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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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A Girlhood

Letter to My Transgender Daughter

by Carolyn Hays

Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2022: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
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

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes

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