Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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David Wain

They Came Together
1. Top 15 Films of 2014: Nathan Rabin: The Dissolve
Wanderlust
- Top 10 Films of 2012: Nick Pinkerton: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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