Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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by Justen Ahren

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Best Poetry Books of 2019: Via Negativa

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Clean Slate
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Liars Sarah Manguso
Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
Sly Thom Zimny

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