Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The 15 Best Books of 2024: Los Angeles Times
The Best Books of 2024: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2024: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Zbig Edward Luce
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Boom Town Sam Anderson
King of Kings Scott Anderson
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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