Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster

Science Fair
- Top Films of 2018: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
XXX Danny Brown
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
Long Story Short
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Be the Cowboy Mitski

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