Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Best (New) Books I Read in 2024: Nora Biette-Timmons: Jezebel

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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