Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Vanity Fair: The 11 Best Movies of 2025

01 December 2025

The Secret Agent - Kleber Mendonça Filho

Vanity Fair: The 11 Best Movies of 2025, listed alphabetically

Blue Moon

Richard Linklater
Friendship

Andrew DeYoung
Hamnet

Chloé Zhao
It Was Just an Accident

Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme

Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent

Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier
Sinners

Ryan Coogler
Train Dreams

Clint Bentley
Weapons

Zach Cregger

Trending Lists

Top 55 Albums of 2020 Brooklyn Vegan
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Favorite Movies of 2018 Barack Obama
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Ferxxo Vol X: Sagrado Feid
Madwoman Chelsea Bieker
Sometimes I Think About Dying Rachel Lambert
Winged Victory Willi Carlisle
Buckeye Patrick Ryan
Bacurau Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Very Human Features The Bug Club
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Peki Momés Peki Momés
Doga Juana Molina
False Dawn George Selgin
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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