Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib

Best Albums of 2025: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Dublin Literary Award
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Pianoon Limpe Fuchs
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Electronic Dream AraabMuzik
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
American Eden Victoria Johnson
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie

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