Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Film Comment: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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The Eight Best Podcasts of 2023
- The Best Podcasts of 2023 Nicholas Quah
The 12 Best Books of 2023

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Top Ten Films of 2025 Tasha Robinson · The Next Picture Show
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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