Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
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Best Podcasts of 2020: Rolling Stone

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Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2024 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

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Predators David Osit
Evolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Brat Charli XCX
Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage
Thirteen Lives Ron Howard
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Goat Girl Goat Girl
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
RMX/RBN Robyn

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