Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Tenth Muse

by Catherine Chung

Lists

Best Fiction Books of 2019: BookPage

Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019: BuzzFeed

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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