Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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2012 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard

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Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Oracle Cate Marvin
Fingernails Christos Nikou
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
Sly Thom Zimny
Liars Sarah Manguso

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