Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The 15 Best Films of 2025: USA Today: Cory Woodroof
Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
The 20 Best Movies of 2025: Rolling Stone: David Fear
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David A. Weiner

In Search of Darkness
1. My Favorite Movies of 2020: Sean Fennessey

Trending Lists

The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Bleeds Wednesday
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Babygirl Halina Reijn
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung

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