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
Uproxx: Best Albums of 2021
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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20 Best Albums of 2023: Bria McNeal: Esquire

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The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2019 Filmmaker Magazine · Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 15 Best Books of 2025 Los Angeles Times
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022 Annabel Gutterman · Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Albums of 2022 Uproxx · Uproxx Music Critics Poll
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
Best Albums of 2021 Uproxx · Uproxx Music Critics Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
The Last Duel Ridley Scott
The Lighthouse Alison Moore
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Marilyn Agrelo
Chicken for Linda! Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach
Mrs. Fletcher
Neither Heaven Nor Earth Clément Cogitore
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Boyhood Richard Linklater
The Empire Bruno Dumont
Alpha Julia Ducournau
This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Animal Eye Paisley Rekdal

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