Year-End Lists

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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- 2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis
Weapons Zach Cregger
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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