Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Athena Farrokhzad

Lists

10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe
The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Ten Best Films of 2025 RogerEbert.com
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Adam Curtis
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Spotlight: Snitch City
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Weapons Zach Cregger
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton

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