Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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National Review

Lists

The Top Ten Best Films of 2021 Kyle Smith
The Top Ten Best Movies of 2020 Kyle Smith
The Ten Best Films of 2019 Kyle Smith
The Top Ten Best Movies of 2018 Kyle Smith
The Ten Best Movies of 2017 Kyle Smith

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Motherland Julia Ioffe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Zbig Edward Luce
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Resurrection Bi Gan

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