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
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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Memories and Empties

by Colter Wall

Lists

The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Get Out Jordan Peele
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Alpha Julia Ducournau
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
CODA Sian Heder
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What We Can Know Ian McEwan

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