Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Nate Parker

The Birth of a Nation
1. 35 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Brody: New Yorker
- 35 Best Movies of 2016: Christopher Orr: Atlantic

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Getting Killed Geese
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Dìdi Sean Wang
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
House of Huawei Eva Dou
XXX Danny Brown
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Here Bas Devos
In the Dark
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
You Didn't See Nothin

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