Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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American Fire
- 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2017: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe
- 100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Cartoon Darkness Amyl and The Sniffers
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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