Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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Pallbearer

Forgotten Days
Heartless
Foundations of Burden
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2014: NPR: NPR Music
Sorrow and Extinction
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2012: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Assassin Hou Hsiao-Hsien
American Legacies Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Paddington 2 Paul King
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
King of Kings Scott Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Fancy That PinkPantheress

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