Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Best Books of 2024: Economist

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Motherland Julia Ioffe
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Zbig Edward Luce
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Resurrection Bi Gan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Director Daniel Kehlmann

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