Sure, 2025 had plenty of incredible movies, but what about a best-of list filled with the films that actually kept Us talking - not just the ones making the most awards season noise? Don't get Us wrong: Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another and the rest of the other Oscar-buzz crowd absolutely deserve their moment, but sometimes a movie connects with audiences in a way critics and the Academy don't fully clock. Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner nearly single-handedly brought back the theatrical rom-com with their emotional afterlife love triangle in Eternity, while Dylan O'Brien's Twinless emerged as one of the year's most gut-punching portraits of grief and resilience. "I've always been somebody who's been really struck by other people's experiences in a really deep way. So, I was certainly struck by this piece as a whole," O'Brien exclusively told Us Weekly in September of taking on the dual roles of twins Roman and Rocky in the James Sweeney-directed drama. "We're talking about such a unique type of grief and a unique type of loss. When I first read it, I thought it was such a beautiful honoring of this existence on earth, one that I had never seen before, and one that I felt like was handled so respectfully and sensitively and beautifully." Keep scrolling to find out Us' top picks for the best movies of 2025, from blockbusters to biopics and

MORE: 'Caught Stealing' Sony Pictures Releasing / Courtesy Everett Collection Best movie, most irresistible-with-his-shirt-off star - kind of the same thing if you ask Us, right? Austin Butler steals the show as Hank Thompson in this Darren Aronofsky-directed crime thriller. A washed-up former baseball player turned New York bartender, Hank quickly finds himself entangled with gangsters after agreeing to cat-sit for his neighbor. Yes, it's as chaotic as it sounds. Based on Charlie Huston's novels of the same name, the '90s-set romp has no shortage of surprise twists from start to finish, promising a gritty, fast, pulpy and darkly funny good time. And don't worry: The cat does make it out alive. - Kat Pettibone 'Twinless' Lionsgate Twinless isn't just one of 2025's best films - it's also one of the most criminally underrated. Dylan O'Brien delivers a career-defining performance as Roman, a man reeling after the death of his twin brother, Rocky (also played by O'Brien). Directed, written by and costarring James Sweeney, Twinless is unflinching in its raw depiction of grief, willing to be honest, devastating - and at many times, absurdly funny - in a way most films with similar themes are not. Twinless doesn't just explore loss, it forces the audience to sit uncomfortably in it, resulting in an honest portrayal of the human experience. It's as dark as it is hopeful and deserves far more flowers than it's gotten thus far. - K.P. 'Freakier Friday' Glen Wilson / (C) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection Before rolling your eyes, consider this: In the age of endless failed reboots and revivals, should we not be praising one that actually gets it right? Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis dust off their roles as body-swapping mother-daughter duo Anna and Tess in this long-awaited sequel that delivers a perfect blend of nostalgia and fresh humor. Now a single mom to daughter Harper (Julia Butters), Anna and her fiancé, Eric (played by a perfectly cast Manny Jacinto), find themselves struggling to blend their families ahead of their wedding day as Harper and Eric's daughter, Lily (Sophia Hammons), are mortal enemies in a way only tween girls can be. But nothing solves family tension like a few body-swap shenanigans - and oh, do shenanigans ensue. The new characters pop, the legacy cameos land (hi, Chad Michael Murray!) and the story actually has something important to say about what it means to be a family. The laughs are big, but the film's heart is even bigger. - K.P. 'Eternity' A24 Films Audiences have been waiting for that kind of old-school, all-encompassing and sweeping romance to return to the big screen - and Eternity satisfies that craving at every turn. Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner anchor this love triangle for the ages - and the afterlife - that takes place in a world where souls are given one week to decide how they wish to live out their postmortem days. When Joan (Olsen) realizes that both her first and second husbands are there waiting for her when she arrives, she must quickly figure out where her heart truly lies. The story is as emotional and funny as it is unpredictable, playing into the question of what lasting love really means. As for the ending, well, that will linger with you long after the lights come up. P.S.: Having to decide between those two men? Couldn't be Us. - K.P. 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' John Wilson/Netflix Benoit Blanc on another case? Say less. Daniel Craig reprises his role as the beloved detective in the third installment of the Knives Out franchise, which