Year-End Lists

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The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound
Top 10 Films of 2025: Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025: New York Times: Manohla Dargis
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1. The Best Albums Of 2023: Complex
2. The 100 Best Albums of 2023: Rolling Stone

Trending Lists

2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Return to the Moon EL VY
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Bleeds Wednesday
YU Rosie Lowe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Getting Killed Geese

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