Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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27 Best Books of 2017: Gina Vaynshteyn: Hello Giggles

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Weapons Zach Cregger
Sinners Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Adam Curtis
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Spotlight: Snitch City
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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