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
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Nell Stevens

The Original
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025: Washington Post
- 43 Favorite Books of 2025: Lit Hub
Briefly, A Delicious Life

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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