Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
New York Post: The 30 Best Books of 2025
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1. Favorite Music of 2022: Bob Boilen: NPR: NPR Music
2. Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Favorite Films of 2017 Nicole Brenez · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
2020 Award The Booker Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn
The Wolf House Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña
The Grandmaster (U.S. cut) Wong Kar-Wai
Oslo, August 31st Joachim Trier
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
Us Fools Nora Lange
Slanting Towards the Sea Lidija Hilje
What They Do in the Dark Amanda Coe
Always Be My Maybe Nahnatchka Khan
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The End MC Hyland
Masterminds Jared Hess

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