Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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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
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 Entertainment Weekly

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Ruth Kate Riley
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
XXX Danny Brown
Chi-Raq Spike Lee
Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski
Ad Astra James Gray
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Other Story Avi Nesher

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