Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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New Preoccupations
1. Top 50 Albums of 2022: The Alternative
2. The Top 30 Albums of 2022: Jordan Cronk
Summer Megalith
1. Top 50 Releases of 2017: The Alternative

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Stillness in Wonderland Little Simz
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada

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