Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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by Aleksandr Sokurov

Lists

The Best Films of 2013: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky: A.V. Club
Top Ten Films of 2012: Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Movies of 2013: Film Comment: Film Comment Poll

Top 39 Movies of 2013: Manohla Dargis: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Getting Killed Geese
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
On Falling Laura Carreira
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Saint Omer Alice Diop

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