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
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The Best Books of 2024 Economist
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

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Fingernails Christos Nikou
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Liars Sarah Manguso
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Sunshine Place
Oracle Cate Marvin
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Clean Slate
Sly Thom Zimny

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