Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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1. Top 14 Films of 2016: Miriam Bale: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Text Me When You Get Home Kayleen Schaefer
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt

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