Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Best Movies of 2022 Kevin Slane
The Best TV Shows of 2022 Kevin Slane
The 18 Best Books of 2019
20 Best Books of 2018

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture
The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund
RRR S.S. Rajamouli
Looper Rian Johnson
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Pain to Power Maruja
Rye Lane Raine Allen-Miller
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Babes Pamela Adlon
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
The Mill and the Cross Lech Majewski

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