Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The 10 Best Films of 2021 David Morgan
The 10 Best Films of 2020 David Morgan
The 10 Best Films of 2019 David Morgan
Best Movies of 2018 David Morgan
The 10 Best Films of 2017 David Morgan
The 10 Best Films of 2016 David Morgan
The 20 Best Films of 2015 David Morgan

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Resurrection Bi Gan

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