Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Best TV Shows of 2025: Nora Dominick: BuzzFeed

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025: Rolling Stone
14 Best TV Shows of 2025: Atlantic
The Best TV Shows of 2025: Uproxx

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best Albums of 2022 Mikael Wood · Los Angeles Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Time Garrett Bradley
Belonging and Betrayal Charles Dellheim
A Man on the Inside
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla

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