Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The 30 Best Podcasts of the 2010s: Paste

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The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Resurrection Bi Gan
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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