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
Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com: Top Ten Films of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Dissolution of The Sovereign: A Time Slide Into The Future (Or: A Non-Abled Offender’s Exercise in Jurisprudence) Elysia Crampton
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Boom Town Sam Anderson
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Thresholder Ian William Craig
Vida
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists

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