Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson

Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025: New York Times: New York Times
Favorite Books of 2025: Barack Obama

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
The Post Steven Spielberg
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Radu Jude
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology Willie Dunn
Angel Down Daniel Kraus
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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