Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2024
Billboard: 50 Best Albums of 2018
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2021 Uproxx · Uproxx Music Critics Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine · Village Voice Film Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Best Albums of 2022 Uproxx · Uproxx Music Critics Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
The Lighthouse Alison Moore
Depreciated John R. Miller
Leisure Seizure Tom Vek
Chicken for Linda! Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach
Gloss Drop Battles
Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace Shabaka
The Pairing Casey McQuiston
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones
Coming Apart Body/Head
Boyhood Richard Linklater
Small Mercies Dennis Lehane
This Is What It Feels Like Gracie Abrams
Alpha Julia Ducournau

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