Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade: Tiny Mix Tapes

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The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
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 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
False Lankum Lankum
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Luminescent Creatures Ichiko Aoba
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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