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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Lists

Best Nonfiction Books of 2019: BookPage

15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019: Electric Lit
Favorite Books of 2019: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air
The Best Books of 2019: Katy Waldman: New Yorker
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019: BuzzFeed
100 Notable Books of 2019: New York Times: New York Times
Nonfiction 2019: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 100 Albums of 2011 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
75 Best Albums of 2022 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Visions Grimes
Body Talk Robyn
Black Metal Dean Blunt
LP Big Stick
I Wish I Knew Jia Zhang-ke
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Cold War Pawel Pawlikowski
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
1000 Forms of Fear Sia
Barbara Christian Petzold
The Galleons Rick Barot

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