Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
Top 10 Films of 2025: Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Movies of 2025: Wall Street Journal: Kyle Smith
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Anger and Forgiveness

Resentment, Generosity, Justice

by Martha C. Nussbaum

Lists

16 Favorite Books of 2016: Maria Popova

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Truly, Madly Stephen Galloway
Boom Town Sam Anderson
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Hallow Road Babak Anvari

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