Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best of Books 2021: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune

The Best Books of 2021: Boston Globe
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021: Washington Post
Best Nonfiction Books of 2021: Kirkus Reviews

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

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It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov

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