Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Her Spike Jonze
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean various artists
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Weapons Zach Cregger
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Shakedown Double Virgo
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher

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