Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2022: J. Howard Rosier: Chron

Best Fiction of 2022: Powell's Books
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Dying for Sex
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Getting Killed Geese
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
XXX Danny Brown
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai

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