Siddharth calls films like Hamnet and Sinners a cinematic school

Siddharth binged six heavy-hitting films in one year and called the run straight-up film school.

Siddharth frames a cinematic crash course

• Logged six standout films during 2025.
• Called the stretch deeply educational.
• Tagged the experience as top-tier cinema.

The list that shaped his takeaway

• It Was Just an Accident challenged moral revenge instincts.
• Sinners mashed history with horror.
• Sentimental Value hit family wounds hard.

More films that sealed the year

• One Battle After Another followed a pulled-back radical.
• Hamnet explored grief inside Shakespeare’s home.
• The Secret Agent chased survival under a dictatorship.

Why these films hit differently

• Politics, grief, and power drove every story.
• Directors pushed form, not comfort.
• Performances carried moral weight.