Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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1. 10 Best Films of 2020: John Waters: Artforum
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Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Francesca David Murray Quartet
The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Liars Sarah Manguso
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Sly Thom Zimny
Clean Slate
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Idlewild Idlewild

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