Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The Wave Pictures

Great Big Flamingo Burning Moon
1. 100 Best Albums of 2015: Les Inrocks
Long Black Cars
1. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 35 Films of 2015 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 The Playlist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Nothing to Be Frightened Of Julian Barnes
Xerox Over Manhattan Shane Jesse Christmass
Dos estaciones Juan Pablo González
Excavation The Haxan Cloak
Italopunk Vanja van der Leeden
Love's Holiday Oxbow
Intercepted Oksana Karpovych
Ace Attorney Takashi Miike
Clinging to a Scheme The Radio Dept.
The Card Counter Paul Schrader
The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk
Yannick Quentin Dupieux
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
WTO/99 Ian Bell

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