Top TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (2025) Movies That I Watched (Ranked)

Disclaimer: There are many films that were showcased at Tribeca Film Festival & many films were missed out too. Yet, these are the rankings based on the films that were watched.

#13 All We Cannot See

The Spanish film All We Cannot See (a direct symbolism of the pain in people) has all the trappings of a road movie – two protagonists with suppressed feelings, an inkling of pain that would soon transition into fun, frolik and complexities, and a road trip that would eventually be life changing… Read More…

#12 What Marielle Knows

There was a scene involving the character of Cole, the young boy in The Sixth Sense (1999) wherein he states that he can see dead people. The German film What Marielle Knows takes this very concept by treating it as a superpower for its little teen protagonist Marielle (Laeni Geiseler) who starts developing telepathy abilities… Read More…

#11 Cuerpo Celeste

The contrasting arcs of a personal transition and a political transition are evident in the new Spanish film Cuerpo Celeste. But ironically, both have a single common point of glee that kick starts the drama… Read More…

#10 The Wolf, the Fox and the Leopard

There are many ways to interpret the English film The Wolf, The Fox And The Leopard. One could be a coming of age story of a human coming to terms with living amidst its clan. The second could be the life cycle of a human with regards to its evolution… Read More…

#09 Dead Language

The fairytale start in the film Dead Language (a direct symbolism for a communication breakdown between two characters of the film) is immediately implemented in the first 10 minutes of the film… Read More…

#08 Runa Simi

For us 90s kids, The Lion King (1994) has got to be one of the best animation movies of all times. In fact, it isn’t a movie but more of an emotion… Read More…

#07 A Second Life

here are contrasting emotions in play at the start in the new English film A Second Life. When you are first introduced to Elizabeth (Agathe Rousselle), you see her literally lost (mentally speaking) in the city of Paris. In a scene, you see her blankly staring on the streets, just as mobs of people cut-through her… Read More…

#06 A Bright Future

The concept of a dream is often sold to unassumingly young minds without necessarily giving them a chance to pause and reflect on it. The idea of a ‘dream college’ or a ‘dream job’ or a ‘dream lifestyle’ are the new norms of the 21st century, with the system designed to create an illusion of glitter that often overpowers the individual’s senses to question the path ahead… Read More…

#05 Birthright

The modern day dynamics of a family structure is always a victim of a generational gap. The views and point of views of individuals of a family are usually skewed, more to do with the complexities of life in 2025 that poses a different set of challenges as opposed to three decades back… Read More…

#04 Natchez

During a particular passage in the English documentary Natchez (Winner of Best US Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival ’25), you see a character exclaiming on how she is the first African-American woman to be a part of the prestigious Garden Club in the vicinity, otherwise comprising of all whites… Read More…

#03 People And Meat

Aging and loneliness are two of the worst pandemics to have marred the human race. More often than not, both these aspects unfold in the form of phases in an individual’s life. But, it is only during the final leg of an individual’s life that both these aspects join forces to weigh an individual down… Read More…

#02 Happy Birthday

The commentary on classism is evident in the first scene of the Arabic film Happy Birthday, when the camera pans on its two young leads. The occasion is Nelly’s (Khadeeja Ahmed) birthday, a little 8 year old living a luxurious life with her mom (Nelly Karim) and grandma (Hanan Youseef)… Read More…

#01 Dog Of God

The cold open in the new Latvian Adult Animation film Dog Of God is enough to tell you everything about its wacky undertones. In the opening sequence, you see a werewolf violently slashing the gonads of a devil, even as the gonads eventually segues it to the Latvian village of Livonia through a cow dung being defacated in the field… Read More…

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