{"id":12337,"date":"2025-12-10T10:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/?p=12337"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:06:27","slug":"film-hub-south-wests-films-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/news\/film-hub-south-wests-films-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Hub South West&#8217;s Films of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"spaceBlock text style01\" >\n\t<div class=\"innerPadding\">\n\t\t<div class=\"widthContainer wide\">\n\t\t\t<h2>As voted for by our members!<\/h2>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Film-Hub-SW-Films-of-2025.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12338\" src=\"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Films-of-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Films-of-2025.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/watershed.co.uk\/filmhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Films-of-2025-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>2025 has seen a huge variety of films: from the return of Paul Thomas Anderson with\u00a0<em>One Battle After Another,<\/em>\u00a0Ari Aster\u2019s Covid-themed Western\u00a0<em>Eddington<\/em>, new films from Spike Lee (<em>Highest 2 Lowest<\/em>), Bong Joon Ho (<em>Mickey 17<\/em>) and Kathryn Bigelow (<em>House of Dynamite<\/em>), Harris Dickinson\u2019s directorial debut\u00a0<em>Urchin<\/em>, Laura Carreira\u2019s revelatory\u00a0<em>On Falling<\/em>, the raw emotion of Jafar Panahi\u2019s\u00a0<em>It Was Just an Accident\u00a0<\/em>and at least six Josh O\u2019Connor films.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention the likes of\u00a0<em>Nickel Boys<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Hard Truths<\/em>,\u00a0<em>A Complete Unknown<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Babygirl<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Brutalist<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>However, what did our members think were the films of the year?<\/p>\n<p>As voted for by Film Hub South West&#8217;s members, including cinema programmers, film festival marketeers and more, we can now reveal their top indie choics of the years&#8230; plus their favourite commercial release of 2025. 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