Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

50 Best Albums of 2021: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Zbig Edward Luce
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
King of Kings Scott Anderson

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