Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top Ten Films of 2025: Marya E. Gates: RogerEbert.com

Best Movies of 2025: Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times
Best Movies of 2025: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Dope Thief
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Where We Come From Popcaan
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
No Burden Lucy Dacus
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Her Spike Jonze
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles

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