Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Perfect Neighbor Geeta Gandbhir
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Weapons Zach Cregger
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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