Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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The 50 Best Podcasts of 2020: Atlantic

The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025: Brendan Menapace: Esquire
The 30 Best Podcasts of 2022: Esquire
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019: Wired UK

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Passing Rebecca Hall
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Dirty Computer Janelle Monáe
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow

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