Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Film Comment: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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23 Favorite Poetry Books of 2016: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
XXX Danny Brown
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan

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