Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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1. Top 10 Films of 2025: Cahiers du Cinéma
2. Our Top Films of 2025: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Albums of the Year 2025 Quietus
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths
Abandon Pharmakon
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Yr Dead Sam Sax
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Devotional The Lord † Petra Haden
No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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