Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Ari Folman (adapter)

Anne Frank's Diary
- 100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

LARB Radio Hour
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Magdalene FKA twigs
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason

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