Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste

Trending Works

Long Story Short
XXX Danny Brown
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Revenge Coralie Fargeat
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Colored Television Danzy Senna
The Big Bang Theory
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Pins and Needles Natalie Hemby
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron

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