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
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Jana Prikryl

Lists

The Best Poetry Books of 2019: David Orr: New York Times: New York Times
2019 Books in Review: Anthony Domestico: Commonweal

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Resurrection Bi Gan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie

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