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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2019 Jourdain Searles
Best Films of the 2010s Orla Smith
Best Films of the 2010s Lena Wilson

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Antidote Karen Russell
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill

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