Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

by Dan Egan

Lists

Best 50 Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

100 Notable Books of 2017: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Magdalene FKA twigs
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Weapons Zach Cregger
Pillion Harry Lighton

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