Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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21 Jump Street
- Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian
- Top 20 Films of 2012: Nick Schager: Slant

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Long Story Short
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals
The Big Bang Theory
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Pins and Needles Natalie Hemby
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
XXX Danny Brown
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers

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