Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2021: Hillary Kelly: New York: Vulture

The 50 Best Books of 2021: Esquire
Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post
Best Fiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Ten Best Films of 2025 RogerEbert.com
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Guitar for Sale Ray Scott
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Spotlight: Snitch City
World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Adam Curtis

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