Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Torche

Admission
- The 18 Best Albums of 2019: Atlantic
- The Year in Music: Steve Erickson: GCN
Harmonicraft

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Holy Motors Leos Carax
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
The BPM Sudan Archives
XXX Danny Brown

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