Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Paste: The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
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by Sam Mendes

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The 10 Best Movies of 2022: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair

The 10 Best Movies of 2022: Leah Greenblatt: Entertainment Weekly

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The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2019 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
20 Best Movies of 2012 Roger Ebert · Chicago Sun-Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Albums of the Year 2025 Quietus
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s Paste

Trending Works

thank u, next Ariana Grande
Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
The Price of Tea in China Boldy James & The Alchemist
The English Hugo Blick
Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg
Barbie Greta Gerwig
Nope Jordan Peele
Sex Education
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Jackass Forever Jeff Tremaine

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