The Year in Review is calculated from the community’s combined ratings as of January 5, 2026. Eligible films are those that had a first national release in any country between January 1 and December 31, 2025, and received a minimum of 15,000 ratings following release (minimum ratings requirements differ in some categories with lower overall viewership numbers).
Films that had direct-to-streaming releases, TV movies and films with limited theatrical releases are included, while we exclude short films, TV shows and specials, filmed concerts, visual albums and stage shows from the main narrative and documentary categories; where appropriate, we give those their own categories.
As on the platform, differentiates between popular films (a measure of the activity a film receives regardless of rating) and highly rated films (computed from a weighted average of all ratings cast by members during the period).
You can see the full lists for all of our 2025 Year in Review categories, curated by Jack Moulton and Mihir Nanda, on our Official Lists HQ.
