Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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City of a Thousand Gates
1. Top 10 Books of 2021: Michael Silverblatt: KCRW

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Podcasts of 2018 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Post Steven Spielberg
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Desire Pathway Screaming Females
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs
We Lived on the Horizon Erika Swyler
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews

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