Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top 50 Films of 2025
Top 50 Films of 2024
Top 50 Films of 2023
Top 50 Films of 2022
Top 50 Films of 2021
Top 50 Films of 2018
Top 10 Films of 2017 Willow Maclay
Top 50 Films of 2017

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Twinless James Sweeney
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Getting Killed Geese
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
American Prison Shane Bauer
Exit Simulation Niecy Blues
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman

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