Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Tasha Robinson: The Next Picture Show: Top Ten Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Into It. Over It.

Standards
1. Top 50 Albums of 2016: Consequence
2. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Entertainment Weekly

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
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 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Long Story Short
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
XXX Danny Brown
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai

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