Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Clarisse Hahn

Our Body Is a Weapon – Prisons
- Top 5 Films of 2012: Nicole Brenez: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Morning Circle Basma al-Sharif
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Prison Shane Bauer
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman

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