Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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James Quandt: Artforum: Best Films of 2022
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The Best Podcasts of 2023: New York: Vulture Podcast Survey

The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025: Brendan Menapace: Esquire
The Best Podcasts of 2021: Nicholas Quah: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Favorite Films of 2017 Nicole Brenez · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2020 Award The Booker Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Grandmaster (U.S. cut) Wong Kar-Wai
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Slanting Towards the Sea Lidija Hilje
Us Fools Nora Lange
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
The Wolf House Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña
What They Do in the Dark Amanda Coe
Always Be My Maybe Nahnatchka Khan
Middle Spoon Alejandro Varela
The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn
Masterminds Jared Hess
The Heart That Fed Carl Sciacchitano
Oslo, August 31st Joachim Trier
The End MC Hyland

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