Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Albums of the Year 2024: Quietus

The Best of 2024: Jennifer Lucy Allan: Quietus

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Pillion Harry Lighton
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Tár Todd Field
All-Night Pharmacy Ruth Madievsky
XXX Danny Brown
The Guardians Sarah Manguso
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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