Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Adam Nayman: The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Impossible Owls
1. Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed
- Best Nonfiction of 2018: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Magdalene FKA twigs
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Weapons Zach Cregger

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