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
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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For This We Fought the Battle of Ages

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The Top 50 Albums of 2016: Treble

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Resurrection Bi Gan
Motherland Julia Ioffe
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Zbig Edward Luce
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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