Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best 2023 Movies
The Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire
The 19 Best Movies of 2019 IndieWire
Best Movies of 2018 IndieWire
17 Best Movies of 2017 IndieWire
16 Best Movies of 2016 IndieWire
Best 15 Films of 2015 IndieWire
10 Best Films of 2014 IndieWire
10 Best Movies of 2012 IndieWire

Trending Lists

10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Prison Shane Bauer
Common Side Effects
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Lowdown
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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