Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2025
Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com: Top Ten Films of 2025
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Richard Siken

I Do Know Some Things
War of the Foxes

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

Trending Works

Thresholder Ian William Craig
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
Vida
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists

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