Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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El Sicario, Room 164

by Gianfranco Rosi

Lists

25 Best Films of 2011: Slant

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 Entertainment Weekly

Trending Works

Civil War Alex Garland
Weapons Zach Cregger
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
Rectify
Deep State Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
Ad Astra James Gray
After Yang Kogonada
XXX Danny Brown
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Mob Psycho 100
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Other Story Avi Nesher
The Righteous Gemstones
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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