Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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Samora Pinderhughes

Venus Smiles Not In The House Of Tears
1. 123 Favorite Albums Of 2024: Hanif Abdurraqib
Grief
1. 100 Favorite Albums of 2022: Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 Wall Street Journal
123 Favorite Albums Of 2024 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Sub-Lingual Tablet The Fall
Silver Bullets Joe Swanberg
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Getting Killed Geese
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Room 25 Noname
Félicité Alain Gomis
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Temporary Happiness Mock & Toof
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
Hustle Jeremiah Zagar

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