Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Jim O’Rourke

Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2011: The Wire

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Films of 2020 James Quandt · Artforum
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
What of Our Nature Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
Birdeater Jack Clark and Jim Weir
O, Brittle Weather! Drunk Uncle
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
The Girlfriends
Yon Loader Yon Loader
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Swirl Flora Hibberd
The Heart-Shaped Tin Bee Wilson
Poog Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
Why Q Needs U Danny Bate

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