Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Katy Waldman: New Yorker: My Favorite Fiction of 2020
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
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1. Top 25 Albums of 2016: Magnet
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1. Top 20 Albums of 2011: Magnet

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

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The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
Down Cemetery Road
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
La Pivellina Tizza Covi
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
Titanic Rising Weyes Blood
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