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
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Top 10 Most Awesome Records of 2011: Mark Morford: SFGate

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The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Liars Sarah Manguso
Sly Thom Zimny
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Oracle Cate Marvin

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