Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Poems 1960-2017

by Michael Lally

Lists

Favorite Poetry of 2018: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Weapons Zach Cregger
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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