Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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21 Best Movies of 2014: Andrew O’Hehir: Salon

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Top 10 Films of 2022 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
75 Best Albums of 2016 Uncut
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2023 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing to Go Back To Richmond Fontaine
The Passenger Cormac McCarthy
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Slow West John Maclean
Jade Pan Daijing
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Ancestor Trouble Maud Newton
The Off-Season J. Cole
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Luminous Intimacy: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler [retrospective] Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Communion Park Jiha
Sorry to Bother You The Coup

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