Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best 25 Poetry Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

18 Best Poetry Collections of 2017: E. Ce Miller: Bustle

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Lux Rosalía
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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