Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
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Anu Partanen

The Nordic Theory of Everything
- Best Nonfiction of 2016: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Scott Tobias · The Reveal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 Entertainment Weekly
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Deep State Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
Companion Drew Hancock
Mob Psycho 100
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
The Wild Goose Lake Diao Yinan
The Other Story Avi Nesher
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Derry Girls
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Booksmart Olivia Wilde
Rectify
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen

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