Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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- 10 of the Best Poetry Collections of 2022: Connie Pan: Book Riot
- Favorite Poetry Collections of 2022: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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