Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage

Trending Works

The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
Game Night John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Hyena! Fran Lock
Beauty/Beauty Rebecca Perry
The Water Stealer Maurice Riordan
Transcription Ben Lerner
The Castle Jon Ronson
Jutland Selima Hill
I Think We're Alone Now Abigail Parry
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
Deep Lane Mark Doty
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
40 Sonnets Don Paterson
Insistence Ailbhe Darcy

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