Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024: Annabel Gutterman: Time

Fiction 2025: PEN/Faulkner Award
Fiction 2024: National Book Award
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
100 Notable Books of 2024: New York Times: New York Times
Best Literary Fiction of 2024: Library Journal

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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