Year-End Lists

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Favorite 18 Films of 2012: Dan Sallitt

Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian
Top 5 Films of 2012: Francine Stock: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
Top 35 Films of the Decade: Dan Sallitt

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Motherland Julia Ioffe
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Zbig Edward Luce
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad

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