Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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In the Summers

by Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio

Lists

Best Films of 2024: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter
The 18 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2024: Them
The Best Queer Movies of 2024: Drew Burnett Gregory: Autostraddle

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Buck Cindy Meehl
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Monster Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Her Spike Jonze
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller

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