Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Maria Stepanova

In Memory of Memory
- Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub
- Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Sinners Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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