Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club
The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club
The Best Films of 2019 A.V. Club

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Motherland Julia Ioffe
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Zbig Edward Luce
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo

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