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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Night of the Living Rez

by Morgan Talty

Lists

Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily
The Best Books of 2022: Esquire

Top 10 Books of 2022: Chicago Public Library
100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
Audition Katie Kitamura
The Antidote Karen Russell
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Flesh David Szalay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
XXX Danny Brown
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar

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