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
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Perestroika in Paris

by Jane Smiley

Lists

The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
hexed! aya
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Weapons Zach Cregger
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Pillion Harry Lighton
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Girl on Girl Sophie Gilbert
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Seer Swans

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