Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
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
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
American Crime Story
I Swear Kirk Jones
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hi Texas
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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