Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Wat Dong Moon Lek
1. Top 50 Albums of 2022: The Wire
We Jazz Reworks Vol. 2
1. Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus
Stolen Car
1. Top 50 Albums of 2020: The Wire
Baroo
1. Top 30 Albums of 2019: Jordan Cronk
2. Top 50 Albums of 2019: The Wire
Himalaya
1. Top 50 Albums of 2019: The Wire

Trending Lists

10 Best Books of 2018 Washington Post
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
10 Best Books of 2017 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Trust Hernan Diaz
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Post Steven Spielberg
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Evangeline vs. the Machine Eric Church
Twinless James Sweeney
Spotlight: Snitch City
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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