Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The 15 Best Films of 2025: USA Today: Cory Woodroof
Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
The 20 Best Movies of 2025: Rolling Stone: David Fear
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The River of Kings

by Taylor Brown

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45 Best Books of 2017: Paste

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Bleeds Wednesday
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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