Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Jodorowsky’s Dune
- Top 21 Films of 2014: A.O. Scott: New York Times

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2012 Fly
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Austin Town Hall
Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
20 Best Albums of 2012 L Magazine
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

A Very English Scandal
Embedded: Alternate Realities
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Notes on Blindness Peter Middleton and James Spinney
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
A United Kingdom Amma Asante
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
Deep Water Adrian Lyne
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Fucktoys Annapurna Sriram
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Interview with the Vampire
Left-Handed Girl Shih-Ching Tsou

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