Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Leonor Caraballo and Matteo Norzi

Icaros: A Vision
1. Best Movies of 2017: Nick Schager: Esquire
2. 35 Best Movies of 2017: Richard Brody: New Yorker

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Motherland Julia Ioffe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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