Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Rachel Lears

Knock Down the House
1. The 10 Best Movies of 2019: Daily Beast
- Best Movies of 2019: Manohla Dargis: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Zbig Edward Luce
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Resurrection Bi Gan

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