Year-End Lists

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli

Violation
1. Top Ten Films of 2021: Mary Beth McAndrews: RogerEbert.com
2. The Best Films of 2021: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Monster Hirokazu Kore-eda
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Her Spike Jonze
Dope Thief
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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