Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2018: Paste

2018 Award: The Booker Prize
Best Books of 2018: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
Favorite Books of 2018: Barack Obama
100 Notable Books of 2018: New York Times: New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Shakedown Double Virgo
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson

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