Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Naoko Yamada

The Colors Within
- Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen
K-ON! The Movie
- Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay
Liz and the Blue Bird
- Favourite Films of the 2010s: Willow Maclay

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Angel Down Daniel Kraus
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Shakedown Double Virgo
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Resurrection Bi Gan
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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