Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2020: Fiction: BookPage

10 Best Books of 2020: Publishers Weekly
100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Best Films of 2020 James Quandt · Artforum
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

What of Our Nature Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
Birdeater Jack Clark and Jim Weir
Why Q Needs U Danny Bate
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
O, Brittle Weather! Drunk Uncle
The Heart-Shaped Tin Bee Wilson
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
The Girlfriends
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
Swirl Flora Hibberd
Still Life Kevin Morby
Yon Loader Yon Loader
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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