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
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
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1. Favorite Music of 2022: Bob Boilen: NPR: NPR Music
2. Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
The Sunshine Place
Liars Sarah Manguso
Clean Slate
Oracle Cate Marvin
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sly Thom Zimny
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
Fingernails Christos Nikou

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