Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top 36 Movies of 2012: Manohla Dargis: New York Times

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
Getting Killed Geese
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Succession
The Post Steven Spielberg
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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