Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Fear: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best Movies of 2025
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1. The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler
Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Last Recordings
1. Top 25 Albums of 2012: Engine 145

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 20 Best Albums of 2022 Mikael Wood · Los Angeles Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
A Man on the Inside
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Belonging and Betrayal Charles Dellheim
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Get Out Jordan Peele
Time Garrett Bradley
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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