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This combination photo shows promotional art for the films, "Marty Supreme," from left, "No Other Choice," "One Battle After Another," "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery," and "It Was Just an Accident." (A24/Neon/Warner Bros./Netflix/Neon via AP)

The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies .

Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among the highest earning of the year in North America, alongside all those “safe” sequels, reboots and known brands? Most, however, are more likely destined for cult classic status.

Hollywood as we know it is undergoing seismic changes , with

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