Just when you thought it was safe to dive into 2026, here comes ScreenTies with one last celebration of the best of 2025. This collection of scenes from around the world was edited and curated by Joker, one of our most prolific contributors, and most of them are making their first appearance on the site just this week. Enjoy!

To kick off the list, Famke Janssen provides the European crime drama "Amsterdam Empire" with its first bondage outing.

"Backlash" is the latest thriller from Jon Cohen. Jon pretty much always manages to deliver something to appeal to our tastes, and this scene with a tape-gagged Alyson Ruskin in chains is no exception.

The one and only Emma Stone has given us a few memorable scenes over the years, and the sci-fi satire "Bugonia" now joins the list. The (lack of) hairstyle may not be for everyone, but the cleave gag is a winner.

If you like barefoot bed ties and cleave gags, don't this elegantly shot segment from the Brazilian thriller "Carcaça."

"Do You Fear What I Fear" showed up on our site just a bit late for Christmas, but here's Carol Breslin now, nicely cleave gagged and tied to a chair.

Next, Olga Michalopoulou looks none too happy about her cleave gag in a scene from the Greek drama "Elektra."

"No Turkish scenes," you say? Nonsense. Here's Özge Törer cleave gagged and dragged through the woods in "Kurulus Osman."

Fans of mouth-packing gags definitely won't want to miss this scene from "Lateral Thinking."

What would this playlist be without a good handcuff scene, so here's one from the Russian series "Poteryannaya zhizn" ("Lost Life").

Also from Russia, "Kluchi vid pravdy" ("Keys to the Truth") delivers a solid chair tie plus cleave gag.

Back to Turkey for "Rüya Gibi" ("Like a Dream"), where a tape-gagged Alya Sahinler struggles mightily but isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

We get a kick out of this pair of scenes from "Stalkers," where two lovely damsels get tied to beds, and one even gets stripped to her bra and tape gagged, because why not?

In a great scene from the Canadian medical drama "STAT," Caroline Néron spends quite a bit of time blindfolded, OTM gagged, and jiggling around in a van.

"Sugarcane," with Lacey Katena tape gagged, has so much action that Joker had no choice but to turn it into two clips.

And the fantastic cleave gags just keep coming: check out Zeynap Altigan in the Turkish drama "Tasacak Bu Deniz" ("This Sea Will Overflow").

It's about time for a car-trunk scene, so try Gemma-Leah Devereux cleave gagged in "The Rainmaker."

And speaking of cars, in "Thou Shalt Kill," Augie Duke gets a terrific handgag and winds up B&G in the back seat.

A beautiful redhead and lot of black duct tape: what's not to like about "Unseen Enemy"?

And last but not least, the Turkish drama Uzak Sehir (Distant City) gives us the famous "gun trigger tied to the door handle" peril. Will our cleave-gagged damsel be rescued in time?

If you haven't already, check out MysteryGuest's delicious trailer.