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
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by John Akomfrah

Lists

30 Favorite Films of 2014: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Getting Killed Geese
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Twinless James Sweeney
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Morning Circle Basma al-Sharif
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia

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