Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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Lightbreakers
- The 35 Best Books of 2025: Adam Morgan: Esquire
The Ensemble
- 100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Albums of 2011 Claire Suddath · Time
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

A Seat at the Table Solange
Suspicious Minds
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Be the Cowboy Mitski
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
The Overview Steven Wilson
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

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