Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Lindsay Turner

Lists

Best Poetry Collections of 2018: Michael Robbins: Chicago Tribune

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Antidote Karen Russell
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
XXX Danny Brown
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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