Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Best Films of 2024: Benoit Rouilly
Top 50 Movies of 2023: Jessica Kiang

The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2023: Jordan Cronk
Best Movies of 2023: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Shock Test…A Night of Truth: Bill Hicks & Timothy McVeigh Meet at Waco w/ Guest Lecturers: William Cooper & Ted Kaczynski Sean Kilpatrick
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Getting Killed Geese
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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