Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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1. Top 100 Albums of 2016: Under the Radar
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Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Get Out Jordan Peele
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Weapons Zach Cregger
Time Garrett Bradley
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Cometh The Storm High On Fire
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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