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
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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by Airea D. Matthews

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The Poetry I Was Grateful for in 2017: Dan Chiasson: New Yorker

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of the 2010s RogerEbert.com
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Tangerine Sean Baker
Adults
Fleabag
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
AM Arctic Monkeys
What Does It Feel Like? Sophie Kinsella
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Leaving Neverland Dan Reed

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