Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The Best TV Shows of 2025: Jackson McHenry: New York: Vulture
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025: A.V. Club

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025: Judy Berman: Time

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

American Prison Shane Bauer
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Lowdown
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Common Side Effects
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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