Year-End Lists

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Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Dean's List 2019: Robert Christgau

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Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant

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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Emails I Can't Send Sabrina Carpenter
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Text Me When You Get Home Kayleen Schaefer
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt

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