The Best 2025 Movies the Oscars Ignored

It’s impossible for every good film in a year to get an Oscar nomination. While the Academy Awards has the opportunity to preserve and platform some of the year’s best movies, it’s inevitable that some heavy hitters or underseen gems will sink through the cracks.

Two of the best films of 2025 went head-to-head at the forefront of the Oscars, with “Sinners” vs. “One Battle After Another” becoming one of the all-time great Best Picture debates. But what films got left out of this year’s Oscars conversation?