Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Favorite Roots Albums of 2024: No Depression

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
50 Best Albums of 2018 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Certified Copy Abbas Kiarostami
XXX Danny Brown
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Ash is Purest White Jia Zhang-ke
‘Til Madness Do Us Part Wang Bing
Inside Llewyn Davis Joel & Ethan Coen
Tabu Miguel Gomes
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A Flower Traveled in My Blood Haley Cohen Gilliland

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