Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

10 Best Films of 2019 Artforum
10 Best Movies of 2018 Artforum
10 Best Movies of 2016 Artforum
19 Best Movies of 2015 Village Voice
Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
10 Best Movies of 2012 Atlantic Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Passages Ira Sachs
Getting Killed Geese
What the Constitution Means to Me Marielle Heller
Cuddy Benjamin Myers
-io Circuit Des Yeux
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Fatigue L'Rain
You Could Make This Place Beautiful Maggie Smith
Renaissance Beyoncé
The Original Sound of Cumbia various artists
The Selected Poems Of Donald Hall Donald Hall
Sun Cat Power

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