Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The Midnight Sky

by George Clooney

Lists

Top 10 Films of 2020: Henry Baime: Cinema Etc.
The Best 10 Movies of 2020: Randy Myers: Mercury News

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Luminescent Creatures Ichiko Aoba
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Alpha Julia Ducournau
False Lankum Lankum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Hallow Road Babak Anvari

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