Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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20 Best Movies of 2015: A.O. Scott: New York Times

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show

Trending Works

Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
XXX Danny Brown
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine

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