Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Albums of 2011: Piccadilly Records

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Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Heart the Lover Lily King
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
The Overnighters Jesse Moss
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

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