Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: 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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The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Dana Stevens: Slate

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
American Prison Shane Bauer
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Alpha Julia Ducournau
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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