Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The 15 Best Films of 2025: USA Today: Cory Woodroof
The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
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The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

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The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Return to the Moon EL VY
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
Bleeds Wednesday
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
YU Rosie Lowe
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud

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