Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The 60 Best Albums of 2020: PopMatters

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Oracle Cate Marvin
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Sunshine Place
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Idlewild Idlewild
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Fingernails Christos Nikou
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein

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