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{{short description|2002 film by Spike Lee}}
{{About|the 2002 film|other uses|The 25th Hour (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = 25th Hour
| image          = 25th Hour Poster.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Spike Lee]]
| producer       = {{Plain list|
* [[Tobey Maguire]]
* Julia Chasman
* Spike Lee
* [[Jon Kilik]]
}}
| screenplay     = [[David Benioff]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[The 25th Hour]]''|David Benioff}}
| starring       = {{Plain list|
* [[Edward Norton]]
* [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]]
* [[Barry Pepper]]
* [[Rosario Dawson]]
* [[Anna Paquin]]
* [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]]
}}
| music          = [[Terence Blanchard]]
| cinematography = [[Rodrigo Prieto]]
| editing        = [[Barry Alexander Brown]]
| studio         = {{Plain list|
* [[Touchstone Pictures]]
* 25th Hour Productions
* [[40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks]]
* Gamut Films
* Industry Entertainment
}}
| distributor    = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|2002|12|16|New York City|2002|12|19|United States}}
| runtime        = 135 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 134:36--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/EVF181135 | title=''25th Hour'' (15) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=January 31, 2003 | access-date=November 27, 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $5 million<ref name="BOM" />
| gross          = $23.9 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=25thhour.htm |title=25th Hour (2002) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=June 18, 2013}}</ref>
}}
'''''25th Hour''''' is a 2002 American [[drama film]] directed by [[Spike Lee]] and starring [[Edward Norton]]. Adapted by [[David Benioff]] from his 2001 [[debut novel]] ''[[The 25th Hour]]'', it tells the story of a man's last 24 hours of freedom as he prepares to go to prison for seven years for dealing drugs.

''25th Hour'' opened to positive reviews, with several critics since having ranked it as one of the best films of its decade and praising its portrayal of [[New York City]] after the [[September 11 attacks]]. The film was subsequently ranked 26th on the [[BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century]] list in 2016.