Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Esmond and Ilia
- 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022: Washington Post
Stranger Magic
- The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
GoldenHeart Dawn Richard
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
2020 Richard Dawson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Dope Thief
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos

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