Year-End Lists

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The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
The 15 Best Films of 2025: USA Today: Cory Woodroof
Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
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20,000 Days On Earth
1. Village Voice: Stephanie Zacharek: 28 Top Movies of 2014
2. Salon: Andrew O’Hehir: 21 Best Movies of 2014

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Getting Killed Geese
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Bleeds Wednesday
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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