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
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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The Art of Uncertainty

How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

by David Spiegelhalter

Lists

The Best Books of 2024: Economist

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
hexed! aya
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pillion Harry Lighton
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow

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