Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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50 Favorite Albums of 2015: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Diamond Eyes Deftones
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sly Thom Zimny
The Sunshine Place
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas

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