Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Next Picture Show: Our Top Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
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Morten Tyldum

The Imitation Game
- 19 Best Movies of 2014: David Edelstein: New York: Vulture
Headhunters
1. 20 Best Films of 2012: Empire

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2025 Tasha Robinson · The Next Picture Show
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
XXX Danny Brown
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Getting Killed Geese
Chuck Chuck Baby Janis Pugh
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Dying for Sex
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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