Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Top 50 Albums of 2017: Treble

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Liars Sarah Manguso
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Oracle Cate Marvin
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sly Thom Zimny
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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