Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2025: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Why Nothing Works Marc J. Dunkelman
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Rakshak Bloodywood
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes

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