Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Get Out Jordan Peele
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada

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