Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Philadelphia Weekly

Lists

Top 10 Films of 2012 Sean Burns
Top 10 Films of 2012 Matt Prigge
Top 10 Films of 2011 Sean Burns
Top Ten Films of 2011 Matt Prigge

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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