Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by J Mascis

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Top 20 Albums of 2018: Spectrum Culture

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Fingernails Christos Nikou
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Oracle Cate Marvin
The Sunshine Place
Sly Thom Zimny
Idlewild Idlewild
Clean Slate
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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