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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections of 2019: Entropy

14 Unmissable Poetry Books from 2019: Christina Orlando: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Seer Swans
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara

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