The 10 Best Movie Performances of 2025

Even among those of us who believe movies are the perfect art form, movies themselves are rarely perfect. That’s where actors come in: sometimes a terrific performance becomes the heart of a picture, even a flawed one. Actors are, and forever will be, chief among the reasons we care about the movies in the first place. Here’s a sampling of the performances, including both supporting and lead, I loved best in 2025. Actors forever!