Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s: Billboard

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Urchin Harris Dickinson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Predators David Osit
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans

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