Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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The Endless Echo
1. 80 Best Albums of 2024: Uncut
Let's Emerge!
1. 75 Best Albums of 2022: Uncut
Hollow Earth
1. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Uncut
Sleep Games
1. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Gorilla vs. Bear
2. Top 50 Albums of 2012: The Wire

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Zbig Edward Luce
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Resurrection Bi Gan
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus

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