From Bon Iver to One Battle After Another: Jeff Ament’s Fav. Things of 2025

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A mix of standout movies, records on repeat, and books that hit you right in the gut.

Every year Jeff Ament drops his personal list of favorite films, albums, and books — and 2025 is no exception. As always, his taste swings wide: indie cinema, off-kilter music, and fiction that bends reality just enough to feel dangerous. It’s a tight but loaded selection, the kind that says a lot about where his head’s at. And—funny enough—this year it lines up almost perfectly with ours.

🎬  Jeff Ament’s Favorite Films of 2025

Train Dreams – Clint Bentley
A slow-burn, poetic look at loss, memory, and the wild spaces that shape us. A visual meditation that sticks with you. If you’re into intimate, reflective dramas that hit emotionally without screaming about it, this one’s your lane.

Sinners – Ryan Coogler
Part historical drama, part supernatural fever dream, part raw, flesh-and-bone horror. Coogler goes bold here — identity, race, guilt, redemption — all wrapped in a film that feels alive and pulsing.
And yeah, this one’s also on our personal Best of 2025 list. No surprise there.

One Battle After Another – P.T. Anderson
A heavyweight. Maybe the heavyweight of 2025. Killer cinematography, knockout performances, relentless pacing, and moral grit.
For us, it’s not just the best film of 2025 — it’s the best film of the last few years, period.

🎧  Jeff Ament’s Favorite Albums of 2025
  • Perfume Genius – Glory
  • Bon Iver – SABLE, fABLE
  • Dead Pioneers – Po$t American
  • Viagra Boys – viagr aboys
  • Sharon Van Etten – Attachment Theory
  • My Morning Jacket – is

Honestly? This lineup is basically the soundtrack of our year too. Bon Iver, MMJ, Dead Pioneers, Viagra Boys, Sharon Van Etten… these records haven’t left our speakers since day one. Full-time rotation. Zero skips.

📚  Jeff Ament’s Favorite Books of 2025
  • The Buffalo Hunter Hunter – Stephen Graham Jones
  • The Antidote – Karen Russell
  • So Far Gone – Jess Walter

Dark, sharp, imaginative reads — exactly the kind of stuff Ament gravitates toward. Weird in all the right ways.

Ament’s 2025 list is basically a mood board: films that dig deep, books that twist your brain, and records that settle under your skin. What really stands out this year, though, is how much our lists overlap — from Sinners and One Battle After Another to the albums we’ve been blasting nonstop.

And to top it all off: the latest drops from the Ten Days of Pearl Jam…

DAY 5 – A Dive Into History (Plus a Wallet-Friendly Bonus)

A two-parter:

Not a bad way to celebrate the holidays.

DAY 6 – The 2026 Ten Club Exclusive Revealed

The band announced their next members-only item: a brand-new commemorative T-shirt celebrating the 35th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s first-ever show (Oct. 22, 1990) and the debut of the band’s permanent name (Mar. 10, 1991).

It hits the Ten Club shop on January 1, 2026 — members only. Garage roots. Early sparks. Pure origin-story energy.

DAY 7 – Mike McCready’s Holiday Greeting… Featuring a Solo

Mike sent his year-end holiday message the only way he knows how: with a little Even Flow-style riffing thrown in.

And yeah — another contest: Ten Club members can enter to win a Fender x Mike McCready Stratocaster, one of the most sought-after guitars in the entire Fender lineup.