Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Katy Waldman: New Yorker: My Favorite Fiction of 2020
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The 13 Best New Podcasts of 2022: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker

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My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
La Pivellina Tizza Covi
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
Rakshak Bloodywood
Them
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
Down Cemetery Road
The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher
Titanic Rising Weyes Blood

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