Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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A Son

by Mehdi M. Barsaoui

Lists

Best Films of 2021: Jon Frosch: Hollywood Reporter

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Weapons Zach Cregger
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Lurker Alex Russell
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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