Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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The Best Films of 2025 WBUR
The 5 Best Films of 2024 WBUR
The Best Films of 2023 WBUR
The 10 Best Films from 2020 WBUR · ARTery
The 10 Best Films of 2019 WBUR · ARTery
Best Movies of 2018 WBUR · ARTery
Best Movies of 2017 WBUR · ARTery
Top 10 Films of 2012 Philadelphia Weekly
Top 10 Films of 2011 Philadelphia Weekly

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
The 23 Best TV Shows of 2023 Daily Beast
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Liars Sarah Manguso
Idlewild Idlewild
Oracle Cate Marvin
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Clean Slate
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Sly Thom Zimny
The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs

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