Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2025
Top 50 Albums of 2023
Top 50 Albums of 2022
Top 50 Albums of 2021
Top 50 Albums of 2020
Top 50 Albums of 2012

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2011 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 100 Albums of 2013 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
25 Best Albums of the 2010s Revolver
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Impersonator Majical Cloudz
The Tiger’s Wife Téa Obreht
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
Presence Steven Soderbergh
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics
Moneyball Bennett Miller
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen
Be the Cowboy Mitski

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