Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Cincinnati Ohio
- The 12 Best Albums of 2024: Carl Wilson: Slate
Ghosts
1. Dean's List 2020: Robert Christgau
Funeral Dress II
1. Dean's List 2010s: Robert Christgau
Strawberry
1. Dean's List 2010s: Robert Christgau
Getting Better
1. Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau
What Heaven is Like
1. Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau
Attica!
- Top 14 Albums of 2014: Carl Wilson: Slate

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Pillion Harry Lighton
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Magdalene FKA twigs
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie

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