Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Zhang Yimou

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Best Films of 2023: In Review Online

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The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Suspicious Minds
XXX Danny Brown
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) Darius Jones
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Adolescence
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
U R HERE Honesty
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Big Time Angel Olsen
Found Sound Faded
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
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