Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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Favorite TV of 2018: Liz Shannon Miller
18 Best TV Shows of 2017: Emily St. James: Vox
The 21 TV Shows that Explained the 2010s: Emily St. James: Vox

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Best Films of 2020 James Quandt · Artforum
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
What of Our Nature Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Birdeater Jack Clark and Jim Weir
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
Why Q Needs U Danny Bate
O, Brittle Weather! Drunk Uncle
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
The Heart-Shaped Tin Bee Wilson
Swirl Flora Hibberd
The Girlfriends
Poog Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
Yon Loader Yon Loader

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