrouds (2024)
The Shrouds WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 6.0 25 ratings
大卫·柯南伯格 actor: 文森特·卡塞尔 / 黛安·克鲁格 …
other title: 裹尸布 / 더 슈라우드 …
Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators.
Eric J Dreams and death, but also light corporate techno-espionage.
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Manhunter (1986)
Manhunter
★ 7.0 20 ratings
迈克尔·曼 actor: 威廉·彼德森 / 金·格雷斯特 …
other title: 맨헌터 / 刑事グラハム／凍りついた欲望 …
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a new killer.
Eric J Great adaptation from the director of <i>The Keep</i>.
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
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★ 7.6 5 ratings
Richard Brooks actor: 黛安·基顿 / 塔斯黛·韦尔德 …
other title: 寻找顾巴先生 / 欲海花 …
Theresa is a successful teacher of deaf children during the day but after a short unhappy affair starts to spend her nights cruising bars. Her craving first for sex but later also for drugs leads into increasingly demeaning and dangerous situations at odds with her daytime commitment to her children.
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Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees (2024)
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娜塔莎·雷昂 actor: 杰奎琳·诺瓦克
other title: Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees / 杰奎琳·诺瓦克：为爱下跪 …
Filmed at The Town Hall Theater in New York City, the special features the final performance of Novak’s touring stand-up show “Get On Your Knees,” which premiered in 2019 and sold out multiple times. This 90-minute concert film-meets-comedy special revolves around the blowjob and is described as both raunchy and poignant, an unexpectedly philosophical, coming-of-age tale of triumph that pushes the boundaries of stand-up.
Eric J Pretty perfect poetic production.
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The Warriors (1979)
The Warriors
★ 7.9 22 ratings
Walter Hill actor: Michael Beck / James Remar …
other title: 워리어 / ウォリアーズ …
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Eric J An epic urban odyssey from Walter Hill.
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The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
The Phoenician Scheme
★ 6.6 118 ratings
韦斯·安德森 actor: 本尼西奥·德尔·托罗 / 米娅·塞普雷顿 …
other title: 페니키안 스킴 / ザ・ザ・コルダのフェニキア計画 …
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.
Eric J Love a story about a dad trying to make amends.
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Blood Hook (1987)
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Jim Mallon actor: Mark Jacobs / Lisa Jane Todd …
other title: Blood Hook - Leichen an der Angel / Blood Hook : L'étang du cauchemar …
During a local fishing contest, people are being mysteriously dragged into the lake and killed by a giant fish hook. After a sufficient number of deaths, the killer is finally revealed.
Eric J I kept this one on here because the ending is so goofy and I smile just thinking about it.
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Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)
ヨコハマBJブルース
★ 6.8 8 ratings
工藤荣一 actor: Yūsaku Matsuda / Yuya Uchida …
other title: 요코하마 BJ 블루스 / ヨコハマBJブルース …
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.
Eric J Stylish noir from the streets of Japan to the bar with his band, BJ can't shake or stop singing the blues.
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Tanner '88 (1988)
Tanner '88 Season 1 part of TV Series: Tanner '88 TMDB Douban
罗伯特·奥特曼 actor: Michael Murphy / 帕梅拉·里德 …
1988年是美国总统大选年，由麦克尔·墨非扮演的主人公唐纳是一个从前的国会议员，一开始他只是个善良的家伙，丝毫没有要在竞选中取胜的心愿。然而在民主党派的支持下，在他竞选经理人的帮助下，一下子...
Eric J A wild experiment that was a joy to take in.
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Communion (1976)
Communion WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.3 15 ratings
阿尔弗雷德·索莱 actor: 琳达·米勒 / Mildred Clinton …
other title: 甜美爱丽丝 / Alice, Sweet Alice …
Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?
Eric J A fun reminder that a child can be a little off but still be innocent; it's the older woman you need to look out for.
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