Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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The Best Films of 2023 A.A. Dowd
The Best Albums of 2022 Nina Hernandez
The Best Films of 2022 A.A. Dowd
The Best Books of 2022 J. Howard Rosier
The Best TV of 2022 Noel Murray
The Best Movies of 2018 Cary Darling
10 Best Albums of 2017 Joey Guerra

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Diamond Eyes Deftones
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Liars Sarah Manguso
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
Clean Slate
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward

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