Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
XXX Danny Brown
Holy Motors Leos Carax
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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