Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2024: Benoit Rouilly
Top 50 Movies of 2023: Jessica Kiang

The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2023: Jordan Cronk
Best Movies of 2023: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Paddington 2 Paul King
Fancy That PinkPantheress
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Assassin Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen

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