Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Goodnight Summerland

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Lists

Albums of 2023: Gorilla vs. Bear
Favorite Albums 2023: Bob Boilen
Top 55 Albums of 2023: Brooklyn Vegan

The 60 Best Albums of 2023: Josh Terry

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Burning Lee Chang-dong
XXX Danny Brown
Five Seconds Flat Lizzy McAlpine
The Leftovers
The Waldheim Waltz Ruth Beckermann
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Articulate Rachel Kolb
Flesh David Szalay
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Stubborn Persistent Illusions Do Make Say Think
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Evangelic Girl Is a Gun yeule
Estrela Acesa Sessa
R.I.P. Actress

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