Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2019 Dave Gonzalez · Fighting in the War Room
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
25 Best Rock Albums of 2020 Ultimate Classic Rock
25 Best TV Shows of 2023 Consequence
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2015 Spin
Top Tens 2016 Fighting in the War Room
The 25 Best Films of 2023 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Dana Stevens · Slate

Trending Works

The First Omen Arkasha Stevenson
Virgin Lorde
Like Someone in Love Abbas Kiarostami
Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Magellan Lav Diaz
Interior Chinatown Charles Yu
Terrifier 2 Damien Leone
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Isao Takahata
Citizenfour Laura Poitras
American Honey Andrea Arnold
BlackBerry Matt Johnson
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
The Father Florian Zeller

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