Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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On Art and Fascination

by Brian Dillon

Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 100 Albums of 2013 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Moneyball Bennett Miller
Minding the Gap Bing Liu
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
The Substance Coralie Fargeat
Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Be the Cowboy Mitski
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
The Pitt
Scattered All Over the Earth Yoko Tawada
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada

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