Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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- The Ten Best Films of 2025: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid
- Best Movies of 2025: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Who Shat On The Floor At My Wedding? And Other Crimes
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
Weapons Zach Cregger
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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