Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of the Decade 2010-2019 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

LP Big Stick
The Loneliest Planet Julia Loktev
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Galleons Rick Barot
Avengers: Endgame Anthony and Joe Russo
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Javelin Sufjan Stevens
The Finest Hotel in Kabul Lyse Doucet
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Johan Grimonprez

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