Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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Marty Supreme - Josh Safdie

Mike D’Angelo Top Ten Films of 2025

FELT - Blake Williams

Michael Sicinski Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025

Passerby Best Films of 2025

Bugonia - Yorgos Lanthimos

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Movies of 2025

Filmspotting: Michael Phillips Top 10 Films of 2025

Filmspotting: Josh Larsen Top 10 Films of 2025

It Was Just an Accident - Jafar Panahi

Filmspotting: Adam Kempenaar Top 10 Films of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Little White Lies The 30 Best Films of 2025

Screen Slate Best Movies of 2025

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

WBUR: Erin Trahan The Best Films of 2025

Eephus - Carson Lund

WBUR: Sean Burns The Best Films of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Esquire: Max Cea The 10 Best Movies of 2025

Hamnet - Chloé Zhao

Barack Obama Favorite Movies of 2025

The Life of Chuck - Mike Flanagan

Boston Globe: Odie Henderson 10 Best Movies of 2025

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

IGN The Best Movie of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Playlist The 25 Best Films of 2025

The Brutalist - Brady Corbet

The i Paper: Christina Newland The 10 Best Films of 2025

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

HuffPost The Best Films Of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

A.V. Club 25 Best Films of 2025

Slant The 25 Best Films of 2025

IndieWire Poll Best Movies of 2025

Film Stage Top 50 Films of 2025

The Life of Chuck - Mike Flanagan

Washington Post: Ann Hornaday The 10 Best Movies of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Film Comment Poll Best Films of 2025

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.