Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Next Picture Show: Our Top Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer

by Sydney Padua

Lists

15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova

2015 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
XXX Danny Brown
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello

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