Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Michael Phillips: Filmspotting: Top 10 Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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The Peasants
- Best Films of 2023: Sheri Linden: Hollywood Reporter

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Michael Phillips · Filmspotting
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2022 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Long Story Short
Silence Martin Scorsese
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Black Box
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
Second Comin’ Korallreven
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Adults
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Trainwreck Judd Apatow

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