Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
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Jonathan French

The Free Bastards
- Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Liars Sarah Manguso
Clean Slate
Sly Thom Zimny
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Oracle Cate Marvin
The Sunshine Place
Francesca David Murray Quartet
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker

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