Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
In Review Online: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Abby Smith Rumsey

When We Are No More
- 100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Sinister Grift Panda Bear
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook

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