Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Top 40 Albums of 2020: Decibel
Top 55 Albums of 2020: Brooklyn Vegan

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

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What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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